Title: William Gibbs McAdoo Diary

Date/Date Range :   1879-1886

Extent: 0.2 linear feet

Abstract:

This collection consists of photocopies of William Gibbs McAdoo's diary dating from 1879 to 1886. McAdoo discusses primarily family life and teaching at the University of Tennessee.

Call number: MS-0094

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

Aquisition Information:

Collection is property of Special Collections.

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], William Gibbs McAdoo Diary, MS-0094. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of two folders.

William Gibbs McAdoo was born to John and Mary Ann (Gibbs) McAdoo on 4 April 1820. He graduated from East Tennessee University in 1845 and served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847. During the Mexican War, he served as a Lieutenant and a Captain in the U.S. Army. When the war ended, he studied law and opened his own practice in Knoxville. He moved to Georgia during the Civil War and fought with the Confederate Army from 1863 to 1865. He returned to his legal career after the war ended, this time practicing in Midgeville, Georgia. He began teaching at the University of Tennessee in 1877 and later wrote Elementary Geology of Tennessee. He died in Knoxville on 24 August 1894.

McAdoo married twice: once to Anna Cleopatra Horsley on 22 June 1848 and once to Mary Faith Floyd in 1857. He had two children (Catherine M. and Emma) by his first wife, and eight children (John Floyd, William Gibbs Jr., Malcolm Ross, Carolina Blackshear, Rosalee, Floyd, Nana Howard, and Laura Sterett) by his second. His namesake went on to serve as a U.S. Senator from California between 1933 and 1937.

This collection consists of photocopies of William Gibbs McAdoo's diary dating from 1879 to 1886. McAdoo discusses primarily family life and teaching at the University of Tennessee.

Interested researchers may also wish to consult MS-0093: William Gibbs McAdoo Diary, 1846-1847 for more information about William G. McAdoo.

• McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1820-1894.
• Knoxville (Tenn.) -- History.
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville.