PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::viu00040::Mary Johnston Papers)//EN" "viu00040.xml" A Guide to the Papers of Mary JohnstonJohnston, Mary, Papers 3588 Special Collections, University of Virginia Library © 2005 By the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia. All rights reserved.

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Machine-readable finding aid derived from WordPerfect. [Date of source: 1997. Description is in English. Feb 16, 2004 PUBLIC "-//University of Virginia::Library::Special Collections Dept.//TEXT (US::ViU::00040::Mary Johnston Papers)//EN" "ViU00040.sgm" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Feb 27, 2004 converted to conform to eadVIVA.dtd by vivastrict.xsl A Guide to the Papers of Mary Johnston A Collection in the Special Collections Department The University of Virginia Library 3588

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2005 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Papers of Mary Johnston 3588 This collection consists of ca. 4000 items. English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Papers of Mary Johnston, Accession #3588, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The Papers of Mary Johnston were deposited by Elizabeth Johnston November 1, 1960and became the property of the University of Virginia when she died.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Mary Johnston was born November 21, 1870 in Buchanan, Virginia to Elizabeth Alexander Johnston from Moorefield, West Virginia and John W. Johnston, lawyer and railway executive, of Botetourt County, Virginia. Mary Johnston, the oldest of six children, was followed by Eloise Johnston, Anne Johnston, John Johnston, Walter Johnston, and Elizabeth Johnston; the first and last two siblings lived most of their adult lives with Mary Johnston until her death, and they are mentioned frequently in these papers.

The family moved to Birmingham, Alabama in 1886 and, except for a brief period spent in New York City around 1893 remained in Birmingham until 1902 when they moved to Richmond, Virginia. Elizabeth Alexander Johnston died in 1889 soon after the birth of her last child. John W. Johnston, a Confederate soldier and cousin to General Joseph E. Johnston, died in 1905, and soon thereafter Mary Johnston became critically ill, hovering close to death for nearly a year. Although she recovered and lived until 1936, she was plagued with horrible headaches and ill health most of her life. In 1912 Mary Johnston and Eloise Johnston bought land and built a home, "Three Hills," in Warm Springs, Virginia; this remained the Johnston family home until Elizabeth Johnston's death in the 1960's.

Mary Johnston was not formally educated but apparently did a great deal of undirected reading in her youth, particularly of literature, history, philosophy, and science. She loved nature and, as a young adult, travelled frequently in Europe. She began writing in 1893, and her novel, Prisoner of Hope,which appeared in 1898, was her first publication. Houghton, Mifflin and Co. published her novels until she changed to Harpers in 1918; in 1922 she moved to Little-Brown and Co. Her literary agent was Carl Brandt. Mary Johnston published twenty-three novels--the earlier ones such as To Have and To Hold,Audrey,Sir Mortimer,Lewis Rand,and The Long Roll were the most popular--one play, The Goddess of Reason; one historical work, The Pioneers of the Old South; and numerous short stories.

In addition to her literary and feminist activities, Mary Johnston was a self-declared pacifist in World War I and worked for peace through various organizations. She also had a great interest in socialism, although she never joined the Socialist Party. In later years she studied theosophy with much enthusiasm.

 Scope and Content

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.

Arrangement

The correspondence with family, friends, agents, and publishers has been arranged alphabetically by the correspondents; this correspondence comprises the first seven boxes. The miscellaneous family, suffrage and other correspondence is in chronological order and occupies boxes 8-10. Boxes 11-19 contain the manuscripts of stories, novels, and dramatic adaptations and have been arranged alphabetically by title. The diaries and copies of diaries are arranged chronologically in boxes 20 and 21. In boxes 21-22 are are rough drafts of the biography compiled by her sister from Mary Johnston's diaries and unfinished autobiography. Box 23 contains genealogical material, and boxes 24-25 contain accounts and cashbooks. In box 26 are contracts and other legal papers, as well as photographs. Box 27 holds manuscripts of speeches on suffrage, labor, books and the Civil War, and box 28 contains miscellaneous personal articles. The remainder of box 28 and boxes 29-32 contain news-clippings collected by John W. Johnston, Mary Johnston, and Elizabeth Johnston; these clippings are about local Virginia news in the late 1800's, the suffrage movement, the peace movement, and Mary Johnston's novels.

