Allen Family Papers, 1766-1933, undated A&M 2257

Allen Family Papers, 1766-1933, undated A&M 2257


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P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown, WV 26506-6069
Business Number: 304-293-3536
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Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History Center

Repository
West Virginia and Regional History Center
Identification
A&M 2257
Title
Allen Family Papers 1766-1933, undated 1833-1933
URL:
https://archives.lib.wvu.edu/ark:/99999/199106
Quantity
31 Linear Feet, 31 ft. (72 document cases, 5 in. each); (8 unboxed ledgers, 12 in.)
Creator
Allen family
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (1813/12/03 - 1875/07/16), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant Counties (active ca. 1852-1865, 1872-1875). Also includes the papers of Allen's second wife, Caroline Williams Allen (d. 1907), several of Allen's children, and other related people, and a large group of 19th century advertising memorabilia. See Scope and Content Note for more information.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Allen Family Papers, A&M 2257, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.


Scope and Contents

Personal and business correspondence, legal papers, ledgers, family records, and other papers of the Allen family of Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia. Also includes papers of members of the Barr, Weibley, Taylor, and Gamble families. The majority of the collection includes personal and business correspondence , legal papers, and financial records of Judge James W.F. Allen (December 2, 1813 - July 16, 1875), a Hardy County lawyer, Jacksonian Democrat, and Circuit Court Judge in Hardy and Grant Counties (active ca. 1852-1865, 1872-1875). Disbarred because of Confederate sympathies, Allen regained bench in 1872. The collection also includes the papers of Allen's second wife, Caroline Williams Allen (d. 1907); son and merchant Franklin Page Allen (b. 1860); daughter Eleanor Boyd Allen (b. 1866); daughter and teacher Marie Annette Allen (b. 1841); daughter and teacher Mary E. Allen (b. 1857); and son Paul Allen. There is also business correspondence, legal papers, and financial records of Alfred Taylor, a leather worker and dealer in Moorefield; letters to Charity Johnson, a black "mammy," from her charges; correspondence and diaries of Mrs. Sophie Weibley, wife of a Kansas frontier doctor; and a large group of 19th century advertising memorabilia. The collection is divided into series, which include:

Series 1. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (1st); 1766-1876, undated (includes facsimiles); boxes 1-20.
Series 2. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (2nd); ca. 1830s-1880s; boxes 1-26.
Series 3. Caroline W. Allen Papers; 1848-1907, undated; boxes 1-6.
Series 4. Frank P. Allen Papers; 1878-1932, undated; boxes 1-6.
Series 5. Eleanor Boyd Allen Papers; 1878-1933, undated; boxes 1-7.
Series 6. Alfred Taylor Papers; 1828-1889, undated; boxes 1-4.
Series 7. Papers of Various Persons; 1833-1932, undated; boxes 1-4.
Series 8. Ledgers; undated; boxes 1-2 and 8 loose ledgers.

Separated Material

For list of separated newspapers, see control folder.

Land Grant Signed by President James Buchanan, May 2, 1860, has been separated to A&M 435. Photocopy remains in collection.


Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Advertising
  • Allen, Caroline.
  • Allen, Eleanor Boyd.
  • Allen, Frank.
  • Allen, James W. F., 1813-1875.
  • Civil War -- Confederate Army
  • Diaries and journals.
  • Judges - letters and papers.
  • Kansas
  • Moorefield & Allegheny Turnpike.
  • Sions, Job.
  • Slaves and slavery.
  • Spiritual Philosophy.
  • Taylor, Alfred.
  • Turnpikes.
  • Westward immigration
  • Women
  • Women authors -- Diaries

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Kansas
  • Moorefield & Allegheny Turnpike.

