Guide to the McCague Family Papers

Descriptive Summary

Title

McCague Family Papers

Inclusive Dates

1854-1886

Bulk Dates

1854-1868

Call Number

RG 192

Creator(s)

McCague family.

Quantity

0.50 cubic feet (1 box)

Restrictions on Access

Collection open for research

Repository

Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147-1516 USA

Biographical Note / Administrative History

Biographical Note

Thomas McCague (born 1825) and Henrietta Matilda Lowes McCague (born 1832) were appointed in 1854 by the Board of Foreign Missions of the Associate Reformed Church to the Egypt Mission. Until their return to America in 1861 they were primarily engaged in teaching and evangelisitic work in both Cairo and Alexandria.

Collection Overview

This collection is comprised mainly of typed transcripts of Thomas and Henrietta McCague's outgoing and incoming correspondence, 1854-68; 1886. The original letters, where they exist, are included with the transcripts. Also includes Henrietta's journal, July-November 1854.

Organization and Arrangement

SERIES I: JOURNAL, 1854

Henrietta McCague's Journal, July-November, 1854.

SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE, 1854-1868, 1886

Includes the McCague's correspondence from Egypt, 1854-1861; their domestic correspondence, 1862-1868 and 1886; and one letter from Mrs. McCague's father, John Lowes, 1854. Arranged chronologically by year, month and day.

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed and finding aid prepared: 1984
Frederick J. Heuser, Jr., Archivist

Catalog Headings

The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in the society’s electronic catalog.

Personal Name Subject

McCague, Henrietta Matilda Lowes, 1832-

McCague, Thomas, 1825-1914.

Corporate Subject

Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Egypt Mission.

United Presbyterian Church of North America. Egypt Mission.

Topical Subject

Missionaries--Egypt.

Women missionaries--Egypt.

Missions--Egypt.

Presbyterian Church--Missions--Egypt.

Evangelistic work--Egypt.

Education--Egypt--Alexandria.

Education--Egypt--Cairo.

Genre-form

Correspondence. aat

Personal Added Name

McCague, Henrietta Matilda Lowes, 1832-

McCague, Thomas, 1825-1914.

Collection Inventory

Box	Folder	Description

1	1	Finding Aid to Record Group 192

		SERIES I: JOURNAL, 1854

1	2	Journal of Henrietta McCague, 1854 July-November

		SERIES II: CORRESPONDENCE, 1854-1868, 1886

		Mission
1	3	1854-1855
1	4	1856
1	5	1857
1	6	1858
1	7	1859
1	8	1860
1	9	1861

		Domestic
1	10	1862
1	11	1863
1	12	1864
1	13	1865
1	14	1866
1	15	1867
1	16	1868, 1886
1	17	1854, John Lowes

Print

You are here

Guide to the McCague Family Papers

Creator(s)