%eadnotat; ]> 5078jofa Emily Cooper Johnson Family Papers, 1884-1964 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1967 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, May 2002. ENG Emily Cooper Johnson Family Papers, 1884-1964 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1967 Descriptive Summary Family Papers, 1884-1964 RG 5/078 Emily Cooper Johnson (1885-1966.) 1 box; 0.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081-1399
Phone: (610) 328-8496 FAX: (610) 690-5728 For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog Emily Cooper Johnson was a Quaker author and reformer, born 1885 and died 1966 The collection contains correspondence, articles, reviews, and other papers, relating to Johnson's books, Dean Bond of Swarthmore: A Quaker Humanist (1927), and Under Quaker Appointment: The Life of Jane P. Rushmore (1955); together with business and financial papers, family marriage certificates, reference materials, clippings, and photos. BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL

Emily Cooper Johnson was a Quaker author, peace activist, and social reformer. She was born in 1885 in Camden, New Jersey. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1907 and studied at the Pennsylvania Academcy of the Fine ARts. She married Edwin J. Johnson in 1915 under the care of Haddonfield Monthly Meeting..

Emily Cooper Johnson revised and updated her father's book, Historical Sketch of Camden, co-edited The Children's Story Caravan, and wrote a biographies of Elizabeth Powell Bond and Jane Rushmore, and edited Jane Addams: A Centennial Reader. She was active in the American Friends Service Committee and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, where she served as president. She died April 11, 1966.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT

The collection contains correspondence, articles, reviews, and other papers, relating to Johnson's books, Dean Bond of Swarthmore: A Quaker Humanist (1927), and Under Quaker Appointment: The Life of Jane P. Rushmore (1955); together with The collection contains correspondence, articles, reviews, and other papers, relating to Johnson's books, Dean Bond of Swarthmore: A Quaker Humanist (1927), and Under Quaker Appointment: The Life of Jane P. Rushmore (1955); together with business and financial papers, family marriage certificates, reference materials, clippings, and photos.

 Arrangement

The collection is divided into four series:

Correspondence Business and financial Pictures Miscellaneous ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Accession information

Donor: Emily Cooper Johnson, ca. 1965

The collection was given by Emily Cooper Johnson, who also donated the Cooper Family Papers, RG5/031 in 1959-1962.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], RG 5/078, Emily Cooper Johnson Papers, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

 Processing information

Unprocessed when received. Sorted and described, marriage certificates transferred to FHL Marriage Certificates. Some obituaries and related material in Johnson's clippings file transfered to PG 7, Biographical and genealogical reference files for access.

The following marriage certificates from the collection were transferred to FHL Marriage Certificates:

Howard M. Cooper to Lucy Smith, 4/22/1884, Race Street Monthly Meeting. Edwin James John and Emily Smyth Cooper, 5/8/1915, Haddonfield Monthly Meeting. Related Material

See also:

Cooper Family Papers, RG 5/031

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when applicable.

Authors, American Women authors, American. Reviews (Criticism) Biography. Quakers -- United States. Universities and colleges -- Pennsylvania. Women, Quaker -- United States. Pennsylvania -- Education -- Universities and colleges. Swarthmore (Pa.) -- Education Universities and colleges. Bond, Elizabeth Powell, 1841-1926. Rushmore, Jane P. (Jane Peter), 1864-1958. Swarthmore College Johnson, Emily Cooper, Dean Bond of Swarthmore. Johnson, Emily Cooper, Under Quaker Appointment. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. Correspondence Letters concerning publication of Dean Bond of Swarthmore 1 Letters concerning publication of Under Quaker Appointment 1 General Corresponence Ser. 2. Business and Financial Various business and Financial papers 1 Ser. 3. Pictures Pictures used to illustrate Dean Bond of Swarthmore and snapshots of Jane Rushmore 1 Ser. 4. Miscellaneous Reference material 1 Clippings, primarily concerning her publications 1