Charles Grandison Nenney Papers.
Scope and Contents
Papers include: personal and business correspondence; ledgers; account books; diaries; and a minute book of the Russellville Division, Sons of Temperance (1849-1851). A large portion of the collection relates to Charles P. Nenney’s life and business. 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
- 1882 - 1887
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 Grandison Nenney (1834-1909) was the son of Charles P. and Sarah Galbraith Nenney. Charles P. Nenney was a farmer and merchant at Bent Creek, Cheek’s Crossroads, and of Russellville in Jefferson County, Tenn. (later Hamblen County). Charles G. Nenney was the nephew of Catherine Nenney (Mrs. Hugh Graham) of Tazewell, Tenn. He was an agent of the East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad for 28 years. He married Ellen Smith.
Extent
7 boxes
Language of Materials
English
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections.
- Bent Creek (Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cheek’s Crossroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- East Tennessee and Virginia Railroad Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Farms Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ledgers and account books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nenney, Charles Grandison, 1834-1909 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nenney, Charles P., 1809-1857 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Nenney, Sarah Galbraith, 1809-1899 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Railroads Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Russellville Division--Sons of Temperance 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
