Back to TopDescriptive Summary
- Repository
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
- Creator
- Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1894-1966.
- Title
- Herschel Vespasian Johnson Papers, 1910-1969.
- Call Number
- 3755
- Language of Materials
- Materials in English
- Extent
- About 7,200 items (13.0 linear feet).
Abstract United States foreign service officer whose career, 1921-1953, included posts in Europe, Latin America, and with the United
Nations. Family, social, and personal correspondence. About half of the letters are from Johnson to his mother in Charlotte,
N.C., describing his activities. Also included are clippings, speeches, photographs, daily journals and calendars of engagements,
press releases, and scrapbooks of Johnson's public and private life. Among Johnson's diplomatic posts were London, 1934-1941;
Stockholm, 1941-1946; and Rio de Janiero, 1948-1953.
Back to TopAdministrative Information
- Acquisitions Information
- Acquired 1966-1991
- Processing Information
- Processed by: SHC Staff
- Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
- Additional Descriptive Resources
- A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
- Preferred Citation
- [Identification of item], in the Herschel Vespasian Johnson Papers, #3755, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Copyright Notice
- Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright
law.
Back to TopOnline Catalog Headings
These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.
- Brazil--Politics and government--1930-1945.
- Charlotte (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
- Diaries.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--England--London.
- Diplomatic and consular service, American--Sweden--Stockholm.
- Diplomats--United States.
- Great Britain--Politics and government--20th century.
- Johnson, Herschel Vespasian, 1894-1966.
- London (England)--Description and travel.
- Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)--Description and travel.
- Scrapbooks.
- Stockholm (Sweden)--Description and travel.
- Sweden--Politics and government--1905-1950.
Back to TopRelated Material
Herschel V. Johnson Papers (ms65-115), Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo.
Back to TopBiographical Note
United States foreign service officer whose career, 1921-1953, included posts in Europe, Latin America, and with the United
Nations.
Back to TopCollection Overview
Family, social, and personal correspondence. About half of the letters are from Johnson to his mother in Charlotte, N.C.,
describing his activities. Also included are clippings, speeches, photographs, daily journals and calendars of engagements,
press releases, and scrapbooks of Johnson's public and private life. Among Johnson's diplomatic posts were London, 1934-1941;
Stockholm, 1941-1946; and Rio de Janiero, 1948-1953.
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