McAllister Family Papers, 1841-1910, 1928

Title:

McAllister Family Papers, 1841-1910, 1928

Creator:

McAllister family

Accession / Call Number:

2012.021

Object ID:

2012.021

Date:

1841-1910, 1928

Type of Material:

textual record

Physical Description:

6 boxes and 1 oversized folder ; 2.29 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The McAllister Family Papers span three generations and date from 1841 to 1928. The materials in this collection are made up of correspondence, papers, ephemera, photographs, and some family genealogy. This collection reveals the inner workings of a family living in New England from the mid-nineteenth century to the very beginning of the twentieth century due to the vast majority of the collection being composed of correspondence from one family member to another. The name of each group of materials reflects what the majority of the materials are within that particular group, but there are occasional outliers as well. For example, in Group 3: Merab and John Gilman McAllister correspondence and papers, there is a letter to Almeda Norton from Benjamin F. Norton Jr. dated 1858. Calling cards for Grace T. McAllister and Almeda Norton Tirrell’s report card are located in Group 4: Merab and John Gilman McAllister correspondence and papers, but the rest of the materials in this group belong to Merab and John Gilman McAllister. Some items of note include calling cards for Almeda N. Tirrell and J. Gilman McAllister found in Group 8. In Group 3, a type of registration confirmation card for John G. McAllister can be found for the New Hampshire Medical Institution Dartmouth College Matriculated for Course of Lectures, dated August 5, 1863. In Group 7, there are correspondence and records relating to John Gilman McAllister’s time in Navy during the end of the Civil War. Frank Barr McAllister’s letters to his mother, Almeda Norton (Tirrell) McAllister, in Group 12, provide a unique insight into the daily life of a pastor in New England at the very beginning of the twentieth century.

Subjects:

Clergy , Families , Families of clergy , Friendship , Genealogy , Health , Physicians , Siblings , Single-parent families , Surgeons , Travel , United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Locations:

Cohasset, MA
Lawrence, MA
Mound City, IL
Nashua, NH

People:

McAllister, Almeda Norton Tirrell, 1845-1912 , McAllister, Frank Barr, 1874-1940 , McAllister, Frederick Danforth, 1872-1936 , McAllister, Grace Tirrell, 1880-1954 , McAllister, Helen Webster, 1884-1967 , McAllister, John, 1810-1849 , McAllister, John Gilman, 1841-1908 , McAllister, Merab French, 1811-1881

Organizations:

Second Congregational Church (Cohasset, M.A.)
United States. Navy

Credit Line:

Gift of Sherman L. Lewis III, great-grandson of John Gilman McAllister of Nashua.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS64436_McAllister_Family_Papers_ 2012.021.pdf