Arlien Johnson papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher Arlien Johnson (1894-1988). These include correspondence, photographs and photo albums, awards and medals, studies and surveys, membership cards, newspapers and newspaper clippings, newsletters, reports, course notes and outlines, bibliographies, personal papers and records, social work journals, oral history papers, research, and more. Johnson was the founding Director of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington from 1934 to 1939 and Dean of the University of Southern California School of Social Work from 1939 until 1959.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1920s-1970s
Creator
- Johnson, Arlien (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Biographical / Historical
Arlien Johnson (1894-1988) was an American social work educator and researcher. She was the founding Director of the School of Social Work at the University of Washington from 1934 to 1939 and Dean of the University of Southern California School of Social Work from 1939 until 1959. Johnson also was President of the National Conference of Social Work in 1947 and chaired the Fulbright Commission’s American Social Work Team in a study of social services in Great Britain. The Los Angeles Times named Johnson one of the "women of the year" in 1947 for her work.
Extent
4.688 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher Arlien Johnson (1894-1988).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ruth Britton, February 1998.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Johnson, Arlien -- Archives (Person)
- University of Southern California. School of Social Work -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Arlien Johnson papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated.
- Date
- 2022 March
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Special Collections Repository
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0189 United States
specol@usc.edu