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