Margaret Belknap Allen papers

Collection

Identifier: RG 09-9.02

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of, and materials related to the life of, Margaret Belknap Allen. Included in the collection are letters, writings, copies of published materials, clippings, and programs and other materials related to the Berea College Music Department, Windswept music workshop, and Windswept residence and property.

Dates

created: 1943-1991

Creator

Allen, Margaret Belknap (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Records can be accessed through the Reading Room, Berea College Special Collections and Archives, Hutchins Library, Berea College.

Conditions Governing Use

Federal copyright regulations apply to all works within the collection. All works must be cited.

Biographical / Historical

Also: Margaret Allen Franke

Extent

4 boxes_(general)

1.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Margaret Belknap Allen.

Arrangement Note

The collection is arranged in series as follows: Series 1: Personal/Biographical; Series 2: Correspondence; Series 3: Windswept; Series 4: Photographs; Series 5: Writings, and ; Series 6: Miscellaneous

Bibliography

Margaret Allen was born in Oak Park, Illinois on October 19, 1898. She received her public school education in Illinois and Wisconsin. She began her college career at Oberlin College (1915-1918), but received her A.B. degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1919 in the fields of English Education and Drama. Her graduate studies were conducted at Columbia University and Stanford University. In 1944 Margaret Allen was appointed an Instructor in Piano at Berea College and continued as Associate Professor of Music until her retirement in 1966. Allen was a published author and during her time spent in Berea she initiated renovations and redecoration of listening rooms, meeting spaces, and instruments for the music hall. Allen donated the Holtzkamp Organ in Gray Auditorium to Berea College. In 1950 she founded the Windswept Music Workshop and conducted the workshops at her residence, Windswept.