Robert Grant Johnson papers
Collection Statement
Papers and photographs about Robert Johnson.
Dates
- 1882 - 1888
Creator
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright interests for this collection are held by DePauw University.
Biographical Sketch
Robert Grant Johnson entered Wabash College in 1882. The following fall he entered DePauw University where he graduated in 1888. He won many honors while in college and in 1888 took the prize at the state oratorical contest. In the same spring he won the interstate contest.
After concluding his college work he went to Chicago where he was a writer for Interocean and then became a lawyer. Johnson died at the age of 26 from typhoid fever at the home of his parents - one mile north of Mace, Indiana.
Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 document case)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Robert Grant Johnson papers, Class of 1888
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hailee Newton
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of DePauw University and Indiana United Methodism Repository
Roy O. West Library
405 S. Indiana St.
Greencastle Indiana 46135 United States
archives@depauw.edu
