JOHNSON, ELOISE MCKINNEY
Eloise McKinney Johnson papers, 1940-2011
Eloise McKinney Johnson papers, 1940-2011
Emory University
Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library
Atlanta, GA 30322
404-727-6887
rose.library@emory.edu
Permanent link: http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/vdwp4
Collection Stored Off-Site
All or portions of this collection are housed off-site. Materials can still be requested but researchers should expect a delay of up to two business days for retrieval.
Table of Contents
Descriptive Summary
Creator: | Johnson, Eloise McKinney |
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Title: | Eloise McKinney Johnson papers, 1940-2011 |
Call Number: | Manuscript Collection No. 1494 |
Extent: | 202.375 linear feet (202 boxes) |
Abstract: | Papers of African American educator Eloise McKinney Johnson, including subject files, photographs, books and periodicals, correspondence, teaching files, and family papers. |
Language: | Materials entirely in English. |
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Special restrictions apply: Collection stored off-site. Researchers must contact the Rose Library in advance to access this collection.
Use copies have not been made for audiovisual material in this collection. Researchers must contact the Rose Library at least two weeks in advance for access to these items. Collection restrictions, copyright limitations, or technical complications may hinder the Rose Library's ability to provide access to audiovisual material.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
All requests subject to limitations noted in departmental policies on reproduction.
Source
Gift of Myron Johnson, Jr., 2020
Custodial History
Myron Johnson, Jr., is the son of Eloise McKinney Johnson. Curator of African American Collections, Pellom McDaniels, III, Head of Collection Processing, Sarah Quigley, and Accessioning Archivist, Meaghan O'Riordan, prepared the materials for transfer to the Rose Library at Eloise McKinney Johnson's home in San Francisco, California.
Citation
[after identification of item(s)], Eloise McKinney Johnson papers, Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University.
Appraisal Note
Curator of African American Collections, Pellom McDaniels, III, acquired the collection as part of the Rose Library's holdings in African American education. All material received with the collection has been retained.
Processing
Arranged and described at the collection level by Meaghan O'Riordan and Sarah Quigley, February 2020.
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Collection Description
Biographical Note
Eloise Vaughn McKinney Johnson (1926-2018) was born in Greensboro, North Carolina on December 7, 1926. Her mother was Martha Lloyd McKinney, who graduated from Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia) in 1919 and taught English in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg County school system (North Carolina). Johnson's father was Theophilus Elisha (T. E.) McKinney (1897-1962), Dean of Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina) from 1929-1962. Her grandfather was George Patterson McKinney (1863-1933), president of Florida Memorial College (now University, in Miami Gardens), who sent all eight of his children to college in Atlanta, Georgia, at Morehouse College and Spelman College.
Johnson attended Spelman College from 1943-1947 where she majored in English and minored in history. She also became a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA) sorority. From 1947-1948, she attended Boston University (Massachusetts) to complete her M.A. in English with a focus on American literature. She would further her education by pursuing advanced studies in drama, speech, and history at the University of Colorado (Boulder), the University of Wisconsin (Madison), and Stanford University (California).
On June 11, 1952, Eloise married Myron H. Johnson (1924-1997). They had a son, Myron H. Johnson, Jr., in 1953, who adopted the nickname, "Jay Jay." The couple divorced in 1958, and Myron moved to San Francisco, California, where he became an administrator in the San Francisco Unified School District. In 1963, Myron, Jr., moved to join his father. In 1964, Myron Sr. and Eloise reconciled, and Eloise moved to San Francisco. The couple remarried on June 11, 1965 but divorced a second time in 1973.
Johnson taught at Winston-Salem State College (North Carolina) from 1948-1952; at Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) from 1953-1961 while Benjamin Mays was the president; and at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (Greensboro) from 1961-1965. After her move to San Francisco, she taught in the San Francisco Unified School District from 1966-1967; at San Francisco Community College from 1966-1971; at North Peralta College (Oakland, California) from 1971-1973; and at Laney College (Oakland, California) from 1973-1989. Her students included the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr., Dr. David Satcher, Minister Louis Farrakhan, Sr., and Dr. Louis Wade Sullivan.
