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    <title>Charles Julius Allen and Grace Elizabeth Allen papers, 1865-1976</title>
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  <abstract>Correspondence, diaries, family history, personal reminiscences, notes, clippings, and printed matter chiefly of Charles Julius Allen and his daughter, Grace Elizabeth Allen.   Papers of Charles Julius Allen relate to his life as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point (1860-1864) and to his service in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, especially during the Civil War at Mobile Bay, Ala.  Papers of Grace Elizabeth Allen consist chiefly of eighty-three diaries kept throughout her life.  They include references to her service with the American Association of the Red Cross; to Washington, D.C., and New York social life; to her travels; and to various world, national, and local affairs.  Also includes letters to Grace Elizabeth Allen from George S. Patton written during World War II.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division.</note>
  <note>Photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.</note>
  <note>Charles Julius Allen and his daughter, Grace Elizabeth Allen.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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    <geographic>Alabama</geographic>
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    <temporal>Civil War, 1861-1865</temporal>
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    <geographic>Washington (D.C.)</geographic>
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