Indiana Historical Society - Manuscripts & Archives

Rowland Allen
Papers, 1830-1972

Collection #s:
M 508
BV 2499-2503
OM 227

Table of Contents

User Information
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Content Note
Box and Folder Listing
Cataloging Information

Processed by:
Paul Brockman
Stephanie Mohler
28 April 1988
26 July 1995

USER INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 42 boxes, 5 bound volumes, 1 oversize folder, 1 artifact (21 linear feet)

 COLLECTION DATES: 1830-1972

 PROVENANCE: Received from Rowland Allen through Willard Heiss, Spring, 1973, and Rudolf K. Haerle, September, 1977.

 RESTRICTIONS: None

 REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

 OTHER FINDING AIDS: None

 RELATED HOLDINGS: L.S Ayres & Co. Records (M 616)

 ACCESSION NUMBER: 73.0705, 77.1012, 00.0179

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

William Rowland Allen (1897-1973) was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University in 1919. Allen left Harvard in 1917 and went to France where he served as an ambulance driver on the Verdun front. The following year, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy where he was trained as an aviator at MIT and Pensacola, Florida. Following his graduation from Harvard, Allen worked in the advertising and personnel departments of two Boston department stores (Burton Rogers co. For five years and Wm. Filenes Sons for two years) before taking the position of Personnel Director for L. S. Ayres in Indianapolis in 1925, a position he held until his retirement in 1962. Allen married Mary Church in 1926 and they were divorced thirteen years later. They had two daughters, Joan Church and Nina Lee.

In addition to his professional accomplishments, Allen was a leader in the Indianapolis community. He crusaded against a number of radical organizations and movements including the Ku Klux Klan, National Socialism and Fascism, McCarthyism, and the John Birch Society. He was one of the founders of the Indianapolis Civil Liberties Union in 1953, and served on its board of directors. One of his most publicized fights was the suit to allow ICLU meetings in the Indiana War Memorial. He was awarded the Robert G. Risk civil Liberties Award for distinguished service. He was also the first recipient of the Stephen S. Wise memorial citation from the Indianapolis Chapter of the American Jewish Congress for his fight for civil rights.

Allen was also on the Executive Committee of the Indiana Association for Mental Health and was on the Advisory Committee on the Indiana Section on Alcoholism. He was a past president of the Indianapolis and Indiana Personnel Associations, a consultant for the National Labor Relations Board, and a member of Franklin Roosevelt’s Advisory Committee on Education (1936). Other organizations which Allen was involved in included the Indiana and Indianapolis Personnel Associations (president of both), Indiana and Indianapolis Chambers of Commerce, the Community Service Council of Metropolitan Indianapolis, the Indiana Association of Licensed Nursing Homes, the Advisory Committee on Rehabilitation (handicapped), Indiana Merit Commission, and the Merit Commission of the City of Indianapolis for the selection of Police and Firemen. He was also on the board of directors for Maplehurst Farms and Flanner House.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The papers include Rowland Allen’s personal, professional, and civic correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, publications, and related materials. Personal materials contain correspondence, newsclippings, documents, and miscellaneous items of Allen and his family. Included are the letters of Allen’s father, William Y., his brother Stratford, and his twin sister, Pauline Allen Davis. Among the letters are those between William Y. And Stratford Allen while the later was in Military School in New Jersey, 1906-1907, between Rowland and his parents and sister while he was at Harvard, 1916 and 1919; in France as an ambulance driver during World War I, 1917, including diary and sketchbooks; at the Naval Aviator training school in Pensacola, Florida, 1918-1919, including diary; between Rowland and Pauline while she was working with the Near East Relief Service in India, Greece, and Turkey in the early 1920s; and between Rowland and William in the 1920s and 1930s, during which time William traveled extensively to the Far East, Europe, and South America. There are also letters between Rowland Allen and his daughters, Nina Lee Allen Passi, and Joan Allen Walker while they were growing up with their mother in New York City and after when Nina was living in Italy and New York City and Joan was living in Iran, Vermont, and New York City, 1940s-1972. There is correspondence between Rowland and his grandchildren, 1960s, and between Rowland and Stratford Allen, 1920s-1960s. There are also letters, dated 1934-1939, from Mrs. Anne Sellmer, an L. S. Ayres employee (Boxes 1-9).

The papers also include memos, correspondence, reports, and publications regarding Allen’s position with L. S. Ayres, 1926-1972 (Boxes 18-20). Topics concern retirement, employment, termination, and the general operation of the department store. There are numerous memoranda from Lyman S. Ayres covering a variety of professional and personal subjects. Also included are reports, minutes, and publications involving Allen’s connections with the National Labor Relations Board, the National Industrial Conference Board, merit hiring and equal employment for minorities, and general labor-management relations and studies, 1923-1966 (Boxes 26-27).

There are also meeting minutes, reports, studies, correspondence, and publications regarding Allen’s work as a member of the Mental Health and Alcohol Commissions for Indiana, 1941-1971, as well as general materials regarding both subjects (Boxes 12-17). Also included are publications, newsclippings, correspondence, and reports dealing with Allen’s involvement in the Indiana and the American Civil Liberties Unions such as the general operations, meetings, and specific areas of legal and political involvement where civil liberties may have been violated (Boxes 10-12). There are also materials regarding a variety of political and social subjects including Allen’s opposition to political extremist groups such as the John Birch Society, and his feud with the Indianapolis Star and Eugene Pulliam over the paper’s conservative stand on politics (Boxes 21-25).

