Inventory of the William Allan Papers, 1802-1937

Collection Number 2764


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Allan, William, 1837-1889.
Title
William Allan Papers, 1802-1937.
Call Number
2764
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 100 items (1.5 linear feet).
Abstract
Confederate military officer, educator. Letters, deeds, estate papers, business papers, diaries, reminiscences, and other material documenting the life of William Allan and of members of his family. Allan's volumes include reminiscences, written in the 1880s, of his early life and of the Civil War, during which he served as a colonel and chief ordnance officer for generals Jackson, Ewell, and Early in the Army of Northern Virginia; notes on the 2nd Manassas campaign; notes on his conversations with General Robert E. Lee, 1867-1870 (typed transcriptions); and Allan's diaries, 1872-1873, while a professor at Washington College, Va., and 1882-1888, while principal of the McDonogh School, Baltimore, Md. Other volumes include the reminiscences of his wife, Elizabeth Randolph (Preston) Allan (1848-1933), published in Richmond, Va., in 1938; and the reminiscences (microfilm of typed transcriptions) of his father, Thomas (1802-1873), who emigrated from Scotland in the 1830s and became a nurseryman and dairy farmer at Winchester, Va. Also included are copies of items relating to Preston and Allan family history.


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Administrative Information

Acquisitions Information
Gifts 1943, 1985, 1990.
Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the William Allan Papers, #2764, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Allan family.
Allan, Elizabeth Preston, b. 1848.
Allan, Thomas, 1802-1873.
Allan, William, 1837-1889.
Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862.
College teachers--Virginia--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army--Officers--Biography.
Diaries.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
McDonogh School--History.
Preston family.
Schools--Maryland--Baltimore--History--19th century.
Scottish Americans--Virginia--History--19th century.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
Washington College (Lexington, Va.)--Faculty--History.
Winchester (Va.)--History--19th century.
Women--Virginia--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

Confederate military officer, educator.

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Collection Overview

Letters, deeds, estate papers, business papers, diaries, reminiscences, and other material documenting the life of William Allan and of members of his family. Allan's volumes include reminiscences, written in the 1880s, of his early life and of the Civil War, during which he served as a colonel and chief ordnance officer for generals Jackson, Ewell, and Early in the Army of Northern Virginia; notes on the 2nd Manassas campaign; notes on his conversations with General Robert E. Lee, 1867-1870 (typed transcriptions); and Allan's diaries, 1872-1873, while a professor at Washington College, Va., and 1882-1888, while principal of the McDonogh School, Baltimore, Md. Other volumes include the reminiscences of his wife, Elizabeth Randolph (Preston) Allan (1848-1933), published in Richmond, Va., in 1938; and the reminiscences (microfilm of typed transcriptions) of his father, Thomas (1802-1873), who emigrated from Scotland in the 1830s and became a nurseryman and dairy farmer at Winchester, Va. Also included are copies of items relating to Preston and Allan family history.