The Allen Tragedy: A Carroll County Courthouse Shooting
Creator
Iroler, Suzanne
Iroler, Roddie
Iroler, Alease
In this Suzanne Iroler interviewed her grandparents, Alease and Roddie Iroler about the locally famous Carroll County Courthouse Shooting, which happened in March 1912 and involved local landowners/business people Floyd Allen, Sidna Allen. Alease Iroler is the great-grandaughter of Jack Allen, who was later killed in an altercation about the courthouse shooting. Ms. Iroler provided personal family information for this project. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.