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Florence Ellinwood Allen PapersA Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of CongressPrepared by J. K. Kearney2009
Biographical Note
Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe papers of Florence Ellinwood Allen (1884-1966) span the period 1907-1965 and relate to her position as associate justice of the Ohio Supreme Court and as judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Allen was an active feminist instrumental in obtaining women's suffrage and the first woman to sit on an American court of last resort. She was also the first woman in the United States to occupy the position of senior judge of a federal court of appeals. The papers are organized into the following series: Correspondence, Subject File, Speech and Article File, and Miscellany. Allen's interest in the women's rights movement is documented by the speeches and articles in her papers. The collection also reveals her interest in the subjects of peace, war, disarmament, and international law. Many of her speeches were delivered to bar associations and subsequently published. Allen received many honorary degrees and the speeches delivered on these occasions are included in the papers. Approximately half of the collection consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the judge's activities on behalf of women's suffrage, her campaigns for Congress, consideration of her for a seat on the United States Supreme Court, and honors received in 1959 when she became senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Correspondents include Eleanor Roosevelt, Nancy Witcher Langhorne Astor, Viscountess Astor, Margaret Chase Smith, and members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Arrangement of the PapersThis collection is arranged in four series:
Return to the Table of Contents Container ListCorrespondence, 1915-1965Correspondence. Organized into general correspondence, arranged chronologically, and special correspondence, arranged alphabetically by name of person or organization. General, 1915-1965SpecialAstor, Nancy Witcher Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, 1929-1955International Federation of Women Lawyers, 1962-1963Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1948-1959Smith, Margaret Chase, 1963-1964Subject File, 1921-1958Biographical sketches, speeches, book reviews, notes, honors and citations, legal papers, cartoons, newspaper clippings, and other material documenting Allen's activities and interests. Arranged by topic or type of material. BiographicalSketchesAutobiographical speechesAutobiographical notesLife of Allen and her fatherHome of AllenPortrait presentationRetirement honorsCitationsHonorary degreesMargaret Ireland AwardMather College Award, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OhioCampaign for United States Senate, 1926Campaigns for court positionsOhio Supreme Court, 1928United States Supreme Court, support as first woman, 1957Conference on Causes and Cures of WarInternational Bar Association, 1948International Federation of Women LawyersJapan, 1951Turkey, 1953Finland, 1954United Nations, 1956Los Angles, Calif., 1958Legal opinions, indexMcGannon case, 1921New York University dinner, New York, N.Y., 1948Reviews of Allen's booksThis Constitution of OursThe Treaty as an Instrument of Legislation"This I Believe," radio broadcast, 1942TVA case, 1937-1938Woman's suffrageAnthony, Susan B.Donahey, William, cartoonsNewspaper clippingsNotes and researchOhio woman's suffragePark, Maud Wood, articlesResearchShaw, Anna HowardSpeech notebookSpeech and Article File, 1911-1963Speeches and articles. Arranged alphabetically by topic or title of material. America, speeches, 1924-1957Anthony, Susan B., 1952Atomic age, preparing for, 1958Beloit College, Beloit, Wis., commencement address, 1931"The Bill of Rights," 1958"The Bridge to the Future," 1945-1951Campaign for Congress, 1932"Challenge to the Citizen," 1960"Chart for Living," 1953"The Christian and Government," 1922The Constitution, speechesDumbarton Oaks proposals, statement, 1945"Fair Trial and Freedom of the Press," 1956FaithFreedom, speechesGallatin Award, 1960"The Governmental Task," 1932Hicks, XenophonThe home, speechesInternational understanding, article and speechInvention, speech, with reprint, 1958Jury system, 1930-1954Justice, 1928-1956Lake Erie College, Painesville, Ohio, anniversary address, 1948Law, speeches and writings, 1928-1960London, England, speeches, 1950Lyman, Mrs., memorialMacFarlene, Catherine, 1956"Map for Living," 1957Mexican trip, lecturesMusic lectures, 1911"National and World Planning," 1932New votersNotes and researchNew York University, New York, N.Y., reunion dinner, 1963"The Nuremberg Trial Implements World Law," 1947"The Outlook," 1931Patent speechPeace, speeches, 1948-1960Phi Beta Kappa address, 1934Recreation, 1934Sommer, Frank H., 1958"Taft Watched and Waited"Teachers, address, 1950Traditions, writings, 1931-1939Treaties, speechesUnited Nations Charter and the World CourtWar, speeches and articlesWar bondsWashington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Mo., commencement address, 1955Women and woman's rights, speeches and articles, 1925-1960Miscellany, 1907-1959Photographs, scrapbooks, addresses, newspaper clippings, and other material. Arranged by type of material and topic. PhotographsMiscellanyScrapbooksMusical interests, 1907-1908Congressional campaign, 1932United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1934Newspaper clippings1958-1959MiscellaneousNewspaper clipping scrapbookReelection to Ohio Supreme Court, 1928Current events on the bench, 1931Congressional campaign, 1932AddressesReturn to the Table of Contents |
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