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Series X. Oversized Material, 1856-1953
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Scope and Content Notes: This series is dedicated to housing oversized or three-dimensional materials including artwork, galleys, newspapers, and familial ephemera. Some materials in this series are on permanent display, please see Special Collections staff for more information.
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Subseries 1. Artwork Collection, ca. 1880-1933
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Scope and Content Notes: Featured here are various art works including pieces by John White Alexander, who lived with the Allen family as a young man. While working as a telegraph boy, the orphaned Alexander was taken under Edward Jay Allen's tutelage. Allen provided financial support and encouragement to the young Alexander, allowing him an artist studio in his home at "Edgehill." A photograph of Alexander as a young man and the rest of the Allen family posing outside of "Edgehill" exists in the Family Oversized, Box 193.
Other art works include prints, reproductions, and oversized
Anthony Adverse posters. Some of these materials are on permanent display, please see Special Collections staff for access to these materials.
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Section: Artwork on Display
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[
Anthony Adverse Film Poster]
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[Portrait of Edward Allen (great-grandfather)]
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[Portrait of Mrs. Edward Allen, Millicent (Amelia Bindley) Allen (great-grandmother)]
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Section: John Alexander,
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[Edward Jay Allen, Three-Quarter-Length Portrait, Standing, Face Right], 1899
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Box 186
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[Lobster Painted on Wood, Xmas], 1880
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[Proof of Drawing of Robert L. Stevenson at Bournemouth, Presented to Hervey Allen by Mrs. John Alexander], 1886
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Clippings and Correspondence To John Alexander, 1915-1933
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Section: John Bennett
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House of The Doctor of the Dead, Charleston, S.C.
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Section: Prints and Other Art, 1921
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Downtown, The El / Lower Manhattan by John Marin, 1921
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Item is on shelf next to Box 186.
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[Reproduction of Portrait of Woman Standing] by John Alexander
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Item is on shelf next to Box 186.
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[Reproduction of Woman with a Ring] by John Alexander
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Item is on shelf next to Box 186.
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Diorama - Possibly of
Anthony Adverse
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On top of Map-Case 1.
Subseries 2. Galleys, 1921-1950
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Scope and Content Notes: This subseries includes galley proofs of Allen's works. Each proof is described on an item-level by title.
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Action at Aquila: Complete Proofs (enclosed), 1938
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Action at Aquila: Proofs (2 copies), 1938
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Action at Aquila: Frontmatter and Backmatter (2 copies)
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Anthony Adverse: Odd-sized proofs, including Book 5 title page and pages 411, 430, 1173, 397, and 469
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Anthony Adverse: Vol. 1-3 (2 versions of Book 9), 1932
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Bedford Village: Proofs (3 copies), 1944
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Carolina Chansons: Complete Proofs, 1922
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Carolina Chansons: Loose Pages (folder), 1950
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City in the Dawn: Complete Proofs, 1950
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City in the Dawn: Sample Printed Sheets (folder), 1950
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The Disinherited: Vol. 1, Albine's Saga (3 copies), 1943
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Subseries 3. Hervey Allen General Material, 1906-1948
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Scope and Content Notes: This subseries features oversized materials such as awards and diplomas, blueprints, photographs, literary works and promotional materials regarding Hervey Allen. Hervey Allen's military coat and a honorary flag are featured in the Military Ephemera box.
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Awards and Diplomas, 1906-1948
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Military Ephemera
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191 |
Works - Manuscripts and Publications, 1919-1949
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192 |
Works - Promotional Posters; Blueprints to his Homes, 1933-1948
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Subseries 4. Family, 1856-1948
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Scope and Content Notes: In this subseries are oversized materials belonging to the Allen family including personal items, ledgers, photographs, obtituaries, and manuscripts. Some highlights include a handwritten poem by Colonel Edward Jay Allen and an oversized photograph of the Allen family pictured with a young John White Alexander at "Edgehill" dated in 1876 (note: photograph is in two pieces).
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Portrait of Allen Family with John W. Alexander at Edgehill, 1876
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Series 5. Newspapers, 1876-1953
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Scope and Content Notes: Oversized newspapers relating to Hervey Allen or his family members.
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