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She began writing in 1893, and\n         her novel, \n          Prisoner of Hope, which appeared\n         in 1898, was her first publication. \n         Houghton, Mifflin and Co. published her\n         novels until she changed to \n         Harpers in 1918; in 1922 she moved to \n         Little-Brown and Co. Her literary agent\n         was \n         Carl Brandt. \n         Mary Johnston published twenty-three\n         novels--the earlier ones such as \n          To Have and To Hold, Audrey, Sir Mortimer, Lewis Rand, and  \n          The Long Roll  were the most\n         popular--one play, \n          The Goddess of Reason;  one\n         historical work, \n          The Pioneers of the Old\n         South;  and numerous short stories.","In addition to her literary and feminist activities, \n         Mary Johnston was a self-declared pacifist\n         in World War I and worked for peace through various\n         organizations. She also had a great interest in socialism,\n         although she never joined the \n         Socialist Party. In later years she\n         studied theosophy with much enthusiasm."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePapers of Mary Johnston, Accession #3588, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Papers of Mary Johnston, Accession #3588, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.\n"],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Papers of Mary Johnston consists of ca. 4000 items, including correspondence (both personal and professional), literary manuscripts, dramatic adaptations, diaries, accounts and cashbooks, photographs, speeches and news clippings.\n\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content\n"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Papers of Mary Johnston consists of ca. 4000 items, including correspondence (both personal and professional), literary manuscripts, dramatic adaptations, diaries, accounts and cashbooks, photographs, speeches and news clippings.\n"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eSee the \n            \u003cextref type=\"simple\" href=\"https://www.library.virginia.edu/policies/use-of-materials\"\u003e\n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy.\u003c/extref\u003e\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions\n"],"userestrict_tesim":["See the \n             \n            University of Virginia Library’s use policy."],"language_ssim":["English\n"],"total_component_count_is":423,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:55:31.436Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00040_c06_c21"}},{"id":"viu_viu00040_c06","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Accounts","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00040_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00040_c06","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00040_c06"],"id":"viu_viu00040_c06","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00040","_root_":"viu_viu00040","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00040","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00040","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00040"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00040"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Papers of Mary Johnston"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Papers of Mary Johnston"],"text":["Papers of Mary Johnston","Accounts"],"title_filing_ssi":"Accounts","title_ssm":["Accounts"],"title_tesim":["Accounts"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Accounts"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Papers of Mary Johnston"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":21,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":302,"_nest_path_":"/components#5","timestamp":"2026-05-21T12:55:31.436Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00040","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00040","_root_":"viu_viu00040","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00040","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00040.xml","title_ssm":["Papers of Mary Johnston"],"title_tesim":["Papers of Mary Johnston"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["3588"],"text":["3588","Papers of Mary Johnston","This collection consists of ca. 4000 items.","There are no restrictions.\n","The correspondence with family, friends, agents, and\n         publishers has been arranged alphabetically by the\n         correspondents; this correspondence comprises the first seven\n         boxes. 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She began writing in 1893, and\n         her novel, \n          Prisoner of Hope, which appeared\n         in 1898, was her first publication. \n         Houghton, Mifflin and Co. published her\n         novels until she changed to \n         Harpers in 1918; in 1922 she moved to \n         Little-Brown and Co. Her literary agent\n         was \n         Carl Brandt. \n         Mary Johnston published twenty-three\n         novels--the earlier ones such as \n          To Have and To Hold, Audrey, Sir Mortimer, Lewis Rand, and  \n          The Long Roll  were the most\n         popular--one play, \n          The Goddess of Reason;  one\n         historical work, \n          The Pioneers of the Old\n         South;  and numerous short stories.","In addition to her literary and feminist activities, \n         Mary Johnston was a self-declared pacifist\n         in World War I and worked for peace through various\n         organizations. 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