Albert C. Allen photograph collection, 1869-1905

Overview of the Collection

Title
Albert C. Allen photograph collection
Dates
1869-1905 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.2 linear feet, (1 archives box)  :  65 Photographic prints
Collection Number
P0345
Summary
The Albert C. Allen photograph collection contains portraits of Albert C. Allen, members of his family, and soldiers. The collection also contains photographs documenting Allen's service with the Utah Volunteer Artillery, and his paricipation in the Ute Indian Wars, the Spanish-American War, and the Philippines Rebellion.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Albert C. Allen Collection was purchased from Bill Lee in 1991. He had previously purchased the collection from a dealer in San Francisco.

The photographs have been arranged as they were in the scrapbook to maintain their original order. Descriptions of photos in quotes have been taken verbatim from the photo-album and may have errors in spelling.

Lt. Allen (later Major) was stationed at Fort Douglas for most of his career. He also served at the Presidio of San Francisco and in the Philippines. The collection contained a scrapbook containing news clippings about Ft. Douglas and Lt. Allen's company in Utah, and at the Presidio of San Francisco, with references to the Spanish-American War, 1898, the Ute campaigns, 1879, the "Tin War," 1888, and the insurrection in the Philippines, 1899-1901. The scrapbook contained typed stories and songs, telegrams, order, and a pair of children's knit mittens. It covers a time period from roughly 1895-1905. Also in the collection was a photo-album from which the photos were taken, covering the years 1869-1905.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Peter Schmid and Mark F. Anderson in 1991.