Other subjects contained in the Allen papers include minutes and reports regarding his membership in the Board of Directors of Maplehurst Farms, 1959-1969 (Box 33); his involvement with the "Insight" TV program on WFBM in Indianapolis, 1960s (Box 34); local subjects and problems for Indianapolis such as retail businesses opening on Sunday, advertising on courtesy benches, housing and equal employment, senior citizens and nursing homes, and education, 1934-1970 (Boxes 28-32); and correspondence and materials from local political, civic, and social organizations with which Allen was affiliated such as the Chamber of Commerce, the Community Service Council, the Merit Commission for Indianapolis police and firemen, the Indianapolis Literary Club, and the Indiana Arts Commission, 1937-1970 (Boxes 28-30).

Photographs (Boxes 35-42) are stored with Visual Collections and one artifact, R617, a police citation board (hard rubber, Indianapolis Police Department M.F.M., n.d.) is stored with the Artifact collection.

BOX AND FOLDER LISTING

1 Collection Description

2 Personal Data

3 Personal Correspondence, Mr. & Mrs. William Y. Allen, 1830-1907

4 Personal and Family Correspondence, 1876-1936

5 William Y. Allen Personal Correspondence and Related Items, 1882-1900s and n.d.

6 Personal Correspondence, 1889 and 1919 [?], and n.d.

7 Family Correspondence and Related Material, 1890-1922, n.d.

8 Family correspondence, 1891-1917

9 William Y. Allen Correspondence, 1892-1918

10 William Y. Allen, Personal Correspondence and Related Items, 1892 -1921

11 William Y. Allen Correspondence, 1894-1904

12 William Y. Allen Correspondence, 1895-1909

13 Blue Hill Cemetery (Personal), 1895-1920

14 William Y. Allen Correspondence, 1900-1919

15 Personal and Family Correspondence, 1901-1937

16 Mining Stocks, 1902-1917 (W.R.A.’s Mother Stock)

17 William Y. Allen and Stratford Allen Correspondence, 1903-1907

18 Personal and Family Correspondence and Papers, 1904-1919, and n.d.

19 Mr. & Mrs. William Y. Allen, Correspondence, 1905-1910

20 William Y. Allen and Stratford Allen Correspondence, 1906-1907

21 Personal Correspondence, 1906-1937

22 Personal Correspondence, 1912-1928

23 Personal Correspondence (Parents and Family), 1919-1937

24 William Y. Allen, Genealogy

25 Personal and Family Items, 1883, 1921 and 1933

26 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1918

1 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1918

2 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1918

3 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1919

4 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1920

5 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1919

6 Personal Correspondence, 1917

7 Loose Items from WW I Diary, 1917 (BV 2499)

8 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

9 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

10 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

11 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

12 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

13 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

14 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

15 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1918

16 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1919

17 Personal Correspondence, 1917-1919

18 Personal Correspondence, 1918

19 Personal Correspondence, 1918

20 Personal Correspondence, 1918-1920

21 Personal Correspondence, 1919

22 WW I Sketchbook, 1917 and USNA Directory, 1918

23 Allen Letters and Christmas Cards, 1916-1919 and n.d.

24 (VC) Allen’s World War I Photo Album

1 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1946

2 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1930

3 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1930

4 Personal Correspondence, 1919-1923

5 Personal Correspondence, 1916; 1919-1940

6 Personal Correspondence, 1919-1923

7 Personal Correspondence and Items, 1919

8 Personal Correspondence, 1919-1940

9 Personal Correspondence, 1919-1925

10 Personal Correspondence, 1916-1946

11 Personal Correspondence, 1919-1938

12 Personal Correspondence, 1920-1931

13 Personal Correspondence, 1920-1934

14 Personal Correspondence, 1921-1936

15 Personal Correspondence, 1921-1938

16 General Correspondence and Related Material, 1922-1958

17 Personal Correspondence and Related Material, 1922-1935

18 Personal Correspondence, 1923-1924

19 Personal Correspondence, 1923-1924

20 Personal Correspondence, 1923-1936

21 Personal Correspondence, 1924

22 Memoranda Kept by Allen, 1924

23 Personal Correspondence, 1924-1925

