Eugene Craven Callaway Collection, 1824-2005 (bulk 1834-1889)

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Eugene Craven Callaway Collection, 1824-2005 (bulk 1834-1889)

Eugene Craven Callaway Collection, 1824-2005 (bulk 1834-1889)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/741521081

The Eugene Craven Callaway Collection consists of family letters and documents principally belonging to the Rev. James Render Callaway family who settled in Pontotoc and Lafayette County, Mississippi in the Mid-1800s. The collection includes correspondence from the connecting families: Boyd, Farley, Reed, and Son. There are also Civil War and California Gold Rush era letters, as well as materials relating to religion during the Second and Third Great Awakening. A significant amount of the collection includes mid- to late Nineteenth Century correspondence to and from members of the Rev. James Render Callaway family, especially his oldest son's family: Cicero M. Callaway. The collection also includes correspondence and documents relating to families that married into the Callaway family.

2 boxes (0.834 linear feet)

University of Mississippi