 Contents List Correspondence Jane Addams with Mary Johnston 1915; 1917 Box 1 1lettergram; 1TL Viola Allen to Mary Johnston 1901-1903 Box 1 4 ALS American Play Company to Mary Johnston 1916 Box 1 7 TLS Joseph Ames to Mary Johnston 1911-1913; 1934 Box 1 7 TLS Stringfellow Barr to Mary Johnston 1932 Box 1 1 TLS Francis L. Berkeley to Elizabeth Johnston 1946-1947; 1950; 1955 Box 1 10 TLS Alice Stone Blackwell to Mary Johnston 1910-1914 Box 1 4 ALS Ernest F. Boddington with Mary Johnston 1900-1902 Box 1 13TLS; 46ALS; 7TL Ernest F. Boddington with Mary Johnston and Major John W. Johnston 1903-1904 Box 1 8 ALS Ernest F. Boddington with Mary Johnston's sister and lawyers 1905 Box 1 1AL; 1TLS; 2TL Ernest F. Boddington with Mary Johnston 1915 Box 1 1 ALS Edward Bok to Mary Johnston 1902-1910 Box 1 4TLS; 1ALS C. L. Bouve to John W. Rumsey, concerning copy rights on Mary Johnston's novel 1940 Aug 14 Box 1 1 ALS Claude Bragdon to Mary Johnston 1921 Box 1 1 ALS Carl Brandt with Mary Johnston 1920 Box 1 8 TLS Zelma Brandt and Carl Brandt with Mary Johnston 1921-1922 Box 1 31M TLS Carl Brandt to Mary Johnston 1923 Box 1 1 TLS Zelma Brandt to Mary Johnston 1924 Box 1 3 TLS Zelma Brandt and Carl Brandt to Mary Johnston 1925;1927 Box 1 5 TLS Carl Brandt with Mary Johnston 1928 Box 1 10 TLS Zelma Brandt and Carl Brandt to and with Mary Johnston 1929 Box 1 9 TLS Carl Brandt with Mary Johnston 1931-1932 Box 1 39TLS; 2TL(copies) Zelma Brandt and Carl Brandt to and with Mary Johnston 1933-1936 Box 1 34 TLS Carl Brandt with Eloise Johnston 1936-1941 Box 1 45TLS; 8TL; 2TL(drafts) Van Wyck Brooksto Mary Johnston 1933 Box 1 1 ALS Taylor Burke to Eloise Johnston 1937 Box 1 2 TLS Struthers Burt to Mary Johnston 1934 Box 1 1 ALS Thornton Butterworth to Mary Johnston 1935 Box 1 1 TLS Richard E. Byrd to Mary Johnston 1911 Box 1 4 ALS James Branch Cabell to Mary Johnston 1916; 1919 Box 1 2 TLS Stuart Chase to Mary Johnston 1935 Box 1 1 TLS J. H. Claiborne to Mary Johnston 1920 Box 1 1 TLS Lucy Coleman to and with Mary Johnston 1904; 1906 Box 1 6ALS; 1TLS Confederate Chapters to Mary Johnston 1899; 1905; 1907; 1910 Box 1 10ALS; 6TLS Jessie Benton Cooke to Mary Johnston 1921-1922 Box 1 2 ALS Ray Costelloto Mary Johnston 1910 Box 1 6 ALS Catherine Cushing to and with Eloise Johnston 1936; 1940 Box 1 5TLS; 6ALS Elliot Dangerfield to Mary Johnston 1904; 1906; 1911 Box 2 3 ALS Colgate W. Darden, Jr.to Elizabeth Johnston 1950 Box 2 1 TLS Rebecca Harding Davisto Mary Johnston 1904-1908 Box 2 27 ALS Margaret Deland to Mary Johnston 1898; 1919; 1926 Box 2 3 ALS Theodore Dreiser to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 2 2 TLS B. M. Dutton with Mary Johnston 1911 Box 2 2ALS; 1TLS Ada Dwyer to Mary Johnston 1906-1907 Box 2 2 ALS Max Eastman to Mary Johnston 1912 Box 2 1TLS; 1ALS(frag.) Virginia Randolph Ellett to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 2 1 ALS Equal Suffrage League of Virginiawith Mary Johnston 1920 Box 2 2 TLS John Farrington to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 2 1 ALS Annie Fieldsto Mary Johnston 1900 Box 2 1 ALS John Finley to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 2 5ALS; 1TLS Hamilton Fish to Mary Johnston 1917 Box 2 1 TLS Sir Forbes-Robertson to Mary Johnston 1912 Box 2 1 ALS Harriet Ford to Mary Johnston 1902-1908; 1910; 1914 Box 2 39 ALS Harold Freedman to Mary Johnston 1926 Box 2 1 TLS Zona Gale to Mary Johnston 1915; 1920 Box 2 7 ALS R. L. Giffen to Mary Johnston 1915 Box 2 3 TLS Jeannette L. Gilderwith Mary Johnston 1899-1900 Box 2 8TLS; 1TL Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Mary Johnston 1911-1917; 1923 Box 2 4 ALS Ellen Glasgow to Mary Johnston 1904-1908; 1914; 1935-1936 Box 2 21 ALS Arthur Goodrich to Eloise Johnston 1936 Box 2 1 ALS Armistead C. Gordon to Mary Johnston 1920 Box 2 1 ALS Blanche Grant to Mary Johnston 1935 Box 2 1 TLS Ferris Greenslet to and with Mary Johnston 1909-1917 Box 2 165TLS; 5ALS; 17TL Ferris Greenslet to and with Mary Johnston 1921-1922; 1925-1928 Box 3 13TLS; 3TL; 1ALS Ferris Greensletfrom Mary Johnston 1929 Box 3 2TL(drafts) Ferris Greenslet to Mary Johnston 1930-1932; 1935-1936 Box 3 6 