MS 1 McCall Family Papers

MS 1
McCall Family
Papers, 1816-1929, n.d.

Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140

Descriptive summary

creator:	McCall Family
title:	Papers
dates:	1816-1929, n.d.
extent:	8.22 linear ft. (14 document boxes, 1 half-document box, 1 oversize box)
collection number:	MS 1
repository:	Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Administrative information

access:	Open for research
publication rights:	Consult Head, Special Collections Department
preferred citation:	McCall Family Papers, MS 1, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical note

T. C. McCall

Thomas Clifton McCall was born on 4 September 1827 in Ross County, Ohio. In 1836, he moved with his father to a farm in Fulton County, Illinois. He came to Polk County, Iowa, in 1846. There he taught school for a time before entering the mercantile business, first in partnership with A. Y. Hull in Lafayette and later as the pioneer merchant in Rising Sun. In 1855, he moved into the real estate business in Des Moines and later continued as a land agent in the town of Nevada in Story County, Iowa. During the Civil War, he served as quartermaster of the 32nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1864, prior to being promoted to Assistant Quartermaster of Volunteers, a capacity in which he served 1864-1865.

McCall was a leader in Story County Republican circles. He was a state legislator in the 9th (1862), 19th (1882), and 20th (1884) general assemblies; he also served as a state senator in the 24th general assembly (1892). He was also a member of the State Central Committee which attempted to further the interests of the Republican Party.

T. C. McCall married Sarah A. Garrett (d. 1855) in 1849. They had a son, John, who practiced law briefly in Nevada and later was a prominent attorney in Des Moines. T. C. McCall remarried in 1858; his second wife was Mary A. Boynton (d. 1875). Three of their children survived to adulthood: Minnie Ellen, Fred C., and Edward M. Minnie McCall married A. E. Cronenwett and moved to Monrovia, California, where they ran a hotel. Fred C. McCall continued his father's real estate business (see below for more information). Edward M. McCall was an attorney in Nevada. T. C. McCall's third wife was Clara Kennedy (1842-1923); their only son died at age five. T. C. McCall died on 11 August 1892.

Fred C. McCall

Fred C. McCall was born on 7 October 1868. He entered Iowa State College (University) in 1884 but did not graduate. By 1889 he was working in the real estate business with his father. In 1902, he was appointed postmaster in Nevada, but continued in the financial circles of the area.

During World War I, Fred McCall was a member of the American Protective League, an ultra-national volunteer organization under the United States Justice Department, whose purpose was to discover United States residents suspected of espionage or sabotage.

Fred C. McCall married Alice Klove in 1890. She died in 1891. In 1895, he married Edith V. Ferner of Nevada. They had two children: Thomas Clifton and Elva Hazel.

Additional information on the McCall family may be found in History of Story County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement by W. O. Payne (Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1911) and in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa... (Chicago: The Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1890).

Collection description

This collection (1816-1929, n.d.) documents the McCall family, their business activities, and T. C. McCall's Civil War service. The collection includes biographical information, correspondence, diaries, legal documents, business records, army records, school papers and reports, news clippings, certificates, printed material, photographs, and memorabilia.

Organization

The collection is organized into eight series:

Series 1, Family history and photographs, 1867-1924, n.d.
Series 2, Correspondence, 1845-1928, n.d.
Series 3, T. C. McCall diary, 1875
Series 4, Civil War documents, 1856-1867, n.d.
Series 5, Legal documents and business records, 1851-1921, n.d.
Series 6, John A. McCall papers, 1866-1877, n.d.
Series 7, Ferner family papers, 1870-1929, n.d.
Series 8, Memorabilia, 1816-1919, n.d.

Description of series

Series 1

Family History and Photographs

1867-1924, n.d.

extent:

0.21 linear feet

description:

This series contains biographical information, certificates, and photographs. The biographical information includes printed materials about members of the McCall family as well as a history of the Jones family of Highland County, Virginia (including Edith Ferner McCall's grandfather Rev. Samuel Jones who was a Methodist Episcopal minister in the Des Moines Conference). Correspondence related to Ferner family genealogy is filed in Series 2, Correspondence (file 9/20).

