Document Type
Finding Aids
Publication Date
2015
Collection Date
1845-1911 and undated.
Identifier
ALLEN.1
Description
This collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, and first publications of Maine writer, Elizabeth Akers Allen. The bulk of the collection consists of manuscripts and published writings written by Allen between 1846 and 1906. The collection also contains correspondence, an Autograph book, clippings, and a few photographic prints. Elizabeth Akers Allen grew up in Farmington, Maine, and first published a volume of poems under the pen name Florence Percy. She traveled through Europe as a journalist reporting for the Portland Transcript and Boston Evening Gazette, and was later a regular contributor to Atlantic Monthly.
Recommended Citation
Collection of Elizabeth Akers Allen Materials, Colby College Special Collections, Waterville, Maine.