Edith Duncan Johnston papers, 1881-1962 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:This collection consists primarily of Edith Duncan Johnston's research and writing. There are a few personal papers, mostly greeting cards sent to her in her later years. The research, notes, and drafts of The Houstouns of Georgia comprise a large portion of this collection. Johnston compiled clippings and information about the events following the publication of the book into several scrapbooks which she titled "The Legend of the Houstouns." The writings also include her memoirs of the early days in the Girl Scout movement in the United States and various historical sketches of early Georgians. Johnston also compiled several scrapbooks relating the history of Savannah, its people, events, and architecture. Also included in the collection are personal and family photographs, as well as images collected by Johnston for her scrapbooks and her research. The majority of images are identified. Subject matter includes photographs from trips up the east Coast and into Florida; photographs of the Savannah Historical Pageant; military encampments; and Sunday school picnics. Photographs in her scrapbooks include images of buildings in the Savannah Historic District that are now demolished; photos of Houstoun descendants and the ancestral home; and photos of Georgia plantations, including Wild Heron and Mulberry Grove. The photo album of September 1898 includes photos of New Castle and other miscellaneous New Hampshire locations; Jamaica Island; miscellaneous non-Georgia islands; Johnston family members; Halifax; Washington, D.C. and Mt. Vernon; Greenwich, Connecticut; photos on board the ship Kansas City on the return trip; Johnston children playing; 1st Texas and 2nd Louisiana Regiments and their transport leaving for Havana, December 24, 1898; interior of Christ Church; views of Savannah; interior views of 217 East Charlton St.; Rome, Ga.; North Carolina; Strathy Hall, Bryan County, Ga.; Sunday school picnics on Warsaw Island; Charleston, S.C.; Professor Morton's School for Boys; Chautauqua, N.Y.; circus parade (probably in Chautauqua, N.Y.); Elizabeth, N.J.; cavalry encampment held at Fair Grounds, July 1903. Identified people include William and Susie Johnston; Marion Johnston; Sophy Johnston; Delia Bryan Page Johnston; James and Eugenia Johnston; Emma Walthour; Edith D. Johnston; G.H. King; Saidee H. King; Mr. Mansfield; Charles B. Capterton; Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Ridgely; Leona Grady and Celia (nanny); Frances Nightingale; Alice West; Annie Maclean; Gertrude Billington; Sadie Poe; Josephine Weed; Garrard Haines; Moultrie Lee; Sarah Richards; Mrs. Guy Howard; Dr. Lawrence Lee; Clifford West. Some photographs are included throughout the collection (box 2, folders 5, 7, 9; box 3, folders 5, 6, 10, box 4, folders 1-2; box 5, folders 2, 3, 10; box 6, folders 1, 3-6); box 7, folders 1, 2, 4, 5). Two boxes containing photographs only are noted as "VM" (visual materials) in the collection inventory