24 Personal Correspondence, 1924-1938 and 1907

25 Letters from Mrs. Anne Sellmer, 1934-1936

26 Letters from Mrs. Anne Sellmer, Jan.-Feb., 1937

27 Letters from Mrs. Anne Sellmer, Mar.-Nov., 1937

28 Letters from Mrs. Anne Sellmer, 1938-1939

1 Personal Correspondence, 1925-1928

2 Personal Correspondence, 1925-1938

3 Personal Correspondence, 1925-1938

4 Personal Correspondence, 1926-1931

5 Personal Correspondence, 1926-1936

6 Personal Correspondence, 1926-1945

7 Personal Correspondence, 1927-1938

8 Personal Correspondence, 1929-1935

9 Personal Correspondence, 1929-1937

10 Personal Correspondence, 1930-1931

11 Personal Correspondence, 1930-1936

12 Personal Correspondence, 1930-1936

13 Personal Correspondence, 1930-1937

14 Hennepin, Minnesota, 1930-1966

15 Credit Union, 1933

16 Personal Correspondence, 1933-1966

17 General Correspondence, 1934-1938

18 Boyd Gurley Materials and Correspondence, 1935-1945

19 Personal Correspondence, 1936-1938

20 General and Personal Correspondence, 1936-1944

21 Personal Correspondence, 1937-1947

22 Personal Correspondence, 1938-1939

23 Speaking Engagements, 1938-1949

24 Personal Correspondence and Newsclippings regarding W.R.A., 1939-1940

1 Divorce, 1940 (Personal)

2 Personal Correspondence, 1940-1943

3 Personal Correspondence, 1940-1946

4 General Correspondence, 1940-1947

5 Presentations, Articles, 1940-1949

6 Personal Correspondence, 1940-1949

7 Income Tax Returns, 1940-1960

8 Articles and Writings, 1941-1942

9 Personal Correspondence, 1941-1944

10 Personal Correspondence, 1941-1945

11 General Correspondence, 1941; 1950-1969

12 Clippings, Editorial Written by and Information about Allen, 1941-1970

13 Correspondence, 1942-1945 and n.d.

14 General Correspondence and Related Materials, 1942-1949

15 General Correspondence, 1942-1960

16 Editorials and Newsclippings involving W.R.A., 1942-1966

17 Harvard, 1942-1968

18 General Correspondence and Related Items, 1944-1945

19 General and Personal Correspondence, 1944-1948

20 Letters from Daughter Joan, 1944-1957

21 Hennepin, Minnesota, 1945 and 1961

22 Personal Correspondence, 1945-1970

1 General Correspondence, 1948-1949

2 Personal Correspondence, 1948-1964

3 Speeches, 1948-1967

4 James Bowlen Correspondence (Health Insurance), 1949-1950

5 Personal Correspondence, 1949-1951

6 Correspondence with Norman Isaacs, 1949-1954, 1962

7 Personal Correspondence, 1949-1954

8 Letters from Daughter Nina, 1949-1955

9 Personal Correspondence, 1949-1954

10 Personal Correspondence, 1949-1956

11 Insurance (Personal), 1949-1967

12 General Correspondence, 1950

13 Personal Correspondence, 1950-1959

14 Norman Isaacs, 1950-1965

15 General Correspondence, 1951-1954

16 Personal Correspondence, 1951-1954

17 Personal Correspondence, 1952-1955

18 Personal Correspondence, 1952-1956

19 Personal Correspondence, 1952-1956

20 Letters from Daughter Joan, 1952-1959

21 Personal Correspondence, 1952-1968

22 Personal Correspondence, 1955-1956

23 Personal Correspondence, 1953-1957

24 Personal Correspondence, 1953-1957

25 General Correspondence, 1953-1962

1 Writings, Speeches, Articles, Bulletins, 1953-1969

2 Ray Addington, 1954-1955

3 Josephine Ritchie, 1955

4 Personal Correspondence, 1955-1956

5 General Correspondence, 1955-1956

6 Personal and General Correspondence, 1956-1957

7 Speeches, 1955-1962

8 General Correspondence, 1956-1958

9 Letters from Daughter Nina, 1956-1966

10 General Correspondence, 1957-1960

11 General Correspondence, 1957-1961

12 Speeches, 1958

13 Harvard, 1958

14 Personal Correspondence, mostly from Daughter Nina, 1958-1959

15 Harvard Club/Harvard, 1958-1960

16 Receipts and Personal Correspondence, 1958-1960

17 Personal Correspondence, 1958-1961

18 Personal, 1958-1966

19 Personal Correspondence, 1958-1964

20 Real Estate, 1957-1959

21 Certificates, 1956-1966

22 General Correspondence and Related Materials, 1957-1958

23 General Correspondence and Related Materials, 1958

24 Speeches, 1959-1962

1 Speeches, 1960

2 Personal, 1960

3 Personal Correspondence, 1960-1961

4 Letters from Daughter Joan, 1960-1962

5 Personal Correspondence, Stratford Allen, 1960-1966

6 Personal Correspondence, 1960-1969

7 Gov. Matthew E. Welsh Correspondence, 1961

8 Correspondence, Nina Allen, From Venice, 1961

9 Correspondence and Printed Materials Concerning W.R.A., 1961

10 Personal Correspondence, 1961-1963

11 Dave Rubins, 1961-1964

12 Personal Correspondence, 1961-1971

13 Personal Correspondence and Materials, 1962

14 General Correspondence, 1962

15 General Correspondence, 1962-1967

16 General Correspondence, 1963

