Emlin McClain papers, 1844-1915.

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Emlin McClain papers, 1844-1915.

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This collection is comprised of personal and professional materials including: correspondence; account books; copies of lectures and addresses (1884-1911); real estate agreements and deeds; agreements with publishers and copyright documentation; financial records such as bank books, tax forms and insurance records; biographical materials; diaries including a volume dated 1852, possibly written by McClain's father; diplomas and certificates; photographs; creative and legal writings; receipts; and documents related to McClain's mining interests.

10 linear ft. (25 boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760915

Iowa State Historical Society

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McClain, Emlin, 1851-1915

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Emlin McClain was born in Salem, Ohio in 1851 and moved to Tipton, Iowa with his parents in 1855. He graduated from the State University of Iowa's Law Department in 1873. In 1879 he married Ellen Griffiths. McClain continued his legal studies with Judge George G. Wright of Des Moines, becoming his private secretary after Wright was elected to the U.S. Senate. McClain began practicing law in 1877, continuing until 1887 when he became Vice-Chancellor of the Law Department at the State University o...

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State University of Iowa. Law Dept.

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