Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jude Allen papers (1836-1981) consist of a handwritten account book; a certificate of Allen's appointment to the rank of captain in the Ohio Militia; a three-page biography written by his granddaughter, Edna Dewey Pierson; and a children's short story written in 1981, by Avon Compton, another granddaughter. The donor's grandmother was Sarah Anglesey Allen, Jude Allen's third wife. Edna Dewey Pierson, the biographer, was from the marriage of Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nichols Allen, Jude...

Scope and Contents Photocopy of the original account book in folder 1.

Scope and Contents The original commission and a photocopy.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jude Allen papers (1836-1981) consist of a handwritten account book; a certificate of Allen's appointment to the rank of captain in the Ohio Militia; a three-page biography written by his granddaughter, Edna Dewey Pierson; and a children's short story written in 1981, by Avon Compton, another granddaughter. The donor's grandmother was Sarah Anglesey Allen, Jude Allen's third wife. Edna Dewey Pierson, the biographer, was from the marriage of Jude Allen and Mary Ann Nichols Allen, Jude...

Scope and Contents This children's book tells of Compton's grandmother, Sarah Anglesey Allen, traveling from England, crossing the plains, and settling in Utah.