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[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
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
PapersJuly-December 1848
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 2
PapersJanuary-August 1849
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 3
PapersSeptember-December 1849
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 4
Papers1850
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 5
Papers1851
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 1 Folder: 6
Papers1852
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 1
PapersJanuary-December 1853
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 2
PapersJanuary 1854-June 1855
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 3
PapersJuly 1855-December 1856
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 4
PapersJanuary-June 1857
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 2 Folder: 5
PapersJuly-December 1857
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 1
Papers1858
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 2
Papers1859
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 3
PapersJanuary 1860-December 1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 4
PapersFebruary 1870-November 1874
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 5
Correspondence between Judge Allen and his wife Carrieundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 3 Folder: 6
Correspondence on Spiritual Philosophyundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 1
Legal Papers1792–1835
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 2
Legal Papers1836–1838
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 3
Legal Papers1839
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 4
Legal Papers1841
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 5
Legal Papers1842
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 6
Legal Papers1843
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 4 Folder: 7
Legal Papers1844–1846
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 1
Legal Papers1847–1849
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 2
Legal Papers1850
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 3
Legal Papers1851
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 4
Legal Papers1852
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 5
Legal Papers1853
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 5 Folder: 6
Legal Papers1854
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 1
Legal Papers1855–1856
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 2
Legal Papers1857
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 3
Legal Papers1858
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 4
Legal Papers1859
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 5
Legal Papers1860
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 6
Legal Papers1861–1864
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 6 Folder: 7
Legal Papers1865
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 1
Papers1832–1841
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 2
Papers1842
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 3
PapersJanuary-May 1843
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 4
PapersJune-December 1843
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 7 Folder: 5
Papers1844
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 1
Papers1845
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 2
PapersJanuary-August 1846
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 3
PapersSeptember-December 1846
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 4
PapersJanuary-June 1847
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 5
PapersJuly-December 1847
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 8 Folder: 6
PapersJanuary-June 1848
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 1
PapersJanuary-June 1866
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 2
PapersJuly-December 1866
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 3
Papers1867
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 4
Papers1868
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 5
PapersJanuary-June 1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 9 Folder: 6
PapersJuly-December 1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 1
Legal Papers1870
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 2
Legal PapersJanuary-June 1871
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 3
Legal PapersJuly-December 1871
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 4
Legal Papers1872
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 5
Legal Papers1873
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 10 Folder: 6
Legal Papers1874–1875
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 1
Legal Papers -- Court Dockets1837–1844
- 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 -- Deeds1791–1854
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 4
Legal Papers -- Indentures1794–1906
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 11 Folder: 5
Legal Papers -- Confederate Cavalry Musterundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 1
Various Legal Cases -- Hopkins vs. Davis, Fisher M. Rice Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 2
Various Legal Cases -- Moorefield & Alleghany Turnpike Company vs. Job Sions et al1850–1852
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 3
Various Legal Cases -- Spitler vs. Barb et al1855–1861
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 4
Various Legal Cases -- Heirs of Matthew Toler1785–1850
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 5
Various Legal Cases -- Anderson and McClung vs. Adam Sitesundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 6
Various Legal Cases -- Elijah Cunninghamundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 12 Folder: 7
Various Legal Cases -- Thrasher vs. Barns, J.F. Weidemeyer, J.S. Whitingundated
- 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 Cases1866–1867
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 1
Legal Papers1792–1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 2
Legal Papers -- Internal Revenueca. 1867
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 3
Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous Unidentified Casesundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 4
Legal Papers -- Miscellaneous Casesundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 5
Legal Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 6
Legal Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 7
Legal Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 8
Legal Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 13 Folder: 9
Legal Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 1
Personal Legal Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 2
Joseph H. and G.B. Samuels Legal Correspondence1845–1849
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 3
J.J. Williams Legal Correspondence1845–1849
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 4
Stephen Downey Cases1872–1873
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 5
Zion Church Case1852–1853
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 6
Postal Materialundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 7
Memo Book1847
- 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 AllegianceJuly 13, 1865
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 14 Folder: 12
Business Advertisingundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 1
Business Advertisingundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 2
Business Advertisingundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 3
Papersundated
- 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
Miscellaneous1840–1874
- 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 Records1839–1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 9
Fee Books and Other Financial Records1839–1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 15 Folder: 10
Grade Reportsundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 1
Receiptspre-1830
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 2
Receipts1830–1834
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 3
Receipts1835–1839
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 4
Receipts1840–1841
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 5
Receipts1842
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 16 Folder: 6
Receipts1843–1844
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 1
Receipts1845–1846
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 2
Receipts1847–1848
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 3
Receipts1849–1850
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 4
Receipts1851–1852
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 17 Folder: 5
Receipts1853–1854
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 1
Receipts1855–1856
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 2
Receipts1857–1859
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 3
Receipts1860–1862
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 4
Receipts1863–1868
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 18 Folder: 5
Receipts1869–1870
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 1
Receipts1871–1872
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 2
Receipts1873–1875
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 3
Receiptspost-1875
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 4
Receiptsundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 5
Receiptsundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 6
Receiptsundated
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 19 Folder: 7
Receipts -- Receipts with accounts attached1841–1903
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 1
Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers1802–1843
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 2
Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers1844–1853
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 3
Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers1854–1859
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 4
Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers1860–1869
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 5
Financial Records -- Financial Ledgers1870–1876
- Mixed Materials S1/Box 20 Folder: 6
Financial Records -- Financial Ledgersundated
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.
