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| Creator: | Allen, Lillian Sweet. |
| Title: | Lillian Sweet Allen Papers |
| Dates: | 1905-1961 |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Papers of the American genealogist. Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and some published material relating to the genealogy of the Bly, Rich, Sweet, Towner, Vaughn and Whitford families. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Lillian Sweet Allen was an American genealogist. Families of interest to her include the Bly, Rich, Sweet, Towner, Vaughn and Whitford families.
The Lillian Sweet Allen Papers are divided into correspondence, subject files, manuscripts and published material. Correspondence (1905-1961) includes letters written by and to Mrs. Allen and Jared E. Allen. They relate to genealogical matters and are arranged alphabetically by subject (i.e. family name). Within each family the correspondence is filed chronologically. One Subject file contains undated photographs of various members of the Sweet family. Manuscripts contains notes and notebooks of Mrs. Sweet concerning the various families. These materials are arranged alphabetically by type and then alphabetically by family name. Finally, Published materials contains a book and two newspaper clippings, arranged alphabetically by type.
See Scope and Contents above.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
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Persons
Allen, Lillian Sweet Archives.
Bly family Genealogy.
Rich family Genealogy.
Sweet family Genealogy.
Towner family Genealogy.
Whitford family Genealogy.
Subjects
Women genealogists, United States.
Genres and Forms
Correspondence.
Genealogies (histories)
Notebooks.
Photographs.
Occupations
Genealogists.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Lillian Sweet Allen Papers
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Gift, 1963.
Correspondence
Subject files
Manuscripts
Published material
| Correspondence | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bly family 1924-1927 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Rich family 1924-1926 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sweet family 1905, 1913, 1922-1927, 1947, 1961, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Towner family 1926 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vaughn family 1925-1926 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Whitford family 1924-1926 | ||||||||||
| Subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Photographs | ||||||||||
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Bly family | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Rich family - with galley proof | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Sweet family - and published material | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Vaughn family | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Whitford family | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Notebooks | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Notebooks | ||||||||||
| Published material | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Book, Ancestral Tablets, by William Whitmore | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Newspaper clippings | ||||||||||