TLS Ferris Greenslet with Eloise Johnston 1936 Box 3 6 TLS James K. Hackett to Mary Johnston 1901 Box 3 1 TL Harper and Brothers to and with Mary Johnston 1902-1905; 1907; 1910 Box 3 45 TLS Harper and Brothers to Eloise Johnston 1936 Box 3 1 TLS Bertram Harrisonand Carl Brandt with Mary Johnston 1931 Box 3 7 TLS Henry Sydnor Harrison to Mary Johnston 1907; 1909-1910; 1912-1913 Box 3 4ALS; 1TLS James A. Harrison to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 3 1 ALS Archibald Henderson to Mary Johnston 1921 Box 3 1 ALS Burton J. Hendrick to Mary Johnston 1922; 1937 Box 3 2 ALS Burton J. Hendrick to Eloise Johnston 1937 Box 3 1 ALS Houghton Mifflin and Co. to and with Mary Johnston 1898-1908; 1933 Box 3 239TLS; 36ALS; 6TL Houghton Mifflin and Co. to Eloise Johnston 1937 Box 3 1 TLS Coralie Johnstonfrom Mary Johnston 1898 Box 4 1 ALS Coralie Johnston to Mary Johnston 1900-1902; 1905; 1909 Box 4 27 ALS Elizabeth Johnston with Mary Johnston 1906 Box 4 2 TL Elizabeth Johnston with Virginia 350th Anniversary Commission 1956 Box 4 1TLS; 1TL Elizabeth Johnston with Carlie Ely 1957 Box 4 1 ALS Birthday notes from "Ea" [Eloise Johnston]to "Day" [Mary Johnston] [1920 and 19 Nov 21] Box 4 2items Eloise Johnston with Mary Johnston 1924 Box 4 3 TL Major John W. Johnstonfrom Mary Johnston [1902] Box 4 1 ALS Major John W. Johnstonletters concerning the Civil War 1861; 1865; 1903 Box 4 3TL(copies) Major John W. Johnston- condolences on death of; addressed to Mary Johnston 1905 Box 4 23ALS; 2TLS Alice Kauler to Mary Johnston 1902 Box 4 1 TLS Basil King to Mary Johnston 1920-1922 Box 4 2 ALS Bernadine Kisse to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 4 1 ALS J. Krishnamurtito Mary Johnston 1926 Box 4 1 ALS Otto Kyllman to and with Mary Johnston 1900; 1902-1918; 1920 Box 4 28ALS; 97TLS; 15TL Fola La Follette to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 4 2 ALS Liebler and Co.with Mary Johnston 1914 Box 4 1 ALS Judge Ben B. Lindsay to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 4 1 ALS Martha Shepard Lippincott to Mary Johnston 1900; 1902-1903; 1908 Box 4 8 ALS Little, Brown and Co. to Mary Johnston 1931; 1933 Box 4 2 TLS Little, Brown and Co. to Eloise Johnston 1936 Box 4 2 TLS George Barr McCutcheon to Mary Johnston 1909; 1912; 1916 Box 5 4 ALS Marian MacDowell to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 5 1 ALS Elisabeth Marbury to and with Mary Johnston 1899; 1900-1901; 1908; 1914 Box 5 44TLS; 11ALS; 12TL Julia Marlowe to Mary Johnston and Houghton Mifflin and Co. 1900-1901 Box 5 2 ALS Julia Marlowe to and with Mary Johnston 1907-1909 Box 5 2TLS; 6ALS; 1TL; 3Telegrams Julia Marlowe Southern to Mary Johnston 1915 Box 5 2 ALS Lucy Stone Masonfrom Mary Johnston 1923-1930 Box 5 3copies made for the "Life" Margaret Meredith to Mary Johnston 1904 Box 5 7 ALS Wyndham Meredithwith Mary Johnston 1908 Box 5 4 TLS Nannie J. Minor to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 5 1 ALS Mary Morgan to Mary Johnston 1900-1903 Box 5 26 ALS Mary Morganand Nina Morgan to Mary Johnston 1905-1906 Box 5 9 ALS Nina Morgan to Mary Johnston 1907 Box 5 1 ALS Senator John T. Morgan to Mary Johnston 1900; 1902-1905; 1909-1910 Box 5 19 ALS Myrtis Morgan to Eloise Johnston 1936 Box 5 1ALS; 1TLS Mary Munford to and with Mary Johnston 1917-1919 Box 5 3TLS; 1TL Meredith Nickelson to Mary Johnston 1910-1911 Box 5 2ALS; 1TLS A. R. Orage to Mary Johnston 1926-1933 Box 5 12 ALS Jessie Orage to Mary Johnston 1934 Box 5 Telegram; Printed Announcement Thomas M. Osborne to Mary Johnston 1915 Box 5 1 TLS Grant Overton to Mary Johnston 1922 Box 5 2 TLS Alice Page to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 5 6 ALS Arthur Page to Mary Johnston 1922 Box 5 1 TLS Thomas Nelson Page to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 5 1 ALS Walter Hines Page to Mary Johnston 1899-1900; 1902-1903; 1907 Box 5 19ALS; 4TLS; 3TL Albert Bigelow Paine to Mary Johnston 1899-1901 Box 5 4 ALS Bliss Perry to and with Mary Johnston 1899-1901 Box 5 5ALS; 23TLS; 1TL A. H. Plecker to Mary Johnston 1902 Box 5 1 ALS Ernest Poole toand from Mary Johnston 1918 Box 5 1TLS; 1ALS Roger A. Pryor