Evelyn Bryan Johnson papers, 1930-2002.

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Evelyn Bryan Johnson papers, 1930-2002.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/213413141

Contains newsclippings, magazine articles, and a number of publications documenting her career as a pilot as well as the field of aviation.

13 linear feet.

East Tennessee State University, TET

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SNAC Resource ID: 7008713

East Tennessee State University, TET

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Morristown Flying Service.

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Johnson, Evelyn Bryan, 1908-2012

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Evelyn Bryan Johnson, nicknamed (Mama Bird,) was born in Corbin, Kentucky on November 4, 1908. Evelyn graduated from Tennessee Wesleyan College in 1929 and took a job teaching sixth grade at North Etowah Grammar School. Evelyn married her first husband, Wyatt Jennings Bryan (W.J.), on March 21, 1931. Evelyn and her husband opened a dry cleaning business, College Cleaners, in 1933. W.J. enlisted in the military in 1941. It was during World War II that Evelyn took up flyin...