17 General Correspondence, 1963-1966

18 Personal, 1963-1966

19 Letters from Daughter Joan, 1963-1970

20 Daniel F. Evans, 1964

21 Personal Correspondence, 1964-1966

22 Travel, Finances, National Industrial Conference Board, 1965

23 Taxes, 1965-1968

24 General Correspondence, 1967

25 Personal Correspondence and Related Material, 1967

26 Nicholog Borschoff, 1967

27 Letters from Daughter Nina, 1967-1970

28 Larry Lucas, 1967-1968

1 Jack Miller, 1968

2 "Speaks", 1968-1969

3 General Correspondence, 1968-1970

4 General and Personal Correspondence, 1969

5 Personal Correspondence, 1969

6 Personal Correspondence, 1969-1971

7 Personal Correspondence, 1970-1973

8 U. S. Levy, 1-17-1972

9 Notebook, n.d.

10 General Correspondence, n.d.

11 Letters from Daughters Joan and Nina, n.d.

12 Personal and Family Correspondence, n.d.

13 Personal Correspondence and Related Items, n.d.

14 Notes and Personal Items, n.d. (folder 1)

15 Notes and Personal Items, n.d. (folder 2)

16 Notes and Personal Items, n.d. (folder 3)

17 Notes and Personal Items, n.d. (folder 4)

18 Notes and Personal Items, n.d. (folder 5)

1 Civil Liberties Union Correspondence, 1949-1956

2 Civil Liberties Union, 1949-1961

3 Civil Liberties Union Articles, 1932-1934

4 Civil Liberties Union, 1953

5 Civil Liberties Union, 1953-1954

6 Civil Liberties Union, 1953-1954

7 Civil Liberties Union, 1953-1955

8 Civil Liberties Union, 1953-1962

9 Civil Liberties Union, Executive Board and Board of Directors Minutes, 1954

10 Civil Liberties Union, 1955-1957

11 Civil Liberties Union, 1955-1961

12 Civil Liberties Union, 1957-1967

13 War Memorial Commission/Civil Liberties Union, 1957-1967

14 Civil Liberties Union, 1958

1 Civil Liberties Union, 1960-1961

2 Civil Liberties Union, 1960-1971

3 Civil Liberties Union, 1960s and 1970

4 Civil Liberties Union, 1961

5 Civil Liberties Union, 1961-1962

6 Civil Liberties Union, 1961-1963

7 Civil Liberties Union, 1961-1969

8 Civil Liberties Union, 1961-1971

9 Civil Liberties Union, 1962

10 Civil Liberties Union, 1962

11 Clippings: Civil Liberties, 1962-1967

12 Personal and Civil Liberties Topics, 1963

13 Civil Liberties, 1963

14 Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1967

15 Civil Liberties Union, 1966-1968

16 Civil Liberties Union, 1967-1968

17 Civil Liberties Union, 1969-1970

18 Civil Liberties Union, 1971

1 Mental Health, 1946-1955

2 Mental Health, 1952-1969 

3 Mental Health, 1954

4 Mental Health, 1954-1956

5 Mental Health, 1955

6 Mental Health, 1955-1957

7 Mental Health, 1956-1957

8 Mental Health, 1957

9 Mental Health, 1957

10 Mental Health, 1957-1961

11 Mental Health, 1957-1958

12 Mental Health, 1958

13 Mental Health, 1958

14 Mental Health, 1958

15 Mental Health, 1958

16 Mental Health, 1958-1966

1 Mental Health, 1958-1959

2 Mental Health, 1958-1969

3 Mental Health, 1959

4 Mental Health, 1959-1967

5 Mental Health, Jan.-Oct., 1960

6 Mental Health, 1960

7 Mental Health, July-Oct., 1960

8 Mental Health, 1960

9 Mental Health, 1960

10 Mental Health, 1960-1961

11 Mental Health, 1960-1961

12 Mental Health, 1960-1964

13 Mental Health, 1960-1972

14 Mental Health, 1961-1965

15 Mental Health, 1962

16 Mental Health, 1962

17 Mental Health, 1963

18 Mental Health, 1963-1970

19 Mental Health, 1965-1966

20 Mental Health, 1966

21 Mental Health, 1969

1 Mental Health, Executive Committee Minutes and Reports, 1953-1956

2 Mental Health Association, Executive Committee Meeting, 12-15-1955

3 Mental Health Association, Board Meetings and Minutes, 1956

4 Mental Health Association, Executive Committee Meeting, 6-21-1956

5 Mental Health Association, Executive Committee Meeting, 7-19-1956

6 Mental Health Association, Executive Committee Meeting, 8-16-1956

7 Mental Health Association, Executive Committee Meeting, 11-15-1956

8 Mental Health Association, Executive Committee Meeting, 12-31-1956

9 Mental Health Board Meetings, 1959-1960

10 Indiana Association for Mental Health, 1961

11 Indiana Association for Mental Health, 1961

12 Indiana Association for Mental Health, 1962-1966

13 Mental Health Association, 1963

14 National Association for Mental Health, 1963

15 Mental Health Foundation Meeting Minutes, 1963

16 Mental Health Association in Indiana, 1966-1967

17 Mental Health Association, 1966-1970

18 Mental Health Association in Indiana, 1968

19 Mental Health Association in Indiana, 1970

1 Mental Health Legislation, 1954

2 Mental Health, Legislation and Code, 1954

3 Mental Health, Clippings, 1954-1956

4 Mental Health, Articles and Publications, 1954-1958

