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623. JOHNSON, CHARLES A. LEGAL DOCUMENT, 1926. 1 item. P 1263.
“Examination of Title” for a piece of property, described as lots 7 and 8 in M. N.
Kimball’s Subdivision in Section 26-40-13, Cook County, Illinois, prepared by
Chicago Title and Trust Company. The record begins in 1841.
624. JOHNSON, CLYDE. ARTICLE, 1973. 1 item. P 808.
An issue of Inland containing an article, “Saturday Night on the St. Mary’s,” the
story of a Great Lakes oreboat, captained by Clyde Johnson.
625. JOHNSON, EMIL (1858-1935). PAPERS, 1859-1931. 13 items, including 1 volume.
P 191.
Papers of an Erskine, Minnesota, farmer: personal documents, church records, and
local histories.
626. JOHNSON, ERIK KRISTIAN (1863-1923). DOCTRINE, 1895. Pamphlet, 16 pages.
P 556.
En kort udredning offers an explanation of doctrines in Hauge’s Synod. Johnson was
a professor at Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul.
627. JOHNSON, GUSTAV ELWOOD. DISSERTATION, 1940. 1 volume, 111 pages. P
1498.
“The Swedes of Chicago,” a University of Chicago, Department of History, Ph.D.
dissertation.
628. JOHNSON, JOHN ANDERS (1832-1901). PAPERS, 1854-1966. 22 boxes. P 691.
Papers of a Norwegian-born industrialist, inventor, and philanthropist, Madison,
Wisconsin: articles, clippings, contracts, correspondence, indentures, patents,
pamphlets, receipts, records, reports, scrapbooks, and statements.
Johnson immigrated in 1844 to Walworth County, Wisconsin; moved to Dane
County in 1852 and to Madison in 1861. He was founder and president of Fuller &
Johnson Manufacturing Company, of Gisholt Machine Company, and of Hekla Fire
Insurance Company. In 1896, he was elected president of the National Association
of Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers.
Johnson helped found Amerika, a Chicago newspaper, in 1873. He wrote frequently
on political, economic, and social topics such as tariff, free silver, temperance,
slavery, and education. Besides several pamphlets, his publications include Det
skandinaviske regiments historie (1869) and Fingerpeg for farmere og andre (1888).
Johnson was a member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1857 and 1873-1874 and
county clerk (1861-1869). His philanthropies included the University of Wisconsin,
St. Olaf College, and the Gisholt Home for the Aged. NAHA published John A.
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