Finding aid for the Florence Ellinwood Allen Papers


Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Allen, Florence Ellinwood
Title: Florence Ellinwood Allen Papers
Dates: 1856-1967
Dates: 1901-1967
Extent: 14.00 linear feet (29 containers and 2 oversize volumes)
Abstract: Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) was a lawyer and judge, of Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of correspondence, diaries, speeches, biographical and genealogical material, articles by or about Judge Allen, awards, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Includes material on women's suffrage, outlawry of war, Tennessee Valley Authority case, and rights to outer space. Correspondents include Nancy Astor, Newton D. Baker, Catherine Drinker Bowen, John Bricker, Carrie Chapman Catt, Frank Davis, Jr., Learned Hand, Elizabeth J. Hauser, Frances Kellor, Frank J. Lausche, Salmon C. Levinson, Maude Wood Park, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Chase Smith, Harriet Taylor Upton, and Stephen M. Young.
MS Number MS 3287
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English