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Preferred Citation:

Helen L. Johnson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally described in July 2009. Arrangement and finding aid by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC Staff, in September 2009.

Biographical Information:

During the late 1920s and the 1930s, Helen L. Johnson was a preacher and missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society. At one point she was also the national organizer of young people's work of that same society. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

Papers of Helen L. Johnson, circa 1925-1940, covering her activities with the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society. Materials include letters addressed to Johnson, photographs, programs, fliers, prayers and religious songs and other ephemera of a religious nature. Geographic areas covered include Ohio, Pennsylvania, Nebraska, and New York State.

Arrangement of Materials:

This collection is organized into four series: Programs and Publications; Correspondence; Photographs; and Ephemera.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Hymns
• Methodist Episcopal Church. Woman's Home Missionary Society
• Missionaries--United States--20th century
• Pamphlets
• Photographs
• Plays (document genre)
• Prayers
• Printed ephemera
• Programs
• Religious texts
• Women missionaries--United States