The Delta – Everything Southern! symposium will be held on Thursday, June 26, 2008 at the Fogelman Executive Center on the campus of the University of Memphis. This is the third such conference produced by the Friends of the University Libraries. Our conferences in 2006 and 2007 were an outstanding success, and we are building on that momentum for 2008. Here are some representative reactions to our 2007 Delta conference:

“All the speakers were wonderful. Such a diversity of insight!”

“Worth the trip from NH [New Hampshire]! Thank you.”

“You have done the impossible; you have pulled off the perfect seminar.....”

“Excellent. Outstanding!”

We wish to recognize and thank our 2008 sponsors to date, which include the Friends of the University of Memphis Libraries, the Elvis Presley Charitable Foundation, The Victor Robilio Co. of Memphis, Ground Zero Blues Club and Madidi Restaurant in Clarksdale, Mississippi, The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, Northside Management Co. of Ruston, Louisiana, Stein Mart, Inc.; Mr. John S. Shepherd, Collierville, Tennessee, plus gifts from other friends of the Delta. Additional sponsors are pending.

If you would like to be informed of further updates about the conference please give us your postal address and your e-mail address. A detailed brochure will be mailed in the spring to anyone whose address we have. This will include full information on topics and speakers as well as instructions for registering. For information in the meantime, you may contact me, Nicholas Gotten, at 901-682-9955, Mr. Willy Bearden at 901-522-9313, or Mr. Tom Mendina at 901-678-4310.

We are very grateful to our sponsors without whom this seminar would not be possible. They provide the funds to secure the perfect venue for the conference, i.e. the Fogelman Executive Center on the University campus. Included in the admission fee is a delicious hot lunch, breaks with refreshments, and free parking in the adjacent garage.

If you would like to be a sponsor of The Delta – Everything Southern! please contact one of us. Also, if you know of a business or organization which supports the Delta and would like to have a display table at our conference, please have them get in touch with us.

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday June 26, 2008.

Fogelman Executive Conference Center
330 Innovation Drive
Memphis, TN 38152-3130

Contact: Dr. Nicholas Gotten or William Bearden