Grover McCormick, Sr. Papers

Collection

Identifier: THR/01/2013.s018

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The materials that make up this collection represents Grover McCormick’s personal and professional life. Most of the correspondence is between McCormick and his mother Nancy. There are also several letters between McCormick and his children, cousin and his sister Lucia. The first scrapbook contains a hand written timeline of the Ashcraft v. Tennessee case of 1944 and clippings with information on other important cases including McCormick's work with Jerry Lee Lewis.The second scrapbook is comprised of pictures, sermons, newspaper clippings, correspondence,certificates, event programs and other materials.

Dates

1886 - 1968

Conditions Governing Access

Some materials in this collection are restricted due to personal content. Restrictions are noted at the file level.

Conditions Governing Use

The materials represented in this finding aid have been made available for research, teaching and private use. For these purposes, you may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these items without prior permission on the condition that you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Please contact the Newton Gresham Library's Special Collections and University Archives department to request permissions to reproduce materials for any other purpose, or to obtain information regarding the copyright status of a particular digital image, text, audio or video recording.

Extent

3 boxes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The Grover McCormick, Sr. Papers are housed in three archival boxes. This collection is mainly comprised of McCormick’s family correspondence in addition to two scrapbooks containing correspondence, clippings, pamphlets and other documents depicting his professional life and photos ofboth his professional and family life. Correspondence is arranged in chronological order. The scrapbooks were created by McCormick’s grandson Steve Larkin.