to Mary Johnston 1909 Box 5 1 ALS Paul R. Reynoldsto and with Mary Johnston 1901-1907; 1909; 1914; 1917 Box 6 2ALS; 36TLS; 4TL; 1Telegram Richmond Times-DispatchEditor from Mary Johnston 1917 Box 6 1 ALS William T. Rigby to Major John W. Johnston 1902; 1904 Box 6 2ALS; 3TLSw/enc; 1TL William T. Rigby to Mary Johnston 1905; 1907; 1909-1910 Box 6 5TLS; 1ALS; 1TL Kate Douglas Riggsto Mary Johnston 1905 Box 6 1 ALS Eleanor Robson to Mary Johnston 1902 Box 6 3 ALS Eleanor Robson to Mary Johnston [1903]-[1904] Box 6 31 ALS Eleanor Robson to Mary Johnston 1905 Box 6 4 ALS Anna Katherine Green Rohlfsto Mary Johnston 1900 Box 6 1 ALS John Rumseywith Mary Johnston [1914]-1915 Box 6 7TLS; 4TL; 7TL(drafts); 1TL(frag.); 1Telegram John W. Rumseywith Eloise Johnston 1940-1941 Box 6 4TLS; 3TL(drafts) Ada Dwyer Russell to Mary Johnston 1903; 1906 Box 6 3 ALS Roger Scaife to Mary Johnston 1934 Box 6 1 TLS Horace Scudder to Mary Johnston 1899 Box 6 3 ALS Ellery Sedgwick to Mary Johnston 1901; 1909-1910; 1912; 1916 Box 6 5ALS; 4TLS Ellery Sedgwick to Mary Johnston; Eloise Johnston to Ellery Sedgwick 1936 Box 6 2 TLS Dr. Anna Howard Shaw to Mary Johnston; Fred R. Kirby to Anna Howard Shaw 1910 Box 6 2 ALS The Anna Howard Shaw Annuity Fund- letter to Mary Johnstonrequesting her participation 1917 Box 6 1 TLS Edward Shelton to Mary Johnston [1933] Box 6 2 TLS Lizzie K. Sherrard to Mary Johnston n.y. Sep 8 Box 6 1 ALS May Sinclair to Mary Johnston [1904]; 1907; [1912] Box 6 4 ALS E. H. Sothern to Mary Johnston 1912 Box 6 1 ALS Ray [Costello] Strachey to Mary Johnston 1916 Box 6 1 ALS Evelyn Thomsomfrom Mary Johnston 1920-1936 Box 6 104TL(copies) Julia Tutwiler to and with Mary Johnston 1914-1916 Box 7 7TLS; 5TL Alice Tyler to Mary Johnston 1910; 1912 Box 7 11ALS; 2TLS George Tyler to and with Mary Johnston 1900-1903; 1905 Box 7 23TLS; 3AL; TLfrag.; 4Telegrams Edward Valentine to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 7 4 ALS Lila Valentine to and with Mary Johnston 1903; 1910 Box 7 4 ALS Lila Valentinewith Mary Johnston and Eloise Johnston 1912-1913 Box 7 3ALS; 1TL; 2AL(frag) Lila Valentinewith Mary Johnston 1915-1916 Box 7 2ALS; 1TL; TLfrag. Henry Van Dyke to Mary Johnston 1900 Box 7 1 ALS University of Richmond Library to Elizabeth Johnston 1951 Box 7 1 TLS University of Virginia- Invitation to 100th Anniversary of Founding of University of Virginia 1920-1921 Box 7 1 ALS Virginia Historical Society to Mary Johnston 1899 Box 7 Printed letter, signed Edward Wagenknecht to Mary Johnston 1931-1932 Box 7 5 TLS Edward Wagenknecht to Mary Johnston 1934-1935 Box 7 4 TLS Edward Wagenknecht with Eloise Johnston 1937 Box 7 1TLS; 1TL Dugald Stewart Walker to Mary Johnston 1910 Box 7 1 ALS Galbraith Welch to and with Mary Johnston 1915-1916 Box 7 9TLS; 4TL Roberta Wellford to Mary Johnston and Eloise Johnston 1910 Box 7 10ALS; 1TLS; 1APCS Roberta Wellford to and with Mary Johnston 1912;1919; n.d. Box 7 3 ALS Roberta Wellford, miscellaneous letters 1936 Box 7 3 ALS Stanley Weyman to Mary Johnston 1911 Box 7 1 ALS Walter White to Mary Johnston; Albert Spingarn to Mary Johnston 1923 Box 7 1TLS; 1ALS Walter White to Mary Johnston 1935 Dec; 1936 Jan Box 7 2 TLS Ellen Whitney to Mary Johnston 1900-1908; 1916 Box 7 44ALS; 1ALSfrag; 7ALfrag. Kate Douglas Wiggin to Mary Johnston 1901; 1908 Box 7 3 ALS Louise Collier Wilcoxto Mary Johnston 1910 Box 7 1 ALS College of William and Mary to Mary Johnston 1919 Box 7 1 TLS James Southall Wilson to Mary Johnston 1931 Box 7 2 TLS Mary E. Woolley to Mary Johnston 1915 Box 7 2 ALS N. C. Wyeth to Mary Johnston 1910-1912 Box 7 12ALS; 1ALSfrag; 1Telegram Elinor Wylie to Mary Johnston 1926 Box 7 1 ALS Yale University Pressto Mary Johnston 1918-1919 Box 7 3 TLS Stark Young to Mary Johnston 1936 Box 7 2 TLS Women's Suffrage, miscellaneous correspondence to and from Mary Johnston 1910-1913; 1915-1917 Box 8 ca. 159items Correspondence re the Bell and Johnston families 1827; 1862; 1864; 1891; 1902; 1935 Box 8 6 items Miscellaneous correspondence with Mary Johnstonre: Peace movement 1916-1919 Box 8 5 TL Miscellaneous correspondence from editors to Mary Johnston 1899 Box 8 28items