She was a member of several organizations, including the African American Historical & Cultural Society, the San Francisco Chapter of the United Nations Association, the College Language Association, the San Francisco Academy of World Studies, the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History, the Spelman College National Alumnae Association, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Johnson has contributed articles and reviews to The Langston Hughes Review, the CLA Journal, the Journal of Negro History, Black Art International Quarterly, the Journal of African Civilizations, and the Journal of Black Sacred Music.
Johnson died on May 27, 2018, in San Francisco, California.
Scope and Content Note
The collection consists of the papers of Eloise McKinney Johnson and include subject files, photographs, books and periodicals, correspondence, teaching files and family papers. Subject files document Johnson's research interests, including her research on African feast ladles, which are carved wooden ceremonial spoons that acknowledge a woman's remarkable generosity, of which Johnson had a significant collection. Subject files also include research on various African and Latin American countries and culture, her participating in the African American Historical & Cultural Society, research on black culture, files documenting the lives of Johnson's friends and family, and other personal interests. A significant amount of material across the collection concerns historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), especially Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia), and Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina). Correspondence includes letters between Johnson and her parents, as well as friends and other family members. Family papers document the history of the McKinney and Johnson families’ long history of professional educators. Teaching files include worksheets and lessons for teaching English. Photographs include images of Johnson's travels, as well as numerous family events, such as birthdays and reunions.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by record type. Items remain in original physical order but are arranged alphabetically by type in the container list to facilitate access.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Corporate Names
- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
- Association for the Study of African-American Life and History
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)--Faculty
- San Francisco African American Historical & Cultural Society
- Spelman College
Topical Terms
- African American college teachers
- African American universities and colleges
- African American women
- African American women college teachers
- African Americans--Education (Higher)
- African Americans--Study and teaching
Geographic Names
Form/Genre Terms
Occupation
Container List
Box | Folder | Content |
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137 | - | Awards, 1940-1993 |
128 | - | Awards, 1952-2014 |
138 | - | Awards, 1971-2004 |
126 | - | Clippings, 1961-1989 |
110 | - | Clippings, 1957-2001 |
40 | - | Clippings, 2001-2005 |
75 | - | Clippings, 2004-2009 |
137 | - | Drawings, 1940-1993 |
200 | - | Correspondence, 1943-2018 |
57 | - | Correspondence, 1960-2000 |
29 | - | Correspondence, 1971-1984 |
81 | - | Correspondence, 1977-2001 |
30 | - | Correspondence, 1980-1987 |
105 | - | Correspondence, 1981-2006 |
2 | - | Correspondence, 1984-2009 |
70 | - | Correspondence, 1986-2006 |
106 | - | Correspondence, 1988-2001 |
136 | - | Correspondence, 1990-2014 |
91 | - | Correspondence, 1996-2001 |
34 | - | Correspondence, 2000-2005 |
87 | - | Correspondence, 2003-2007 |
108 | - | Correspondence, 2009-2016 |
131 | - | Correspondence, circa 2014 |
23 | - | Correspondence and notecards, 2003-2010 |
9 | - | Correspondence, primarily from McKinney’s mother, 1969-1980 |
