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Frances Benjamin Johnston papers, 1855-1956

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BOX 27 REEL 21 Speeches and Writings File, 1907-1946
Manuscripts, typescripts, galley proofs, notes and drafts of material, with some printed matter.
Arranged chronologically.
BOX 27 REEL 21 Miscellaneous articles, probably unpublished, 1907
“In Yesterday's Gardens,” lecture with accompanying captions, circa 1925
Captions for Town and Country, illustrations, (by estate name or owner), circa 1926-1927
“A-W” miscellaneous
(2 folders)
Notes and related material
On why Johnston has achieved success, Quota Club, [Washington, D.C.?], informal talk, 20 Feb. 1936
On Johnston architectural survey exhibit at National History Museum, Washington, D.C., WRC, Washington, D.C., radio interview, 12 Feb. 1937
The Early Architecture of North Carolina, 1939-1941
Manuscript, introduction, part 4
(2 folders)
Waterman, Thomas Tileston, file
General
Miscellaneous, 1926, 1946
Miscellaneous drafts, undated
BOX 28-29 REEL 21-23 Financial Papers, 1890-1952
Bills, receipts, bank books, deposit slips, contracts, leases, insurance policies, mortgages, stock certificates, correspondence, and related material.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
BOX 28 REEL 21-22 Bills and receipts, 1890-1952, undated
(5 folders)
Canceled checks, 1932, 1945
Contracts, insurance policies, leases, mortgages, and stock certificates
1893-1937
(2 folders)
BOX 29 REEL 22-23 1940-1951
Hagan, Cornelia Benjamin, trust, correspondence relating to, 1927-1951
(2 folders)
Income tax returns, 1923-1943
(3 folders)
Income tax returns, correspondence and miscellany, 1942-1952
Real estate file, correspondence
1132 Bourbon St., New Orleans, La., 1945-1951
1438 Euterpe St., New Orleans, La., 1950-1952
2313 M St., N.W., Wash., D.C., 1942-1945
615 - 19th St., N.W., Wash., D.C., 1937-1939
3414 P St., N.W., Wash., D.C., 1933-1938
3416 P St., N.W., Wash., D.C., 1931-1939, undated
415 Wolfe St., Alexandria, Va., 1932
General, 1920-1940, undated
Miscellany, bank books and deposit slips, 1908-1952, undated
BOX 30-49 REEL 23-37 Miscellany, 1855-1951
Printed and near-print matter; newspaper clippings; account, address, appointment, autograph, and school examination books; lists, maps, notes, scrapbooks, drawings, correspondence; and related miscellany.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and mostly chronologically therein.
BOX 30 REEL 23 Account books
Address books
(3 folders)
Addresses, miscellaneous
BOX 31 REEL 23-24 Appointment books, 1895, 1897-1898
Art Students' League of Washington constitution and membership list
Articles about Johnston
“The Art of Photography: A Visit to the Studio of Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston,” by Susan Hunter, circa 1895
“Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston: America's Camera Laureate,” [1904]
“The Frame for the Camera,” by Julia Magruder, undated
Untitled, by Paul Willis, n.d
Miscellaneous, undated
Astrological file
BOX 32 REEL 24 Autograph book, 1895
Awards and certificates
Book, The Country Life Press, autographed copy
Calling cards
Card index of Johnston's garden book collection
Civil War service certificates of Pennsylvania soldiers
A-B
BOX 33 REEL 24-25 C-T
(8 folders)
BOX 34 REEL 25-26 V-Z
Drawings, posters, reprints, illustrations
Genealogy of Johnston (Craig, Brown, Clark, Thorne, and Johnston families)
Greeting cards, invitations, notes of condolence
(2 folders)
BOX 35 REEL 26-27 Hagan, Cornelia Benjamin
Address book
Correspondence, 1873-1927, undated
Diary, 1918-1920, 1925
Will, 1923
High school examination booklets
1879-1882
(5 folders)
BOX 36 REEL 27 1883
Johnston, Frances Antoinette Benjamin
Correspondence, 1859-1910
Scrapbooks
1876-1878
(3 folders)
BOX 37 REEL 27 1878-1888
Lists
Addresses
(2 folders)
Architectural survey, county lists (by state), Alabama.-Virginia
(2 folders)
Garden
American
English
French
General
Historical groups and portraits, 1899-1999
Original
BOX 38 REEL 28 Duplicate, with notations
Lecture schedule, 1916-1924
Prints of early Southern architecture, with exhibit arrangement table, 1944
Studio, including notebooks, 1895-1908
(5 folders)
BOX 39 REEL 28-29 Miscellaneous
(4 folders)
Maps, sketches, drawings
Newspaper clippings
About Johnston
1879-1899
(2 folders)
BOX 40 REEL 29-30 1900-1951
(6 folders)
Undated and fragments
Article by Johnston, “Gardens in City Environment,” New York Sun, 19 Dec. 1922
Concerning Kentucky trip, 1920 (notebook)
Miscellaneous
BOX 41 REEL 30 Miscellaneous
Notes
Architectural survey
Alabama-Maryland
(3 folders)
North Carolina (by county)
Alamance-Rutherford
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