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Title
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Finding Aid for the Lois Allen Collection
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Type
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Text
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Date
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1880s-1980s
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Format
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Documents, Photographs
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Language
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English
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Place
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Missouri--Jackson County--Independence
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Publisher
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Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri
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Extent
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2 boxes (5 boxes)
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Identifier
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MGC1127
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Lois Allen Collection
Descriptive Summary
Creator: Lois Turner Allen
Dates: c. 1890s-2000
Identification: MGC1127
Extent: 2 linear feet (5 boxes)
Language: Materials in the collection are in English.
Repository: Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, Missouri
Biographical Sketch or Administrative History
Lois Turner was born in Lafayette County, Missouri on March 19, 1913 to Roy Turner
and Nell Strodtman. She grew up in Independence, Missouri, where she married Frank S.
Allen. Lois was a family historian and involved in many genealogical and historical
societies.
Scope and Content
This collection contains historical and research materials collected by Lois Allen
regarding her family history. This includes genealogical research and research
correspondences related to the Turner, Allen, Boone, Shouse, Drake, Stovall, Miller,
Farvis, and Braden families. The collection also contains photographic materials
documenting various family members, some of whom are identified and many who are
not. Many of those identified in these photographs relate to the Turner Family. There are
also some more location-based photographs including some of locations in
Independence, Missouri. There are also a number of materials related specifically to
Phillip Turner – a musician and owner of the Turner Music Store in Independence – and
his family. Other items in this collection also include a memoir written in 1945 by an
unknown author, a scrapbook, letters, financial documents, a funeral book, and an
autograph book.
Restrictions
Access: This collection is open for research.
Conditions governing reproduction and use: Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce
must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
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Administrative Information
Immediate source of acquisition: This collection was donated by Jason Barrett, 2016,
and Susan Bowman, 2024.
Citation: The Lois Allen Collection (MGC1127), Midwest Genealogy Center,
Independence, Missouri
Processing Information: This collection was processed by Nicole Schlagel, 2016;
Jolene Clark, 2019; John Mason, 2025.
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Container List
Series 1: Photographs
Box 1
f 1-4: Portrait Photographs [4 folders]
f 5-6: Photographs [2 folders]
Box 2
f 1-5: Photographs [5 folders]
Series 2: Shouse Family
f 6: Items related to the Shouse Family
Series 3: Turner Family
Box 2
f 8-9: Family Photographs
f 10: Financial Documents, 1891-1936
f 11: Phillip Turner Children
Box 3
f 1: Phillip Turner Children
f 2-3: Turner Family History [2 folders]
f 4-5: Evelyn “Eva” Turner [2 folders]
Series 4: Boone Family
f 6: Research Correspondence, 1974-1990
f 7: Newsletter, 1975
Series 5: Drake Family
f 8: Family Research, c. 1970s-1990s
f 9: Correspondence, 1980-2000
Series 6: Stovall Family
Box 4
f 1: Bartholomew to Thomas Stovall
f 2: Jesse Stovall
f 3: Land Transactions – Hatcher, Burton, Stovall
f 4: Stovall Lineage of Agnes Parker Banks
f 5: Genealogy Journals
f 6: Misc. Genealogy Research
Series 7: Allen Family
f 7: Items related to the Allen Family
f 8: Biographical Writing
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Series 8: Miller Family
f 9: Newsletter, 1987-1991
f 10: Research Correspondence
Series 9: Farvis Family
f 11: Family History
f 12: Images
Series 10: Negatives
f 13: Negatives
Series 11: Braden Family
Box 5
f 1: Genealogy Research
Series 12: Other Items
f 2: Misc Writing
f 3: Cassette Tapes
f 4: Janet Close Baby Scrapbook, 1918
f 5: Band Photos
f 6: Memoir by Unknown Author
f 7: Newspaper Poetry Scrapbook
f 8: Items Relating to Leta (Cook) Gillespie
f 9: Misc. Independence (Mo.) Church Programs, 1926, 1946
f 10: Liberty Street Church, 1924-1947
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