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Finding Aid for the Campbell Wallace Papers, 1840-1946


MS-0001

University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN


Encoded by: Erin Lawrimore, March 5, 2006

Summary Information
Title: Campbell Wallace Papers

Date/Date Range :   1840-1946
Wallace, Campbell, 1806-1895
Extent: 9.5 linear feet

Abstract:
The Campbell Wallace Papers, 1840-1946, consist of the personal and professional correspondence relating to insurance and property, requests of financial aid, references, verification of character and backing, railroads, private business concerns, and stock companies.

Call number: MS-0001

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Access and Use
Aquisition Information:
This collection was donated to the Special Collections Library on October 13, 1956. It was sorted and filed in August of 1959.
Access Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Copyright:
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of Item], Campbell Wallace Papers, MS-1. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Arrangement

This collection is organized into four series:

  1. Series I: Correspondence, 1840-1946
  2. Series II: Writings and Speeches, undated
  3. Series III: Publications and Ephemera, undated
  4. Series IV: Financial Materials, undated


Biography / History

Major Campbell Wallace was born in Sevier County, TN on December 7, 1806 and died in Atlanta, Georgia on May 2, 1895. His first job was with C. McCurig & Son, Knoxville in 1820. In 1853 he became President of the East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad and during the Civil War aided in moving 60,000 Confederate troops from Knoxville to Bridgeport, Alabama during Bragg's retreat. He refused a brigadier's commission in order to work with the railroad because he believed that his railroad work would prove more valuable to the Confederacy. After the war, Major Wallace war pardoned by "his personal friend" President Johnson. He then moved from Atlanta to Bartow County to become a farmer, but in 1866 he was called into service by Governor Jenkins, who appointed him superintendent of the Western and Alabama railroad that he rebuilt. In 1868 he resigned from this post and in 1869 contracted to build the South and North Alabama Railroad from Decatur to Montgomery.

Major Wallace was also President of the Atlanta State National Bank, which later became the Merchants' Bank. In 1879 Major Wallace was appointed to the Georgia Railroad Commission, which was the first of its kind in the country and served as a model for the later Union. He was reappointed to the Commission in 1883, at which time he became its chairman. "After 11 years' service, with 5 more to run, he resigned when the legislature failed to allow a sufficient clerical force to do the work properly." In addition to these positions, Major Wallace is credited with aiding in lifting the debts of the East Tennessee Deaf Asylum. He was also involved with the Elyton Land Company, Birmingham, Alabama, which was called "the most successful land corporation in America."


Collection Scope and Content Note

The correspondence is both personal and professional in nature. Personal correspondence includes letters from relatives, dealings with insurance and property, requests of financial aid, references, verification of character and backing. Business: official correspondence dealing with railroads, private business concerns and stock companies. The bulk of Major Wallace's correspondence involves the following concerns and positions which he held:

  1. President, State National Bank, Atlanta
  2. President, Merchants' Bank, Atlanta
  3. Superintendent, East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad
  4. Chairman of the Georgia Railroad Commission
  5. President, Georgia Western Railroad
  6. President, Georgia Railroad and Banking Company
  7. President, East Tennessee and Georgia Railroad Company
  8. Superintendent, Western and Atlantic Railroad
  9. Stockholder, Elyton Land Company, East Tennessee Iron and Coal Company, and New River Mining Company

All of the material, with the exception of the receipts and cancelled checks, have been filed chronologically beginning with the year 1840 and following through to 1946. The main body of the papers are from 1840-1895, which is possibly the year that Major Wallace died. Later correspondence is probably to a son of his, Charles B. Wallace, Sr. and then to a grandson, Campbell Wallace. If there are undated papers enclosed with a particular group of papers, it is probably because it was believed for some reason that they belonged to this group. This undated material will be found at the beginning of the year. In addition, there are some miscellaneous materials including pamphlets, cancelled checks, undated material, and receipts.

Subject Terms

  • Wallace, Campbell, 1806-1895 -- Correspondence.
  • Railroads -- Tennessee -- History -- 19th Century.
  • Railroads -- Georgia -- History -- 19th Century.
  • Indians of North America -- Relocation.
Contents List
   

