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Q PREFACE
In January 1936 the Federal Historical Records Survey undertook a
V program which would result in making accessible basic materials for
~ research in the history of the United States. While this work was at
C first devoted to inventories of county, municipal, and State archives,
· the Survey began, in the spring of 1938, to locate and describe manu-
script depositories and manuscript collections throughout the nation.
A Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections, no matter how small,
waE—tE`be_iEEEed`TEr_EEch—bTrthe~fErty:€ightnstates and the District of
Columbia, and a master index to the forty—nine was planned. The Guide
to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Tennessee was publisEEd_in
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The Guide to Collections of Manuscripts in Tennessee is a volume
in the seEEHd`sE?iEE`ET’tEE”EeHEsEriptE"pEEliEZtiSH`p?E§Fam begun by
the Federal Historical Records Survey in Tennessee and carried forward
by the Tennessee Historical Records Survey, which succeeded the Federal
Survey on September l, 1939. This Guide proposes to describe each of
the organized manuscript collectionE`iH"Tennessee depositories listed
in the Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections in Tennessee,
with the"`e7c?e`p"€i cBTl t ?T"`EEE}1 der
the depository gives information, when it is available, on the name of
collection, covering dates, amount, arrangement and catalog situation,
library location, route by which the manuscripts arrived in the depository,
description of contents, i.e., types, dates, subjectS,persons and places
I prominently represented, and bibliography on the collection.
The information for this book was gathered from first—hand examina-
tions of the holdings of the institutions and by consultations with the
librarians and custodians of the various depositories. The inclusion of
certain significent private collections has been deemed consistent with
the Tennessee Survey*s purpose of indicating available and important
nenuscript collections. Publication of this Guide was not to be delayed
for inclusion of every collection, since, evcn_on—a normal basis, the
continual discovery and addition of new collections would enlarge the
holdings of the depositories. lt is intended that the Guide be a report
, ,of progress; a supplement to this Guide will be issued tH`d€scribe
additional manuscript accessions nEHe—by the depositorics. Consequently,
descriptions of certain collections have been omitted, including the
William Blount Correspondence, Robert Cannon papers, Grainger County
papers, Hall-Stakely papers; and West Tennessee papers in Lawson McGhee
Library; George Barnes Collection in the University of Tennessee Library;
V and the holdings of the Tennessee State Library.
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2 found. "Piece" has been used to indicate an unbound manuscript, 'volume”
Y for bound, and "itemf includes both bound and unbound manuscripts. The
T collection is available for general use unless otherwise indicated. I
_ Dates within parentheses beside the title of the collection represent the
tip, period covered by the bulk of the collection.
The collection of information for the Guide and its preparation for
publication were under the supervision cf REEEFF Cassell, Manuscripts
Editor of the Tennessee Survey, assisted by Ruth Foster. The preparation
of the Guide to Collections of Manuscripts in Tennessee was carried
I forward`HEFin§`tHE'EHEiHTEtrEtiEE'5T`TT`MErEHalI`UEEEE`as State Super-
_ visor of the Tennessee Survey before he resigned to become State Supervisor
of the Research and Records Programs and while Dan Lacy, Assistant to the
Director of the Historical Records Survey Program, served as Regional
Supervisor. This book was prepared in accordance with instructions
from the Washington office of the Survey, and was edited by Margaret
Sherburne Eliot, Assistant Archivist in charge of manuscripts inventories.
_ Typing of the final draft was done by Dosia L. Pearson, and cutting of
stencils by Helen P. Allen.
It is a pleasure to acknowledge the cooperation of librarians and
custodians in the preparation of this book. Particularly helpful were
Miss Lucile Deaderick of Lawson McGhee Library, Mr. R. Gerald McMurtry
of Lincoln Memorial University, and Dr. A. F. Kuhlman, Director of the
Joint University Libraries of Nashville.
l Madison Bratton, State Supervisor
I The Tennessee Historical Records Survey
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A TABLE OF CONTENTS
A CHATTANOOGA
A MYS• Penelope Johnson A1lGH ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1
Cherokee Claims.
Chattanooga Public Library ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••¤••••• 1
Chattanooga Historical Society Collection; Fort Papers;
Francis Lynde Collection; Goulding Papers; Letter Books
of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland; Mahoney
I Papers; William Bentley Swaney Collection.
