Personal papers, 1816-1872
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Personal papers contain collected newspaper clippings (pertaining to workers’ rights, especially women and children, religion, and political disputes), hymns, poetry, journals, art books, a cook book, and miscellaneous. McCalla’s personal writings, including short stories, lectures, articles and poetry, are also filed in this series, along with several journals. Chief among these journals is one from Dr. John M. McCalla, Jr., McCalla’s son. He documents his journey to Liberia from 1860-1861 when he was appointed as an agent for the U.S. government in the return of slaves captured from a slave ship. The rough draft of a book entitled “Select Reader Comprising of Choice Extracts, In prose and verse, adapted to the use of the public and private schools,” by Louisa McCalla is also included.
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