Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Adelaide Johnson papers, 1873-1947 |
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| Span Dates | 1873-1947 |
| ID No. | MSS27821 |
| Creator | Johnson, Adelaide, 1859-1955 |
| Extent | 40,000 items |
| Extent | 130 containers |
| Extent | 55.6 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012121 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm79027821 |
| Summary | Sculptor and suffragist. Family and general correspondence, diaries, speeches, articles, notes, and other papers concerning Johnson's life and activities as sculptor and feminist. Documents her work on the monument to Susan B. Anthony, Lucretia Mott, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, now located in the crypt of the United States Capitol. Also includes records of sittings by Susan B. Anthony, John Burroughs, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and others of whom she created portrait busts. |