{ HARROGATE
Q Lincoln Memorial University, Lincoln Room.................... 3
* Cassius M. Clay Collection; Civil War Collection;
I Lincoln Collection; Lincoln Migration Papers; Worden
j Papers.
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LRWSOH McGhee LlbT3ry •••a•••••••••••¤••••••¤•••••••••••••••• 5
Allin Papers; Grahmn Papers; houk Papers; Lenoir Papers;
g McClung Papers; Nelson Collection; Will A. McTeer Collection;
I Welcker Papers.
} UniV€TSity of Tennessee Library ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 8
{ Collection of ledgers; Lenoir Papers; Mary B. Temple
| Papers; Oliver P. Temple Papers; Sara J. Hale Letters.
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{ A C. R. Calvert Collection; Colton Greene Collection;
i Memphis Historical Society Collection.
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E ’Fort-Nichols Collection.
i MTS• MlHHiG McLeskey HalliBurton •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ll
E Fort Pillow Papers; James Alexander Rogers Papers.
; Nb. and MTS. Wesley Halliburton ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12
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.   University Library •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••  
y Anti-Slavery Collection; Fisk Papers; Plantation
i Journals and Negro Collection.
P George Peabody College for Teachers Library ................• 14
Literary Societies Collection; Robertson Collection;
Trustees' Letters; University of Nashville History and
Minutes; William H. Payne Collection.
·v   House of the   Ch.LlI°Ch ••••••••••¤••••••••• 17
} Journals of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.
{ Tennessee Hj.StOI°j.C3]. Society OIIOIOUOIUOOOIOOIIIIIIOIIOIOIQIQ  
{ Brown Collection; Donnell Papers; Dyas Collection
' (Coffee and Jackson Papers); Elliott Collection;
E General James Winchester Papers; McEwen Collection;
l Overton Papers; Robert Lusk Collection (Heiss Papers);
I Tennessee Historical Society Collection; Trimble
J Collection; Winchester·Claybrooke Collection.
' VB.I'1d8I"bl.].lJ MGdj.CF3.]. LibI`9.I`y •••••¤••••••••••••••••••••••••••••  
Letters and Biographical Sketches of Eminent Physicians.
V8.Tld€I'bi].`iZ UI'1j.V€1"Sj.`by, GGIISYELI Lj.bI`&T`y ••••••••••••••••••••••  
Barnard Papers; Correspondence Concerning Turkey;
Moore Papers.
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g Autographs and Letters of the House of Bishops;
E Autographs and Letters of the House of Bishops of the
‘ Church of England in Canada; Quintard Collection; White
Collection (Letters of Trustees of the University
Or the South).
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é GUIDE T0 COLLECTIONS 0F MANUSCRIPTS
  IN TENNESSEE
CHATTANOOGA
. Mrs. Penelope Johnson Allen, 1710 West 45rd Street.
A 1. CHEROKEE CLAIMS, 1812 (1856-42) 1842. 1200 pieces, and 20
C, volumes in 1 box. No arrangement; no catalog. May be used under
1 supervision of the owner. Purchased by Mrs. Allen in 1929 from Robert
{ Bruce Ross of Park Hill, Oklahoma, grandson of Chief John Ross and a
1 son of Allen Ross. The claims for spoliation and improvements were
1 taken by the Cherokees themselves and were in the possession of Chief
1 John Ross, who, at the time of his death in 1866, was preparing to
1 present them again to the United States Government for collection. The
1 claims were stored in the Ross house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
1 were sent to Allen Ross by one Stapler who occupied the house and who
1 was a brother—in—law of Chief Ross. Upon the death of Allen Ross the
1 claims came into the possession of Robert Bruce Ross.
' Seven volumes of claims for spoliation and improvements east of
1 the Mississippi River, 1838, some for reservations taken under the
*_ treaties of 1817 and 1819 and few others for damages sustained by Chero-
1 kees during the Creek War; 15 volumes of spoliation claims taken west
of Mississippi River, 1842. The 20 volumes contain 5010 claims. 15 of
the volumes contain indexes. 1200 unbound claims for spoliation and
I improvements of land east of Mississippi River made by the Cherokees,
1 1842. Among prominent names are: Sally Guess, Charles Renatus Hicks,
1 Elijah Hicks, George Lowery, John Ross, lewis Ross, Sequoyah, Nathaniel
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11· CHATTANOOGA PUBLIC LIBRARY, RhCallie Avenue at Douglas Street.