5 Mental Health, "No ways" Quarterly Publication, 1955

6 Mental Health, Correspondence with General Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1956

7 Mental Health Publications, 1956-1964

8 Mental Hospitals- History, 1960

9 Menninger Clinic (Mental Health), March 12-17, 1961

10 Clippings, Mental Health, 1962-1969

11 Governor’s Advocacy Council on Mental Health, 1963

12 LaRue Carter Hospital, 1963-1964

13 Academy of Religion and Mental Health, 1965

14 Mental Health Rehabilitation Committee, 1966

15 Academy of Religion and Mental Health, 1966

16 Dr. Ginsberg, 1966-1967

17 Mental Health Rehabilitation Advisory Council, 1966-1967

18 Mental Health Advisory Council, 1966-1967

19 Mental Health Advisory Council, 1967

20 Mental Health, Evansville Hospital, 1967-1968

21 Menninger Address at Banquet, 1968

22 "Gold Teen" Conference, 10-18-1968

23 Mental Health, Dr. Sheeley, 1968-1969

24 Indiana Department of Mental Health, 1968-1969

25 Indiana Mental Health Memorial Foundation, 1968-1969

26 Mental Health Correspondence, 1969

1 Alcoholism, 1941-1958

2 Alcoholism, 1952-1966

3 Alcoholism, 1955-1961

4 Alcoholism, 1955-1964

5 Alcoholism, 1956-1959

6 Alcoholism, 1957-1959

7 Alcoholism, 1957-1962

8 Alcoholism, 1960

9 Alcoholism, 1960

10 Alcoholism, 1960-1964

11 Alcoholism, 1960-1969

12 Alcoholism, 1960-1971

13 Alcoholism, 1962-1963

14 Alcoholism, 1963-1964

15 Alcoholism, 1962

16 Alcoholism, 1967

17 Alcoholism, 1968

18 Alcoholism, 1969

19 Alcoholism, 1969-1970

1 Commission on Alcoholism, Correspondence, 1952-1962

2 Alcohol Commission, 1953-1955 (folder 1)

3 Alcohol Commission, 1953-1955 (folder 2)

4 Alcohol Commission, Misc., 1955

5 Commission on Alcoholism, 1957-1962

6 Alcohol Commission, 1966

7 Alcohol Commission, John Neal Correspondence, 1952

8 Alcohol Commission, Hord Sanitarium, 1951-1953

9 Alcohol Commission, Articles and Publications, 1950s

10 Alcoholism, Pamphlets and Reports, 1940s

11 Alcoholism, Studies and Reports, 1952-1955

12 Alcoholism Pamphlets, 1950s and 1960s

13 Alcoholism, Pamphlets and Reports, 1950s and 1960s

14 Alcoholism, Pamphlets and Reports, 1950s and 1960s

15 Clippings, Alcoholism, 1961-1963

1 L. S. Ayres, 1926-1936

2 L. S. Ayres, 1929-1933

3 L. S. Ayres, 1930-1935

4 L. S. Ayres, 1930-1935

5 L. S. Ayres, 1930-1935

6 L. S. Ayres, 1930-1958

7 L. S. Ayres, 1931-1958

8 L. S. Ayres, 1936-1960

9 L. S. Ayres, 1937 ("Leadership Standards")

10 L. S. Ayres, 1937-1963

11 L. S. Ayres, 1937-1964

12 L. S. Ayres, 1940-1943

13 L. S. Ayres, 1940-1960

14 L. S. Ayres, 1941-1949

15 Lyman Ayres, 1941-1952

16 L. S. Ayres, 1941-1968

17 L. S. Ayres, 1944

18 L. S. Ayres, 1944-1948

19 L. S. Ayres, 1946-1965

20 L. S. Ayres, 1949-1962

21 L. S. Ayres, 1940s-1970s

1 L. S. Ayres, 1950-1962

2 L. S. Ayres, 1950-1962

3 L. S. Ayres, 1952-1964

4 L. S. Ayres, 1953-1954

5 L. S. Ayres, 1954-1969

6 Christmas Hours Committee, 1955

7 L. S. Ayres, 1955-1962

8 Clippings, L. S. Ayres, 1956-1962

9 L. S. Ayres, 1957

10 L. S. Ayres, 1957-1958

11 L. S. Ayres, Hospital Reports, 1957-1959

12 L. S. Ayres, Hospital Reports, 1957-1959

13 L. S. Ayres, 1957-1960

14 L. S. Ayres, 1958-1959

15 L. S. Ayres, 1958-1960

16 L. S. Ayres, 1958-1960

17 L. S. Ayres, 1958-1961

18 L. S. Ayres, 1958-1961

19 L. S. Ayres, 1959 

1 L. S. Ayres, 1960-1961

2 L. S. Ayres, 1960-1961

3 L. S. Ayres, 1960-1962

4 L. S. Ayres, 20 Year Club, 1960-1972

5 L. S. Ayres, 1961

6 L. S. Ayres, 1961

7 L. S. Ayres, 1962

8 L. S. Ayres, 1963-1966

9 L. S. Ayres, 1965-1967

10 L. S. Ayres, Toys, 1968

11 L. S. Ayres, 1969

12 Wm. H. Block Co., n.d.

1 Politics, Misc.

2 Social and Political Topics, 1919-1970

3 Social and Political Subjects, 1920s-1940s

4 Political and Social Topics, 1930-1942

5 Political and Social Topics, 1930-1956

6 Political and Social Topics, 1934-1950

7 Political Notes, 1935-1936

8 Political and Social Topics, 1938-1945

9 Political and Social Topics, 1939-1945

10 Political and Social Topics, 1940

11 Political and Social Topics, 1940-1950

12 General Political and Social Topics, 1942-1948

13 Political and Social Topics, 1942-1948

14 Political and Social Topics, 1942-1949

15 Political and Social Topics, 1944-1946

16 Political and Social Topics, 1945-1946

17 Political Topics, 1946-1948

18 Social and Political Issues, 1949-1959

1 Political and Social Topics, 1951-1952

2 Social and Political Issues, 1951-1968

3 Political and Social Topics, 1954-1970

4 Eugene Pullium/Indianapolis Star, 1957-1959

5 Social and Political Issues, 1957-1962

6 Social and Political Issues, 1959-1964

7 Social and Political Issues, 1950 and 1960s

