Eula Allen Collection, 1932-1974

Access and use

Location of collection:
Edgar Cayce Foundation
Edgar Cayce Foundation
215 S. 67th Street
Virginia Beach, VA 23451
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jessica Newell
Phone: (757) 457-7204
Terms of access:

Collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item,] [date (if known)]; Eula Allen Collection, Coll. 32, box_, folder_, The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
3 Linear Feet 3 boxes.
Creator:
Allen, Eula
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item,] [date (if known)]; Eula Allen Collection, Coll. 32, box_, folder_, The Edgar Cayce Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Materials include Eula Allen's professional correspondence, research notes, writings, and collection of publications related to Edgar Cayce, the Association for Research and Enlightenment, A.R.E. study group work, the Edgar Cayce Foundation, and spiritual studies.

Biographical / historical:

Eula Mildred Allen was born on May 15, 1899, to Hill Owsley and Minnie Bruse in Pomeroy, Washington. She married Harold Allen, an officer in the United States Navy, and settled in Norfolk, Virginia. Mignon Helms, an A.R.E. member and Eula's neighbor, introduced Eula to Edgar Cayce. She received several readings, including a Life reading in 1942. Eula and her husband Harold became A.R.E. members. When Harold retired from the U.S. Navy, he ran the A.R.E. Press at Virginia Beach Headquarters. Eula was chosen by lot to be a member of Study Group Number 1. While living in Norfolk, she attended Study Group meetings, Prayer Group Meetings, and Edgar Cayce's Tuesday Night Bible Class. She served on the house committee when A.R.E. was located at the former Cayce home on Arctic Crescent, and as a hostess for the A.R.E. Congress each June. She first lectured for the organization at the 1949 Congress and later became a prolific lecturer, teacher and writer. She also served on the A.R.E. Board of Trustees. During the 1960s and 1970s, she held a popular youth study group at A.R.E. headquarters. She published her 'Creation Trilogy' (Before the Beginning, River of Time, and You Are Forever) from 1963 to 1966. Allen died on March 1, 1978 in Mathews, Virginia at the age of 78.

Arrangement:

Arranged in alphabetical order by material type.