1 B. F. Thomas Memorial Room.
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1 2. CHATTANOOGA HISTORICAIJSOCIETY COLLECTION, 1866-1906. 35 pieces
1 in 1 letter folder. Arranged chronologically; no catalog. Presented
1 to the library by the Society when it disbanded, about 1906.
1 Diagram of Union Hospital Building on Lookout lbuntain, 1866; 25
1 letters, 1905-6, to Charles D. UcGuffey, president of the Society, from
1 friends and members of the Society in regard to meetings, speeches and
1 honorary memberships; 3 speeches; Reconstruction period in Chattanooga,
1 history of Ross Landing by Xenophon Wheeler, and the removal of the
  courthouse from Harrison to Chattanooga; tributes to deceased members;
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g 5. FORT PAPERS, 1795 (1861-65) 1905. 565 pieces and 1 volume in
j 4 letter files, 2 portfolios,and 2 file boxes. Arranged chronologically;
Q no catalog. The collection was deposted` with the library by John Fort,
ii author and member of the Fort family.
i The collection consists of a few letters of Tomlinson Fort and
, A. B. Fannin on campaigns in Florida, 1812; correspondence or Fort with
j _Gecrge Gilmer, John C. Calhoun, and G. W. Owens on politics, 1828-55;
c correspondence of Fort, Fannin, K. W. Hargrove, and Z. B. Hargrove on
business and family affairs, 1858-48; letters of Fort, John Berrien,
, ‘ Calhoun, H. V. Johnson, Wilson Lumpkin, George M. Troup, and William
Schley on publication of Fort•s medical book, 1849; many letters of Civil
War period of Tomlinson Fort, Jr., George Fort, John P. Fort, Kate Fort,
and Mrs. Tomlinson Fort, Sr., 1861-65; some correspondence of Tomlinson
Fort, Jr., Mrs. Tomlinson Fort, Sr., and John P. Fort on family affairs,
1868-85. There are many bills, notes, deeds, land grants, and financial
agreements of the elder Tomlinson Fort, K. W. Hargrove, Z. B. Hargrove,
A ; Ker Boyce, and Farrish Carter, 1855-49; and land grants and legal briefs
of Tomlinson Fort, Jr., 1870-1900. There is one volume, Morning Report,
· 1865-64, roll of a Georgia regiment.
A calendar for the collection is being prepared by the Tennessee
Historical Records Survey.
1 4. FRANCIS LYNDE COLLECTION, 1891-1950. 25 pieces plus 5 scrap-
A books of photographs of Lynde and his home. No arrangement; no catalog.
Presented to library by the widow of Francis Lynde in 1950.
_ Eighteen sermons and addresses of Francis Lynde in connection with
" his church work, 1900-1907; original manuscripts of 5 novels; 2 volumes,
‘ financial records of Lynde*s writings.
5. GOULDING PAPERS, 1852-1951. 451 items. The condition of the
` collection is poor; most of the paper is badly torn. Arranged chrono-
logically; no catalog. Acquired by the library about 1955 through the
bequest of Capt. B. L. Goulding.
Notes on books and articles written by the Reverend Francis Robert
_ Goulding, Presbyterian minister and author, and drafts of articles on
religious subjects; correspondence with William S. Martian, James Nisbet,
Nelson and Sons, and George Routledge and Sons regarding Gou1ding*s
literary work and United States, Confederate, and English copyrights;
few family letters of the Reverend Goulding, his sister Mary, his son
B. L., and Dr. J. Mercer Green; appendix to Young Marooners; biography of
the Reverend F, R, Goulding; manuscript of elgsay-on Sell Help. There are
52 volumes which include: Macon, Georgia, hospital records, 1865; memoranda,
notes, and sketches, 1855-75; Chamber of Commerce scrapbook, 1879-86;
; ledger of N. B. Forrest Camp, United Confederate Veterans, 1920-51.

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5 Harrogate — Lincoln Memorial University, Lincoln Room
2 in 6. LETTER BOOKS OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND,
~ Q 1902-6. Approximately 1500 items in 2 volumes. Arranged chronologi-
‘ i` cally; no catalog. Presented to library by the Society about 1906.