Container List

Series 1. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (1st), boxes S1/1-20
Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 1766–1906
Scope and Contents

This series includes correspondence, legal papers, business advertising, financial records, and miscellaneous material. Additional correspondence involving Judge Allen can be found in Series 2.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Papers
    July-December 1848
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 2
    Papers
    January-August 1849
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 3
    Papers
    September-December 1849
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1850
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 5
    Papers
    1851
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 6
    Papers
    1852
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Papers
    January-December 1853
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Papers
    January 1854-June 1855
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Papers
    July 1855-December 1856
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Papers
    January-June 1857
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 5
    Papers
    July-December 1857
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1858
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1859
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 3
    Papers
    January 1860-December 1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 4
    Papers
    February 1870-November 1874
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 5
    Correspondence between Judge Allen and his wife Carrie
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 6
    Correspondence on Spiritual Philosophy
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 1
    Legal Papers
    1792–1835
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 2
    Legal Papers
    1836–1838
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 3
    Legal Papers
    1839
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 4
    Legal Papers
    1841
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 5
    Legal Papers
    1842
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 6
    Legal Papers
    1843
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 7
    Legal Papers
    1844–1846
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 1
    Legal Papers
    1847–1849
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 2
    Legal Papers
    1850
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 3
    Legal Papers
    1851
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 4
    Legal Papers
    1852
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 5
    Legal Papers
    1853
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 6
    Legal Papers
    1854
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 1
    Legal Papers
    1855–1856
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 2
    Legal Papers
    1857
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 3
    Legal Papers
    1858
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 4
    Legal Papers
    1859
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 5
    Legal Papers
    1860
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 6
    Legal Papers
    1861–1864
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 7
    Legal Papers
    1865
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1832–1841
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1842
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 3
    Papers
    January-May 1843
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 4
    Papers
    June-December 1843
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 5
    Papers
    1844
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1845
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 2
    Papers
    January-August 1846
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 3
    Papers
    September-December 1846
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 4
    Papers
    January-June 1847
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 5
    Papers
    July-December 1847
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 6
    Papers
    January-June 1848
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 1
    Papers
    January-June 1866
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 2
    Papers
    July-December 1866
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1867
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1868
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 5
    Papers
    January-June 1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 6
    Papers
    July-December 1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 1
    Legal Papers
    1870
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 2
    Legal Papers
    January-June 1871
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 3
    Legal Papers
    July-December 1871
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 4
    Legal Papers
    1872
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 5
    Legal Papers
    1873
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 6
    Legal Papers
    1874–1875
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 1
    Legal Papers -- Court Dockets
    1837–1844
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 2
    Legal Papers -- Court Dockets (includes instructions to Grand Jury)
    1860–1874
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 3
    Legal Papers -- Deeds
    1791–1854
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 4
    Legal Papers -- Indentures
    1794–1906
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 5
    Legal Papers -- Confederate Cavalry Muster
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 1
    Various Legal Cases -- Hopkins vs. Davis, Fisher M. Rice Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 2
    Various Legal Cases -- Moorefield & Alleghany Turnpike Company vs. Job Sions et al
    1850–1852
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 3
    Various Legal Cases -- Spitler vs. Barb et al
    1855–1861
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 4
    Various Legal Cases -- Heirs of Matthew Toler
    1785–1850
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 5
    Various Legal Cases -- Anderson and McClung vs. Adam Sites
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 6
    Various Legal Cases -- Elijah Cunningham
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 7
    Various Legal Cases -- Thrasher vs. Barns, J.F. Weidemeyer, J.S. Whiting
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 8
    Various Legal Cases -- Miscellaneous Cases (includes appointment as U.S. Legal Correspondent)
    1845–1866
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 9
    Various Legal Cases -- Miscellaneous Cases
    1866–1867
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 1
    Legal Papers
    1792–1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 2
    Legal Papers -- Internal Revenue
    ca. 1867
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 3
    Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous Unidentified Cases
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 4
    Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous Cases
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 5
    Legal Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 6
    Legal Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 7
    Legal Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 8
    Legal Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 9
    Legal Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 1
    Personal Legal Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 2
    Joseph H. and G.B. Samuels Legal Correspondence
    1845–1849
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 3
    J.J. Williams Legal Correspondence
    1845–1849
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 4
    Stephen Downey Cases
    1872–1873
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 5
    Zion Church Case
    1852–1853
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 6
    Postal Material
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 7
    Memo Book
    1847
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 8
    Proclamation for Lord Fairfax (copy)
    December 2, 1766
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 9
    Miscellaneous (includes War of 1812 Boundary Lines)
    1812, 1838-1839
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 10
    Miscellaneous (includes John Jenkins, Revolutionary War Bounty Land [June 13, 1837])
    1831–1837
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 11
    Oath of Allegiance
    July 13, 1865
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 12
    Business Advertising
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 1
    Business Advertising
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 2
    Business Advertising
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 3
    Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 4
    Family Records (includes J.W.F Allen's Obituary, August 20, 1875)
    1875, undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 5
    Miscellaneous
    1840–1874
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 6
    Miscellaneous Papers (includes Internal Revenue License [September 1865], Voting Lists, XX Club, Dismembered Papers, Diary [1832], Poetry, Memo Books [1845, 1847], July Fourth Speech, Photograph [June 1865])
    1832-1865, undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 7
    Miscellaneous (includes religious material, sheet music, printed matter, a German banknote [1923], photographs [ca. 1880s-1903], broadsides, "Slaves for Hire" [November 1, 1891], Land Grant from President Buchanan [May 2, 1860; original separated to A&M 435])
    1860–1903
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 8
    Fee Books and Other Financial Records
    1839–1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 9
    Fee Books and Other Financial Records
    1839–1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 10
    Grade Reports
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 1
    Receipts
    pre-1830
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 2
    Receipts
    1830–1834
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 3
    Receipts
    1835–1839
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 4
    Receipts
    1840–1841
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 5
    Receipts
    1842
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 6
    Receipts
    1843–1844
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 1
    Receipts
    1845–1846
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 2
    Receipts
    1847–1848
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 3
    Receipts
    1849–1850
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 4
    Receipts
    1851–1852
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 5
    Receipts
    1853–1854
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 1
    Receipts
    1855–1856
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 2
    Receipts
    1857–1859
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 3
    Receipts
    1860–1862
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 4
    Receipts
    1863–1868
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 5
    Receipts
    1869–1870
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 1
    Receipts
    1871–1872
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 2
    Receipts
    1873–1875
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 3
    Receipts
    post-1875
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 4
    Receipts
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 5
    Receipts
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 6
    Receipts
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 7
    Receipts -- Receipts with accounts attached
    1841–1903
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 1
    Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers
    1802–1843
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 2
    Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers
    1844–1853
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 3
    Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers
    1854–1859
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 4
    Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers
    1860–1869
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 5
    Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers
    1870–1876
  • Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 6
    Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers
    undated
Series 2. Judge James W. F. Allen Papers (2nd) -- Correspondence, Boxes S2/1-26
Mixed Materials S2/Boxes 1-26 Folder: 1-193 ca. 1830s-1880s
Scope and Contents

