?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> ?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/SAA-SDT/EAD3/master/ead3.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>    MS692    Charles M. Allen, Jr., Papers   Processed by Meg Campbell, Justin Cabiltes, and Stephanie Bennett    Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives  PO Box 7777  Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27109   http://zsr.wfu.edu/special/   2022  MS692      Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives    English    L/languagedeclaration>  dacs  Describing Archives: A Content Standard    completed      2023-03-10T15:32:45-05:00   ArchivesSpace v3.0.1  This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on Friday March 10, 2023 at 15:32         Charles M. Allen, Jr., Papers   MS692       Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives         English       3.72   Linear Feet     1 record carton, 1 document box, 1 oversize box, 1 artifact box       1935   2010       Charles M. Allen was a biology professor at Wake Forest University, a U. S. Army Air Force photographer during the second World War, and a patron of the arts. This collection documents some of Allen's personal life as well as his professional work, including biographical materials, diplomas, campus and family photographs, news clippings, scrapbooks, Scales construction materials, and Artists Series materials.       Allen, Charles M., Jr. (1918-2005)          Biographical Note
Charles Marvin Allen, Junior, was born to Charles M. Allen and Emma Covington Allen on July 31, 1918, in Mt. Gilead, Montgomery County, N.C. He attended Mt. Gilead public schools and Wake Forest College (1939). He was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Sigma Xi. Allen received a master's degree (1941) from Wake Forest as well, and a doctorate in education from Duke University (1955). He joined the Wake Forest College faculty almost immediately on graduation, working as a teaching fellow during his master's coursework in 1939 and becoming a biology professor in 1941.
In October 1940, Allen enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force as a Photo Officer with the 10th Photo Reconnaissance Group. The 10th Photo Group was responsible for supplying the United States and its allies with pre-invasion surveillance photos of German troops and defenses in France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Allen worked on aerial reconnaissance in the lead-up to the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944.
At the end of the war, Allen returned to Wake Forest, where he spent the remainder of his career as a biology professor and patron of the arts, both at WFU and in Winston Salem. Allen served as Director of the WFU Artist Series (1958-1976) - later known as the Secrest Series - and also held positions on the boards of a number of local and national arts organizations. He was President of the NC Academy of Science and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
He received the University's highest honor, the Medallion of Merit, in 1976, and the Jon Reinhardt Award for Distinguished Teaching in ; in 2001, the Charles M. Allen Professorship in Biology was established to honor him. Allen was also interested in the campus design and students' lives on campus. He supervised the design and construction of Winston Hall and Scales Fine Arts Center, and oversaw the renovation of Wait Chapel and Reynolda Village while working on campus.
Allen retired from Wake Forest in 1989. He was married to Clara David Allen for 62 years. He passed away on August 30, 2005. Following Clara Allen's death in 2017, Allen's extensive collection of WWII photographs was donated to the State Archives of North Carolina in Raleigh, N.C.
Sources:   "The Wake Forester and D-Day," Wake Forest Historical Museum, 2019 June 4. Available online at https://wakeforestmuseum.org/2019/06/04/the-wake-forester-and-d-day/   "Obituary," Legacy.com as published by the
    , 2005 September 2.   "Charles Allen,"    , Summer 1989. Avaiable online through SCA's  Digital Collections .       Collection Overview
This collection contains personal and professional materials from Charles M. Allen. Materials in this collection include: biographical materials, diplomas, campus and family photographs, news clippings, scrapbooks, Scales construction materials, and programs and other materials related to the Artists Series. The collection also contains his mortarboard and tassel.
  Preferred Citation
Charles M. Allen, Jr., Papers (MS692), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
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Collection is open for use
  Conditions Governing Use
The nature of the WFU Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives means that copyright or other information about restrictions may be difficult or even impossible to determine despite reasonable efforts. The Archives and Special Collections of ZSR Library claims only physical ownership of most materials. The materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to the U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source.
  Related Materials
The State Archives of N.C. holds the Charles M. Allen Jr. Papers (WWII 141). This collection contains letters, particularly to his fiancée and later wife Clara David Allen, photographs, aerial photographs, military service records, and other materials documenting his life before military service (1942-1945). See  Charles M. Allen Jr. Papers, WWII 141, World War II Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C. 
