Add to ORKGMemphis Commission Government was a monthly publication produced by the City of Memphis under the new commission government established by E.H. Crump. He gained a state law in 1911 to establish a small commission to manage the city. Memphis retained a form of commission government until 1967. The publication was designed to show Memphians the benefits of the new form of government.https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-pub-shelby/1008/thumbnail.jp