This series includes Judge Allen's correspondence dealing with business and politics, as well as some legal papers. For folder-level index, see the control folder. Letters are indexed through folder 48; from folder 49 on, business letters are not indexed and political letters are indexed.

Series 3. Caroline W. Allen Papers, Boxes S3/1-6
Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 1848–1907
Scope and Contents

This series includes correspondence and other miscellaneous papers of Judge Allen's second wife, Caroline Williams Allen.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1852–1873
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1874–1881
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 3
    Papers
    January-September 1882
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 4
    Papers
    October 1882- February 1883
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 5
    Papers
    March-December 1883
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 6
    Papers
    1884
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1885-October 1886
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Papers
    November 1886-July 1887
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Papers
    August 1887-May 1888
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Papers
    June 1888-February 1889
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 1
    Papers
    March-December 1889
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1890
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 3
    Papers
    January-August 1891
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 4
    Papers
    September 1891-February 1892
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 5
    Papers
    March-August 1892
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 1
    Papers
    September-December 1892
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1893
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1894
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1895
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 5
    Papers
    1896
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1897
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1898
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1899
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1900
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 5
    Papers
    1901
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1902
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1903
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1904
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1905-1907, undated
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 5
    J.W.F. Allen to C.W. Allen
    1848–1874
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 6
    C.W. Allen to A.J. Hollenbeck
    1900–1902
  • Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 7
    Death of J.W.F Allen, Settlement of Estate
    undated
Series 4. Frank P. Allen Papers, Boxes S4/1-6
Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 1878–1933
Scope and Contents

