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Ellen Hulda Johnson papers, 1872-2018, bulk 1921-1992

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Series 1: Personal Papers, circa 1905-2009
5 Linear feet
Boxes 1-2, 56-59

Personal papers include biographical materials and personal and family files, some of which were compiled by Johnson into "memorabilia files". Materials include awards, correspondence, clippings, financial documents, articles about Johnson, interviews of Johnson, photographs, sketchbooks, and one scrapbook of poetry.
Series is arranged in two subseries.
  • 1.1: Biographical Materials, 1910, 1929-1994
  • 1.2: Personal and Family Files, 1919-1991

1.1

Biographical Materials, 1910, 1929-2009
Biographical materials include address books, passports, awards and honorary degree, scattered legal and financial documents, clippings and printed articles about Johnson, papers and images related to her Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oberlin, interviews of Johnson, curricula vitae, obituaries, and sketchbooks.
Description Container
Address Books, circa 1940s-1960s
57
1
Award, Cleveland Arts Prize, 1977
1
1
Awards and Citations, 1973-1981
1
2-3
Biography of Johnson, Oberlin College News Bureau, 1973-1977
1
4
Clippings, 1960-1992
57
2
Clippings, 1968-1992
1
5-7
Curricula Vitae and Professional Activities, 1949-1974
1
8
Early Education, Oberlin College, 1933-1949
1
9
Early Education, Warren High School, 1929
1
10
Early Education, Warren High School Reunion, 1989
57
3
Ellen H. Johnson Archive, 1977-1998
57
4
Ellen H. Johnson Art Collection, 1992-1996
57
5
"Ellen H. Johnson: An Appreciation," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, 1976-1977
1
11
Ellen H. Johnson Birthday Party, 1985
57
6
Ellen H. Johnson Christmas, 1989
1 Sound cassette
57
7
Ellen H. Johnson Memorial, 1992 June 14
1 Sound cassette
57
8
Ellen H. Johnson Memorial Service, Mailing List, 1992
57
9
Ellen H. Johnson Week, Allen Memorial Art Museum, 1985
1
12
Ellen Johnson Award for Photography, 1982-1989
1
13
Evan Turner Discusses Ellen Johnson, undated
1 Sound cassette
57
10
Financial Documents, Income Tax, 1963-1966
1
14
Financial Documents, Income Tax, 1967
1
15
Financial, Notebooks, 1950s-1980s
57
11-12
Financial, Oberlin Savings Bank, 1952-1974
57
13
Geneology, undated
57
14
Gravestone, Images of Deer and Squirrel, circa 1991
57
15
"A Frank Lloyd Wright House in Oberlin," Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, 1972
1
16
Genealogy and Swedish Family, 1956-1982
1
17
Health Papers, 1970s-1992
57
16
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Fine Arts, Oberlin College, 1982
1
18
Interview of Johnson by Annette Dixon and Kiffy Rubbio, Transcript, circa 1977
1
19
Interview of Johnson by Richard Spear,
Oberlin Alumni Magazine
, 1977
1
20
Interview, Ellen Johnson with Cynthia Carlson; Athena Tacha, 1979-1980
57
17
Interview, Ellen Johnson with Jill Harris Weitzman, 1982 April 28
57
18
Legal Documents, 1910
1
21
Obituaries and Memorial, 1992-1994
1
22
Ohio Restaurants and Museums, 1980s-1990
57
19
Passports, 1935-1987
57
20
Pressed Flowers, undated
57
21
Sketchbook; Poetry, 1983, undated
57
22
Sketchbook, circa 1935-1959
57
23-24
Sketchbook, 1940s-1960s
58
1
Sketches by Ellen Johnson; Art by Others, 1963, undated
58
2
Weltzheimer/Johnson House, Correspondence, 1978-2009
58
3
Weltzheimer/Johnson House, Guest Book, 1968-1992, undated
58
4
Weltzheimer/Johnson House, Slides, 1967-1983
58
5
Will and Estate, 1991-2012
58
6

