McNair family papers, 1760-1964 (bulk 1835-1943).

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McNair family papers, 1760-1964 (bulk 1835-1943).

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Personal and family correspondence, diaries, business records, scrapbooks, estate papers, photographs, and ephemera of the four generations of the McNair family. Included are papers of Thomas McNair, Thomas S. McNair, and his children - Thomas F. McNair, W. R. McNair, Jean F. McNair, Rebecca S. McNair, and James Birtley McNair.

Approx. 5000 pieces.42 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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McNair, Thomas S. (Thomas Speer), 1824-1901

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Thomas Speer McNair (1824-1901), Pennsylvania civil and mining engineer, inventor of the McNair inclined standard transit. He was born in Hanover Township, Dauphin County, Pa., son of Thomas McNair and Agnes (Nancy) Ferguson McNair. In 1847-1853, he worked as a schoolteacher in and around Hazleton, Pa. In 1853 McNair secured a position as a rod man under W. R. Maffet on the North Pennsylvania Railroad. His association and friendship with W. R. Maffet lasted until Maffet's death in 1...

McNair family.

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The McNair family were descendants of Thomas McNair (1737-1830), native of Parish of Donaghmore, County Donegal, Ireland, who came to America and settled in Hanover Township (Lancaster, now Dauphin County) Pa. His son Thomas McNair fought in the War of 1812, and in the 1820-1840 was a merchant and contractor in Berwick. The most prominent among the next generation of the McNairs, was Thomas Speer McNair (1824-1901), son of Thomas McNair, Jr., a prominent Pennsylvania civil and minin...

McNair, James Birtley, 1889-1967

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James Birtley McNair (1889-1967), American chemist and botanist, specializing in economic and chemical botany. He was born in Hazleton, Pa., son of Thomas Speer McNair and Mary Stevens McNair. He received his A. M. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1917. In 1922-1925, he studied at the University of Chicago, and later worked as chemist for various state and federal agencies, including United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Fisheries, and the Internal Revenue Service. In ...