I Letter book copies of correspondence of the Society, many pieces
·» l· signed by H. V. Boynton, Hugh B. Rowland, and John Tweedale chiefly
A ~ concerning the controversy between the Society and the Shiloh Commission
’ over the battle of Shiloh, many with copies signed by Don Carlos Buell,
*4 1905-6; also routine letters on dues, letters on published volumes of
l proceedings of the Society, lists of members, 1902-6; letters on dedica-
"- tion of the Sherman monument, 1905, and on burial of William S. Rosecrans
a' and memorial to him, 1902.
7. MAHONEY PAPERS, 1792-1856. 54 pieces in 1 portfolio. Arranged
` chronologically; no catalog. Deposited with the library by J. J. Mahoney.
The collection consists of 4 ship*s manifests for cargoes from the
West Indies consigned to Philadelphia, 1792-95; trial papers made when
~ Elijah C. Rice and Philip lnlow, merchants of Hamilton County, Tennessee,
brought suit before John Rice and Dennis Condray, Justices of the Peace,
. against numerous Cherokee Indians for collection of debts, 1856.
8. WILLIAM BENTLEY SWANEY COLLECTION, 1921-22. 66 pieces in 1
file box. Arranged chronologically; no catalog. Presented to the
` library in 1925 by Judge William Bentley Swaney.
Eighteen addresses chiefly by Judge William Bentley Swaney on
causes of, conditions of, and remedies for lawlessness in the United
States, need and means of law enforcement; correspondence of Judge
Swaney with Joseph E. Corrigan, Hubert Harley, Marcus.A.Kavanaugh,
Edward T. Sanford, and Charles S. Whitman on plans for national meetings .
and programs of the Law Enforcement Committee, with comparative figures
, on crime and law enforcement in the United States and other countries.
HARROGATE
1 LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY, LINCOLN ROOM.
· 9. CASSIUS M. CLAY COLLECTION, 1840 (1860-76} 1898. Approximately
600 pieces in 5 letter boxes (12xl2x5) and 2 portfolios (l4xl0x§).
I 90 percent arranged by name of author; some pieces arranged by subject;
· no catalog. A typed list of the authors is maintained with the collection.
v T Purchased from Steward Kidd of Cincinnati and presented to Lincoln
. Lemorial University.
V Diplomatic correspondence of Cassius M. Clay. Minister to Russia,
} with outstanding leaders of the period, among them: Charles F. Adams,
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2 George Bancroft, Salmon P. Chase, Charles A. Dana, Abraham Lincoln,
 `·L Whitelaw Reid, William H. Seward, and Leo Tolstoy, 1861-68; correspond-
T ence of Clay on abolition, the Liberal Republican party, and related
political subjects with Henry W. Beecher, Janes Birney, James G. Blaine,
, Frank P. Blair, Simon P. Cameron, Edward Everett, Horace Greeley, George
T W. Julian, Wendell Phillips, and Henry Wilson, 1850-90; photostats of
A Linco1n*s executive orders, 1862. Some of the pieces are in French and
( Russian. There is a scrapbook on abolition, 1840.
See. - R. Gerald McMurtry, The Department of Lincolniana, pp. 6, 10,
E LincolH—Memorial University, Har?o§at€T"l939T" _Q —_—-¤__"———
10. CIVIL WAR COLLECTION, 1816-1924. 6 items. Arranged by subject;
no catalog. The items have been acquired over a period of time and
I combined as a collection.
George Morganls report on the capture of Cumberland Gap, 1862; 2
letters, 1861, 1864; William T. Sherman*s essay, The Grand Strategy of
the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65; and Nelson A. Nilesl essay on Abraham
. Lincoln with a letter concerning publication of the article, 1924.
See. — McMurtry, The Department of Linpolniana, p. 9.
ll. LINCOLN COLIECTION, 1852-64. 19 pieces. Arranged chrono-
- logically; no catalog. The original pieces are displayed on the walls
1 of the Lincoln Room; typewritten copies are kept in folders in the room.
, Some of the pieces have been owned since the founding of the Lincoln
,. cp Room and others have been added by gift and purchase since that time.
in A letter of Abraham Lincoln to William Herndon on legal matters,
I 1852; correspondence of Lincoln with Simon P. Cameron and William H.
