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Collection SummaryTitle: Frederick Lewis Allen PapersSpan Dates: 1890-1954 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1933-1954) ID No.: MSS10470 Creator: Allen, Frederick Lewis Extent: 10,500 items; 30 containers; 12 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Abstract: Editor and author. Correspondence, articles, biographies, date books, diaries, radio scripts, histories, and speeches documenting Allen's career as editor of Harper's Magazine, director of the Foreign Policy Association, author of many popular works on American social history, and an overseer of Harvard University. Selected Search TermsThe following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. Personal Names Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954. Allen, Hildegarde--Correspondence. Conant, James Bryant, 1893-1978--Correspondence. De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955--Correspondence. Dean, Vera Micheles, 1903-1972--Correspondence. Highet, Gilbert, 1906-1978--Correspondence. Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974--Correspondence. McKinney, Laurence--Correspondence. Perkins, Milo, 1900---Correspondence. Pfeiffer, George--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945. Wallace, DeWitt, 1889-1981--Correspondence. Zuill, W. S. (William S.)--Correspondence. Organizations Foreign Policy Association. Harvard University. Subjects American periodicals. Harper's magazine. Industries--United States. Journalism. Locations London (England)--Description and travel. San Francisco (Calif.)--Description and travel. United States--History. United States--Social conditions. Occupations Authors. Editors. Administrative InformationProvenance:The papers of Frederick Lewis Allen, editor and author, were donated to the Library of Congress by his wife, Agnes Rogers Allen, and his son, Oliver E. Allen, between 1954 and 1996. A press release on the Frederick Lewis Allen Papers was issued by the Library of Congress on 22 September 1955, and an acquisitions note appeared in the Library's Information Bulletin, Vol. 14, No. 38 (19 September 1955), pp. 2-3. The collection was also described in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions, Vol. 13, No. 3 (May 1956), pp. 155-156. Processing History:The papers of Frederick Lewis Allen were arranged and described in 1956. The collection was expanded between 1978 and 1996, and the finding aid was revised in 2008. Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Frederick Lewis Allen in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for further information. Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Frederick Lewis Allen Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note
Scope and Content NoteThe papers of Frederick Lewis Allen span the years 1890-1954, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1933-1954. The papers are organized in five series: Diaries, Date Books, and Biographical Material; General Correspondence; Subject File; Literary File; and an Addition. The Diaries, Date Books, and Biographical Material series covers the years 1933-1954 and includes diaries kept by Allen during visits to London in 1943 and to San Francisco in 1945. The bulk of the General Correspondence focuses on the period 1945-1954 and includes letters written on a weekly basis by Allen to his sister, Hildegarde Allen. Correspondence relating to a particular literary work is kept with other papers related to that work in the Literary File. Prominent correspondents include James Bryant Conant, Vera Micheles Dean, Bernard Augustine DeVoto, Gilbert Highet, Walter Lippmann, Laurence McKinney, Milo Perkins, George Pfeiffer, DeWitt Wallace, and W. S. Zuill. Included in the Subject File is material related to Allen's term as a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University, 1942-1948; his work with the Foreign Policy Association; and his speech to the National Publishers' Association in 1947 on the "closed mind" of journalists regarding American industry. The Literary File contains manuscripts and notes related to Allen's writings, including popular social histories of the United States such as Only Yesterday and The Big Change, March of Time movie scripts about the 1920s, biographies, magazine articles, speeches, and other short works. The Addition, consisting of material added to the papers in 1978, 1983, and 1996, supplements the original collection. A travel journal documenting Allen's trip to Great Britain in 1953 was added in 1996. Related MaterialsMaterial on Allen can be found in the Harper's Magazine Records also housed in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress Arrangement of the PapersThis collection is arranged in five series:
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