This series includes personal correspondence, business correspondence, and bills and receipts of Judge Allen's son, Franklin Page Allen.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Personal Letters
    1878–1892
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 2
    Personal Letters
    1893–1899
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 3
    Personal Letters
    1900–1902
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 4
    Personal Letters
    1903–1909
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 5
    Personal Letters
    1910-1932, undated
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 6
    Personal Letters -- Speeches, State Tax Forms
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 7
    Personal Letters -- Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1883-June 1889
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    July-December 1889
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1890–1891
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    January-June 1892
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    July-December 1892
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 6
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1893
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1894–1897
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1898–1900
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    June-September 1900
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    October-December 1900
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    January-April 1901
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 6
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    May-August 1901
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    September-December 1901
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    January-April 1902
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    May-August 1902
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    September-December 1902
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    January-April 1903
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    May-August 1903
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    September-December 1903
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1904
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    January-June 1905
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    July-December 1905
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    January-September 1906
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    October 1906-1908
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts
    1909–1919
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts -- Miscellaneous (includes outstanding credit vouchers)
    1920-1932, undated
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts -- Insurance and Contracts
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 6
    Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts -- Deeds and Leases
    1902–1923
Series 5. Eleanor Boyd Allen Papers, Boxes S5/1-4
Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 1878–1933
Scope and Contents

This series includes correspondence, financial records, legal papers, and other miscellaneous papers of Judge Allen's daughter, Eleanor Boyd Allen.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1878–1899
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1890–1892
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1893
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1894–1895
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 5
    Papers
    1898–1906
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 6
    Papers
    1907–1908
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1909–1910
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1911–1912
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1913–1914
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1915–1916
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 5
    Papers
    1917–1918
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1919–1921
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1922–1923
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1924–1926
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1927
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1928
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 2
    Papers
    1929–1930
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 3
    Papers
    1931–1932
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1933
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 5
    Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 6
    Financial Records, Recipes
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 7
    Legal Papers Concerning Eleanor Boyd Allen's Estate
    undated
Series 6. Alfred Taylor Papers, Boxes S6/1-4
Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 1828–1889
Scope and Contents

This series includes business and personal correspondence, deeds and proclamations, receipts and contracts for slaves, and other financial records.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence
    1828–1857
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence
    1858–1860
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence
    1861–1865
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence
    1869
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence
    1870–1871
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Business Correspondence
    1872–1873
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Business Correspondence
    1874–1875
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Business Correspondence
    1876–1877
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Business Correspondence
    1878
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 5
    Business Correspondence
    1879–1880
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 1
    Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Business Correspondence
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 2
    Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Vouchers for final settlement as Guardian of James Q. Turley
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 3
    Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Legal and J.P. Papers
    1835–1857
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 4
    Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves
    1858–1859
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 5
    Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves
    1860–1868
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 6
    Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Thanksgiving Proclamation, Receipt for Slaves, Miscellaneous
    1870-1880, undated
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 1
    Personal Correspondence
    1828–1875
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 2
    Miscellaneous (includes correspondence to wife, Caroline [1839-1861, undated])
    1839-1889, undated
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 3
    Financial Ledgers
    1833–1855
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 4
    Papers
    1856-1875, undated
  • Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 5
    Advertisements
    undated
Series 7. Papers of Various Persons, Boxes S7/1-4
Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 1833–1929
Scope and Contents

