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Allen Johnson papers

 Collection
Identifier: M098

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains travel notes from India, one-act plays, speeches, and lectures written by Allen Johnson. It also contains a manuscript of "A History of the American People." Also includes press clippings and ephemera related to the life and teachings of Professor Johnson.

Dates

  • Creation: 1870 - 1929

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Professor Allen Johnson (1870-1931) was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. He graduated from Amherst College in 1892 before going abroad and studying in Leipzig and Paris. After receiving his doctorate from Columbia University in 1899, he began teaching political science and history. He first worked at Grinnell (1898-1905), Bowdoin College (1905-1910), and finally Yale (1910-1926). His books include Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics (1908), Readings in American Constitutional History, 1776–1876 (1912), Union and Democracy (1915), The Historian and Historical Evidence (1926), and Readings in Recent American Constitutional History, 1876–1926 (1927). He was also editor of the Dictionary of American Biography and of Yale University Press' 50-volume Chronicles of America series. He was married and had one son. He died when he was hit by a car in Washington D.C.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains travel notes from India, one-act plays, speeches, and lectures written by Allen Johnson.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the Allen Johnson Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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