Scope and Contents The original scrapbooks were compiled by Penelope Johnson Allen. These were photocopied and bound in 4 alphabetical volumes available on library shelves. Additional photocopy is in boxes with the original volumes, which are quite fragile. Penelope Johnson Allen (1886-1985) was a native of Chattanooga, Tenn. She graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1904 and attended Mrs. Starrett’s School in Chicago, and Western College at Oxford, Ohio. After college, she was a newspaper reporter in...

Scope and Contents Penelope Johnson Allen (1886-1985) was a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee. She graduated from Chattanooga High School in 1904 and attended Mrs. Starrett’s School in Chicago, and Western College at Oxford, Ohio. After college, she was a newspaper reporter in Chattanooga and active in the suffrage movement in Tennessee. Penelope Johnson Allen was active in a number of clubs and lineage societies and was avid genealogist and historian. Mrs. Allen served as one of the state supervisors for the...

Scope and Contents Originals and copies from “Leaves from the Family Tree,” a genealogical column by Penelope Johnson Allen in the Chattanooga Times, 1930s. The originals were used to produce a book published by the Southern Historical Press, and copies of the book were sent to the McClung Collection as a gift by Silas E. Lucas, Jr. The original articles were glued onto new galley sheets for printing. ix, 372, 373-453 index. + 2 cataloged volumes of photocopies (deaccessioned from McClung Collection card...

Scope and Contents Genealogical research by Penelope Johnson Allen, given by her granddaughter Mrs. Helen Maroon. Includes: The Family of Gossett by Evangeline Gossett Newcomer; Chatata Valley by Elizabeth Cate Manly; Howard Family Record: A Short Sketch of My Life by James Marion Howard; The DeKalb Legend, Vol. 5, 1977-78; Morgan Migrations, 4 issues; Northwest Georgia Historical & Genealogical Society Quarterly, 1 issue; 14 folders of genealogical research. Additional genealogical items, photographs,...