urn:taro:utexas.hrc.01418.Robert Underwood
JohnsonFinding aid created by Joan SSibley and Richard
WorkmanHarry Ransom Center, 2020Finding aid encoded by Richard Workman, 17 November
2020Finding aid written in English.Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Collection Summary
Johnson, Robert Underwood,
1853-1937Robert Underwood Johnson
Collection1841-1964,
undated
Manuscript Collection
MS-02206
58 document boxes, 1 card box, 1 oversize box (osb) (24.78 linear feet), 1 oversize
folder (osf), 1 galley folder (gf)Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin Manuscript writings, extensive
correspondence, and other records reflect the many activities of the American author, editor
of Century Magazine, and poet Robert Underwood Johnson. Johnson’s work with the American
Copyright League, American Poets’ Ambulances in Italy, and the Italian War Relief Fund are
documented, along with his conservation advocacy (Sierra Club), and his friendships with
persons in a variety of fields, such as John Muir, Ignace Jan Paderewski, Tommaso Salvini,
and Nikola Tesla.English, French, German
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