Box 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection is comprised of letters received by William and Hattie McWade Allen, letter received by Frank C. Allen, and notebooks containing recipes, addresses, and other notes. Most of the letters received by Hattie are from her sisters, Julia McWade Blazer and Lottie M. Payne. Another regular correspondent was her cousin Byron, a student at Oberlin College during the eventful years preceding the Civil War. Occasional letters reflect issues of the time, such as a Dec. 15, 1860 letter...