Guide to the Andrew William Johnson Jr. Papers MSS.2356
Johnson, Andrew William, Jr.
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
February 2009
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2011-12-16T08:44-0600
- Language Usage:
English
- Description Rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Andrew William Johnson Jr. Papers
- Unit ID:
MSS.2356
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.4 Linear feet (photographs, journals, correspondence, and dog tags)
- Dates:
1940-1949
- Abstract:
Correspondence, photographs, diary, books, stationery set, newspaper clippings, and dog tags of Andrew William Johnson Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1940s, before and after he was in the Army.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Andrew William Johnson Jr. Papers, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Biographical/Historical note
Andrew William Johnson Jr. was born on 10 October 1909 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Andrew W. Johnson and Mary Plenge Johnson. He was a private (later corporal) in the Army during World War II, but was stationed at the Headquarters and Headquarter Companies of the 1534th and 1560th Service Command Units at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Camp Atterbury in Indiana throughout the war. He worked for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company after the war. He died on 10 June 1981.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains correspondence, photographs, a diary, books, stationery set, newspaper clippings, dog tags and other items of Andrew William Johnson Jr. of Louisville, Kentucky, during the 1940s while he was in the Army. There is a handmade memento booklet with poems and newspaper articles inserted, and both the diary and daybook have newspaper clippings inside. The folder of photographs is mainly of Johnson and what appears to be the women of his family (mother, grandmother, aunt?). There are group photos of military units of which Johnson was a part.
- Processing Information:
Processed by
Martha Bace, 2010
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Donated by Wade Hall, 2006
Correspondence Box 2356.001 Folder 1
Photographs Box 2356.001 Folder 2
Diary and Daybook Box 2356.001 Folder 3
Miscellaneous Military Items ("How to Hatch a Nest Egg," War Department Pamphlet No. 21-19; mailing label from Pvt. Andrew W. Johnson, to Mrs. Mamie L. Johnson; two dog tags on string) Box 2356.001 Folder 4
Stationery set (includes letterhead, envelopes and address booklet in a padded folio) Box 2356.001 Folder 5
Handmade Memento Booklet Box 2356.001 Folder 6