Collection comprises the papers of American authors Don B. Allen and Terry Allen, including literary manuscripts and research materials for works of historical fiction and non-fiction about the West and about Native Americans, as well as collections of creative writing and poetry by young American Indians edited by Terry Allen.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Under the pseudonym T.D. Allen, Don B. and Terril Diener Allen (1908- ) wrote historical fiction and non-fiction about the West and Native Americans. They were best known for Doctor in Buckskin (1951), based on the story of Marcus Whitman, a doctor and missionary in the Oregon territory; Troubled Border (1954), about John McLoughlin, head of the Hudson Bay Company's outpost at Fort Vancouver; Navahos Have Five Fingers (1963), an account of the couple's stay at a Navaho reservation and the people they met there; and Miracle Hill (1967), the story of a young Navaho boy, Mitchell Blackhorse. Terry Diener was a professor of creative writing; a director of communications arts for the U.S. Government's Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1968-1974; and lecturer and specialist on American Indians at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1969-1974.
Content Description
Collection comprises the papers of American authors Don B. Allen and Terry Allen, including literary manuscripts and research materials for works of historical fiction and non-fiction about West and about Native Americans, as well as collections of creative writing and poetry by young American Indians edited by Terry Allen as director of communications arts for the U.S. Government's Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1968-1974. Collection also includes professional and some personal correspondence.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the
Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The
reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Don B. and Terry Diener Allen Papers, Ax 500, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Manuscripts: Novels
Manuscripts: Screenplays
Correspondence Received
Correspondence Sent
Research Materials
Addenda I, December 1969
Addenda II, March 1973
Addenda III, May 1979
Processing Note :
Collection processed by processing staff.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Manuscripts: Novels
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
1
Doctor in Buckskin, Harper
1951
Final manuscript, printer's copy, edited, 364 leaves
Two copies of bound galley proofs
Miscellaneous page proofs
1
Doctor, Lawyer, Merchant, Chief, Westminster. (Juvenile version of Troubled Border)
1964
Second carbon, 247 leaves
Notes, 2 leaves
Final manuscript, printer's copy, edited, 243 leaves
One set of galley proofs
1
Miracle Hill: The story of a Navajo Boy, by Emerson Blackhorse Mitchell and T.D. Allen. University of Oklahoma Press
1967
First carbon, 305 leaves
Fragments, 50 leaves
Second carbon, 305 leaves
Notes, 4 leaves
Corrections for first carbon, original manuscript, 34 l.
Original manuscript, edited and with extensive holograph revisions by author and T.D. Allen, 334 l.
One set corrected galley proofs
One set of unmarked page proofs
One set of paged proofs, marked for indexing
One folder of 3x5 cards used for indexing
2
Navajos Have Five Fingers. The Civilization of the American Indian Series, 68. University of Oklahoma Press
1963
Carbon of early manuscript, incomplete with extensive holograph revisions, 142 l.
Notes, 17 leaves
Carbon, dated Jan. 26, 1963, with extensive holograph revisions, 237 l.
One folder of miscellaneous fragments
Bibliography, contents, introduction, corrections for manuscript
One set of page proofs, marked for indexing
One set of galley proofs
2
Not Ordered by Men. Rydal
1967
First draft with extensive holograph revisions, 161 l.
Fragments with extensive holograph revisions, 69 l.
Third carbon, final manuscript, 251 l.
2
One More River. By Don and Terry Allen. (Written in 1949, later became Doctor in Buckskin)
Ambush at Buffalo Wallow. Harper. (Developed by D4 Productions, Inc. Originally published as a novel by Gold Medal Books, 1955, as Battle of Buffalo Wallow)
Carbon script, 149 l.
Script for Rosalie Stewart Agency, 137 l.
2
And Now Tomorrow. (Produced for the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Final shooting script, revised Oct. 26, 1951, 86 l.
Screenplay by Malcolm Stuart Boylan, based on the historical outline by Luther M. Dimmitt
One folder of miscellaneous, including film production budget, cast and crew lists, shooting schedules, etc.
3
Family Films. Series. Audio and video shooting scripts. (Produced for the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.)
Basic Training for Christians. 1961-1962. Five scripts, 39 l.
Christian Adults in Today's World. 1960-1961. Outline and three scripts in series of four, 21 l. No. 3 missing
Understanding the life of Christ. 1962. Ten scripts in series, each about 10 l.
Various oulines, notes, edited scripts, revised versions
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Personal Names :
McLoughlin, John, 1784-1857--Juvenile fiction
Mitchell, Blackhorse
Whitman, Marcus, 1802-1847--Juvenile fiction
Geographical Names :
West (U.S.)--In literature
Subject Terms :
Authors, American-20th century
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile fiction