( Seward on politics, 1860; with Cameron, Cassius M. Clay, Seward, and
Edwin M. Stanton on appointments, 1861-62. There are a few photostats
i .of executive orders issued by Lincoln, 1862-64.
i See. — McMurtry, The Department of Lincolniana, pp. 6-10.
12. LINCOLN MIGRATION PAPERS, 1793 (1803-1816, 1928-1932) 1938.
` Approximately 1000 pieces in 2 letter files. Fifty percent arranged by
_ subject; no catalog. Presented to the depository by R. Gerald McMurtry
in 1936c
J Material gathered in effort to establish route the Lincolns
. travelled from Kentucky through Indiana into Illinois. Material covers
C period 1793-1938 with gaps from 1799-1802, 1817-1927; some copies of
· material made from 1928 to 1938: deeds, 1793-96, 1803-16; depositions
· taken by Lincoln Migration Commission on route of Lincolns, 1930-32;
C0Prespondencc of R. Gerald McMurtry and George Ridenour on migration
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.-* V and reports of commission, 1952-55. Persons frequently mentioned
-·‘ ; include: Solomon Brandenburg, Mary Crume, Ralph Crume, Abraham Lincoln,
· » A Thomas Lincoln, and Jacob Vanmeter.
;, See. - McMurtry, The Department of Lincolniana, p. 7.
»;; - 15. WORDEN PAPERS, 1855-86. 64 pieces in 1 letter box, plus 1
-»‘ , volume. Arranged chronologically; no catalog. Bought from Thomas
A Nadigan of New York by John Wesley Hill and presented to Lincoln Memorial
— University in 1951. The collection has been photostated, and the photo-
stats mounted in a volume. There is a typed calendar kept with the
, collection.
Correspondence, chiefly from John S. Worden, commander of the
.- Monitor and later Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, with Mrs.
~ Worden? concerning: his inmrisonment in Montgomery, Alabama, 1861; the
battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac and Worden*s command of the
~ Nbntauk, 1862-65. irstrsevai orders_f?Em_§. F. DuPont, L. M. Goldsborough,
§EEpEEE Lee, and Joseph Smith. The volume contains letters and newspaper
. r clippings.
See. - McMurtry, The Department of Lincolniana, p. 6.
KNOXVILLE
» T LAWSON MoGHEE LIBRARY, 217 Market Street. McClung Room.
. 14. ALLIN PAPERS, 1881-1927. Approxiumtely 2700 pieces in 52
‘r 2 . cardboard containers. Arranged chronologically; no catalog. There is
_ a typed calendar (1958) of the collection in the lbClung Room. The
’ collection was recently deposited in the library by Dr. Neil Franklin,
_ °· I of Knoxville, who obtained the papers after the death of J. Hays Allin.
S Papers relating to real estate business and activities in Chatta-
nooga where J. Hays Allin was a real estate dealer; correspondence
2 relating to affairs of the Presbyterian Church in East Tennessee in
1 which J. Hays Allin was a minister; miscellaneous correspondence and
—; documents of the Allin family, including Luther, Jewett, Thomas H.,
1 J. Bq and J. Hays Allin.
r 15. GRAHAM PAPERS, 1805 (1829-50) 1888. 500 items in 8 cardboard
containers. Arranged chronologically; no catalog. Presented to the
; library in 1957 by Lary U. Rothrock who purchased the papers in Tazewell.
Papers of Hugh Graham, Tazewell merchant, consisting chiefly of
- Accounts and lepal papers of Hugh Graham and Son, 1805-86, such as
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_ 1 and bills are from Philadelphia firms, with some letters from Martin
y V Beatty and John Rhea regarding purchases and the mercantile business.
y There is 1 vol., genealogical data on the Graham family and fandly
~ of Absalom A. Kyle together with some accounts of Kyle.
16. HOUK PAPERS, 1870-1925. Approximately 51,000 pieces in 500
cardboard containers (l2xl0xl2), 75 containers (12x10x5}, and 50 ledger
boxes (l2x10x4). Arranged chronologically; no catalog. Presented to
” the library by the widow of John C. Houk in 1925.