Miscellaneous correspondence requesting right to dramatize To Have And To Hold 1900 Box 8 4TLS; 1ALS Miscellaneous invitations for social affairs or for membership in organization 1910-1917 Box 8 ca. 20items Miscellaneous Correspondence with Mary Johnstonabout War stories 1912-1919 Box 8 12items Miscellaneous Correspondence with Eloise Johnston and Elizabeth Johnston 1951; 1955; 1959 Box 8 2items Correspondence from miscellaneous publishers to Elizabeth Johnston 1953 Box 8 4 ALS Miscellaneous Correspondence concerning a Musical version and program for To Have and To Hold 1955 Box 8 1TLS; 2TL(copies) Miscellaneous Correspondence with Mary Johnston 1898-1900 Box 8 122items Miscellaneous Correspondence with Mary Johnston 1900-1906 Box 9 ca. 433items Miscellaneous Correspondence with Mary Johnston 1907-1923; 1927; 1929-1932;1934-1936 Box 10 ca. 325items Manuscripts List of Short Stories- published and unpublished n.d. Box 11 AMsand TMs The Abbe 1909 Box 11 AMsand TMs "Added Space"- published short story n.d. Box 11 2TMsand TMsfrag. "The Angel"- published short story [1928] Box 11 TMs "The Attic Room"- published short story [1935] Box 11 2 TMs Audrey- newspaper clippings about the novel 1900-1902 Box 11 75 clippings Audrey- newspaper clippings re dramatization of Mary Johnston's novel 1902-1903 Box 11 202 clippings Audrey- fragment of book [1904] Box 11 TMs "The Baptizing"- published short story [1928] Box 11 TMs "Black Lace"- published short story 1928 Box 11 TMs "The Blue Dress"- published short story [1928] Box 11 TMs "Broomsedge House"- unpublished short story n.d. Box 11 2 TMs "The Buccaneer"- published short story 1928 Box 11 2 TMs "Buried Silver"- published short story [1928] Box 11 TMs The Case of Fanny Nethaway- chapters 2, 3, unpublished and unfinished n.d. Box 12 TMs(carbon) "The Choice"- unpublished short story [1922] Box 12 TMs(carbon) "The Church Festival"- published short story [1928] Box 12 TMs "Courtship of Pocahontas" [1931] Box 12 TMs "The Dark Princess"(or "Powhatan's Laughter") - unfinished [1931] Box 12 TMs Drury Randall 1934 Box 12 Galley Proofsw/autograph corrections The Elephant n.d. Box 12 TMs "Elephants Through the Country"- published short story n.d. Box 12 TMs "The End of the World"- published short story [1928] Box 12 TMs The Far Country- unpublished, unfinished novel, chapters 1-20 1935 Box 12 TMsw/autograph corrections, autograph notes The Far Country- unpublished, unfinished novel, chapters 21- 30, notes 1935 Box 13 TMsw/autograph corrections, autograph notes The Far Country- unpublished unfinished novel, chapters 1- 25 - duplicate copy 1935 Box 13 TMs(carbon) "Gettysburg"- published article 1912 Box 13 AN Reprint from "The Long Roll" 1912 Box 13 Printed matter "The God from the Machine"- unpublished short story n.d. Box 13 2 TMs "Great Aunt Aurelia"- published short story [1928] Box 13 TMs(carbon) "Hagar"- Author's note for chapter 10 [1912] Box 13 TMsfrag. "If a Weasel Crosses Your Path"- published short story 1932 Box 13 TMs(carbon) "Jack O'Lantern"- unpublished short story n.d. Box 13 2TMs(carbon) "The Laboratory"- a poem n.d. Box 13 AMs Lewis Rand- published novel, chapters 1-5 1907 Box 13 AMs Lewis Rand- published novel, chapters 6-8; 10-19; 22 1907 Box 14 AMs Early drafts of Lewis Rand n.d. Box 14 TMs Early drafts of Lewis Rand n.d. Box 14 AMs Notes for Lewis Rand n.d. Box 15 TMs Notes for Lewis Rand n.d. Box 15 AMsand notebook The Long Roll- author's note [1908] Box 15 AMs, TMsand notebook The Long Roll- illustrations pertaining to 1910 Box 15 2items The Long Roll 1911 Box 15 TMsfrag. "The Lost Doll"- unpublished short story n.d. Box 15 2 TMs "The Mockingbird"- published short story 1928 Box 15 TMs "Nemesis"- published in The Century Magazine 1923 Box 15 Printed material "One Night"- published short story 1920 Jul 25 Box 15 2 TMs "Ponce de Leon"- unpublished blank verse narrative n.d. Box 15 2 TMs "The Prodigal Son"- unpublished short story 1933 Box 15 TMs Quest- unpublished unfinished novel [1934] Box 15 TMs Quest- unpublished, unfinished novel [1934] Box 16 TMs "The River James"- published poem 1923 Box 16 TMsand The Reviewer Roger Sarre and