The files are arranged alphabetically, with the photographs filed at the end.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
1	1	Biographical information, news clippings, and obituaries	1871-1924
16	1	Fred C. McCall postmaster appointment	1902
1	2	"History of the Jones Family"	n.d.
16	2	James D. Ferner and N. Virginia Jones marriage certificate	1867
1	3	T. C. McCall portrait from Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Story County, Iowa	1890
1	4	Photographs: T. C. McCall (1- 4x6 b/w photograph)	n.d.
1	5	Photographs: Unidentified individuals (1- 1x1 b/w, 1- 2x3 b/w, and 3- 2.5x4 b/w photographs)	n.d.
1	6	Photographs: Unidentified group photographs (2- 4x5 b/w photographs)	n.d.
1	7	Photographs: Unidentified group photograph and house (2- 3.5x5.5 b/w photographs)	n.d.

Description of series

Series 2

Correspondence

1845-1928, n.d.

extent:

3.36 linear ft.

description:

This series contains family correspondence, business correspondence of T. C. McCall and Fred C. McCall, and correspondence with political contacts. The files are arranged by generation, beginning with T. C. McCall followed by his second and third wives, Mary A. B. McCall and Clara McCall, then his children and grandchildren. Members of the Ferner and Jones family (relations of Edith Ferner McCall) and David J. Vinje (Story County attorney and Edward M. McCall's law partner) follow the McCall family. Miscellaneous and unidentified correspondents are filed at the end.

Of particular interest is the business correspondence documenting T. C. McCall's land agent business dealing with lands in Iowa and Nebraska. Of interest in the family correspondence are letters between T. C. McCall and his wife Mary A. B. McCall and son John while T. C. McCall was serving in the state legislature in 1862. The collection also contains letters between John A. McCall and his parents while he was a student at the University of Iowa. Political correspondence includes letters concerning the Republican presidential campaign in 1860, candidates for Governor in 1867, and a set of letters from J. W. Watts in 1883 concerning T. C. McCall�s political potential.

Although T. C. McCall's correspondence dating from his service in the Union Army during the Civil War (1862-1865) is located in Series 4, Civil War Documents, additional war-related correspondence may be found in this series. This correspondence includes T. C. McCall's correspondence prior to his enlistment in the army, Mary A. B. McCall's correspondence during the war years, and a 24 June 1861 letter to Rev. Samuel A. Jones discussing the Wheeling Convention and war sentiments in Virginia.

