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
- 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).
- Charles N. Crittenton Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cornelia Baxter Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cornelia McGhee Cowan Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Cornelia White McGhee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Dwight, Timothy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Edward C. Mitchell Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Eleanor McGhee Neely Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Europe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- French, Lizzie Crozier, 1851-1926 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Green, Ellie McClung Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lucy Graham Crozier Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lucy White Rodgers Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lulu Hayden Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Margaret McGhee Baxter Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mary Davis Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mary Goodloe Edwards Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mary R. Comfort Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Calvin Morgan, 1855-1919 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Eliza Mills Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Franklin Henry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Lee, 1870-1914 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, Lida Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McClung, May Lawson "Polly" Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McGhee, Charles McClung, 1828-1907 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Printing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ross, William C. (William Cary), Sr., 1879-1956 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- S. M. Dugger Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Samuel Ringold Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Saratoga Springs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Scrapbooks Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Social life Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Southern Locomotive & Valve Gear Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Stock certificates Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tyson, Betty McGhee Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tyson, Lawrence Davis, 1861-1929 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- White & McClung family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Whittle Springs Company Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- William C. Ross Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Yale Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- 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
