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Preliminary Inventory of the Allen-Angier Family Papers, 1843-1971

Collection Overview

Correspondence, speeches, clippings, term papers, financial records, some genealogical information, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed material, chiefly relating to the career of George Venable Allen (1903-1970), diplomat, director of the U.S. Information Agency, and president of the Tobacco Institute. Includes material on the U.S. Foreign Service, the U.S. Information Agency, U.S. foreign relations, India, Iran, the tobacco industry, and the cigarette smoking and health controversy.

Descriptive Summary

Title
Allen-Angier Family Papers, 1843-1971
Creator
Allen-Angier family
Extent
3 Linear Feet,, 1737 Items
Repository
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Location
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language
English.

Administrative Information

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warning Access Restrictions

Collection is comprised of one accession, unprocessed.

Patrons must sign the Acknowledgment of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off- site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff for restrictions on research before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.

warning Use Restrictions

Copyright interests in the papers of the Allen-Angier Family Papers have not been transferred to Duke University. For further information, see the section on copyright in the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Contents of the Collection

Papers, 1819-1974
Box 1
Volumes (2 scrapbooks and 1 photo album)
Box 2

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Allen-Angier Family Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

Provenance

Acquired.

Processing Information

This collection is unprocessed: materials have not been ordered and described beyond their original condition.

Finding aid encoded by Lisa Stark.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.