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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Allen C. Clark Correspondence, Ms2010-018, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Allen C. Clark Correspondence was acquired by Special Collections prior to 2009.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Allen C. Clark Correspondence commenced and was completed in March 2010.

Biographical Note

Allen Culling Clark was born in Philadelphia in 1858 and moved to Washington, D. C., when he was five years old. Clark attended public school in Washington, D. C. and graduated from the Law School of National University in 1879. After working for the collector of taxes, the Equitable Insurance Company, the Lincoln Hall Association, and the Law Reporter Printing Company, Clark served as the president   of the Columbia Historical Society from 1916 until his death in 1943. The Columbia Historical Society, now called the Historical Society of Washington, D. C., was founded in 1894 with the mission of "the collection, preservation, and diffusion of knowledge respecting the history and topography of the District of Columbia and national history and biography." Clark contributed articles to the Records of the Columbia Historical Society journal and wrote books on Washington history, including Abraham Lincoln in the National Capital, Abraham Lincoln: the Merciful President  , the Pardon of the Sleeping Sentinel, Life and Letters of Dolly Madison, and William Duane .

External sources and additional information:

"History of the Historical Society", Historical Society of Washington, D. C., http://www.historydc.org/about/HSW_History.asp . (See also "History of HSW", Historical Society of Washington, D. C., http://www.historydc.org/about/history.html , accessed April 25, 2023.)

Allen C. Clark Papers, 1879-1943, Ms 47, Historical Society of Washington, D.C., https://dchistory.org/manage/assets/uploads/ms0047.pdf , accessed April 25, 2023.

Scope and Content

The collection contains two letters written to Allen C. Clark. One letter, dated October 1920, is from C. S. Lashhorn detailing contact information for his family as requested by Clark. The other letter in the collection, dated February 1924, is from William Tyler Page, a clerk of the House of Representatives, and includes information on women who were granted pensions.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Related Material

The Rare Book Collection at SCUA contains several books by Allen Clark: Abraham Lincoln in the National Capital, Abraham Lincoln: the Merciful President , the Pardon of the Sleeping Sentinel, Life and Letters of Dolly Madison, and William Duane .

See the Allen C. Clark Papers, 1879-1943, Ms 47 , at the Historical Society of Washington, D. C.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Clark, Allen C. (Allen Culling), 1858-1943
• Correspondence
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Allen C. Clark Correspondenceby Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).