Calvin Morgan McClung historical collection

CALVIN MORGAN M c CLUNG HISTORICAL COLLECTION
of
Books, Pamphlets, Manuscripts, Pictures and Maps relating to early Western Travel and the History and Genealogy of Tennessee and other Southern States.
Presented to LAWSON McGHEE LIBRARY
by
MRS. CALVIN M. McCLUNG
KNOXVILLE LITHOGRAPHING CO. KNOXVILLE, TENN. 1921
The following catalog is arranged alphabetically by author or, when the author is not known, by the key word of the title. The compilation is the joint work of Laura Luttrell, Wisconsin Library School, 1913, Organizer of the Collection, and Mary U. Rothrock, New York State Library School, 1912-14, Librarian of Lawson McGhee Library, who gratefully acknowledge the helpful suggestions of Dr. George F. Mellen.
CALVIN MORGAN M c CLUNG
Calvin Morgan M c Clung, son of Franklin Henry and Eliza Ann (Mills) McClung, was born May 12, 1855. In 1874 he received from East Tennessee University the degree of A. B., in 1876 from Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University that of Ph. B. and in 1877 from East Tennessee University that of A. M. He married first Annie, daughter of Col. Charles McClung McGhee, founder of Lawson McGhee Library; second Barbara, daughter of Mr. Augustus Dixon Adair, of Atlanta. He died March 12, 1919.
The collection of historical material relating to his own state and city was the absorbing interest of his later life. Accuracy and thoroughness characterized his efforts, both as student and collector. Evidence of his painstaking exactness may be seen in the marginal annotations, the clippings and letters to be found in almost every volume of his library.
Aborigines of America, Board for the emigration, preservation, and improvement of the. Documents and proceedings relating to the formation and progress of a Board in the city of New York, for the emigration, preservation, and improvement, of the aborigines of America. July 22, 1829. N. Y., Vanderpool & Cole , 1829. 48 p.