Series I: Correspondence, 1840-1946
Box   1     Folder   1    
Correspondence, 1840-1845
Box   1     Folder   2    
Correspondence, 1846-1849
Box   1     Folder   3    
Correspondence, 1850-1852
Box   1     Folder   4    
Correspondence, January-September, 1853
Box   1     Folder   5    
Correspondence, October-December, 1853
Box   1     Folder   6    
Correspondence, January-March, 1854
Box   1     Folder   7    
Correspondence, April-June, 1854
Box   1     Folder   8    
Correspondence, July-August, 1854
Box   1     Folder   9    
Correspondence, September-October, 1854
Box   1     Folder   10    
Correspondence, November-December, 1854
Box   1     Folder   11    
Correspondence, January-February, 1855
Box   1     Folder   12    
Correspondence, March-May, 1855
Box   1     Folder   13    
Correspondence, June-September, 1855
Box   1     Folder   14    
Correspondence, October-November, 1855
Box   1     Folder   15    
Correspondence, 1856-1857
Box   1     Folder   16    
Correspondence, 1858-1860
Box   1     Folder   17    
Correspondence, 1861
Box   1     Folder   18    
Correspondence, January-May, 1862
Box   1     Folder   19    
Correspondence, July-October, 1862
Box   1     Folder   20    
Correspondence, 1863
Online Document
Box   1     Folder   21    
Correspondence, 1864
Box   1     Folder   22    
Correspondence, 1865
Box   1     Folder   23    
Correspondence, January-February, 1866
Box   1     Folder   24    
Correspondence, March-April, 1866
Box   1     Folder   25    
Correspondence, May-June, 1866
Box   1     Folder   26    
Correspondence, July-September, 1866
Box   1     Folder   27    
Correspondence, October-December, 1866
Box   1     Folder   28    
Correspondence, January-March, 1867
Box   1     Folder   29    
Correspondence, April-May, 1867
Box   1     Folder   30    
Correspondence, June-July, 1867
Box   1     Folder   31    
Correspondence, August-September, 1867
Box   1     Folder   32    
Correspondence, October, 1867
Box   1     Folder   33    
Correspondence, November, 1867
Box   1     Folder   34    
Correspondence, 1874
Box   1     Folder   35    
Correspondence, January-February, 1868
Box   1     Folder   36    
Correspondence, March-April, 1868
Box   1     Folder   37    
Correspondence, May-July, 1868
Box   1     Folder   38    
Correspondence, Not Present
Box   1     Folder   39    
Correspondence, November-December, 1868
Box   1     Folder   40    
Correspondence, January-May, 1869
Box   1     Folder   41    
Correspondence, June-September, 1869
Box   1     Folder   42    
Correspondence, November-December, 1869
Box   1     Folder   43    
Correspondence, January-March, 1870
Box   1     Folder   44    
Correspondence, April-May, 1870
Box   1     Folder   45    
Correspondence, June-December, 1870
Box   1     Folder   46    
Correspondence, January-April, 1871
Box   1     Folder   47    
Correspondence, May-July, 1871
Box   1     Folder   48    
Correspondence, August-September, 1871
Box   1     Folder   49    
Correspondence, October-December, 1871
Box   1     Folder   50    
Correspondence, January-February, 1872
Box   1     Folder   51    
Correspondence, March-April 1872
Box   1     Folder   52    
Correspondence, May-August, 1872
Box   1     Folder   53    
Correspondence, September-December, 1872
Box   1     Folder   54    
Correspondence, January-March, 1873
Box   1     Folder   55    
Correspondence, April-May, 1873
Box   1     Folder   56    
Correspondence, June-August, 1873
Box   1     Folder   57    
Correspondence, September-October, 1873
Box   1     Folder   58    
Correspondence, November-December, 1873
Box   1     Folder   59    
Correspondence, January-March, 1874
Box   1     Folder   60    
Correspondence, April-December, 1874
Box   1     Folder   61    
Correspondence, January-February, 1875
Box   1     Folder   62    
Correspondence, March-May, 1875
Box   1     Folder   63    
Correspondence, June-July, 1875
Box   2     Folder   1    
Correspondence, July-August, 1875
Box   2     Folder   2    
Correspondence, September, 1875
Box   2     Folder   3    
Correspondence, October-December, 1875
Box   2     Folder   4    
Correspondence, January-March, 1876
Box   2     Folder   5    
Correspondence, April, 1876
Box   2     Folder   6    
Correspondence, May, 1876
Box   2     Folder   7    
Correspondence, June-July, 1876
Box   2     Folder   8    
Correspondence, October-December, 1876
Box   2     Folder   9    
Correspondence, January-March, 1877
Box   2     Folder   10    
Correspondence, April-May, 1877
Box   2     Folder   11    
Correspondence, June-December, 1877
Box   2     Folder   12    
Correspondence, 1878
Box   2     Folder   13    
Correspondence, 1879
Box   2     Folder   14    
Correspondence, January-July, 1880
Box   2     Folder   15    
Correspondence, August-October, 1880
Box   2     Folder   16    
Correspondence, November-December, 1880
Box   2     Folder   17    
Correspondence, January-March, 1881
Box   2     Folder   18    
Correspondence, April-August, 1881
Box   2     Folder   19    
Correspondence, September-October, 1881
Box   2     Folder   20    
Correspondence, November-December, 1881
Box   2     Folder   21    
Correspondence, January-March, 1882
Box   2     Folder   22    
Correspondence, April-September, 1882
Box   2     Folder   23    
Correspondence, October-December, 1882
Box   2     Folder   24    
Correspondence, January-February, 1883
Box   2     Folder   25    
Correspondence, March-May, 1883
Box   2     Folder   26    
Correspondence, June-September, 1883
Box   2     Folder   27    
Correspondence, October-November, 1883
Box   2     Folder   28    
Correspondence, December 3-17, 1883
Box   2     Folder   29    
Correspondence, December 18-31, 1883
Box   2     Folder   30    
Correspondence, January-February, 1884
Box   2     Folder   31    
Correspondence, March-April, 1884
Box   2     Folder   32    
Correspondence, May-June, 1884
Box   2     Folder   33    
Correspondence, July-August, 1884
Box   2     Folder   34    
Correspondence, September-December, 1884
Box   2     Folder   35    
Correspondence, January, 1885
Box   2     Folder   36    
Correspondence, February-March, 1885
Box   2     Folder   37    
Correspondence, April, 1885
Box   2     Folder   38    
Correspondence, May 2-13, 1885
Box   2     Folder   39    
Correspondence, May 14-29, 1885
Box   2     Folder   40    
Correspondence, June-July, 1885
Box   2     Folder   41    
Correspondence, August-September, 1885
Box   2     Folder   42    
Correspondence, October, 1885
Box   2     Folder   43    
Correspondence, November-December, 1885
Box   2     Folder   44    
Correspondence, January-March, 1886
Box   2     Folder   45    
Correspondence, May-July, 1886
Box   2     Folder   46    
Correspondence, August-October, 1886
Box   3     Folder   1    
Correspondence, January-March, 1887

