Reminiscences of Walter Johnson, 1976

Biographical Note

Educator, historian

Scope and Contents

Family background; Massachusetts childhood; Dartmouth; association with Adlai E. Stevenson: 1948 gubernatorial campaign, 1952 draft, 1953 world trip, and 1956 campaign; editing Stevenson papers; Yalta project with Edward Stettinius; Joseph C. Grew project; race for Chicago alderman, 1943; establishment of Independent Voters of Illinois

Subjects

• Historians--Interviews.
• Historiography.
• Illinois--Politics and government--1865-1950.
• Interviews.
• Johnson, Walter, 1915-1985--Interviews.
• Morris, Berenice, interviewer.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965.
• United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1980