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The Papers of Herbert Johnson, 1926-1977, MSS 82-4 MSS.82.4 The Papers of Herbert Johnson, 1926-1977, MSS 82-4

The Papers of Herbert Johnson, 1926-1977, MSS 82-4 MSS.82.4

The Papers of Herbert Johnson, 1926-1977, MSS 82-4


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Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

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Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Identification
MSS.82.4
Title
The Papers of Herbert Johnson 1926-1977
URL:
https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/137542
Quantity
.3 Linear Feet, 1 box
Creator
Johnson, Herbert, 1901-1976
Language
English .
Abstract
Small collection of correspondence between Herbert Johnson, Law '27 and the University of Virginia School of Law and the Law School Alumni Association.

Administrative Information

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Mrs. Cornelia Staley Johnson donated these papers in the fall of 1982.

Biographical / Historical

Herbert Johnson was born in Conyers, Georgia, on 15 June 1901. He graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1927, and was a member of the "celebrated class of 1927." He served as the Atlanta Bar Delegate to the American Bar, where he served on the Committee on Professional Ethics (1955-64), advisory board of the Bar Journal (1961-1966), and on the Committee on Condemnation Law (1960-1965). He was a delegate at the International Law Conference in Oslo (1956) and in Dublin (1968). He was also member of the Inter-American Bar Associations, the Atlanta Legal Aid Society, the Atlanta Lawyers Foundation and the American Judicature Society, the Selden Society International Association of Jurists, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, World Peace Through Law, American Bar Foundation, trustee of the Atlanta Historical Society, director of the English Speaking Union of the United States, and the Atlanta Committee on Foreign relations. Mr. Johnson was active in alumni activities for fifty years. He died 1 November 1976.

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of correspondence between Mr. Johnson and law professors Hardy C. Dillard, Frederick D. G. Ribble, John Rictchie III, T. Munford Boyd, Dean Monrad Paulsen, UVA President  next hit Colgate M. Darden, Law School Foundation, and law alumni.

There is also some memorabilia and letters to Cornelia Stacey Johnson.

It was donated in four installments from 1982-1984.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Boyd, Thomas Munford, 1899-1985
  • Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981
  • Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982
  • Johnson, Herbert, 1901-1976
  • Paulsen, Monrad G., 1918-1980
  • Ribble, Frederick D. G., 1898-1970
  • Ritchie, John, III, 1904-1988
  • letters (correspondence)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Boyd, Thomas Munford, 1899-1985
  • Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981
  • Dillard, Hardy Cross, 1902-1982
  • Johnson, Herbert, 1901-1976
  • Paulsen, Monrad G., 1918-1980
  • Ribble, Frederick D. G., 1898-1970
  • Ritchie, John, III, 1904-1988
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Mixed Materials [35007008146262] MSS 82-4, Box 1
Correspondence and professional memorabilia – Correspondence between Johnson and University of Virginia law professors Hardy C. Dillard, Frederick D. G. Ribble, John Ritchie III, T. Munford Boyd, Dean Monrad Paulsen, UVA previous hit President Colgate M. Darden and law alumni re alumni issues. Included are letters from Mr. Johnson suggesting a fund drive for air conditioning in the library (1956); and many others relating to numerous gifts to the Law School and the Law School Foundation. Also correspondence with the Law School Foundation and alumni related to Law Day. 1964 Program for the Seventh Law Day and Johnson's remarks; Law School Association newsletters, invitations, etc. and The University of Virginia A Century and Half of Innovation, Edgar F. Shannon Sesquicentennial Address delivered at a National Meeting of the Newcomen Society in North America held in New York City, January 23, 1969
1947-1977
Mixed Materials [35007008146262] MSS 82-4, Box 1
Correspondence and Memorabilia re Law School and Atlanta law practice – Statement of Herbert Johnson before the Senate Foreign Relations Sub-Committee Hearing on March 17, 1955; "A Plea for Scientific Study if the Causes of Motor Vehicular Collisions in Atlanta and for the Legislative and Executive Branches of our City Government to Stop Interfering with the Judiciary; memorabilia from the Union Internationale des Avocats (n.d., 1955-56); ABA The Fellows (1958-59, 1971-73); E. J. Montini, Propos sus la recherché de la prevue en matiere judiciare, Paris n.d., 7 p.; certificates, copies of speeches
1926-1969
Scope and Contents

(2 folders)

Mixed Materials [35007008146262] MSS 82-4, Box 1
Law School Memorabilia: Program Inter-Society Debate, Minor Hall, January 24, 1925; College Topics, January 26, 1925; Ethics – Spring – Term – 1926 notes; Phi Delta Phi Exposée, Cabell Hall, April 9, 1926; The Wesley Club Annual Banquet Menu, 1924, 1927, n.d.; The Annual Phi Delta Phi Phantasy, Cabell Hall, April 22, 1927; University of Virginia Finals, 1928; "The Meaning of Honor", by T. Munford Boyd, 1950
1925-1928, 1950
Mixed Materials [35007008146262] MSS 82-4, Box 1
Letters to Cornelia Staley Johnson after the death of her husband Herbert (Pete) Johnson
1976-1977