8 | - | Correspondence, subject files, and rolodex cards, 1990-2005 |
40 | - | Correspondence, telegrams, condolences for the death of McKinney’s father, 1962 |
200 | - | Divorce papers, guest books, notecards, degrees, and passports, 1943-2018 |
55 | - | Family and autobiographical papers, 1949-1980 |
56 | - | Family and autobiographical papers, 1978-2002 |
99 | - | Family papers, 1968-1993 |
88 | - | Family papers, 1970-2001 |
101 | - | Family papers, 1976-1998 |
2 | - | Family papers, 1984-2009 |
71 | - | Family papers, 2003-2008 |
7 | - | Family papers, 2008-2011 |
83 | - | Family papers, including McKinney-Ellis clan, 1976-1997 |
84 | - | Family papers, including McKinney-Ellis clan, 1976-1998 |
32 | - | Feast ladle research, 1985-2008 |
33 | - | Feast ladle research, 2001-2008 |
XOP1 | - | First Ward poster, with inscriptions, 1987 |
69 | - | Friends, 1974-2010 |
72 | - | Friends, 1981-2000 |
79 | - | Friends, 1989-2002 |
86 | - | House maintenance files, 1968-2000 |
62 | - | House maintenance files, 1981-1994 |
33 | - | Johnson, Myron, III, papers, 2001-2008 |
21 | - | Laney College (Oakland, California), files and correspondence, 1977-2008 |
27 | - | McKinney, Richard I. and McKinney-Ellis family papers, 1977-2000 |
28 | - | McKinney, T.E. papers, 1945-1990 |
202 | 1 | Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia), senior class photographs, includes T.E. McKinney, 1921 |
123 | - | Notebooks, 1960-2012 |
105 | - | Notebooks, 1981-2006 |
135 | - | Notebooks, circa 1990-2001 |
116 | - | Notebooks, 1996-2011 |
108 | - | Notebooks, 2009-2016 |
131 | - | Notebooks, circa 2014 |
114 | - | Notebooks and desk calendars, 1947-2002 |
138 | - | Notecards, 1971-2004 |
1 | - | Photograph albums, 1942-2001 |
80 | - | Photograph albums, 1955-1977 |
10 | - | Photograph albums, 1962-1965 |
11 | - | Photograph albums, 1968-1976 |
82 | - | Photograph albums, 1978-1982 |
137 | - | Photographs, 1940-1993 |
4 | - | Photographs, circa 1940-2008 |
138 | - | Photographs, 1971-2004 |
38 | - | Photographs, 1973-1994 |
121 | - | Photographs, 1976-2002 |
117 | - | Photographs, 1979-1999 |
25 | - | Photographs, 1984-2000 |
122 | - | Photographs, 1985-1992 |
129 | - | Photographs, circa 1986-1995 |
118 | - | Photographs, 1993-2010 |
31 | - | Photographs, 1995-2005 |
95 | - | Photographs, 1996-2001 |
54 | - | Photographs, 1997-2004 |
120 | - | Photographs, 1999-2009 |
34 | - | Photographs, 2000-2005 |
108 | - | Photographs, 2009-2016 |
XOP2 | - | Posters, undated |
XOP3 | - | Posters, undated |
93 | - | Printed material, 1984-1998 |
95 | - | Printed material, 1996-2001 |
108 | - | Printed material, 2009-2016 |
97 | - | Professional papers, 1936-1998 |
38 | - | Professional papers, 1973-1994 |
104 | - | Professional papers, 1978-2000 |
128 | - | Scrapbooks, 1952-2014 |
53 | - | Scrapbooks and yearbook, 1944-1965 |
201 | - | Slides, 1976-1998 |
113 | - | Slides and film reel [1], circa 1951-1990 [original: 16 mm film reel] |
202 | 2 | Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), plaque with drawing of Johnson, 1948 |
3 | - | Subject files, African American activists S-W and Frederick Douglas, 1970-1991 |
89 | - | Subject files, African American artists and African American dance, 1967-2001 |
90 | - | Subject files, African American artists and Cleopatra, 1874-2000 |
57 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 1960-2000 |
47 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 1980-2000 |
45 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 1985-2000 |
48 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 2000-2003 |
87 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 2003-2007 |
35 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 2008 |
20 | - | Subject files, African art, 1990-2000 |
45 | - | Subject files, African American Historical & Cultural Society, 1985-2000 |
