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Willliam Francis Allen
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Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William Francis Allen, professor of ancient languages and history at UW-Madison. Dr. Allen had taught newly emancipated slaves in South Carolina during the Civil War, before becoming a professor of classics, first at Antioch College and then at the University of Wisconsin. He was an editor of the 1867 book Slave Songs of the United States, the first book compiling slave songs as literature.
1879
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William Francis Allen
1879
Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William Francis Allen, professor of ancient languages and history at UW-Madison. Dr. Allen had taught newly emancipated slaves in South Carolina during th...
William Francis Allen
1879
Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William Francis Allen, professor of ancient languages and history at UW-Madison. Dr. Allen had taught newly emancipated slaves in South Carolina during th...
William Francis Allen
1879
Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William Francis Allen, professor of ancient languages and history at UW-Madison. Dr. Allen had taught newly emancipated slaves in South Carolina during th...
Katharine Allen
1900
Vignetted quarter-length semi-profile carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics profes...
Katharine Allen
1900
Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, assistant professor of Latin at UW-Madison. Katharine was the daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics professor William F...
Professor William F. Allen
Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Professor William F. Allen.