Dona Maria- unpublished, unfinished novel, chapters 1-17 n.d. Box 16 TMs "The Ships Sailed Up the Stream" [1931] Box 16 TMs Sir Mortimer- published novel 1903 Box 16 Author's Proof Sir Mortimer- incomplete preliminary draft of the published novel [1903-1904] Box 16 AMs Sir Mortimer- published novel 1903 Box 17 AMs Sir Mortimer- incomplete draft of published novel 1903 Box 17 TMs Sir Mortimer- published novel 1903 Box 17 TMs Sir Mortimer- incomplete draft of published novel 1903 Box 17 TMs Sir Mortimer- published novel, miscellaneous chapters 1903 Box 17 TMs "That Cold"- published short story [1928] Box 18 TMs "Tiger Lady"- unpublished short story n.d. Box 18 TMs "Tobacco"- published in Virginian Adventure Series [1931] Box 18 TMs "The Travelling Tutor"- unpublished, unfinished short story n.d. Box 18 TMs notes "The Tree"- published short story [1922] Box 18 TMs(carbons) "The Two Business Men"- published short story [1928] Box 18 TMs "The Valentine"- unpublished short story [1933] Box 18 3 TMs "The Voices"- unpublished short story [1933] Box 18 1TMsand 2carbons "The Witch and the Magician"- unpublished story n.d. Box 18 TMsand TMs(carbon) "The Woman's War"- published article [1910] Box 18 TMs Notebook for Albemarle County, includes sketches entitled "The House on the Shore,"and "The Goddess of Reason" ca. 1900-1910 Box 18 AMs Adaptations of Mary Johnston's Works Lewis Rand- 1st Act of projected but uncompleted dramatization of Mary Johnstonnovel by Mrs. Cushingham 1936 Box 19 TMs Prisoners of Hope- Play adapted from Mary Johnston's novel by Ernest F. Boddington and W. L. Lockwood 1900 Box 19 TMs Prisoners of Hope- Dramatization of Mary Johnston's novel by Ernest F. Boddington and W. L. Lockwood, acts I and II 1900 Box 19 TMs Prisoners of Hope- Dramatization of Mary Johnston's noveI by Ernest F. Boddington and W. L. Lockwood, acts III and IV 1900 Box 19 TMs To Have and To Hold- Play, adaptation from Mary Johnston's novel by Ernest F. Boddington 1902 Box 19 TMs To Have and To Hold- Play, dramatization from Mary Johnston's novel by Ernest F. Boddington 1902 Box 19 TMs Diaries and Biographies Diaries of Mary Johnston 1906-ca. 1929 Box 20 7volumes Copies of Mary Johnston's diary entries; typed by Elizabeth Johnstonfor a future biographer's use 1906 Box 21 TMs Copies of Mary Johnston's diary entries, 8 folders 1907-1912 Box 21 TMs Biographical sketches for publishers and the press n.d. Box 21 2TMsw/carbons Preliminary rough draft of biography of Mary Johnstonorganized and written by Elizabeth Johnston; unpublished; Book I, Part I - "Childhood" - taken from Mary's unfinished autobiography 1953 Box 21 TMs Preliminary draft of biography of Mary Johnston; Book I, Part II - "Youth" taken from Mary's unfinished autobiography 1953 Box 21 TMs Preliminary rough draft of biography of Mary Johnston; Book I, Part III "Maturity" - taken from Mary Johnston's unfinished autobiography 1953 Box 22 TMs Two later drafts of biography; Book I, Part I 1953 Box 22 TMs Two later drafts of biography; Book I, Part II 1953 Box 22 TMs Two later drafts of biography; Book I, Part III 1953 Box 22 TMs Later draft of biography; Book II, Parts I and II 1953 Box 22 TMs Miscellaneous drafts later used in biography n.d. Box 22 TMs "The World and Mary Johnston"published article by Edward Wagenknecht 1931 Box 22 TMs(copies) "Mary Johnston - 1870-1936"by Arthur Goodrich 1936 Box 23 2AMsS; TMs(copy); 2clippings Johnston Family Papers Genealogical material on the Nash , Bell , Johnston families including typescript copies of wills, obituaries collected by Charles Johnston 1737-1929 Box 23 Notebook containing genealogical information on the Johnston family 1875 Box 23 Papers re: Buchanan, Virginia, Mary Johnston's birthplace n.d. Box 23 8items Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings on John W. Johnston and other Confederateofficers post-1905 Box 23 Genealogical material re: Johnston family , including two newsclippings of relatives' obituaries written by C. F. Johnston and sketches of John W. Johnston's life n.d. Box 23 Newsclippings, postcard re: Three Hills, Mary Johnston's home in Warm Springs, Virginia n.d. Box 