Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)Henry Justin Allen papers, 1896-1942
Personal name
Main title
- Henry Justin Allen papers, 1896-1942 (bulk 1919-1942).
Links
Links
- Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011065
- Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011065.3
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Description
- 80,000 items.
- 214 containers.
- 85.4 linear feet.
Access advisory
- Open to research.
Finding aids
- Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011065
Local shelving no.
- 0635CC
Biography/History note
- Publisher and governor of and U.S. senator from Kansas.
Organized/Arranged
- Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Pre-Gubernatorial File, 1896-1918; Series 2: Gubernatorial File, 1918-1923; and Series 3: Post-Gubernatorial File, circa 1923-1942.
Summary
- Correspondence, speeches, articles, clippings, printed matter, and other papers relating to Allen's public career, especially his terms as governor of and U.S. senator from Kansas. Documents Allen's business activities; his work on behalf of Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association, Near East Relief, and Save the Children (U.S.); and family affairs. Subjects include the debate between Allen and Samuel Gompers, Industrial Workers of the World, Kansas Court of Industrial Relations, the Ku Klux Klan, National Nonpartisan League, Republican Party politics, and the Republican National Convention in 1920. Correspondents include Will H. Hays, Harold L. Ickes, Alfred M. Landon, Arthur H. Vandenberg, William Allen White, and Leonard Wood.
LC Subjects
- Gompers, Samuel, 1850-1924.
- Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954--Correspondence.
- Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence.
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987--Correspondence.
- Vandenberg, Arthur H. (Arthur Hendrick), 1884-1951--Correspondence.
- White, William Allen, 1868-1944--Correspondence.
- Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927--Correspondence.
- Allen family.
- Kansas. Court of Industrial Relations.
- Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Tidewater Association.
- Industrial Workers of the World.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
- National Nonpartisan League.
- Near East Relief (Organization)
- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
- Save the Children (U.S.)
- Republican National Convention.
- Child welfare--Societies, etc.
- Labor unions.
- Kansas--Politics and government--1865-1950.
- United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.
- Governors--Kansas.
- Publishers.
- Senators, U.S. Congress--Kansas.
Notes
- Collection material in English.
Acquisition source
- Gift, Henrietta Allen Holmes, 1966-1967.
LCCN
- mm 73050781
Other standard no.
- MSS50781
Repository
- Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
Type of material
- Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
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