8 Social and Political Issues, 1961

9 General Political and Social Topics, 1961-1962

10 Political and Social Topics, 1961-1963

11 Political and Social Topics, 1961-1966

12 Political and Social Topics, 1962-1969

13 Political and Social Topics, 1964-1966

14 Political and Social Topics, 1965

15 Political and Social Topics, 1968

16 Political and Social Topics, 1960s and 1970s

17 Political and Social Topics, 1960s and 1970s

1 Joseph McCarthy v. State Dept., 1951-1953

2 McCarthy, 1953

3 John Birch Society, 1960-1966

4 John Birch Society Blue Books, 1961

5 John Birch Society, 1961-1967

6 John Birch Society, 1963

7 Civil Liberties Union/John Birch Society, 1963

8 John Birch Society, 1964-1966

9 John Birch Society, 1964-1967

10 John Birch Society, 1966

11 Papers on Communism, 1955-1961

12 Communism and "Operation Abolition", 1960-1961

13 Newsletters, 1962 (Anti-Communist)

14 Communism/Lilly Endowment, 1967

1 War Relocation Authority- NISEI, 1943

2 Women’s League for Peace and Freedom, 1962-1963

3 WRA-NISEI, 1945

4 WRA-NISEI, 1945

5 Turn Toward Peace, 1964

6 Peace in Vietnam, 1967

7 Peace in Vietnam, 1967

8 Vietnam, Hoosiers for Peace, 1967-1968

9 Peace for Vietnam War, 1969

10 War Crimes, 1969

1 American Flag, 1934

2 American Legion, 1939-1945

3 Discrimination, 1950s and 1960s

4 Politics (Communism), 1953-1959

5 Bricker Amendment, 1954-1955

6 American Friends Service Committee, 1954-1970

7 Organization for European Economic Co-operation, 1957

8 Censorship, 1959

9 Presidential Election, 1960

10 "Operation Abortion", 1961-1962

11 Foreign Policy Briefing Conference, 1962

12 Foreign Policy Briefing Conference, 1962

13 American-China Relations, Food for China, 1962-1970

14 Goldwater, 1963-1964

15 Good Will Ambassadors, 1964

16 Gov. Branigin, 1965

17 U. S. Army- Ft. Harrison, 1966

18 Herbert Hoover, 1969

19 Civil Service Commission, 1969

1 National Labor Relations Board, 1933-1935

2 National Labor Relations Board, 1934

3 National Labor Relations Board, 1934-1956

4 National Industrial Conference Board, 1961-1962

5 National Industrial Conference Board, 1947

6 National Industrial Conference Board, Reports and Publications, 1953 and 1958

7 National Industrial Conference Board, 1961-1962

8 Hotel Corporation of America, National Industrial Conference Board, 1964

9 Mayflower Co., National Industrial Conference Board, 1964

10 National Industrial Conference Board Clippings, 1964

11 National Industrial Conference Board Survey, 1964

12 Caterpillar Tractor Co., National Industrial Conference Board, 1964

13 Kroger Co., National Industrial Conference Board, 1964

14 National Industrial Conference Board, 1964-1965

15 National Industrial Conference Board, 1968

16 Employer/employee Pamphlets, 1923-1955

17 President’s Committee on Vocational Education, 1937

18 Labor Relations, 1937-1938

19 Notalen Brothers Co., Morale Survey, 1950

20 "Individual in a Personnel Program" by W.R.A., 1940

21 Management, 1940-1955

22 War Production Board, 1942

23 Public Relations, 1944

24 Personnel and Management, 1944-1961

1 Union Agreements, 1950s

2 Merit Hiring, 1952-1953

3 Merit Hiring, 1952-1953

4 Business, 1953-1956

5 Retail Labor Reports, 1955

6 Jim Mitchell, Secretary of Labor, 1954-1955

7 Right-to-Work Legislation, 1958-1959

8 Management, 1956-1961

9 Right-to-Work Legislation, 1958-1959

10 Personnel Directors, 1959

11 National Labor Market, 1960-1961

12 Merit Employment, 1962-1966

13 Merit Employment, 1965-1969

14 Management, 1962-1970

15 Small Business Administration, 1966

1 Courtesy Benches, 1954

2 Courtesy Benches, 1954

3 Courtesy Benches, Legal File, McKnight, 1954-1956

4 Courtesy Benches, Legal File, McKnight, 1954-1956

5 Courtesy Benches, Legal File, McKnight, 1954-1956

6 Courtesy Benches, Legal File, McKnight, 1954-1956

7 Courtesy Benches, Legal File, McKnight, 1954-1956

8 Courtesy Benches, 1954-1956

9 Courtesy Benches, 1954-1956

10 Courtesy Benches, 1954-1961

11 Courtesy Benches, 1954 and 1961

12 Community Service Council, 1965

13 Community Service Council, 1965

14 Community Service Council, 1967

15 Community Service Council, 1970

16 Community Service Council, 1970

17 Indianapolis-Marion Co. Building Authority, 1957

18 Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee, 1966

19 Indianapolis Downtown Tree Planting Committee, 1960

20 David Rubens-Lincoln Statue, 1963

21 Police and Fire Merit Legislation, 1937

22 PACE, 1962

23 Police Advisory Board, 1961

24 Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Wm. Book, Executive Vice-President, 1942-1955

