Inventory of the Herschel Vespasian Johnson Papers, 1910-1969

Collection Number 3755


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Related Material
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
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Descriptive 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.


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Administrative 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.
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Online 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.
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Related Material

Herschel V. Johnson Papers (ms65-115), Harry S. Truman Library, Independence, Mo.
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Biographical Note

United States foreign service officer whose career, 1921-1953, included posts in Europe, Latin America, and with the United Nations.

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Collection 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.