Speeches and writings, correspondence, radio broadcast transcripts, memoranda, reports, notes, biographical card files, and clippings, relating to conditions in China (especially in Shanghai) before and after 1949, American-Chinese relations, and American intelligence activities in China during World War II. Allman was an American consular officer and lawyer in China, 1916-1950; editor and publisher, Shen Pao, 1937-1941, and China Press, 1947-1949; chief, Far East Section, Secret Intelligence Branch, United States Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945.