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Eleanor Shipp Johnson Papers

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Scope and Contents

Biographical Note

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Correspondence

Correspondence / Manuscripts

Diaries / Scrapbook

Miscellaneous Personal Papers



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Eleanor Shipp Johnson Papers, 1873-1954 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

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Collection Overview

Title: Eleanor Shipp Johnson Papers, 1873-1954Add to your cart.

ID: 001/01/MSS 0000-451

Primary Creator: Johnson, Eleanor Shipp (1861-1947)

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: Arranged by record type in chronological order.

Date Acquired: 00/00/0000

Subjects: Women authors, American--20th century

Forms of Material: Autograph albums, Booklets, Certificates, Checks (bank checks), Clippings (information artifacts), Correspondence, Diaries, Envelopes, Manuals (instructional materials), Manuscripts, Membership cards, Notebooks, Notes, Photographs, Printed ephemera, Receipts, Scrapbooks, Yearbooks

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Correspondence, diaries, and manuscripts of Eleanor Shipp Johnson from circa 1900s-1940s. The correspondence includes letters written by Anna Cogswell Wood in Florence and Montreux during the 1920s and letters from various publishers either accepting or rejecting Johnson's manuscripts for publication, roughly from 1900-1935. Johnson's notebooks and loose manuscripts contain materials that appear to be primarily written by her; many of these literary works portray racial stereotypes of African Americans. The collection also includes a diary of her trip to Europe in 1925 and diaries with brief daily entries from 1938-1943.

Biographical Note

Eleanor Virginia Shipp Johnson was born on October 24, 1861 or 1863 in Norfolk, Virginia. She married Robert Johnson on November 10, 1885 in Norfolk, Virginia. Johnson wrote anecdotes, jokes, sketches, stories, poems, and other literary works, many of which appeared in publications such as Harper's Weekly and Youth's Companion in the 1900s-1920s. Johnson compiled the booklet Norfolk, Its Historical Features. She was also the mother of local notable writers Josephine Johnson and Julia Johnson Davis. Johnson died on March 8, 1947 in Norfolk, Virginia and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Norfolk, Virginia.

Subject/Index Terms

Women authors, American--20th century

Administrative Information

Repository: Sargeant Memorial Collection

Access Restrictions: This collection is open to all researchers.

Use Restrictions: The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Acquisition Source: Unknown

Preferred Citation: Eleanor Shipp Johnson Papers, MSS 0000-451, Sargeant Memorial Collection, Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk, Virginia.

Processing Information: Processed June 12, 2020.


Box and Folder Listing


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[Box 1: Correspondence, 1881-1939],
[Box 2: Correspondence / Manuscripts, 1876-1946],
[Box 3: Diaries / Scrapbook, 1873-1943],
[Box 4: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1903-1954],
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Box 1: Correspondence, 1881-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Correspondence, David to "Dear Cousin Joe", 1881 May 8Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, Louise Collier Willcox to Eleanor Shipp Johnson, circa 1900Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Correspondence, Editor of The Smart Set to E. V. Johnson, Esq., 1901-1905Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Correspondence, Anna Cogswell Wood to Eleanor Shipp Johnson, circa 1918-1933Add to your cart.
Dated letters sent from Florence, Italy.
Folder 5: Correspondence, Anna Cogswell Wood to Eleanor Shipp Johnson, circa 1920sAdd to your cart.
Undated letters sent from Florence, Italy.
Folder 6: Correspondence, Anna Cogswell Wood to Eleanor Shipp Johnson, circa 1920sAdd to your cart.
Undated letters sent from Montreux.
Folder 7: Correspondence, General, 1891-1898Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Correspondence, General, 1905Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Correspondence, General, 1906Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Correspondence, General, 1907Add to your cart.
Folder 11: Correspondence, General, 1908Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Correspondence, General, 1909Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Correspondence, General, 1910-1911Add to your cart.
Folder 14: Correspondence, General, 1912-1918Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Correspondence, General, 1920-1929Add to your cart.
Folder 16: Correspondence, General, 1930-1939Add to your cart.
Box 2: Correspondence / Manuscripts, 1876-1946Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Correspondence, General, 1941-1946Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Correspondence, General, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 3: Envelopes, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 4: Notebook, "The Apples of the Hesperides", undatedAdd to your cart.
Notebook 1 of 8.
Folder 5: Notebook, "Published Anecdotes of Darkies", circa 1900-1920sAdd to your cart.
Notebook 2 of 8.
Folder 6: Notebook, Impressions and Quotations, undatedAdd to your cart.
Notebook 3 of 8.
Folder 7: Notebooks, Manuscripts, undatedAdd to your cart.
Notebooks 4 and 5 of 8.
Folder 8: Notebook, Manuscripts, undatedAdd to your cart.
Notebook 6 of 8.
Folder 9: Notebook, Manuscripts, undatedAdd to your cart.
Notebook 7 of 8.
Folder 10: Notebook, Manuscripts, undatedAdd to your cart.
Notebook 8 of 8.
Folder 11: Manuscripts, Titled Anecdotes, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 12: Manuscripts, Untitled Anecdotes, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 13: Notes on Scraps of Paper, undatedAdd to your cart.
Folder 14: Autograph Book, 1876-1900Add to your cart.
Box 3: Diaries / Scrapbook, 1873-1943Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Diary, Josephine Whitehurst Shipp, 1873 April 14 - October 29Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Diary, Eleanor Shipp Johnson, 1925 June 25 - July 27Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Diaries, Eleanor Shipp Johnson, 1938-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Diaries, Eleanor Shipp Johnson, 1940-1941Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Diaries, Eleanor Shipp Johnson, 1942-1943Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Scrapbook, circa 1900s-1930sAdd to your cart.
Box 4: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1903-1954Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Yearbook, The Pleiades, Volume 1, Leache-Wood Seminary, 1903Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Booklets, Leache-Wood Alumnae, 1905/1906, 1906/1913Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Booklets, Irene Leache Memorial, 1937-1938, 1945Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Certificates, 1904, 1907Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Checks and Receipts, 1920-1944Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Checks and Invoices, Membership for The Country Club, Norfolk, Virginia, 1920-1925Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Membership Cards, The Woman's Club of Norfolk, 1928-1931Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Manual, Air Raid Precautions in the Metropolitan Borough of Lambeth, 1935-1939Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Photograph, Unidentified Grocer in a Grocery Store, 1954 August 2Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Printed Materials, circa 1920s-1940sAdd to your cart.
Folder 11: Clippings, circa 1911-1943Add to your cart.

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Correspondence, 1881-1939],
[Box 2: Correspondence / Manuscripts, 1876-1946],
[Box 3: Diaries / Scrapbook, 1873-1943],
[Box 4: Miscellaneous Personal Papers, 1903-1954],
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