Research Catalog
Robert Underwood Johnson papers
- Title
- Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1875-1937.
- Author
- Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Details
- Additional Authors
- Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933.
- Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931.
- Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924.
- Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909.
- Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881.
- Johnson, Owen, 1878-1952.
- Martin, Thomas Commerford, 1856-1924.
- Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948.
- Muir, John, 1838-1914.
- Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.
- American Academy of Arts and Letters.
- American Copyright League.
- Century Company.
- Keats-Shelley Memorial Association.
- Description
- 13 linear feet (12 boxes; 57 volumes).
- Summary
- The Robert Underwood Johnson papers document Johnson’s personal and professional life from 1875 until his death in 1937.
- Subjects
- Poets
- Editors
- Diplomats
- Scrapbooks
- Photographs
- Memoirs
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States > Foreign relations > Italy
- Italy > Foreign relations > United States
- Publishers and publishing
- Conservationists > United States
- Diplomatic and consular service, American > Italy
- Copyright > Societies, etc
- American poetry
- American literature
- Century magazine
- Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Scrapbooks.
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Source (note)
- Benjamin, Mary A.; Agnes Johnson Holden
- Biography (note)
- Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937) served on the staff of The Century Magazine from 1879 to 1913, eventually rising to the position of editor-in-chief.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 1575
- OCLC
- NYPW93-A331
- Author
- Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937.
- Title
- Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1875-1937.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Biography
- Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937) served on the staff of The Century Magazine from 1879 to 1913, eventually rising to the position of editor-in-chief. He was the American Ambassador to Italy from 1920-1921, and was active in the causes of nature conservation and copyright law. Johnson was a founding member of the American Copyright League and a published poet. His autobiography, Remembered Yesterdays, appeared in 1923.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Related collections include the Richard Watson Gilder Papers, the Richard Rogers Bowker Papers, the Century Company Records, the H. Nelson Gay Papers, and the J.G. Holland Papers; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.
- Finding Aids
- Finding aid available in repository and on internet: http://www.nypl.org/research/chss/spe/rbk/faids/johnsonru.pdf
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Diplomats.Editors.Poets.
- Added Author
- Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933.Cole, Timothy, 1852-1931.Egan, Maurice Francis, 1852-1924.Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909.Holland, J. G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881.Johnson, Owen, 1878-1952.Martin, Thomas Commerford, 1856-1924.Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith), 1856-1948.Muir, John, 1838-1914.Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930.American Academy of Arts and Letters.American Copyright League.Century Company.Keats-Shelley Memorial Association.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1575