Young Ewing Allison Papers, 1897-1932

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Allison, Young Ewing (1853-1932)

Title:

Young Ewing Allison Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0z708w42z

Dates:

1897-1932

Size:

1 box and 0.2 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of selected papers of Young Ewing Allison, a Kentucky newspaperman and editor.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

Consists of two typed manuscripts by Allison, correspondence with his friend Eleanor Bowman, three pamphlets, clippings, and printed material. The first manuscript, "Insurance on Noah's Ark", was written in 1897; the second, an "Unfinished Autobiography of Young E. Allison" found by his sister, Susan Allison, is inscribed: "Presented to Miss Eleanor Bowman by her friend and Mr. Allison's Friend, William Fortune, December 23, 1932."

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Collection Creator Biography:

Allison

The son of Scotch-Irish parents, Young Ewing Allison was born at Henderson, Ky., on December 23, 1853. He established the first daily newspaper in Henderson, The Chronicle, at the age of 19. In 1880 he moved to Louisville to become city editor of The Courier-Journal. He was a co-founder of the Insurance Field, an insurance trade publication, in 1897, and for thirty-three years he served as its editor-in chief, president, or board chairman. Allison also wrote the librettos of several operas, such as The Ogallalas, which was the first American Indian and Scout opera, and wrote a small volume on novel reading called The Delicious Vice. Allison wrote about music and for musical publications, and on many other subjects, both literary and artistic.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of Eleanor Bowman on May 20, 1965 (AM18607).
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Finding aid written by James Flannery in January 2006. Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

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