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
Papers1852–1873
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 2
Papers1874–1881
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 3
PapersJanuary-September 1882
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 4
PapersOctober 1882- February 1883
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 5
PapersMarch-December 1883
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 1 Folder: 6
Papers1884
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 1
Papers1885-October 1886
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 2
PapersNovember 1886-July 1887
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 3
PapersAugust 1887-May 1888
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 2 Folder: 4
PapersJune 1888-February 1889
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 1
PapersMarch-December 1889
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 2
Papers1890
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 3
PapersJanuary-August 1891
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 4
PapersSeptember 1891-February 1892
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 3 Folder: 5
PapersMarch-August 1892
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 1
PapersSeptember-December 1892
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 2
Papers1893
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 3
Papers1894
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 4
Papers1895
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 4 Folder: 5
Papers1896
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 1
Papers1897
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 2
Papers1898
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 3
Papers1899
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 4
Papers1900
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 5 Folder: 5
Papers1901
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 1
Papers1902
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 2
Papers1903
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 3
Papers1904
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 4
Papers1905-1907, undated
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 5
J.W.F. Allen to C.W. Allen1848–1874
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 6
C.W. Allen to A.J. Hollenbeck1900–1902
- Mixed Materials S3/Box 6 Folder: 7
Death of J.W.F Allen, Settlement of Estateundated
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 Letters1878–1892
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 2
Personal Letters1893–1899
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 3
Personal Letters1900–1902
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 4
Personal Letters1903–1909
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 5
Personal Letters1910-1932, undated
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 6
Personal Letters -- Speeches, State Tax Formsundated
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 1 Folder: 7
Personal Letters -- Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 1
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1883-June 1889
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJuly-December 1889
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1890–1891
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 4
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJanuary-June 1892
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 5
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJuly-December 1892
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 2 Folder: 6
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1893
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 1
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1894–1897
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1898–1900
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJune-September 1900
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 4
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsOctober-December 1900
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 5
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJanuary-April 1901
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 3 Folder: 6
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsMay-August 1901
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 1
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsSeptember-December 1901
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJanuary-April 1902
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsMay-August 1902
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 4
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsSeptember-December 1902
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 4 Folder: 5
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJanuary-April 1903
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 1
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsMay-August 1903
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsSeptember-December 1903
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1904
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 4
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJanuary-June 1905
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 5 Folder: 5
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJuly-December 1905
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 1
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsJanuary-September 1906
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence, Bills and ReceiptsOctober 1906-1908
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts1909–1919
- 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 Contractsundated
- Mixed Materials S4/Box 6 Folder: 6
Business Correspondence, Bills and Receipts -- Deeds and Leases1902–1923
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
Papers1878–1899
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 2
Papers1890–1892
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 3
Papers1893
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 4
Papers1894–1895
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 5
Papers1898–1906
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 1 Folder: 6
Papers1907–1908
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 1
Papers1909–1910
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 2
Papers1911–1912
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 3
Papers1913–1914
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 4
Papers1915–1916
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 2 Folder: 5
Papers1917–1918
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 1
Papers1919–1921
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 2
Papers1922–1923
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 3
Papers1924–1926
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 3 Folder: 4
Papers1927
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 1
Papers1928
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 2
Papers1929–1930
