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Arthur B. Johnson papers

 Collection — Container: Box 1
Identifier: MG 559

Content Description

Arthur B Johnson collection is comprised of different materials he collected over the course of his career. Not only collected, but wrote in correspondence to government agencies, forestry departments, and local newspaper articles affiliated with western culture.

The collection begins with a variety of over 30 geographical maps of Northwest National Forests ranging from the 1960s to the 1990s. It then turns to three publications by Ralph Space titled The Clearwater History which recount the personal and collective history of the Clearwater region and people living in the area. Johnson’s personal opinions and responses to newspapers, articles, and government agencies (some of which were published). Then the collection ends with a variety of dated folders which contain Johnson’s notes of events happening during his career that he took interest in as well as articles which he authored and were later published.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950-2001

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Johnson recalls his time spent as a lookout during the summer of 1931, working for the U.S. Forest Service in the Slate Creek Ranger District on the St. Joe National Forest in northern Idaho.

In compiling the Arthur B Johnson collection Johnson collected publications from a local forestry supervisor Ralph S Space which were also stored in the Forest History Society. He attended the University of Idaho at Moscow, and graduated with honors and a bachelor's degree in forestry in 1925. He became the Clearwater National Forest Supervisor in 1954 until retiring in 1963. He was a former president of the Kiwanis Club at Orofino, and was active in the Boy Scouts both in Montana and Idaho.

Extent

1 cubic foot

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Topographic and Geographic maps, tourist maps, personal records, manuscripts, research materials, drafts of articles, miscellaneous correspondence, Ralph R. Space publications, telephone directory, newspaper articles and corresponding notes.

Arrangement

The Arthur B Johnson Collection was donated by himself and sorted and rehoused by Raffaella Sini and Alejandro Macias in the spring of 2023 during the course of HIST 501//ENGL 504 The Public and the Archive. We decided to organize the materials in this group by type. The geographic maps in the first series are arranged by region and then chronologically. Series two was comprised of Arthur B Johnson’s personal records. Series three with Ralph Space publications we placed in chronological order as well as Johnson’s newspaper articles and corresponding notes. Series four was a few telephone directories we placed together. The final series was newspaper articles and corresponding notes placed in chronological order.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Materials received from the Johnson Family by way of Dennis Baird in 2002 (MA 2002-08).

Title
Guide to Arthur B. Johnson papers
Author
Finding aid prepared by Raffaella Sini and Alejandro Macias, for HIST 501/ENGL 504 in Spring 2023
Date
2023
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository