Guide to the Papers of the McClelland Family, 1821-1977
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Title
McClelland family papers 1821-1977
Subject
Abolitionists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Antislavery movements--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Health boards--Pennsylvania, Homeopathy--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Medical care--Pennsylvania--19th century, Medical colleges--Pennsylvania, Philosophy--Societies, etc--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Political parties--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Religious institutions--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Sermons--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh, Gettysburg (Pa.), Battle of, 1863, United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
Description
Papers include correspondence, educational materials, diaries, scrapbook, travel souvenirs, newspaper clippings and organizational material pertaining to homeopathic medicine, abolition of slavery, local politics and social conditions., The McClelland family was a prominent local family who counted among its members builders, architects, physicians, artists, politicians, professors and clergymen. The family first settled in the region in the early 1800's and lived for over a century in Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood., Gift of Sarah McClelland and Rachel McClelland Sutton., Processed MSS #66 7/22/97 C. Schumacher, Inventory available.
Contributor
McClelland family, Black, Andrew Watson, 1808-1858, Black, John, Rev., 1768-1849, McClelland, James Henderson, 1800-1871, McClelland, James Henderson, 1845-1913, McClelland, John Block, 1843-1912, McClelland, Robert Watson, 1857-1921, McClelland, Sarah Collins, 1885-1979, McClelland, Thomas, 1839-1863, McClelland, William Black, 1854-1900, Reformed Presbyterian Church (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia, Homeopathic Medical Society, Institution for the Increase and Diffusion of Universal Knowledge, Western Pennsylvania Anti-slavery Society, Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)