Helen Armstead-Johnson papers, 1942-1995.

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Helen Armstead-Johnson papers, 1942-1995.

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The Helen Armstead-Johnson Papers reflect some aspects of the personal life and professional career of this African-American theater historian and educator. The collection consists of personal papers, files from her teaching career, correspondence, lectures, writings, and research material. The Personal Papers series, 1931-1988 includes a copy of her master's thesis "A Semantic Analysis of [Joseph] McCarthy's Language (1955)." Of interest in the Teaching Career series is a subject file on the topic "Black English" and material pertaining to her teaching English and African-American theater history at York College (City University of New York). There are also letters requesting information about black theater history. Johnson's research relating to African-American entertainers overseas is reflected in correspondence with individuals in the Soviet Union, Australia and Austria. The series Professional Activities, 1960-1995 consists of information about lectures, consultancies, research grants, and conferences. The files also contain correspondence pertaining to her lectures on various aspects of African-American theater history, and copies of these lectures and conference papers. The Writings series 1954-1979 reflects Johnson's long-standing interest in black theater history and consists of copies of her published articles, as well as manuscript drafts of unpublished papers. Her adaptation of the libretto for In Dahomey and her production files form part of the series, along with material about the original production. Additionally, her early interest in Edmund Burke is documented with her lengthy manuscript, "Reform and Revolution in the Political Theory of Edmund Burke: His Interpretations of the English, American, and French Revolutions." The series Research Material, 1964-1984, consists of Johnson's handwritten notes, news clippings and writings by other researchers.

7.2 lin. ft. (6 record boxes, 1 archival box, 1 print box, 2 card file boxes)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114214

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Johnson, Helen A.

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Helen Armstead-Johnson (1920-2006) was an English professor and the founder/director of the Armstead-Johnson Foundation for Theater Research, whose purpose was to collect, preserve, document and exhibit African-American contributions to the American stage. Johnson spent her professional life as an educator, primarily at the college level, and taught for 23 years at York College, City University of New York, until her retirement in 1990. From the description of Helen Armstead-Johnson ...

Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797

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Private secretary to the British prime minister Rockingham who opposed British policies in America. From the description of ALS, 1775 January 12 : Westminister, to the Marquis of Rockingham. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 14283720 English statesman and orator. From the description of Autograph letter in the third person : [n.p.], to Sir Peter Burrell, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858706 From the description of Autogr...

McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957

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Armstead-Johnson Foundation for Theater Research

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The Armstead-Johnson Foundation for Theater Research was established in 1974 by theater historian Helen Armstead-Johnson for the purpose of collecting, preserving, documenting and exhibiting the history of African-American contributions to the American stage. The Foundation was supported financially by Dr. Johnson from her university salary, lectures and exhibition fees, and with a few small grants and modest private donations. Theatrical history from slavery to the 1980...