25 Chamber of Commerce, 1958

26 Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, 1961

27 Indianapolis Merchant Association, 1955-1957

28 Indianapolis Urban League, 1964-1967

29 Indianapolis Urban League, 1968

30 Intercollegiate Society of Individualists, Inc. & Indiana Conservative Club, 1961

31 Community Relations Committee, 1956

32 Prospectus for Community Service, Inc., 1966

1 Personnel Association of Indianapolis, 1953-1967

2 Literary Club, 1956

3 Indianapolis Literary Club, 1965-1966

4 Indianapolis Literary Club, 1970

5 Arts and Literary Subjects, 1960s-1970s

6 Dioceses of Indianapolis (Episcopal), 1967

7 Indiana Home, Inc., 1962

8 Indianapolis Mercator Club, 1961-1962

9 Art Association, 1963-1969

10 Indiana Arts Commission, 1965-1967 (folder 1)

11 Indiana Arts Commission, 1965-1967 (folder 2)

12 Indiana Arts Commission, 1965-1967 (folder 3)

13 Indiana Arts Commission, 1965-1967 (folder 4) newsclippings

14 Discussion Club, 1967

15 Conference on Arts in Indiana, 1965-1968

16 Art Museum, 1953-1965

17 Church Federation of Greater Indianapolis, n.d.

 1 Flanner House, 1939-1952

2 American League to Abolish Capital Punishment, 1952

3 USA-American Bulletin of Fact and Opinion, 1954-1955

4 Facts Forum, 1954-1955

5 Manion Forum of Opinion, 1955

6 American Society of Newspaper Editors, Norman Isaacs, 1955-1966

7 Summary of Relevant Research Results, 1958

8 Gardner, Ham; Forces Program, 1960

9 Rehabilitation Advisory Commission, 1962

10 Rehabilitation Advisory Commission, 1962

11 Citizen’s Power Service Corp., 1964 (Clement Stanford)

12 The Shaw Foundation, 1964

13 National Council on Crime and Delinquency, 1966

14 Conference on the Arts, 1967

15 Institute for American Democracy, 1967

16 Electric Utilities Economic, 1968-1969

1 Unitarian Fellowship, 1955-1969

2 Unitarian Fellowship, 1961-1965

3 "Womanpower", 1955-1962

4 Microfilming, 1962-1963

5 Microfilming, 1964-1966

6 "God is Dead" Material, 1965-1966

7 Billy Thompson Case, 1951

8 Selling on Sunday, 1961-1962

9 Selling on Sunday, 1961

10 Sunday Business Opening, 1962

11 Nurses, 1954

1 Nursing Homes, 1948-1967

2 Nursing Homes, 1952

3 Nursing Homes, 1952-1955

4 Senior Citizens Day Center, 1958

5 Homes for the Aged, 1960

6 Nursing Homes, 1964

7 Senior Citizens, 1966

8 Nursing Homes, 1968-1969

9 Alpha Home, 1969

10 Idea of a Rural University- Artur Morgan, 1934 and 1966-1967

11 Schools-Education, 1947-1952

12 Foundation for Economic Education

13 Educational Institutions and Teachers, 1949-1952

14 School Budget, 1954

15 Foundation for Economic Education, 1954

16 School Budget, 1955

17 Board of Fundamental Education, 1957-1958

18 Committee for Better Schools, 1964

19 United Negro College Fund, 1964-1966

1 Maplehurst Farms, 1959-1961

2 Maplehurst Farms, 1959-1962

3 Maplehurst Farms, 1960-1961

4 Maplehurst Farms, 1960-1962

5 Maplehurst Farms, 1961

6 Maplehurst Farms, Finances, 1962-1963

7 Maplehurst Farms, 1963

8 Maplehurst Farms, 1963-1964

9 Maplehurst Farms, 1964

10 Maplehurst Farms, 1964-1965

11 Maplehurst Farms, 1966-1967

12 Maplehurst Farms, 1967

13 Maplehurst Farms, 1968-1969

14 Maplehurst Farms, 1969

1 WFBM-TV "Insight" Program, 1965

2 WFBM-TV "Insight" Program, 1966-1968

3 WFBM-TV "Insight" Program, 1969

4 WFBM-TV "Insight" Program, 1966-1967

5 WFBM-TV "Insight" Program, 1962

6 Clippings, 1961-1962

7 Pamphlets, Articles, Bulletins, 1953-1969

8 Clippings and Misc., 1958-1959

9 Photocopies of Clippings and Letters, 1964-1967

10 Letter to Henry Richardson, April, 1973; Allen Obituaries, Sept. 11, 1973

11 Allen’s Pocket Diary, 1916

12 (BV 2499, 2500) World War I Diaries, 1917 and 1918

13 (BV 2501, 2502, 2503) World War I Sketchbooks, 1917

14 (OM 227) Certificates, Awards, and General

1 Postcards and Oversize Photographs

2 World War I Photographs

3 Photographs of WW I Airplanes (folder 1)

4 Photographs of WW I Airplanes (folder 2)

5 Purdue Fraternity Photograph, n.d.

6 Photographs of Allen’s Speech to Graduating Class at Great Lakes, 1942 or 1943

7 Exterior and Interior Photographs and Negatives of L. S. Ayres Dept. Store

8 Photographs of the Ayres Family, 1944, 1956 and n.d.

9 Photographs of Staff of L. S. Ayres & Co., 1942, 1947 and n.d.

10 Photographs of Staff of L. S. Ayres & Co., 1948-1955

11 Photographs of Staff of L. S. Ayres & Co., 1956-1961, 1972

12 Photographs of L. S. Ayres, WRA Dinner, April 25, 1962

13 Photographs of Theodore Barter Griffith, 1946, 1948, 1959

14 Photographs and Negatives, L. S. Ayres Courtesy Bench Campaign, 1954

15 Photographs of Sam Morunas, Alpha House, 1946

16 Photographs from WFBM-TV Program, "Insights", 1966

17 Unidentified Meeting/Reception, c. 1950s

18 Photographs of Allen at Various Events, 1958, 1961 and n.d.