Separated Materials

Manuscript materials were transferred to the Albert C. Allen papers (MS 0581).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Military individuals and eventsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description
Box Folder
1 1
Scrapbook
  • Copies of original photo-album pages
1 2
Individuals
  • Photograph number 1: Katie Williams, Bessie Glendinning, Louise Smedley June 7, 1892.
  • Photograph number 2: Addie Jane, 1893
  • Photograph number 3: W. Landram McFarland. [First name was William. He was the son of a captain stationed at Fort Douglas.]
  • Photograph number 4: Leven C. Allen Jr. This child was Albert C. Allen's youngest brother, born in 1894, and named for their father, a soldier stationed at Fort Douglas.
1 3
Military
  • Photograph number 5: Dick Bowers, G. M. Allen [Gilbert McKee Allen, older brother of Albert C. Allen], about 1899
  • Photograph number 6: Sgt. A. C. Allen, July 1898 Bat. C. Utah Vol. Artillery
  • Photograph number 7: William Landram McFarland.
  • Photograph number 8: Left: Major Leven C. Allen of the 12th Infantry; right: Lieutenant Albert C. Allen of the 21st Infantry. July 4, 1899, at Manila, PI
  • Photograph number 9: 2nd Lieut. A. C. Allen 38th U.S. Vol. Inf. 1899
1 4
Military
  • Photograph number 10: Marguerite Richards, Ft. Douglas, 1890
  • Photograph number 11: Mary, daughter of Alert C. Allen, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Photograph number 12: Mamie Bernard "From Mamie Bernard, 1893. Taken, 1890"
  • Photograph number 13: October 9, 1893 Margaret Thompson later Mrs. John Randolph, U.S. Army
  • Photograph number 14: Lieut. Leven C. Allen, Ute Campaign in Colorado in the seventies (about '79) (Tintype)
1 5
Infantries, military
  • Photograph number 15: Gilbert M. Allen, John Randolph,1900, 6th U. S. Inf.
  • Photograph number 16: Summits of Daniel's, Tin War, 1888 (names under photo)
  • Photograph number 17: West Point 1869 L. C. Allen (3rd from right sitting)
  • Photograph number 18: E.O. Sanders, G. M. Allen, John Randolph Co. A 18th Inf, Co. B 6th Inf., Co. G 6th Inf. "Hoilo [Iliolo] Panay, June 1900
1 6
Utah Battery Monument, military
  • Photograph number 19: Scene in Philippines, Utah Battery Monument by U.A. Smith, February 6, 1899
  • Photograph number 20: Aunt Lizzie McKee, Mother's sister
  • Photograph number 21: Mrs. D.B. Axtell (Aunt Dee) Dad's sister
  • Photograph number 22: 16th Inf. Officers at Strawberry Valley, Utah "Tin War" of 1888
1 7
Individuals, Allen, Kansas
  • Photograph number 23: Thomas B. Allen
  • Photograph number 24: Albert C. Allen, May 1893
  • Photograph number 25a: "Our quarters at Ft. Douglas, Utah"
  • Photograph number 25b: Fort Wallace Kansas 85, "We were stationed here in 1879"
  • Photograph number 26: Wallace Kansas, "We were stationed at Ft. Wallace in 1879
1 8
Theodore Roosevelt with Governor Heber M. Wells, other individuals
  • Photograph number 27: Theodore Roosevelt with Governor Heber M. Wells, of Utah At Saltair Beach, Utah, 1903
  • Photograph number 28: G. M. Allen
  • Photograph number 29: Lucy Whitall, Daughter of Captain S.R. Whitall, 16th Inf. Later Mrs. (Lieut) O. Irving, 16th Inf.
  • Photograph number 30: Sue Bacon, Later Mrs. Merriman
1 9
Individuals, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Photograph number 31: Marguerite Richards, Addie Jane, Edna Remington, all of Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Photograph number 32: Kate Williams
  • Photograph number 33: Grace Jacobs, Salt Lake City, Utah
1 10
Individuals, Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Photograph number 34: Katherine Geddes, Salt Lake City, Utah in the 1890s
  • Photograph number 35: Marguerite Richards, Daughter of Capt. Richards
  • Photograph number 36: Senator Thomas Kearns of Utah
1 11
Military, miscellaneous
  • Photograph number 37: Mary Allen and Bertha Berner, Mary's nurse
  • Photograph number 38: "My class at public school in El Paso, Texas, 1887"
  • Photograph number 39: Albert C. Allen. Sgt. Bat. C. Utah Vol. Artillery, July 1899
  • Photograph number 40: "Leven Cooper Allen, Jr. Age 3yrs 6 months, Ft. Douglas, Utah."
  • Photograph number 41: West Point class of 1872
1 12
Military
  • Photograph number 42: 16th Infantry 10 Calvary and Artillery "Camp at Strawberry Valley, Utah, 1888"
  • Photograph number 43: "We were stationed here about 1879" Ft. Wallace, Kansas 1885
1 13
Military buildings and individuals
  • Photograph number 44: Living Room at our quarters at Fort Douglas, Utah, late 1880s-1890s
  • Photograph number 45: Garfield Beach, Great Salt Lake, Utah
  • Photograph number 46: Left-Right: Lt. Gilbert M. Allen 19th Inf., Lt. J. B. Heyburn 44th Inf., Lt F. G. Lawton, Cebu, Cebu, PI, March 1901
1 14
The Blunts, Officer's quarters and a child in rowboat
  • Photograph number 48: Colonel Matthew Marsh Blunt, commanding officer at Fort Douglas from 1888 to 1894.
  • Photograph number 49: Mrs. M. M. Blunt
  • Photograph number 50: Officer's quarters (Ft. Douglas ?)
  • Photograph number 51: "Leven C. Allen Jr., Couer d'Alene, Idaho,September 22, 1897" Youngest brother of Albert C. Allen, born in 1894.
1 15
House in Medford Oregon, and Lt. W. H. Johnston
  • Photograph number 52: "Our house at Hollywood Orchards near Medford, Oregon 1906." Home of the Albert C. Allen family.
  • Photograph number 53: Lt. W. H. Johnston
1 16
Military officers, individuals
  • Photograph number 54: Mrs. W. H. Johnston, Ft. Douglas, Utah
  • Photograph number 55: 2nd Lieut. Golbert M. Allen 6th Inf., U.S.A. January 1901, Cebu, Cebu, PI
  • Photograph number 55a: Officers and Ladies on parade ground at Fort Douglas, Utah, about 1894
  • Photograph number 56: Presidio, California. Casual Camp, among the officers shown is Lieutenant Albert C. Allen.
  • Photograph number 57: Officers of Casual Detachment, Presidio of San Francisco, August 1900, among the officers shown is Lieutenant Albert C. Allen.
1 17
Military individuals
  • Photograph number 58: Mrs. W. H. Nobel
  • Photograph number 59: Mrs. Webb, wife of Col. Webb, 1900
  • Photograph number 60: Lt. Leven C. Allen, 16th, U.S. Infantry 1879-1880 (Tintype)
  • Photograph number 61: "My happy home Gualalupe, Cebu, PI. December 1900. I'd leave my happy home for anybody, Gil"
1 18
Individuals, Ute Expedition 1879-1880
  • Photograph number 62: Leven C. Allen, Mr. Bates, Albert C. Allen September 1899
  • Photograph number 63: Letter from C.F. Bates to Capt. Allen Sept. 22, 1899, concerning "boat containing 23 rebels and 1 officer" landing at Island of Navahas.
  • Photograph number 64: Ute Expedition 1879-1880, camp of 16th and 19th Infantry. Ft. Garland in distance.

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Spanish-American War, 1898--Campaigns--Philippines--Photographs
  • Ute Indians--Wars, 1879--Photographs

Personal Names

  • Allen, A.C. (Albert C.)--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Utah Volunteer Artillery--Photographs

Family Names

  • Allen family--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • Fort Douglas (Utah)--Photographs
  • Philippines--History--Insurrection, 1899-1901--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographic prints
  • Portrait photographs

Finding aid prepared by Peter Schmid.
1991

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