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 3
Papers1931–1932
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 4
Papers1933
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 5
Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 6
Financial Records, Recipesundated
- Mixed Materials S5/Box 4 Folder: 7
Legal Papers Concerning Eleanor Boyd Allen's Estateundated
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 Correspondence1828–1857
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence1858–1860
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence1861–1865
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 4
Business Correspondence1869
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 1 Folder: 5
Business Correspondence1870–1871
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 1
Business Correspondence1872–1873
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 2
Business Correspondence1874–1875
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 3
Business Correspondence1876–1877
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 4
Business Correspondence1878
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 2 Folder: 5
Business Correspondence1879–1880
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 1
Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Business Correspondenceundated
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 2
Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Vouchers for final settlement as Guardian of James Q. Turleyundated
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 3
Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Legal and J.P. Papers1835–1857
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 4
Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves1858–1859
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 5
Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves1860–1868
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 3 Folder: 6
Deeds and Proclamations, Receipts and Contracts for Slaves -- Thanksgiving Proclamation, Receipt for Slaves, Miscellaneous1870-1880, undated
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 1
Personal Correspondence1828–1875
- 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 Ledgers1833–1855
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 4
Papers1856-1875, undated
- Mixed Materials S6/Box 4 Folder: 5
Advertisementsundated
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 Allen1888–1906
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 2
Maria Annette Allen1852–1870
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 3
Maria Annette Allen1871–1885
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 4
Maria Annette Allen1886–1897
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 1 Folder: 5
Maria Annette Allen1898–1912
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 1
Papers1913–1921
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 2
Annette Allen1922–1926
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 3
Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 4
Alice Allen1899–1910
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 5
Ann Allen1901–1904
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 6
Edgar Allen1927
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 7
Harry Allen1861–1903
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 8
Jane E. Allen1860–1863
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 9
Janie Allen Burr1869–1894
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 10
E. Leigh Allen1873–1891
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 11
Lucie Allen1889–1904
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 12
Paul Allen1882–1911
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 13
Mary E. Allen1880–1914
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 14
Sallie Allen1893–1905
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 2 Folder: 15
Ruth Allen1892–1908
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 1
William A. Allen1878–1904
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 2
George Allen1895
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 3
Dr. and Mrs. (Sophie) Weibly1856–1878
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 4
Dr. and Mrs. (Sophie) Weibly1880–1896
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 5
Dr. H. McS. Gamble1865–1913
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 6
Charity (Blackmammy) Johnson1882–1893
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 7
Poppy and Grammie1881, 1929
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 8
Sarah Leatherman1892–1911
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 9
Lucie Taylor1882–1932
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 10
M. Bee Baker1889
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 11
Mrs. J.C. Cunningham1899
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 12
Catherine Leatherman1840
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 13
Edgar Williams1867, 1896
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 14
Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 3 Folder: 15
Unidentified1833–1926
- 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 Sprigg1869–1875
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 4
James Miles1839–1847
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 5
J.J. Williams1850
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 6
Alfred Allen1889–1913
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 7
Business Postcards, Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 8
Business Cards, Miscellaneousundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 9
Miscellaneous Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 10
Addendum 1993 July 08, John A. Olson Papersundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 11
Addendum 1994 August 23, James W.F. Allen Church Certificateundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4 Folder: 12
Addendum 1994 August 23, James W.F. Allen Law Memo Bookundated
- Mixed Materials S7/Box 4
Addendum 1994 August 23, Binder, "Hitherto: The Allen Family Letters, 1832-1887" (selected transcriptions)undated
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. Allenundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 1
Various Books and Ledgers -- Frank P. Allenundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 2
Various Books and Ledgers -- Alice Allenundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 3
Various Books and Ledgers -- Alfred Taylorundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 4
Various Books and Ledgers -- Sallie Taylorundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 5
Various Books and Ledgers -- R.G. Cunninghamundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 6
Various Books and Ledgers -- Willie Allenundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 7
Various Books and Ledgers -- Logan-Gregg Hardware Company Catalogundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Box 2 Folder: 8
Various Books and Ledgers -- Unknownundated
- Mixed Materials S8/Unboxed
8 Ledgersundated