Box   3     Folder   2    
Correspondence, April-December, 1887

Box   3     Folder   3    
Correspondence, January-August, 1888

Box   3     Folder   4    
Correspondence, September-December, 1888

Box   3     Folder   5    
Correspondence, January-July, 1889

Box   3     Folder   6    
Correspondence, August-December, 1889

Box   3     Folder   7    
Correspondence, January-March, 1890

Box   3     Folder   8    
Correspondence, April-May, 1890

Box   3     Folder   9    
Correspondence, June-October, 1890

Box   3     Folder   10    
Correspondence, November, 1890

Box   3     Folder   11    
Correspondence, December, 1890

Box   3     Folder   12    
Correspondence, January-April, 1891

Box   3     Folder   13    
Correspondence, May-July, 1891

Box   3     Folder   14    
Correspondence, August-December, 1891

Box   3     Folder   15    
Correspondence, 1892

Box   3     Folder   16    
Correspondence, 1893

Box   3     Folder   17    
Correspondence, 1894

Box   3     Folder   18    
Correspondence, 1901-1908

Box   3     Folder   19    
Correspondence, 1909-1914

Box   3     Folder   20    
Correspondence, 1915-1916

Box   3     Folder   21    
Correspondence, January-May, 1917

Box   3     Folder   22    
Correspondence, June-July, 1917

Box   3     Folder   23    
Correspondence, August-November, 1917

Box   3     Folder   24    
Correspondence, 1918-1921

Box   3     Folder   25    
Correspondence, 1922

Box   3     Folder   26    
Correspondence, 1923

Box   3     Folder   27    
Correspondence, 1924-1925

Box   3     Folder   28    
Correspondence, 1946

Box   3     Folder   29    
Correspondence, undated

Box   3     Folder   30    
Correspondence, undated

Box   3     Folder   31    
Correspondence, undated

Box   3     Folder   32    
Correspondence, undated

Box   3     Folder   33    
Correspondence, undated

Box   3     Folder   34    
Correspondence, undated

Box   3     Folder   35    
Correspondence, undated

   

Series II: Writings and Speeches, undated
Box   3     Folder   36    
Speeches by Campbell Wallace
Box   3     Folder   37    
Writings by Margaret Wallace,

Box   3     Folder   38    
Writings by Margaret Wallace,

   

Series III: Publications and Ephemera, undated
Box   3     Folder   39    
Cards and Invitations
Box   3     Folder   40    
Copy of Paperbound Book, Artillery Firing

Box   3     Folder   41    
Photo Negatives
Box   3     Folder   42    
Publications Concerning Railroads
Box   3     Folder   43    
Religious Tracts and Articles
   

Series IV: Financial Materials, undated
Box   3     Folder   44    
Notes and Currency
Box   3     Folder   45    
Receipts and Invoices
Box   3     Folder   46    
Two Campbell Wallace Account Books