McClung Family Papers; Calvin M. McClung Papers.
Scope and Contents
Papers of Calvin Morgan McClung, son of Frank H. McClung and Eliza Mills McClung. Includes correspondence of Calvin M. McClung, his parents, his wife Annie McGhee McClung, her sisters, their daughters Lida McClung Ross and May Lawson (Polly) McClung Melish, and other family and friends. Most of the letters are from 1874-1898. Subjects include: Calvin McClung’s years at Yale, 1874-1876; his trip to Europe in 1878; trips by relatives to resorts and to Europe; Annie McClung’s death at Saratoga Springs, NY, in 1898; material re: Charles N. Crittenton. Correspondents include: Calvin Morgan McClung; Eliza Mills McClung; Franklin Henry McClung; Lida McClung; May Lawson (Polly) McClung; Charles McClung McGhee; Cornelia White McGhee; Betty McGhee Tyson; Eleanor McGhee Neely; Margaret McGhee Baxter; Ellie McClung Green; Lucy Graham Crozier; Mary Davis; Mary R. Comfort; Cornelia Baxter; Lawrence Davis Tyson; Lulu Hayden; Cornelia McGhee Cowan; Lucy White Rodgers; Lizzie Crozier French; Edward C. Mitchell; Mary Goodloe Edwards; Samuel Ringold; William C. Ross. Last 2 boxes include miscellaneous items on C. M. McClung; added as found: photograph of Lee McClung & Timothy Dwight; S. M. Dugger; White & McClung family notes; manuscript & photographs from “A Scrapbook For My Grandchildren” by William Cary Ross; photograph [William Cary Ross]. Box 7 includes samples of printing done by C. M. McClung; stock certificates from Southern Locomotive & Valve Gear Co. and Whittle Springs Co. 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
- Creation: 1861 - 1943
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
9 boxes
Language of Materials
English
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Transcriptions of Eliza Mills McClung’s letters (1874-1879) to her son, Calvin Morgan McClung, (MSC 0022b) were added to Box 9 (4/23/2009).
Topical
- Charles N. Crittenton
- Cornelia Baxter
- Cornelia McGhee Cowan
- Cornelia White McGhee
- Dwight, Timothy
- Edward C. Mitchell
- Eleanor McGhee Neely
- Europe
- French, Lizzie Crozier, 1851-1926
- Green, Ellie McClung
- Lucy Graham Crozier
- Lucy White Rodgers
- Lulu Hayden
- Margaret McGhee Baxter
- Mary Davis
- Mary Goodloe Edwards
- Mary R. Comfort
- McClung family
- McClung, Calvin Morgan, 1855-1919
- McClung, Eliza Mills
- McClung, Franklin Henry
- McClung, Lee, 1870-1914
- McClung, Lida
- McClung, May Lawson "Polly"
- McGhee, Charles McClung, 1828-1907
- Printing
- Ross, William C. (William Cary), Sr., 1879-1956
- S. M. Dugger
- Samuel Ringold
- Saratoga Springs
- Scrapbooks
- Social life
- Southern Locomotive & Valve Gear Company
- Stock certificates
- Tyson, Betty McGhee
- Tyson, Lawrence Davis, 1861-1929
- White & McClung family
- Whittle Springs Company
- William C. Ross
- Yale
- Status
- Under Revision
- 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