Will A. McTeer Papers.
Scope and Contents
Will A. McTeer was born in Blount County, Tenn., and lived there most of his life. He was a lawyer, legislator and banker. In 1862 he joined the Third Tennessee Cavalry of the Union Army as a private and retired as a major at the end of the Civil War. He married Mary T. Wilson, who died in 1898. In 1903 he married Mrs. Lucy Tilden Wilson, with whom he had one child, Wilson McTeer. Will A. McTeer attended Maryville College, served as circuit court clerk for Blount County from 1868-1878, was a Republican member of the Tennessee legislature in 1881-1883, was a U.S. Commissioner from 1878 to 1896, was president of the Bank of Maryville, and was treasurer of Maryville College. He was active in the Grand Army of the Republic, and was on the Selective Service Board of Blount County during World War I. Subjects include: personal and business correspondence; legal documents; receipts; letter books of McTeer’s outgoing letters; records of the Blount County Selective Service Board; records of the New Providence Presbyterian Church of Maryville; Maryville College; temperance; Republican politics; and the McTeer family. 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
- 1828-1925
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
45 boxes + 4 volumes (6 boxes of letterbooks)
General
Included in Linda Posey thesis of McClung Collection Manuscript holdings and the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. Listed in the “Guide to Collections of Manuscripts in Tennessee,” prepared by the Tenn. Historical Records Survey, WPA, 1941.
- McTeer, Will. A. (William Anderson), 1843-1925 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Bank of Maryville Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Banks and banking Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Grand Army of the Republic Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letter books Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Maryville College (Maryville, Tenn.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- McTeer family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- New Providence Presbyterian Church Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Politics and government Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Presbyterian churches Subject Source: Local sources
- Republican Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Selective Service Board Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temperance Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History World War, 1914-1918 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Union Army Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army. Third Tennessee Cavalry Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Will A. McTeer 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
