McClung, Calvin Morgan, 1855-1919

Scope and Contents Includes Laura Luttrell’s annotated printed catalog of the original gift from Barbara Adair McClung of her husband’s, Calvin M. McClung, personal library to create the McClung Collection. One copy of original printed catalog with circa 2018 inventory updates. One unmarked copy of original printed catalog. One folder with circa 2018 updates to original catalog of missing items.One copy of Presentation of Calvin M. McClung Historical...

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Barbara A. McClung diaries. Originals. + one box with photocopies of diaries

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Handwritten page of notes for corrections provided by Calvin McClung to the editors of Baedekers, The United States with an Excursion into Mexico (3rd rev. ed.) Calvin McClung was hired to edit the Smokies portion of the text.

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Letter from Calvin M. McClung, Knoxville, Tenn., to Mr. Madison W. McCleskey, Columbia, S.C. November 15, 1837. Handwritten transcribed copy by Barbara McClung. 5 pp. Re: college days over; illness in Knoxville; possible visit to Jane Irwin in Athens, Ga.; Female Academy; friend John Lea.

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Calvin M. McClung marriage license to Annie McGhee. Knox County, Tenn. March 3, 1881. DS 1 pc. Signed by Thomas W. Humes. + 1 envelope with 2 cent stamp.

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;...

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Research by Ellen McClung Green (1872-1956) on genealogy (McClung, Green, Mills, Morgan, and White families) and the history of Knoxville. Also includes family correspondence, 1835-1951; newspaper clippings on Calvin Morgan McClung, Lee McClung, Frank McClung, and the McClung Historical Collection; handwritten cookbook of Ellen McClung Green, 1892.

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James White note to Lt. Robert Rhea, Sept. 9, 1793. Re: Re: collect your troop of horses and do your best to overtake the thieves & retake the horses. ALS 1 pc. Mounted on paper. Penciled note ‘Very Rare.’

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Photocopies of documents with background on the transition of Lawson McGhee Library to the Free Public Library and other historical documents containing the history of LML.

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...

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Portrait of Calvin Morgan McClung. By Knaffl & Brakebill, Knoxville, Tenn.. In presentation folder.

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‘Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Members of the McClung and Related Families by Calvin Morgan McClung, Knoxville, Tenn.’ 1 vol. Handwritten, penciled notes arranged alphabetically by the first letter of the surname.

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MM-1991-002 a: original manuscript of Kenneth Robertson on Spotswood Family research, 1891. Written on Webster Composition book. Contains handwritten notes by Calvin M. McClung in margins. MM-1992-002 b: photocopy of the above item.

Scope and Contents (Folder 1 of 2): Transcriptions of Eliza Mills McClung’s original letters (1874-1879) to her son, Calvin Morgan McClung. Letters are in covers. Folder includes typed “Notes” with added notations which identify and describe people and places in Mrs. McClung’s letters. Transcriptions and “Notes” were probably done by Barbara McClung or Mary Rothrock. (Folder 2 of 2): Unidentified index found with the transcriptions. Not an index of the transcriptions. Index was probably prepared by Mary...

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List of articles taken from the storehouse of John S. Van Gilder during the Siege of Knoxville in November-December 1863. Money due from the United States Government. Listing of articles dated December 5, 1863. Document sworn to on May 12, 1864. ADS 1 pc. (both sides) + envelope with explanation, written by Calvin Morgan McClung.