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:
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Accessioned and minimally described in July 2009. Arrangement and finding aid by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC Staff, in September 2009.
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Helen L. Johnson Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
This collection is organized into four series: Programs and Publications; Correspondence; Photographs; and Ephemera.
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.
This series includes programs, fliers, sheet music of religious songs, church bulletins, and bible/prayer group meeting notes from 1900 to 1982. The bulk of the material deals with Johnson's work with the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society from 1925-1940.
This series includes correspondence both to and from Helen Johnson about her work with the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society, her family, various holiday greetings, and other subjects from 1927 to 1940.
Scope and Contents This series consists of photographs of different activities related to the Methodist Episcopal Church Woman's Home Missionary Society circa 1936. The photographs include three 8x10 group photographs of the Golden Girls, one of the groups Johnson was heavily involved with, in 1936; a 5x7 group photograph of attendees at the "Queen Ester Conference Lakeside" from July 27-31, 1936; and other unidentified events.
This series includes ribbons and a sash that was worn by Helen Johnson at meetings. Included are a visitor's ribbon for an October 13-20, 1926 meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society; and a Deaconess ribbon for a meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary Society from October 5-10, 1932 in St. Louis, Missouri.