Dates

• Majority of material found within 1960 - 2014

Extent

1 box Linear Feet (Warren A. Allen (August 26, 1946-November 8, 1970) was a 1968 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). His parents were Edgar L. Allen (1902-1993) and his wife Ruby H. Reddinger Allen (1913-2009) of Distant, Pennsylvania. A musician, actor, and educator, Warren Allen was in the Music Education program at IUP. He also performed in numerous plays and musicals at IUP including the annual Swing Out performances in 1967 and 1968. Between 1964 and 1969, Warren Allen was a member of the Folkmen (Manuscript Group 171), an award-winning folk music band that was based at Indiana State College (later IUP). Warren Allen compiled several scrapbooks and edited reel-to-reel recordings that chronicled the Folkmen’s performances and rehearsals that are part of the Folkmen Collection. While a student at IUP, Warren Allen also recorded reel-to-reel audio recordings and edited 8 mm color films of IUP student productions in which he participated. Warren Allen graduated from IUP on May 26, 1968 with a BS in Music Education. He taught Elementary Music in the Burrell Township School District from 1968 to 1970. The Warren Allen Collection contains six 8mm color film reels of IUP productions from 1967 and 1968 including Swing Out performances and a student film about the IUP Music Department, all of which were either filmed or edited by Warren Allen. Immensely talented, Allen performed in both Swing Out Productions in the College of Fine Arts in May 1967 and May 1968, both of which were directed by Production Director Robert W. Ensley and Music Director Charles A. Davis. The brochures for the Swing Out programs and other performances at IUP are available in Record Group 33: Music Department. Warren Allen edited all six reels of 8 mm color film between 1967 and 1968. The Warren Allen Collection also contain a DVD of all six 8 mm color films that were transferred by McGaughey Video Services in 2014. This collection was donated by Warren Allen’s brother Stephen and his wife Cheryl Allen in 2014.)

Language of Materials

English