This series includes papers of various children and relatives of Judge Allen. Some papers may relate to the family of his first wife, Ann Caroline Gamble (married in 1840, died in 1845). Also included are papers of Dr. and Mrs. Sophie Weibly, whose diary can be found in the collection; and letters to Charity Johnson, a black "mammy" or domestic servant of the Allen family. This series also includes two addenda, which include papers of John A. Olson pertaining to genealogy of the Allen family and the allied Barr family, especially Ted Barr; papers of Judge Allen; and typescripts of some of the Allen family correspondence.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Maria Annette Allen -- Mrs. Frank Allen
    1888–1906
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 2
    Maria Annette Allen
    1852–1870
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 3
    Maria Annette Allen
    1871–1885
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 4
    Maria Annette Allen
    1886–1897
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 5
    Maria Annette Allen
    1898–1912
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Papers
    1913–1921
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Annette Allen
    1922–1926
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Alice Allen
    1899–1910
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 5
    Ann Allen
    1901–1904
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 6
    Edgar Allen
    1927
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 7
    Harry Allen
    1861–1903
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 8
    Jane E. Allen
    1860–1863
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 9
    Janie Allen Burr
    1869–1894
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 10
    E. Leigh Allen
    1873–1891
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 11
    Lucie Allen
    1889–1904
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 12
    Paul Allen
    1882–1911
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 13
    Mary E. Allen
    1880–1914
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 14
    Sallie Allen
    1893–1905
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 15
    Ruth Allen
    1892–1908
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 1
    William A. Allen
    1878–1904
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 2
    George Allen
    1895
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 3
    Dr. and Mrs. (Sophie) Weibly
    1856–1878
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 4
    Dr. and Mrs. (Sophie) Weibly
    1880–1896
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 5
    Dr. H. McS. Gamble
    1865–1913
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 6
    Charity (Blackmammy) Johnson
    1882–1893
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 7
    Poppy and Grammie
    1881, 1929
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 8
    Sarah Leatherman
    1892–1911
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 9
    Lucie Taylor
    1882–1932
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 10
    M. Bee Baker
    1889
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 11
    Mrs. J.C. Cunningham
    1899
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 12
    Catherine Leatherman
    1840
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 13
    Edgar Williams
    1867, 1896
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 14
    Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 15
    Unidentified
    1833–1926
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 1
    Sophy [Sophie/Sophia] Weibly's Diary (see control folder for more information)
    1859–1865
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 2
    Sophy [Sophie/Sophia] Weibly's Diary (see control folder for more information)
    1866–1870
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 3
    Allen Sprigg
    1869–1875
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 4
    James Miles
    1839–1847
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 5
    J.J. Williams
    1850
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 6
    Alfred Allen
    1889–1913
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 7
    Business Postcards, Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 8
    Business Cards, Miscellaneous
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 9
    Miscellaneous Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 10
    Addendum 1993 July 08, John A. Olson Papers
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 11
    Addendum 1994 August 23, James W.F. Allen Church Certificate
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 12
    Addendum 1994 August 23, James W.F. Allen Law Memo Book
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S7/Box 4
    Addendum 1994 August 23, Binder, "Hitherto: The Allen Family Letters, 1832-1887" (selected transcriptions)
    undated
Series 8. Ledgers, Boxes S8/1-2, Unboxed
Mixed Materials S8/Box 1 Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Mixed Materials S8/Unboxed undated
Scope and Contents

This series includes ledgers pertaining to Allen's family and others.

Please note, some boxes did not have box titles, and some folders did not have folder titles. In cases where there is both a box and a folder title, they are separated with a double dash ( -- ).

  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 1 Folder: 1
    Ledgers -- Frank P. Allen
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 1
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Frank P. Allen
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 2
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Alice Allen
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 3
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Alfred Taylor
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 4
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Sallie Taylor
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 5
    Various Books and Ledgers -- R.G. Cunningham
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 6
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Willie Allen
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 7
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Logan-Gregg Hardware Company Catalog
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 8
    Various Books and Ledgers -- Unknown
    undated
  • Mixed Materials S8/Unboxed
    8 Ledgers
    undated