George Lewis Welcker Papers.
Scope and Contents
Papers of George Lewis Welcker (1892-1965), son of James Henry and Dixie Welcker, and grandson of Charles Freeling and Caroline Mitchell Welcker. Papers include: correspondence between Welcker family members; business correspondence; Capt. J. H. Welcker, Kingston, Tenn., correspondence with Tennessee River Iron Ore and Railway Company of Chattanooga and the East Tennessee Mining Company of Harriman, Tenn., 1887-1892; genealogical correspondence and material, 1912-1930, which belonged to Dixie Welcker, primarily on the Ish family. Topics include the Civil War, Welcker family, Ish family, business, and iron mining. For a list of selected correspondents, see A Guide to the Manuscript Collections of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection by Linda Posey (1974).
Dates
- 1836-1963
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 box
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. The Charles F. Welcker Papers (MSC 0012) relate to this collection.
- Capt. J. H. Welcker Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dixie Welcker Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Tennessee Mining Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- George Lewis Welcker Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Harriman (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron mines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ish family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Kingston (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roane County (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee River Iron Ore and Railway Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Welcker family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- George Lewis Welcker Papers.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
