Descriptive Summary
Allen, William Y. (William Youel), 1805-1885.
William Youel Allen diaries and sermons
1835-1848 and undated
Materials are in English.
1996-014
1.5 inches
Austin Seminary Archives,
Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
William Youel Allen (1805-1885) was a Presbyterian minister in Kentucky, Texas and Indiana. This collection consists of diaries and sermons written by Allen from 1835-1848.
Biographical note
William Youel Allen (1805-1885) was a Presbyterian minister in Kentucky, Texas and Indiana. He was licensed in 1836 by the Presbytery of New Brunswick, New Jersey, and worked for a black colonization society in Pennsylvania before traveling to Texas in March 1838. Allen was chaplain of the Texas Senate in 1838, and organized a church in Houston in March 1839, as well as another in Austin in October. In 1840 he founded a church in Columbia, Texas. Allen participated in the organization of the Presbytery of the Brazos in April 1840. He returned to Kentucky in 1842, served as president of Danville College and later as pastor in Bethany, Kentucky. The last fourteen years of his life were spent as a pastor in Rockville, Indiana.
William Stuart Red relied heavily on the papers and diaries of Allen while writing his
History of the Presbyterian Church in Texas (1936), many of which were published serially by the Texas Presbyterian from 1876-1885.
Source:
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "ALLEN, WILLIAM YOUEL (1805-1885)," http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/AA/fal30.html (accessed February 22, 2008).
Scope and Content Note
This collection consists of diaries and sermons written by Allen from 1835-1848. One diary relates Allen’s return to Kentucky via New Orleans and the Mississippi River, and includes details on early Presbyterian activity in Galveston and Houston, Republic of Texas. An autobiographical entry covers the period of Allen’s life through May 1838. The sermons were generally preached in more than one location in Texas and Indiana.
Photocopies relating to the life of William Youel Allen and published excerpts from his diaries compiled by William Stuart Red are available in the holding record for the collection. Ask the archivist for details.
Organization of Collection
- Series 1: Diaries
- Series 2: Sermons
Access Restrictions
Materials are available by appointment only. Contact the archivist for details.
Preferred Citation
William Youel diaries and sermons, 1835-1848 and undated, Austin Seminary Archives, Stitt Library, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Related Material
William Y. Allen Letters, 1842, 1878 at the Center for American History on The University of Texas at Austin campus. Finding aid available online at: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/00724/cah-00724.html
Index Terms
Personal Names
Allen, William Y. (William Youel), 1805-1885.
Subjects
Presbyterian Church--Clergy.
Presbyterian Church--Texas--History--19th century.
Sermons, English--Indiana.
Sermons, English--Texas.
American diaries--19th century.
Detailed Description of the Collection
Diaries:
C074a
From the Camden, NJ and Indiana area, [circa 1835]
C074a
Journals and memoranda, August 15, 1836-January 1837
C074a
“My Autobiography,” written in Houston, May 8, 1838
FF/6
Diary pages, oversized, “Written on board the steam ship
Neptune and steam boat Edward Shippern [?] on my last voyage from Texas to Kentucky
, February 1842
Sermons:
C074a
Col. 3:2:
C074a
Galveston, TX, August 11, 1839
C074a
Velasco, TX, September 1, 1839
C074a
Houston, TX, May 31, 1840
C074a
1 Samuel 6:20:
C074a
Houston, TX, September 29, 1839
C074a
Rockville, IN, May 5, 18[?]
C074a
2 Samuel 16:17:
C074a
Houston, TX, June 9, 1839
C074a
Galveston, TX, August 19, 1839
C074a
Richmond, VA, October 6, 1844
C074a
Ps. 39:11:
C074a
Houston, TX, December 8, 1839
C074a
Deut. 7:9-10:
C074a
Houston, TX, undated
C074a
James 4:4-5:
C074a
Rockville, IN, September 22, 1848
C074a
Exodus 14:15:
C074a
Rockville, IN, September 24, 1848
C074a
“Doctrinal Characteristics of Presbyterianism, undated
C074a
“Regeneration,” undated