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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79027821
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Adelaide Johnson, sculptor and suffragist, were given to the Library of Congress by her niece, Romola Johnson Cristal, in 1962. Additional material was given by David and Margaret Henderson in 1981 and by Cristal in 1984.
The papers of Adelaide Johnson were arranged and described in 1963 and expanded in 1986. The finding aid was revised in 2012.
Photographs, a watercolor, pencil drawings, and printed matter have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Adelaide Johnson Papers.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Adelaide Johnson is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of Adelaide Johnson are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Adelaide Johnson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Adelaide Johnson (1859-1959) span the years 1873-1947 and consist of diaries, family and general correspondence, speeches and articles, miscellaneous notes, and other material. The collection is organized into five series: Diaries, General Correspondence, Speeches and Articles File, Miscellany, and Addition.
The papers are rich in detail concerning Johnson's life and activities as a sculptor and feminist. Most prominently covered among her pieces of sculpture is the monument to the three suffrage leaders, Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, executed in Carrara, Italy, over a period of twenty years for eventual display in the crypt of the United States Capitol Building. Included in the Speeches and Articles file is a record of portrait sittings by Susan B. Anthony, John Burroughs, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and others. Correspondents include Susan B. Anthony, Lily Biedler, Arthur Brisbane, T. Campbell-Copeland, Edith M. Ferris, Helen H. Gardener, Agnes Hall, Gena R. Harding, Ida Husted Harper, Elizabeth Hale Falkner Murphy, Emmeline Pankhurst, Alice Paul, Cora L. V. Richmond, May Robson, Henry Rogers, May Wright Sewall, Helen L. Sumners, Emma Cecilia Thursby, Sara Carr Upton, and Henry G. Whitney.
The family correspondence in the Addition series is divided into three parts: letters between Adelaide and her husband, those with her family, and some with her husband's family in England. Because her marriage to Alexander Frederick Jenkins was characterized by long separations, she living in her Washington, D.C., studio and traveling frequently to Europe in reference to her art, he working and living at various times in New York, Hartford, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and London, their relationship is strongly documented in the papers. The Johnson family correspondence includes several letters from Adelaide's mother, Margaret Huff Hendrickson Johnson. The bulk, however, rests with her brother Charles and sister Elizabeth, Mrs. John Dickerman, with some, as well, from their spouses and children. Most letters relating to the Jenkins family are from Alexander's mother, Lydia S. Jenkins, and his brother Leonard.
This collection is arranged in five series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79027821
Diaries in bound volumes and loose sheets.
Arranged chronologically within the two groups.
Letters received by Johnson as well as drafts of numerous letters dispatched by her.
Arranged chronologically.
Speeches and articles.
Speeches are arranged chronologically and articles alphabetically by title. A record of portrait sittings is filed at the end.
Notes by Johnson, also biographical and financial papers, mostly bills and receipts, and names and addresses of her acquaintances.
Arranged by type of material.
Family papers, including letters of Adelaide Johnson and Alexander Frederick Johnson, the Johnson family, and Jenkins family; general correspondence, mainly of letters received with some drafts of replies; and miscellany, including addresses, calling cards, financial papers, notes, printed matter, and clippings.
Organized by type of material.