23 Accounts American Play Company accounts with Mary Johnston 1916-1918; 1920-1921 Box 24 23items Ernest F. Boddington accounts with Mary Johnston 1902 Box 24 3items Stuart Bowe, Attorney, accounts with Mary Johnston 1902 Box 24 1item Brandt and Kirkpatrick accounts with Mary Johnston 1920 Box 24 2items Brandt and Brandt accounts with Mary Johnston 1925-1929; 1931-1936 Box 24 39items Carl Brandt accounts with Eloise Johnston 1936-1937 Box 24 2items Brandt and Brandt accounts with Elizabeth Johnston 1958 Box 24 1item Archibald Constable and Company accounts with Mary Johnston 1899-1909; 1911; 1913-1915 Box 24 95items Harper and Brothersaccounts with Mary Johnston 1907-1908;1916; 1922 Box 24 9items Houghton, Mifflin and Company accounts with Mary Johnston 1899-1908;1910-1912; 1914-1917; 1927; 1928 Box 24 91items Liebler and Company accounts with Mary Johnston 1902 Box 25 41items Liebler and Company accounts with Mary Johnston and Ernest F. Boddington 1902 Box 25 12items Liebler and Company accounts with Mary Johnston and Harriet Ford 1902 Box 25 6items Liebler and Company accounts with Mary Johnston 1903-1906; 1908; 1910 Box 25 ca. 146items Elisabeth Marbury accounts with Mary Johnston 1900 Box 25 2items Elisabeth Marbury accounts with Ernest F. Boddington 1901 Box 25 3items Elisabeth Marbury accounts with Mary Johnston 1914 Box 25 1item Shubert Theatrical Company accounts with Mary Johnston 1909 Box 25 3items Account book 1899-1905 Box 25 1item Miscellaneous financial records of Mary Johnston 1905; 1912; n.d. Box 25 8items Account book of income of Mary Johnstonfrom her writing; also includes list of books read, letters written, magazine subscriptions 1913-1937 Box 25 1item Financial and Legal Papers Cash book of Mary Johnston 1913-1940 Box 25 1item Cash book 1925-1930 Box 26 1item Business Papers re: Mary Johnston's estate 1936-1940 Box 26 Personal business papers of Elizabeth Johnston ca. 1955-1958 Box 26 14items Archibald Constable and Company- Contract for Audrey 1901 Box 26 1item Liebler and Company- Contract with Mary Johnstonfor Audrey 1901 Box 26 ca. 5items Harper and Brothers- Contract for Sir Mortimer 1902 Box 26 2items Archibald Constable and Company- Contract for Sir Mortimer 1903 Box 26 1item Eloise Johnston- Power of Attorney from Mary Johnston 1905 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for The Goddess of Reason 1907 Box 26 1item Julia Marlowe- Contract for right to produce The Goddess of Reason 1908 Box 26 5items Archibald Constable and Company- Contract for The Long Rolland Cease Firing 1910 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for The Long Roll 1911 Box 26 1item Archibald Constable and Company- Contract for English edition of Cease Firing 1911 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for Cease Firing 1912 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for Hagar 1913 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for The Witch 1914 Box 26 1item Irving Dittenhoeffer- Assertion of Motion Picture rights to Audrey 1915 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for The Fortune of Garin 1915 Box 26 1item Irving Dittenhoeffer- Agreement for extension of motion picture production of Audrey 1916 Box 26 1item Harper and Brothers- Contract for Foes 1918 Box 26 1item Butterworth Limited- Contract for English rights to 1492 1922 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for Croatan 1922 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for novel following Croatan 1924 Box 26 1item Butterworth Limited- Contract for English publication of The Slave Ship 1925 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for The Great Valley 1925 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for The Exile 1926 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for re-publishing of four novels 1926 Box 26 1item H. Christiansen- Contract for translation of The Slave Shipinto Danish 1929 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for The Hunting Shirt 1931 Box 26 2items Butterworth Limited- Contract for English rights to Hunting Shirt 1931 Box 26 1item Little Brown and Company- Contract for Delicia