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With George and Barbara Bush at St. Ann's, Kennebunkport, 1992.

Allin pens his frustration regarding the passivity of the House of Bishops. During the meeting, Allin courageously speaks up and discovers he is not alone, 1968.

Presiding Bishop Allin working in his office at Church Center in New York, c.1974-1985.

"...we pray he can get it all together without giving it all away." Allin, as depicted in a 1973 post-election caricature in The Episcopalian. Allin had his work cut out for him following in the footsteps of his predecessor, John Hines. The…

This map of the Church's dioceses and provinces served as a visual aid for Allin as he kept track of "letters, telegrams, telephone calls rec'd" with regard to the July 29, 1974 ordinations of eleven women in Philadelphia.

With Russian Bishop Ireney, 1977.

Allin with Ted Scott, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, and Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Boga-Zaire, at the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya, 1975. Archbishop Luwum was martyred in a…

A 1975 issue of The Witness shows unfavorable cartoons that emerged in secular publications in the aftermath of the Philadelphia ordinations.

"Real distress in the Church." Allin's journal entry in the days leading up to the ordinations of the Philadelphia 11.