Guide to the Allen Johnson Papers, 1870-1929
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Allen Johnson Papers, George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine.
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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.
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.
Arranged alphabetically.
"Biography Old and New" the Cole Lecture in Brunswick, ME (12 May, 1930)
"Random Sketches": Prose and Verse
A History of the American People: Book 1: Old Europe and its People (Chapters 1-3)
A History of the American People: Book 2: Europe Discovers a New World (Chapters 4-7)
A History of the American People: Book 3: The Expansion of Europe (Chapters 8-12)
A History of the American People: Book 3: The Expansion of Europe (Chapters 13-17)
A History of the American People: Book 3: The Expansion of Europe (Chapters 18-20)
A History of the American People: Book 4: The Winning of American Independence (Chapters 21-28)
Addess Before AHA at the Washington Meeting (December 1928) and Address at Dinner, New York (November 13, 1928)
Autobiographical Sketch
Correspondence - Nov 19 1924 to Nov 26 1929
Lectures: "Three Representative Americans" by Allen Johnson 1. Thomas Jefferson: Revolutionist
Lectures: "Three Representative Americans" by Allen Johnson 2. Abraham Lincoln: Liberator
Lectures: "Three Representative Americans" by Allen Johnson 3. Woodrow Wilson: Peacemaker
Library of Congress Catalogue Cards
Miscellaneous items
Press Clippings and Reviews 1915-1926
Press Clippings and Reviews 1926-1927
Press Clippings and Reviews 1924 -1929
Press Clippings and Reviews 1928-1929
Speech Read at Dinner Given by Staff after Publication of First Volume at Cosmos Club (1928)
Speech Read at Throwbredges, 10 May 1929
Speech Read Before Alumni of Columbia University Department of History on 175th Aniversary of the University
The Newspaper as a Source
The Newspaper as a Source
The Newspaper as a Source
Travel Notes: India 1924
Travel Notes: India 1924
Travel Notes: India 1924
Two One-Act Plays : "[Untitled]"
Two One-Act Plays : "The Woman of Samaria" [typescript]
Two One-Act Plays : Handwritten Drafts and Misc. Items