Guide to the Isadora August (Johnson) Allison Collection Manuscript, "A Night of Terror," 1963?

Guide to the Isadora August (Johnson) Allison Collection

Manuscript, "A Night of Terror," 1963?


COLLECTION SUMMARY
Repository:	University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection 1450 Poplar Lane, Lawrence, KS 66045-7616 Phone: (785) 864 - 4334 Fax: (785) 864-5803 URL: http://spencer.lib.ku.edu kpz, 1974 mg 2004
Creator:	Allison, Isadora August (Johnson)
Title:	Manuscript, "A Night of Terror," 1963?
Dates:	[Lawrence, 1863?]
Quantity:	15p. (28cm.)
Physical Description:	Photocopy of handwritten manuscript.
Abstract:	A night of terror. The recounting of events told by the widow of Duncan Allison, concerning Quantrill's Raid.
Identification:	RH MS P241

Administrative Information

Custodial History

Original given to the Lawrence Public Library by William A. Sumner, Jr., great-grandson of Duncan Allison, 1974.

PREFERRED CITATION

Isadora August (Johnson) Allison Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS P241, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas

Acquisition Information

Gift, Lawrence Public Library

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Restrictions

RESTRICTIONS on ACCESS

None

RESTRICTIONS on USE

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

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INDEX TERMS

Subjects:

Lawrence. History. Civil War, 1861-1865.

1863

Quantrill's Raid, Lawrence, Kansas, 1863

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BIOGRAPHY OF Isadora August (Johnson) Allison

Mrs. Allison was a widow of Duncan Allison who died in Quantrill's Raid, August 21, 1863.

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SCOPE and CONTENTS

Mrs. Allison relates the events of the following Sunday, the mass funeral ceremony and burial, and a false alarm issued that Quantrill was coming again.

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