34 | - | Subject files, Amiri Baraka and Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), 2000-2005 |
85 | - | Subject files, ancient art, 1980-2003 |
13 | - | Subject files, Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) and notebook, 1990-2001 |
40 | - | Subject files, Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH), 2001-2005 |
50 | - | Subject files, black American art, 1992-2007 |
96 | - | Subject files, black dance and Martin Luther King, Jr., 1974-2001 |
67 | - | Subject files, black music and literature, 1984-2000 |
65 | - | Subject files, black music and literature, 1999-2002 |
66 | - | Subject files, black music and literature, 1999-2003 |
107 | - | Subject files, blackness and black identity, 1979-2009 |
77 | - | Subject files, black theatre, 1985-2001 |
75 | - | Subject files, Brazil, 1984-1990 |
17 | - | Subject files, Brazil, 1993-2001 |
24 | - | Subject files, Brazil and general, 1982-2000 |
103 | - | Subject files, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1984-1988 |
93 | - | Subject files, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, 1984-1998 |
106 | - | Subject files, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1988-2001 |
44 | - | Subject files, Egypt and general, 1977-2008 |
37 | - | Subject files, Egypt and general, 1995-1999 |
78 | - | Subject files, Egypt and Greece, 1963-2008 |
49 | - | Subject files, the elements (earth, air, fire, and water), hair, and memorable mustaches, 1998-2002 |
4 | - | Subject files, family, circa 1940-2008 |
63 | - | Subject files, the family [as a subject], 1971-2002 |
136 | - | Subject files, feast ladles, 1990-2014 |
112 | - | Subject files, general, 1943-2004 |
119 | - | Subject files, general, 1950-2010 |
128 | - | Subject files, general, 1952-2014 |
110 | - | Subject files, general, 1957-2001 |
123 | - | Subject files, general, 1960-2012 |
126 | - | Subject files, general, 1961-1989 |
64 | - | Subject files, general, 1964-1995 |
99 | - | Subject files, general, 1968-1993 |
115 | - | Subject files, general, 1970-2002 |
111 | - | Subject files, general, 1971-2001 |
109 | - | Subject files, general, 1975-1999 |
58 | - | Subject files, general, 1976-1996 |
101 | - | Subject files, general, 1976-1998 |
81 | - | Subject files, general, 1977-2001 |
104 | - | Subject files, general, 1978-2000 |
56 | - | Subject files, general, 1978-2002 |
46 | - | Subject files, general, 1980-2000 |
68 | - | Subject files, general, 1980-2007 |
72 | - | Subject files, general, 1981-2000 |
105 | - | Subject files, general, 1981-2006 |
100 | - | Subject files, general, 1984-1999 |
42 | - | Subject files, general, 1984-2002 |
134 | - | Subject files, general, 1984-2014 |
70 | - | Subject files, general, 1986-2006 |
125 | - | Subject files, general, 1988-2002 |
39 | - | Subject files, general, 1988-2004 |
6 | - | Subject files, general, 1988-2009 |
79 | - | Subject files, general, 1989-2002 |
135 | - | Subject files, general, circa 1990-2012 |
92 | - | Subject files, general, 1991-1997 |
43 | - | Subject files, general, 1991-2007 |
118 | - | Subject files, general, 1993-2010 |
95 | - | Subject files, general, 1996-2001 |
116 | - | Subject files, general, 1996-2011 |
127 | - | Subject files, general, 1998-2012 |
120 | - | Subject files, general, 1999-2009 |
51 | - | Subject files, general, 2000 |
124 | - | Subject files, general, 2005-2007 |
131 | - | Subject files, general, circa 2014 |
22 | - | Subject files, general, and notecards, 1976-2012 |
41 | - | Subject files, general and San Francisco, California, art, 1969-1999 |
18 | - | Subject files, Ghana, 1990-1999 |
19 | - | Subject files, graffiti and profanity, 1975-1993 |
102 | - | Subject files, Grigsby family and holidays, 1993-2002 |
60 | - | Subject files, historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and general, 1989-2007 |
61 | - | Subject files, house maintenance and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), 1977-1991 |
