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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division, 2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009104
The 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.
The diaries of William Henry Allison, historian and clergyman, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Emily Mills Allison, in 1941.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Henry Allison is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The diaries of William Henry Allison are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Henry Allison Diaries, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of William Henry Allison (1870-1941) span the years 1868-1940 and consist entirely of diaries and an index to these volumes. A diary kept by Allison’s grandmother, Mary Ireland Allison, covers the period 1868-1869. Allison's diaries chronicle his daily activities as a historian at Pacific Theological Seminary, Bryn Mawr College, Colgate University, and other universities, as a clergyman at Penacook Baptist Church, Concord, New Hampshire, 1899-1902, and as a consultant in church history to the Library of Congress, 1930-1941.
This collection is arranged chronologically.
| Container | Contents | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOX 1-15 | Diaries | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Allison, Mary Ireland, 1868-1869 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Allison, William Henry | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Indexes | ||||||||||||
| (2 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | 1886-1889 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | 1890-1893 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | 1894-1897 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | 1898-1901 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | 1902-1905 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | 1906-1909 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | 1910-1913 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | 1914-1917 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 10 | 1918-1921 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 11 | 1922-1925 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 12 | 1926-1929 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 13 | 1930-1933 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 14 | 1934-1937 | ||||||||||||
| (4 vols.) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 15 | 1938-1940 | ||||||||||||
| (3 vols.) | |||||||||||||
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