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John Burgess Johnson Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-055
Abstract

Letter written by Captain John Burgess Johnson to his family while camped near Yorktown, Virginia. Letter is postmarked January 19. The letter details a march made by the 6th U.S. Colored troops from Glouchester Point to relieve Union calvary troops near the Chickahominy River.

Dates: 1864

John Henry Johnson Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-053
Abstract

The collection includes a scrapbook of John Henry Johnson, a Scott County, Virginia politician, including letters signed by other politicians (including William Jennings Bryan and other members of the Bryan family), newspaper clippings, certificates, invitations, original poetry, and a photograph.

Dates: 1918 - 1958

Martha L. Johnson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-065
Scope and Contents This collection contains the papers of the family of Martha L. Robinson Johnson, nineteenth-century matriarch of a Carroll County, Virginia family. The collection consists largely of correspondence to Johnson from various family members and friends, providing a chronicle of the life of a Southwest Virginia family during the mid-nineteenth century, mostly from a feminine perspective. The letters focus on childbirth, death, illness, folk medicine, fashion, sewing, knitting, quilting,...
Dates: 1821 - 1882

Patricia Givens Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-007
Abstract

This collection consists of papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian. It includes correspondence, subject files, printed materials and photographs. It also includes a scrapbook and a few other materials, scattered throughout the collection, which had belonged to Johnson's mother, Lula Porterfield Givens, also a local historian.

Dates: 1920 - 1986

S. Harvey Johnson Copybook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-004
Abstract

This collection consists of the copybook of S. Harvey Johnson, a 19th-century Pittsylvania County, Virginia Methodist minister. Titled "Thoughts, Original and Selected with Incidents, Illustrations, etc.," the book contains passages copied from numerous works, relating mostly to religious matters, including instructions on what and how to preach. Accompanied by an untitled poem by Paul Hayne.

Dates: n.d.

William Henry Johnson Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-017
Abstract

This collection contains American Civil War materials relating to the execution of William Henry Johnson, including four newspapers covering the event, three letters written by witnesses to the execution, and the signature of Major General William B. Franklin.

Dates: 1861 - 1862

William Martin Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-017
Abstract

The William Martin Johnson Papers include both personal and professional correspondence, ranging from November 1932 to March 1977. Johnson wrote to representatives at Public Works, American Society of Civil Engineers, the Department of Architectural Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the War Assets Administration, among others. Johnson (1904-1991) graduated from VPI in 1928 and worked as a Civil Engineer for Wiley and Wilson in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1932 - 1977

Johnson's Map of the Vicinity of Richmond 1862

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0693
Abstract

Map of Richmond and Vicinity, with details of the Peninsula Campaign, dated 1862. Leaves taken from a book.

Dates: 1862

Clement Dixon Johnston Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-012
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, and other memorabilia from Johnston's tenure and local and national politics and business.

Dates: 1939 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1962

Elliott Johnston Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-017
Abstract

The Elliott Johnston Correspondence includes three letters from Sergeant Elliott Johnston to Col. John S. Mosby on the topic of relaying information from General Lee to General Early during the Civil War, some 30+ years prior.

Dates: 1897, n.d.

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Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 18
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Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 14
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Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
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Wall, W. F. 7
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Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
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Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 6
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 6
Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
Harvey, G 6
Henry Wysor family 6
Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978 6
Preston, John, 1764-1827 6
Roanoke Historical Society 6
Smock, John C. (John Conover), 1842-1926 6
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 6
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 6
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Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Junko 5
O.W. Gray & Son 5
Rand McNally and Company 5
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 5
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Torre, Susana, 1944- 5
United States. Department of Agriculture 5
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Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
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Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 4
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 4
Ballermann & Son a-s 4
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Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 4
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Chace, Jacob 4
Chester, W. 4
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
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Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 4
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 4
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 4
Ireland, E. I. 4
Kent family 4
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 4
Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 4
McGill, William M. 4
Michie, P. S. 4
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