Allen 1932 Box 26 1item Houghton Mifflin and Company- Contract for "School Edition" of To Have and To Hold 1933 Box 26 1item Butterworth Limited- Contract for Drury Randall 1935 Box 26 1item Caroline Cushingand Eloise Johnston- Contract for the dramatization of Lewis Rand 1940 Box 26 2items Photographs and Prints Photographs of Mary Johnston, her friends, family, her travels n.d. Box 26 35items Photographs - to be used as illustrations in Mary Johnston's books n.d. Box 26 5items Miscellaneous prints, 3 of which are etchings n.d. Box 26 8items Speeches Suffrage Speeches [19l0] Box 27 13 TMs Speeches re: Women's Suffrage, eugenics, labor rights for women [1910-1911] Box 27 11 TMs Suffrage speeches [1910-1911] Box 27 12 TMs Fragments, notes, speeches [1910] Box 27 TMs Suffrage, labor speeches [1910-1911] Box 27 23 TMs Suffrage speeches [1910-1912] Box 27 31 TMs Notes, fragments, speeches [1910] Box 27 TMs "The Character of Lee"- a speech by Mary Johnston [1932] Box 27 TMs Speeches re: reading and writing books [1934] Box 27 10 TMs Speech for Confederate Veteransand Kiwanis Club [1934] Box 27 2 TMs "Virginia"- a speech [1935] Box 27 TMs Alpha Kamma Gammaspeech [1935] Box 27 2 TMs Women's Suffrage - notes for speeches n.d. Box 27 AMs Notes for a travel speech n.d. Box 27 TMs Lecture for Women's Suffrage n.d. Box 27 TMs Miscellaneous Scrapbook consisting of famous quotations written in the hands of Mary Johnston's friends, including Ellen Glasgowand Walter Hines Page n.d. Box 28 1item Miscellaneous notes, quotations in author's hand n.d. Box 28 Notebook containing French, miscellaneous notes n.d. Box 28 1item Miscellaneous personal items n.d. Box 28 21items Notes on "texture" in unidentified hand n.d. Box 28 1item Items commemorating the death of Mary Johnston 1936 Box 28 ca. 18items Clippings and Printed Material Newspapers re: end of WWII 1945 May 8 Box 28 3items Printed material 1922; 1929; 1936; 1946; n.d. Box 28 7items Newspapers collected by John W. Johnston 1847-1877 Box 29 ca. 20items Clippings, pamphlets re: peace movement, amnesty, Socialist Party 1913-1920 Box 29 ca. 20items Clippings re: Women's Suffrage 1909-1920 Box 29 ca. 50items Clippings re: Women's Suffrage and Mary Johnston 1909-1911 Box 29 25items Clippings re: Women's Suffrage, collected by Mary Johnston 1911-1913 Box 29 42items Clippings re: Co-education at University of Virginia 1912 Box 29 6items Clippings re: Women's Suffrage and Mary Johnston 1912-1914 Box 29 66items Woman's Suffrage Award - Honor Roll Member National American Woman Suffrage Association 1920 Box 30 1item Clippings re: Women's Suffrage; collected by Mary Johnston n.d. Box 30 81items Printed matter - "Women's Hour"by Charlotte Perkins Gilman n.d. Box 30 1item Clippings re: Women's Suffrage and Mary Johnston n.d. Box 30 13items Printed matter - Women's Suffrage pamphlets collected by Mary Johnston n.d. Box 30 ca. 10items Printed matter - Women's Suffrage pamphlets collected by Mary Johnston n.d. Box 30 ca. 30items Printed matter re: Women's Suffrage n.d. Box 30 ca. 30items Printed matter - Critical and descriptive articles re: Mary Johnston's novels n.d. Box 30 6items Clippings re: Prisoners of Hope 1898 Box 30 4items Clippings re: To Have and To Hold 1900; 1955 Box 30 87items Clippings re: Sir Mortimer 1904 Box 30 170items Clippings re: Lewis Rand 1908 Box 31 200items Clippings and programs re: Goddess of Reason,a play 1909 Box 31 33items Clippings re: Cease Firing 1912 Box 31 10items Clippings re: The Long Roll 1912 Box 31 62items Clippings re: Hagar 1913 Box 31 244items Clippings re: Hagar 1913 Box 32 l00items Clippings re: The Witch 1914 Box 32 ca. 255items Clippings re: The Fortunes of Garin 1915 Box 32 133items Clippings re: The Wanderers 1917 Box 32 12items Clippings re: Michael Forth 1920 Box 32 8items Clippings re: 1492 1922 Box 32 28items Clipping re: Sweet Rocket 1925 Box 32 1item Printed matter - Miscellaneous pamphlets n.d. Box 32 ca. 15items Miscellaneous topics of interest to Mary Johnston n.d. Box 32 ca. 45items Oversize Items Ledger book containing notes from Bible records and genealogical charts on the Johnston family n.d. 1item