Charles Julius Allen and Grace Elizabeth Allen Papers
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82051540
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Manuscript Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
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Charles Julius Allen and Grace Elizabeth Allen Papers 1865-1976
Allen, Charles Julius, 1840-1915
Allen, Grace Elizabeth, 1886-1976
Biographical History for: Charles Julius Allen and Grace Elizabeth Allen Papers 1865-1976
Biographical Note Charles Julius Allen (1840-1915) graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1864. He served in the army corps of engineers until 1904, including in the Military Division of West Mississippi and Department of Louisiana, 1864-1866, during the Civil War period. Allen was in charge of defenses of Washington, D.C., during the Spanish-American War. He was promoted to brigadier-general in 1904 and retired at his request that same year. He died in 1915. Grace Elizabeth Allen, his daughter (1886-1976), was educated at Columbia Hospital in Washington, D.C., the New York School of Social Work, and Columbia University. She engaged in welfare work in North Carolina and for the United States government and served on behalf of the American Red Cross.
Scope and Content Note The papers of Charles Julius Allen (1840-1915) and Grace Elizabeth Allen (1886-1976), father and daughter, span the years 1865-1976 and consist of correspondence, diaries, family histories, personal reminiscences, notes, clippings, and printed matter. Charles Allen, a brigadier general on his retirement, spent much of his life in the United States Army Corps of Engineers. His papers contain correspondence and other items from his Civil War service, plus later material that he retained and collected as part of an unpublished Allen family history. Included are personal reminiscences of Allen’s life in the military, especially as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, as an engineer in the army corps of engineers, and during the Civil War at Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 1864, and in the Mobile Campaign, March-April 1865. The papers of Grace Allen consist mainly of diaries started by her parents in her infancy and kept throughout her life. They include references to her service with the American Red Cross, to Washington, D.C., and New York social life, including observations about Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, to her world travels, and to various world, national, and local affairs. Also included are letters from George S. Patton (1885-1945), with whom the Allen family had a long association, written during World War II.
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Allen, Charles Julius
Brief sketch of the Allen family, 1909
History of the family, personal reminiscences, and memorabilia
Memory book of correspondence, notes, and miscellany, 1866-1914
Partial memoir, typewritten, 1973
Maps, 1865, undated
Miscellaneous printed matter
Allen, Grace Elizabeth
Correspondence
General, 1882-1960
Patton, George S. (1885-1945), 1943-1959 See Container 9, Formerly restricted
Last will
Miscellaneous writings, notes, jottings, prescriptions, and clippings
Diaries
Formerly restricted
Correspondence, George S. Patton (1885-1945), 1943-1959 (Container 2)