1.2

Personal and Family Files, circa 1905-1991
Most of these files were compiled, organized, and titled by Johnson into "memorabilia files" containing a wide variety of materials, such as correspondence, clippings, children's drawings, and newsletters or updates that Johnson received. She divided the files into "friends and family" and "personal". Additional files primarily concern her retirement and travel. Travel files include photographs, slides, negatives, and some papers from Europe, United States, Mexico, and Central America. Travel journals are arranged in Series 3: Writing and Research Projects. Also included in this series are photographs of Johnson as well as her friends and family.
Description Container
Directories, 1957-1984
1
23
Lockwood, Normand, Music, 1943
Oversized material housed in Box 56, Folder 1
1
24
Memorabilia, Friends and Family
A, circa 1960-1980
1
25
B, 1944-1973
1
26
C-D, 1961-1981
1
27
E-G, circa 1950-1980
1
28
J, 1948-1991
Oversized material housed in Box 56, Folders 2 and 3
1
29-33
K-L, 1952-1976
1
34
M, 1954-1961
1
35
N-P, 1955-1978
1
36
R-S, 1962-1963
Oversized material housed in Box 56, Folder 4
1
37
S, 1974
Oversized material housed in Box 56, Folder 4
1
38
T, 1948-1979
1
39-41
U-W, 1954-1976
1
42
Y-Z, 1950-1984
Oversized material housed in Box 56, Folder 4
1
43
Memorabilia, Personal
A-C, 1959-1974
1
44
E, 1923-1932
1
45
F-J, 1969-1987
1
46
K-P, 1965-1968
1
47
P, 1938-1950
1
48
R, 1919-1968
1
49
T-W, 1961-1980
1
50
Photographic Material, 1938-1961
2
1
Photographs of Ellen Johnson, circa 1905-1992
58
7-14
Photographs of Ellen Johnson, Negatives, 1930s-1970s
58
15
Photographs of Ellen Johnson taken by Athena Tacha, Slides, 1965-1990
58
16
Photographs of Ellen Johnson, Benefit Show, 1975
58
17
Photographs of Ellen Johnson, Interview for ArtNews, 1975
58
18
Photographs of Johnson's Artwork, Portraits, circa 1950s-1976
58
19
Photography by Johnson, Published, 1944-1946
2
2
Photographs of Friends and Family, Slides, 1961-1986
58
20
Photographs and Slides of Various Images, 1950s-1981
58
21
Retirement from Oberlin College, 1977
2
3
Retirement and After, Correspondence, 1975-1984
2
4
Retirement and After, Photographs, 1977-1987
2
5
Retirement and After, Printed Material, 1975-1979
2
6
Retirement and After, Printed Material, 1981-1987
2
7
Scrapbook of Poetry by Johnson and Others, circa 1933
2
8
Travel, 1951
2
9
Travel, California and Arizona, Slides, 1976-1981
58
22
Travel, Cozumel and Anguilla, 1984-1990
58
23-24
Travel, Europe, Photographs, 1951-1984
58
25
Travel, Europe, Slides, 1946, 1961-1980
59
1-2
Travel, Europe, 1970s-1980s
59
3
Travel, Photograph Album from Trips to France and Italy with Chloe and Hedy; Description of Trip, 1951
59
4
Travel, Greece, 1984-1985
59
5
Travel, Hawaii; Postcards, 1983-1984
59
6
Travel, Mexico and Central America, Slides, 1980-1983
59
7
Travel, Mexico and Central America, circa 1970s-1980s
59
8
Travel, New York, 1980s-1991
59
9-10
Travel, St. Croix and St. Thomas, 1985
59
11
Travel, Sweden, Photograph Album, 1946
59
12
Travel, Sweden, 1946-1948
2
10-12
Travel, Sweden and Denmark, Photograph Album, 1946-1947
59
13
Travel, Various Locations, Slides, 1968-1988
59
14-17
Oversized items from Lockwood, Normand, Music, Box 1, Folder 24, 1943
56
1
Oversized items from Memorabilia, Friends and Family, J, Box 1, Folder 31, 1948-1991
56
2
Oversized items from Memorabilia, Friends and Family, J, Box 1, Folder 32, 1948-1991
56
3
Oversized items from Memorabilia, Friends and Family, R-S, Box 1, Folder 37, 1962-1963
56
4
Oversized items from Memorabilia, Friends and Family, S, Box 1, Folder 38, 1974
56
4
Oversized items from Memorabilia, Friends and Family, Y-Z, Box 1, Folder 43, 1950-1984
56
4

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