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Scope and Contents From the Series: Clippings and correspondence in this series describe the personal qualities and public achievements for which Allen was honored in her lifetime and at her death. Her career and some of her activities are documented through Berea College records, and her wide personal acquaintance is evident in the correspondence. Included in this series are two papers, by historian Carolyn Terry Bashaw, placing Allen’s actions as a Southern woman opposing segregation in the context of the actions of other...