Charles McClung McGhee Papers
Scope and Contents
Papers include: personal and business correspondence; 9 letterbooks of outgoing correspondence; 3 ledgers with stock and personal finances; 2 account books of the American Cattle Trust; receipts, etc. Railroads include: East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; Memphis and Charleston; Knoxville and Kentucky; Knoxville and Ohio; Knoxville and Augusta; Southern Railway, and others. Businesses include: Southern Railway Security; American Cattle Trust; Western Union Beef; Lenoir City Company; Pacific Mail; Nashville Street Railway; Knoxville Woolen Mills; Knoxville Water; Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad; Roane Iron; East Tennessee Iron and Coal; Coal Creek Mining and Manufacturing; Crown Cotton Mills. Most of the papers are from 1886-1899. 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
- 1857 - 1907
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
Biographical / Historical
Charles McClung McGhee (1828-1907) was the son of John and Elizabeth McClung McGhee and the great-grandson of James White. He was a financier, railroad executive, and a philanthropist. He graduated from East Tennessee University in 1846 and married Isabella White, daughter of Hugh White. She died in 1848 and in 1857 he married her sister Cornelia. McGhee was involved in the growth of railroads in the South, and had coal and iron interests. He was on the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee, 1869-1884, and served in the Tennessee legislature in 1871. He established Lawson McGhee Library in 1885 in memory of one of his daughters. His daughter Annie married Calvin Morgan McClung; daughter Eleanor married J.C. Neely; Margaret married George Baxter, governor of the Wyoming Territory; and Betty, who married General Lawrence D. Tyson. McGhee lived in New York City, Knoxville, and Florida.
Extent
41 boxes
14 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
- American Cattle Trust Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Baxter, John, 1819-1886 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Business enterprises Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal Creek Mining and Manufacturing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crown Cotton Mills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Tennessee Iron and Coal Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railway/Railroad (ETV&G) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Houk, Leonidas Campbell, 1836-1891 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Iron Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville Water Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville Woolen Mills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville and Augusta Railway Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville and Kentucky Railway Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Knoxville and Ohio Railway Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers and account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lenoir City Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letterbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Calvin Morgan, 1855-1919 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McGhee, Charles McClung, 1828-1907 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Memphis and Charleston Railway Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mines Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nashville Street Railway Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Pacific Mail Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Roane Iron Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rule, William, 1839-1928 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Southern Railway (U.S.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Southern Railway Security Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temple, Oliver Perry, 1820-1907 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tyson, Lawrence Davis, 1861-1929 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Western Union Beef Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
