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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.
G. Burke Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-005
Abstract
This collection consists of papers--including correspondence, subject files, printed materials, and photographs--of George Burke Johnston, literary scholar and faculty member / administrator at Virginia Tech and the University of Alabama; U.S. Army officer; poet; author; artist; and printer.
Dates:
1900 - 1993
J. Ambler Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-012
Abstract
The J. Ambler Johnston Papers pertains to his many activities throughout his professional and personal life, especially his involvement with the Civil War Round Table (CWRT) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Materials consist of correspondence, publications and ephemera, organizational and committee reports, and photographs, relating to Johnston's involvement with historical and civic organizations including the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Society of the Sons of the Revolution, Virginia...
Dates:
1901 - 1974
Marbury Johnston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-100
Abstract
The papers of U. S. Navy Rear Admiral Marbury Johnston (1860-1934) include naval orders and personnel records, as well as a draft for a book of reminiscences, titled "The Recollections of Another Naval Officer."
Dates:
1878 - 1934
Mary Johnston Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-033
Abstract
This collection contains a letter from Mary Johnston sent in response to Mr. Gifford C. Terry's letter, asking her to autograph a copy of "To Have and to Hold." Mary Johnston was an author and an advocate for woman suffrage.
Dates:
May 14, 1935
P. Johnston Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-012
Abstract
Diary maintained by P. Johnston (possibly Peyton Johnston), agent for the Virginia State Agricultural Society, with entries describing his travels throughout Virginia on behalf of the VSAS in 1874.
Dates:
1874
E. P. Jones Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-009
Abstract
Letter from E.P. Jones to Colonel David J. Godwin, written May 28th, 1863 from Middlesex County, Virginia. The letter is a petition from Jones to Godwin to have authority and rank to raise a company of cavalry behind enemy lines.
Dates:
1863
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