Burges and Constance Johnson family papers, ca. 1895-1963.

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Burges and Constance Johnson family papers, ca. 1895-1963.

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The papers contain information about the Johnson family as a whole. However, the bulk of the material relates to Burges Johnson; his wife, Constance Wheeler Johnson; their daughter, Miriam Jarvis Johnson Carreker; and many of Burges Johnson's professional acquaintances and personal friends. Materials relating to Burges Johnson's parents, brothers and sisters, and other children are also included.

17 record storage boxes, 2 archive boxes, 3 half archive boxes, 3 flat boxes, 2 wrapped packages (22 linear ft.)

Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College. Library

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Amherst College

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Founded in 1821, Amherst College developed out of the secondary school Amherst Academy. The college was originally suggested as an alternative to Williams College, which was struggling to stay open. Although Williams survived, Amherst was formed and diverged into its own institution....

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Burges Johnson (1877-1963) (AC 1899) was an editor, publisher writer of popular literature and college professor. He also wrote extensively on curriculum development in higher education. He taught at Vassar College (1915-1926), Syracuse University (1926-1935) and Union College (1935-1944). From the description of Johnson papers, 1894-1948. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 52218868 American author. From the description of Letter to E. Ording [manuscript], 1942 March...

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Amherst College. Class of 1899. Johnson.

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Syracuse university

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Burges Johnson (1877-1963) (AC 1899) was an editor, publisher writer of popular literature and college professor. He also wrote extensively on curriculum development in higher education. He taught at Vassar College (1915-1926), Syracuse University (1926-1935) and Union College (1935-1944). He was married to Constance Fuller Wheeler (1879-1955), a writer of children's books. From the description of Burges and Constance Johnson family papers, ca. 1895-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

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American author and humorist Gelett Burgess (1866-1951) was educated as an engineer and worked briefly for a railroad. He taught topographical drawing between 1891 and 1894 at the University of California, Berkeley until he lost his position after deliberately toppling a campus statue he found to be an eyesore. Burgess founded the Lark, a humour magazine based in San Francisco, published from 1895 to 1897. Burgess created nonsense rhymes and cartoons such as "The Purple Cow: Reflections on a Myt...