95 | - | Subject files, Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina), 1996-2001 |
100 | - | Subject files, Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina) and Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia), 1984-1999 |
14 | - | Subject files, Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina) friends and general, 1992-2004 |
15 | - | Subject files, Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, North Carolina) friends and musicians, 1986-2000 |
133 | - | Subject files, Langston Hughes and feast ladles, 1981-2014 |
110 | - | Subject files, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1957-2001 |
76 | - | Subject files, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia), 1977-2001 |
52 | - | Subject files, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) and African American Historical & Cultural Society, 1998-2003 |
48 | - | Subject files, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) and Maynard Institute (Oakland, California), 2000-2003 |
97 | - | Subject files, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) and Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), 1936-1998 |
30 | - | Subject files, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia) and Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), 1947-1959 |
124 | - | Subject files, Morehouse College (Atlanta, Georgia), Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), 2005-2007 |
200 | - | Subject files, Myron Johnson, Jr., “Jay Jay,” 1943-2018 |
199 | - | Subject files, Myron Johnson, Jr., “Jay Jay,” 1981-1995 |
5 | - | Subject files, museums and general, 1991-2002 |
16 | - | Subject files, musicians, 2001-2002 |
86 | - | Subject files, Nigeria, 1968-2000 |
88 | - | Subject files, Nigeria, Caribbean, and Haiti, 1970-2001 |
130 | - | Subject files, people and friends, 1978-2008 |
132 | - | Subject files, peppers to weddings, 1992-2002 |
59 | - | Subject files, southeast United States and art, Midwest, 1985-2002 |
94 | - | Subject files, Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia), 1974-2002 |
35 | - | Subject files, Spelman College (Atlanta Georgia), 2008 |
36 | - | Subject files, Spelman College (Atlanta Georgia) and negro spirituals, 1997-2007 |
74 | - | Subject files, Willie Brown, 1996-2009 |
111 | - | Teaching files, 1971-2001 |
103 | - | Teaching files, 1984-1988 |
58 | - | Teaching files, English, 1976-1996 |
46 | - | Teaching files, English, 1980-2000 [1] |
47 | - | Teaching files, English, 1980-2000 [2] |
62 | - | Teaching files, English, 1981-1994 |
73 | - | Teaching files, general, 1963-1989 |
98 | - | Teaching files and notecards, 1981-1986 |
57 | - | Travel files, 1960-2000 |
26 | - | Yearbooks, 1930-1961 |
12 | - | Yearbooks, 1969-2006 |
139 | - | Books |
140 | - | Books |
141 | - | Books |
142 | - | Books |
143 | - | Books |
144 | - | Books |
145 | - | Books |
146 | - | Books |
147 | - | Books |
148 | - | Books |
149 | - | Books |
150 | - | Books |
151 | - | Books |
152 | - | Books |
153 | - | Books |
154 | - | Books |
155 | - | Books |
160 | - | Books |
162 | - | Books |
163 | - | Books |
164 | - | Books |
165 | - | Books |
166 | - | Books |
167 | - | Books |
168 | - | Books |
169 | - | Books |
170 | - | Books |
171 | - | Books |
172 | - | Books |
174 | - | Books |
175 | - | Books |
178 | - | Books |
179 | - | Books |
180 | - | Books |
181 | - | Books |
182 | - | Books |
183 | - | Books |
184 | - | Books |
185 | - | Books |
186 | - | Books |
187 | - | Books |
188 | - | Books |
189 | - | Books |
190 | - | Books |
191 | - | Books |
192 | - | Books |
193 | - | Books |
194 | - | Books |
195 | - | Books |
196 | - | Books |
197 | - | Books |
198 | - | Books |
156 | - | Periodicals |
157 | - | Periodicals |
158 | - | Periodicals |
159 | - | Periodicals |
161 | - | Periodicals |
173 | - | Periodicals |
176 | - | Periodicals |
177 | - | Periodical |