Legal, political, and personal correspondence, the bulk of which
was received by Leonidas C. Houk, East Tennessee Republican leader, and
A his son, John C. Houk. The letters relate chiefly to political affairs
.. and Republican activities in East Tennessee, 1870-91; routine business
of Leonidas C. Houk as member of Congress from Tennessee, 1879-91. The
John C. Houk papers consist mostly of letters received by him while a
member of Congress, 1891-95. Included with the collection are a few
briefs of lawsuits. Names of correspondents include: Frank S. Blair,
A Victor Heintz, Fred and Lincoln Houk, R. Q. Lillard, Jesse M. Littleton,
Tom P. May, Fred Mynatt, W. J. Oliver, J. Harry Swan.
17. LENOIR PAPERS, 1798 (1820-45) 1867. 500 pieces in 5 card-
board containers. Arranged chronologically; no catalog. Purchased in
1959 from Mrs. Louise McNeeley of Lenoir City, a descendant of William
B. Lenoir.
The collection comprises letters to Major William B. Lenoir, in-
cluding correspondence with John Martin on cotton and business in
V Chattanooga and Memphis, 1840-48; with Isaac T. and Albert S. Lenoir
A on family affairs, business, and lawsuits, 1852-48; with B. Ballard
Lenoir, Waightstill Avery Lenoir, Israel Pickens Lenoir, and Eliza
Lenoir on school life at Athens, East Tennessee College, and Emory and
A , Henry College, 1855-45; with Waightstill Avery and Reynolds A. Rwnsey
1 on business affairs, 1798-1842; also letters of W. A. Lenoir, 1858-59,
V I on his travels accompanying Cherokee Indians on removal from their
territory in Georgia to Oklahoma. A large portion of the collection
A consists of bills, accounts, and deeds concerning the Lenoir business
‘ A and family interests in East Tennessee, 1820-45.
c 18. NbClUNG PAPERS, 1790-1919. Approximately 2,750 items in 25
` [ volumes. Arranged in volumes by families; cataloged with 50 cards,
under name of family; call no. 929.2. Presented in 1919 by the widow of
so Colonel Calvin M. McClung, with the rest of the Historical Collection
’ which constituted the private library of Colonel McClung.
( This collection was made by Colonel Calvin M. McClung in the course
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Y; from members of families in whose genealogy he interested himself; notes
j by him on family histories; copies of deeds, marriage bonds, church
records, tombstone inscriptions, family Bible records; and other mis-
» cellaneous material. The material covers the period, 1790-1919; copies
o were made from 1880 to 1919. The papers are arranged by families, in-
vestigated to the extent of establishing direct lines of descent into
the lbC1ung family. Ten volumes relate to the McClung family, in
Virginia and Knoxville, Tennessee; 1 volume each on the Campbell,
A Christian, Cogswell, Lawson, lhGhee, Mills, Morgan, Roane, Russell,
· White, and Williams families; 5 volumes on other families.
— 19. NELSON COLLECTION, 1782-1922. Estimated 6,000 pieces, in 55
cardboard boxes, plus 21 volumes. Arranged chronologically; volumes
· are cataloged by subject. Presented to the library by Seldon Nelson in
~ 1921; the purely personal papers of the Nelson family were not included.
Papers of David Nelson, 1815-50; correspondence of T. A. R. Nelson
on industrial development in East Tennessee and routine letters of
Nelson as Congressman and treasurer of the Carter County School Fund,
. 1850-40; legal correspondence of Nelson, 1850-58; letters of John Bell,
William G. Brownlow, and Andrew Johnson relating to secession, and letters
· in praise of Ne1son*s Union stand in Congress and other public issues
1 of the day, 1861-65; genealogical papers of Selden Nelson, 1880-1920.
There are: l notebook on activities of East Tennessee Relief Association,
1864; 2 volumes of notes and transactions of T. A. R. Nelson as executor
of his father*s estate, 1850-55; and 18 volumes containing newspaper
clippings, 1859-72.
· ' Extensive use of the materials has been made in James Welch Patton,
» Unionism and Reconstruction in Tennessee 1860-1869, Chapel Hill, Uni-
} versity oT'Nb?tE'CE?6llEE7?%EEs, 1954.
. 20. WILL A. McTEER COLLECTION, 1855 (1876-1918) 1918. 12,500
Y pieces in 4 filing cases (40xl8xl2) and in 10 cardboard containers
- Q (l2xl0x5); 45 volumes. Arranged chronologically; 9 catalog cards for
E volumes only, cataloged by author. Presented to the library in 1926
1 by Wilson McTeer.