19 Photographs of Roger Baldwin, ICLU, at Indiana War Memorial, April, 1965

20 Photograph, "Voice of America" Advertisement, Feb. 25, 1956

21 David Rubins; Abraham Lincoln Sculpture, 1963; Mine Workers Sculpture, 1966

1 Photographs of Allen, 1904, 1912, 1924, 1938, 1942

2 Photographs of Allen, 1955-1957

3 Photographs of Allen, 1960-1968

4 Photographs of Allen, n.d.

5 Portraits of William Young Allen, 1926 and n.d.

6 Tin Types; Wm. Allen and Mrs. Allen; Wm. Allen and Isaac Allen

7 Negative, Portrait of Robenia Gratz Allen, n.d.

8 Family Photographs, 1863, 1890, 1899-1910

9 Family Photographs, 1915-1919

10 Family Photographs, 1920-1926

11 Family Photographs, 1932-1958

12 Family Photographs, 1961-1966

13 Family Photographs, n.d.

14 Allen’s Children and Grandchildren, 1929-1965

15 Wedding of Allen’s Daughter, Joan, 1951

16 Allen with his Granddaughter, Noelle Walker, 1954

17 Allen’s Daughter, Nina, in France, 1951; Her Wedding, 1959

18 Photographs and Portraits of Friends, 1944-1958, n.d.

1 Photographs from the Far East, 1923-1924 (folder 1)

2 Photographs from the Far East, 1923-1924 (folder 2)

3 Photographs and Negatives from the "Dunes", 1928

4 Negatives, Allen’s Garden, May, 1941

5 Negatives, Allen’s Home, July, 1942

6 Photographs and Negatives, Gathering at Allen’s Home, Sept. 21, 1952

7 Photographs and Negatives, Brown County, Nov., 1952

8 Negatives, Christmas, 1952

9 Negatives, Brown County, 1953

10 Photographs and Negatives, Family Photographs, August, 1956

11 Negatives, Rowland Allen and Wollose Zee, March 25, 1958

12 Negative, Mural, June, 1958

13 Photographs and Negatives, Farm Pictures, April, 1962

14 Photographs and Negatives, Family Pictures, May, 1962

15 Negatives, Allen’s Desk, May, 1962

16 Stone Busts and Sculptures, September 15, 1962

17 Negatives, Saarinen’s New Christian Church, Columbus, IN, August, 1963

18 Photographs and Negatives, Bust of Gandhi, May 15, 1964

1 Negatives, Family Photographs, n.d.

2 Photographs and Negatives, Young Girl and Boy Before Car, n.d.

3 Negatives, Exterior of Allen’s Home, n.d.

4 Photographs and Negatives, Exterior of Allen’s Home, n.d.

5 Negatives, Exterior of Allen’s Home, Cars, n.d.

6 Negatives, Sculptures in Allen’s Home, n.d. (folder 1)

7 Negatives, Sculptures in Allen’s Home, n.d. (folder 2)

8 Photographs and Negatives, Paintings and Sculptures in Allen’s Home, n.d.

9 Photographs and Negatives, Persian Rug and Allen with Rug, n.d.

10 Photographs and Negatives, Picnic, n.d.

11 Negatives, Vacation Photographs, n.d.

1 Color Photographs and Negative, Allen and Family, 1960-1970

2 Color Photographs, S. Rowland Allen and Family, 1972-1973

3 Color Photographs and Negatives, Friends of Allen, 1952, 1956, 1971

4 Color Negatives, Allen’s Garden, September, 1959

5 Color Photographs and Negatives, Garden and Persian Rug, June, 1961

6 Color Photographs and Negatives, Allen’s Car and Garden, May, 1962

7 Color Photographs, Stone Busts, August, 1961

8 Color Photographs and Negatives, Artworks, 1963, 1965-1966

9 Color Photographs, Mural, May, 1966

10 Color Photographs, Vacation Pictures, 1956, 1960

11 Color Negatives, Trees, May 19, 1959

12 Color Negatives, Farm Scenes, n.d.

13 Color Negatives, Japanese Garden, n.d.

14 Color Negatives, People in the Ayres’ Office, Feb., 1958

15 Color Photographs and Negatives, Anne Sellmer, 1960, 1966

16 Color Photographs, Office Parties; April and Dec., 1961; Dec., 1964

17 Color Photographs and Negative, Women from L. S. Ayres, n.d.

CATALOGUING INFORMATION

MAIN ENTRY: Allen, Rowland (William Rowland), 1897-1973

SUBJECT ENTRIES: Allen, Rowland (William Rowland), 1897-1973

Allen, William Y. (William Young), b. 1860

Davis, Pauline Allen, b. 1897

Ayres, Lyman S., 1908-

Pulliam, Eugene C., 1889-1975

United States. National Labor Relations Board

Indiana Civil Liberties Union

American Civil Liberties Union

Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce

National Industrial Conference Board

John Birch Society

L.S. Ayres & Co. (Indianapolis, Ind.)

Maplehurst Farms

Indiana Association for Mental Health

Harvard University--Students

World War, 1914-1918--France--Medical care

World War, 1914-1918--France--Personal narratives

Civil rights--Indiana

Discrimination--Indiana

Political activists--Indiana--Indianapolis

Mental health--Indiana

Alcoholism--Indiana

Department stores--Indiana--Indianapolis

Air pilots, Military--Massachusetts

Industrial relations--Indiana--Indianapolis

Conservatism in the press--Indiana--Indianapolis

Aged--Education--Indiana--Indianapolis

Dairying--Economic aspects--Indiana--Indianapolis

Indianapolis (Ind.)--Politics and government

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