Jim Johnson collection, 1942-1988.

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Jim Johnson collection, 1942-1988.

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Jim Johnson, former Arkansas State Senator and Supreme Court Judge, was the 1966 Democratic nominee for governor and a participant in many conservative campaigns and causes in Arkansas's political history. The papers in Johnson's manuscript collection pertain to the many political races of which he was a part, his service on the Supreme Court, and correspondence he received for over forty years. There are also records of his association with the White Citizens Councils of the 1950s and his 1970 campaign to recall Senator J. W. Fulbright. Because Judge Johnson did not keep copies of many of his own letters, with the exception of some of his campaigns, the collection primarily consists of letters to him. Most of his opinions and dissents as a Supreme Court justice are included. The collection also has quite a number of newspapers and periodicals that many would consider to be far-right wing.

60 cubic ft.

Arkansas History Commission, Department of Archives and History

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