1 Unbound material consists chiefly of letters to Will A. NbTeer,
» Union soldier and Republican leader; two-thirds of the volumes consist
· of carbons of letters by him. Names of correspondents include: J. H.
; Anderson, Oliver D. Eaton, E. A. Elmore, John E. Gamble, H. B. Lindsey,
‘ Andrew McTcer, and Wilson NbTeer. Letters by McTeer relate to affairs
V in Blount County, church history and activities, legal matters, Mary-
{ ville College, temperance movement, Grand Army of the Republic, and
. *&Teer*s promotion of the telephone. The letter carbons run to 1909.
There are: 1 volume, record of the law firm of McTeer, Pride and Henry,
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Collection; University of Tennessee Library
1855-59; 4 volumes of dockets of Will A. McTeer, as United States
Commissioner for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 1878-95; 5 volumes,
‘ I record of his business and personal transactions at Maryville, 1881-1909;
' 5 volumes of New Providence Church (Presbyterian) records, 1881-92; rents
account book, 1889-1909; account book of McTeer and Gamble, physicians,
` 1892-1905.
21. WELCKER PAPERS, 1855 (1859-60) 1880. Approximately 1,000
pieces in 14 cardboard containers. Arranged chronologically; no catalog.
Presented to the library in 1952 by Annette Welcker, niece of Charles
F.“Welcker.
- Letters and legal papers of Colonel Charles F. Welcker, Tazewell
merchant, chiefly the correspondence of Colonel Welcker with his
brothers George and Z. C., and his sons henry I., Benjamin, Frederick,
Charles, and James, and with business firms in Talladega, Alabama;
Murfreesboro and Knoxville, Tennessee, and West Point, New York, regard-
V ing the Welcker mercantile business at Tazewell, purchase of goods,
market conditions and personal affairs. Documents and legal papers
including grants of land, bills of sale, and deeds to slaves are
scattered through the collection.
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE LIBRARY, 14th Street and Cumberland Avenue.
22. COLLECTION OF LEDGERS, 1828 (1880-1910) 1927. 225 volumes.
Arranged alphabetically by name of firm; 70 catalog cards, few classed
by Dewey system under author and subject headings. Stored in first
floor stacks. Lenoir Company ledgers were given by Mrs. Burdett of
Lenoir City about 1950. This was the beginning of the collection; the
other ledgers haye been acquired gradually since that time.
· Ledgers of business houses and firms, of Knoxville unless otherwise
, indicated: Allan Chastain Leather Company; Bart-Morris firm; Bell
s Laundry Company; Daniel Briscoe Cormany; Pryor Brown Livery Stable &
Transfer Company; Economy Mill Work Manufacturing Company, Vestal;
· Gatlinburg Hotel, Gatlinburg; Greenway Home Builders; Imperial Transfer
, Company; Jellico Mining Company; John H. Hain, Shelbyville; Kimberly
Tnning & Manufacturing Company; Hugh A. Kyle, Rogersville; Kyscr Brothers;
· Lenoir Manufacturing Company, Lenoir City; Newcomer Company; S. B. Newman
1 & Company; E. E. Ogle, Gatlinburg; J. R. Payne & Sons; J. R. Payne;
J. Allen Smith & Company; J. T. Stewart Furniture Company; Sweat Clothing
A Company; Union Mining Company, Rogersville; N. Whited & Sons, Big Barron.
2 There are also 8 criminal dockets, personal record of cases tried in
A state courts, 1848-55, of Absalom A. Kyle of Rogersville.
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f 25. LENOIR PAPERS, 1787 (1855-90) 1915. 1,272 pieces in 4 letter
—- boxes. Arranged by subject and chronologically thereunder; no catalog.
g Stored in sixth floor stack room 501. Bought in 1954 from Mrs. Williams
1 of Lenoir City, descendant of William B. Lenoir.
V Land grants, 1787-1885; family and business correspondence, chiefly
» of William B. Lenoir, with George Burdett, Thomas Ferguson, Alexander
Outlaw, J. C. Patton, W. E. Smith, and Oliver P. Temple, 1800-1912; maps
and field descriptions of Lenoir property, 1800-1870; lists of slaves,
1855-50; requisitions of militia at Fort Payne and Fort Lovell, Alabama,
and Fort Cass, Tennessee, 1857-58; Loudon Methodist Episcopal Church
records, 1850. Many bills, notes, accounts and receipts are scattered
throughout the collect