Container list

Box	Folder	Title	Dates
2	1	T. C. McCall correspondence	1853-1854
2	2	T. C. McCall correspondence	1855
2	3	T. C. McCall correspondence, January - February	1856
2	4	T. C. McCall correspondence, March - May	1856
2	5	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1856
2	6	T. C. McCall correspondence, July	1856
2	7	T. C. McCall correspondence, August - September	1856
2	8	T. C. McCall correspondence, October - December	1856
2	9	T. C. McCall correspondence, January - March	1857
2	10	T. C. McCall correspondence, April	1857
2	11-12	T. C. McCall correspondence, May	1857
2	13-14	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1857
2	15	T. C. McCall correspondence, July	1857
2	16	T. C. McCall correspondence, August	1857
2	17	T. C. McCall correspondence, September - October	1857
2	18	T. C. McCall correspondence, November - December	1857
2	19	T. C. McCall correspondence, January	1858
2	20	T. C. McCall correspondence, February	1858
2	21	T. C. McCall correspondence, March (1 of 2)	1858
3	1	T. C. McCall correspondence, March (2 of 2)	1858
3	2	T. C. McCall correspondence, April	1858
3	3	T. C. McCall correspondence, May	1858
3	4	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1858
3	5	T. C. McCall correspondence, July	1858
3	6	T. C. McCall correspondence, August	1858
3	7	T. C. McCall correspondence, September	1858
3	8	T. C. McCall correspondence, October	1858
3	9	T. C. McCall correspondence, November	1858
3	10	T. C. McCall correspondence, December	1858
3	11-12	T. C. McCall correspondence, January	1859
3	13	T. C. McCall correspondence, February	1859
3	14	T. C. McCall correspondence, March	1859
3	15	T. C. McCall correspondence, April	1859
3	16	T. C. McCall correspondence, May	1859
4	1	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1859
4	2	T. C. McCall correspondence, July	1859
4	3	T. C. McCall correspondence, August	1859
4	4	T. C. McCall correspondence, September	1859
4	5	T. C. McCall correspondence, October	1859
4	6-7	T. C. McCall correspondence, November	1859
4	8	T. C. McCall correspondence, December	1859
4	9	T. C. McCall correspondence	1859
4	10-11	T. C. McCall correspondence, January	1860
4	12-13	T. C. McCall correspondence, February	1860
4	14	T. C. McCall correspondence, March	1860
4	15	T. C. McCall correspondence, April	1860
4	16	T. C. McCall correspondence, May	1860
4	17	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1860
4	18	T. C. McCall correspondence, July-September	1860
4	19	T. C. McCall correspondence, October	1860
4	20	T. C. McCall correspondence, November	1860
5	1-2	T. C. McCall correspondence, December	1860
5	3	T. C. McCall correspondence	1860
5	4-5	T. C. McCall correspondence, January	1861
5	6-7	T. C. McCall correspondence, February	1861
5	8-9	T. C. McCall correspondence, March	1861
5	10	T. C. McCall correspondence, April	1861
5	11	T. C. McCall correspondence, May	1861
5	12	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1861
5	13	T. C. McCall correspondence, July-August	1861
5	14	T. C. McCall correspondence, September-October	1861
5	15	T. C. McCall correspondence, November-December	1861
5	16	T. C. McCall correspondence, January	1862
5	17	T. C. McCall correspondence, February	1862
5	18-19	T. C. McCall correspondence, March	1862
5	20	T. C. McCall correspondence, April	1862
5	21-22	T. C. McCall correspondence, May	1862
5	23	T. C. McCall correspondence, June	1862
5	24-25	T. C. McCall correspondence, July	1862
6	1-2	T. C. McCall correspondence, August	1862
6	3	T. C. McCall correspondence, September-December	1862
6	4	T. C. McCall correspondence, January-March	1863
6	5	T. C. McCall correspondence, April-December	1863
6	6	T. C. McCall correspondence	1864-1865
6	7	T. C. McCall correspondence, February-September	1866
6	8	T. C. McCall correspondence, October-December	1866
6	9	T. C. McCall correspondence	1867
6	10	T. C. McCall correspondence	1868
6	11	T. C. McCall correspondence, January-March	1869
6	12	T. C. McCall correspondence, April-December	1869
6	13	T. C. McCall correspondence	1870
6	14	T. C. McCall correspondence	1871
6	15	T. C. McCall correspondence	1872
6	16	T. C. McCall correspondence	1873-1874
6	17	T. C. McCall correspondence, June-July	1875
6	18	T. C. McCall correspondence, July	1875
6	19	T. C. McCall correspondence	1876-1888
6	20	T. C. McCall correspondence	1889-1893
6	21	T. C. McCall correspondence	n.d.
6	22	T. C. McCall correspondence	n.d.
7	1	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence	1858-1862
7	2	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence, January-March	1863
7	3	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence, April-May	1863
7	4	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence, June-November	1863
7	5	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence	1864
7	6	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence	1865
7	7	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence	1866-1874
7	8	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence	1875
7	9	Mary A. B. McCall correspondence	n.d.
7	10	Clara Kennedy McCall correspondence	1909, 1917
7	11	John A. McCall correspondence	1862-1866
7	12	John A. McCall correspondence, January-March	1867
7	13	John A. McCall correspondence, April-September	1867
7	14	John A. McCall correspondence, February-October	1868
7	15	John A. McCall correspondence, October-November	1868
7	16	John A. McCall correspondence, January-February	1869
7	17	John A. McCall correspondence, March	1869
7	18	John A. McCall correspondence, April	1869
7	19	John A. McCall correspondence, May-June	1869
7	20	John A. McCall correspondence, October-December	1869
7	21	John A. McCall correspondence	1870
7	22	John A. McCall correspondence	n.d.
7	23	A. E. and Minnie McCall Cronenwett correspondence	1875-1917, n.d.
8	1	Fred C. McCall correspondence	1883-1894
8	2	Fred C. McCall correspondence	1895-1899
8	3	Fred C. McCall correspondence	1900-1901
8	4	Fred C. McCall correspondence, January-February	1903
8	5	Fred C. McCall correspondence, March-September	1903
8	6	Fred C. McCall correspondence, January-June	1904
8	7	Fred C. McCall correspondence, July	1904
8	8	Fred C. McCall correspondence, August-November	1904
8	9	Fred C. McCall correspondence	1905
8	10	Fred C. McCall correspondence, January-May	1906
8	11	Fred C. McCall correspondence, August	1906
8	12	Fred C. McCall correspondence, October-December	1906
8	13	Fred C. McCall correspondence, January-April	1907
8	14	Fred C. McCall correspondence, May-December	1907
8	15	Fred C. McCall correspondence	1908
8	16	Fred C. McCall correspondence	1909-1910