Willis D. Johnson papers

Collection

Identifier: ACCN 1825

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Willis D. Johnson papers (1937-1999) contain books, journals, notebooks, news clippings, and a scrapbook documenting the family history and river-rafting/adventurer career of native Utahn Willis D. Johnson. Particularly interesting in this collection is the Willis D. Johnson scrapbook which is replete with photos, news clippings, correspondence, and diary entries documenting the exploits of Johnson and his friends Buzz Holmstrom, Russel Frazier, Amos Berg, and Charles Kelly. Postcards from Antarctica and photos of both reservoir-free Glen Canyon and the Crossing of the Fathers on the Colorado River are some of the more interesting materials found in the scrapbook. Also well documented in this collection is Willis' pioneer and family history which are preserved in a biography of Mormon pioneer Aaron Johnson, Willis' grandfather, in an autobiography of Aaron Johnson Jr., Willis' father, in a scrapbook containing information on Moses Johnson, Willis' thespian cousin, and in a book chronicling the history of Edwin Whiting, Moses' great grandfather.

Dates

1937-1999

Creator

Johnson, Willis D. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Cora Lee Johnson in 2000 and 2001.

Related Materials

Forms part of the River Running Archives (S.J. Quinney Outdoor Recreation Archives).

Separated Materials

Photographs were tranferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0852). Originals of the Charles Kelly letters have been placed in the Reserve Collection.