The State Archives currently provides access to  Allen's photographs online  as well.
    Wake Forest University--Faculty--Personal and professional papers          Biographical and personal materials     Biographical and professional materials    1939  2005    1  1      Biographical materials and correspondence    1976  2005    2  16      Biographical materials and news clippings    1950  1988    2  11      Charles M. and Clara D. Allen faculty development and travel agreement with letter from Hatch   2005 August 31   2  14      Diplomas    1947  1989    1  12      Eightieth birthday photographs   1998 July 31   1  5      Family and campus photographs    1942  2001    1  4      Gift recognition event scrapbook   2001 January   3  2      Gift to WFU articles    1989  2011    1  6      High school diploma   1935 May 8   1  2      Memorial materials   2005 September   1  3      Memorial, obituaries, biographical materials, and correspondence    1956  2005    2  3      Mortarboard cap with tassel    1950  1980    circa 1950-1980  4      News articles and obituary on Allen    1976  2005    2  15      News clippings: Allen, Scales Fine Arts Center    1959  1993    2  12      News clippings, programs, and campus photographs    1939  2004    2  9      Notes and clippings by Allen    2002  2004    2  6      Portraits, Luther Watson David in uniform and Allen    1940  1969    circa 1940s, 1960s  3  4      Wake Forest crest cross-stich  undated  1  13       Subject files     Artists Series list and newspaper articles about WFU    1951  2006    2  44      Artists Series materials and programs    1968  2010    2  19      Artists Series programs    1960  1963    2  34-35      Artists Series programs    1964  1967    2  30-32      Artists Series programs    1968  1974    2  23-28      Artists Series programs    1975  1977    2  20-21      Artists Series programs and artist photographs   1959   2  36      Artists Series programs and artist photographs    1974  1975    2  22      Artists Series programs and newspaper reviews    1967  1968    2  29      Artists Series programs and review    1963  1964    2  33      Biology W3, Science and Art, winter term trip    1973  1974    1  7      Campus photographs    1951  1960    circa 1951-1960  1  8      Cell structure on class lantern slide, likely reproduction of something in print  undated  3      Creationism materials  undated  2  4      Fine arts center and Artists Series proposals    1972  1986    2  18      Fine arts commission materials and correspondence   1972   2  43      Fine arts center construction correspondence    1972  1979    2  41      Fine arts program planning report   1972   1  9      Poems  undated  1  11      Postscript on honors course, "Man and the Structure of the Universe"  undated  2  7      Postscript on lecture with Fred Horton  undated  2  5      Presentations and statements    1960  1987    1  10      Programs and library speech    1982  2005    2  10      Programs, "Last Lecture" copy, and Vivian Shuggs wedding photos    1989  2014    2  1      Reynolda Village restoration and Scales Fine Arts Center proposal materials    1972  1975    2  37      Salem Hall sketch and unidentified cells on glass slides      Scales Fine Arts Center architect correspondence    1972  1974    2  39      Scales Fine Arts Center construction photos and notes    1972  1979    2  42      Scales Fine Arts Center decorators and stage technitians correspondence    1972  1982    2  40      Scales Fine Arts Center dedication, fine arts conference, and orientation pamphlets    1972  2006    2  17      Scales Fine Arts Center model with Allen photographs    1970  1976    circa 1970-1976  2  45      Scales Fine Arts Center plans, sketches by Allen    1970  1976    circa 1970-1976  3  3      Scales Fine Arts Center preliminary schematic design book, compiled by Allen    1974  1976    circa 1974-1976  3  3      Scales, James Ralph, materials    1967  1996    2  2      Science and religion speeches by Allen   circa 1999   1  14      Speeches and clippings    1999  2004    2  8      Theatre rigging and equipment manual   1972 March   2  38      "Vital Speeches of the Day" featuring Allen   1967   2  13          , volumes 1 and 2, by Herman J. Preseren    2002  2003    2002, 2003  3  1