C. M. McClung & Co. Records
This collection houses receipts and letters from the C. M. McClung & Co. hardware company, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, recording sales to Frank William Taylor of Morristown, Tennessee made between 1929 and 1941.
Dates
- 1929-1941
Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection houses receipts and letters from the C. M. McClung & Co. hardware company, located in Knoxville, Tennessee, recording sales to Frank William Taylor of Morristown, Tennessee made between 1929 and 1941.
Biographical/Historical Note
C. M. McClung & Co. was a wholesale and mail-order supplier of hardware, stoves, and other goods, located on Jackson Avenue in downtown Knoxville. The company dates back to 1820 when James Cowan started a general store on Gay Street. In 1859 this enterprise became the firm of Cowan, McClung, & Co. In 1884, Calvin Morgan McClung bought the business's wholesale hardware division, which he named after himself. The first Jackson Avenue warehouses were built in 1893. The company went out of business in 1971. Despite plans to turn the warehouses into residential lofts, several of the warehouses were destroyed by fire in 2007.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder
Acquisition Note
This collection was purchased by Special Collections on March 20, 2007.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository