John Thomas Johnson papers
Overview
John Thomas Johnson worked as a freelance reporter, primarily for the Topeka Capital-Journal, and as a stringer for Time magazine, the Wichita Eagle-Beacon, the Kansas City Star-Times, and United Press International. This collection includes notes compiled while he was reporting in Lawrence, Kansas, 1970, and outlines, notes, etc., for a proposed book to be jointly authored with James P. Girard. A later addition to the collection contains materials related to his work for Time-Life in El Salvador, Mexico City, Guatemala, and Belize, 1981-1994.
Dates
- Creation: 1970 - 1994
Creator
- Johnson, John Thomas, 1943- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Literary rights are retained by the donor. Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
3.25 Linear Feet (4 boxes, + 1 oversize folder)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
Johnson's notes cover roughly an eighteen month period, especially the civil disturbances during that time, in Lawrence in 1970. The proposed book would have treated incidents growing out of the death of a University of Kansas student, Harry N. Rice, during this period. A later addition to the collection contains materials related to his work for Time-Life in El Salvador, Mexico City, Guatemala, and Belize, 1981-1994.
Physical Location
RH MS 164
Physical Location
RH MS 1006
Physical Location
RH MS S20
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, John T. Johnson, 1974, 1998
Subject
- Dowdell, Rick D. (Person)
- Rice, Harry Nicholas (Person)
- Girard, James Preston, 1944- (Person)
- University of Kansas -- History (Organization)
- Kansas. Office of the Attorney General (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the John Thomas Johnson Collection
- Subtitle
- John Thomas Johnson papers
- Author
- lgg 12/7/74 ; mg 2004 ; revised by mrk, 2010.
- Date
- 2004
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid writtenin<language> English.</language>
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/7952218473
- Preferred citation
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John Thomas Johnson Collection, Kansas Collection, RH MS 164, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository