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Johnson, Richard Marshall.
Diaries and scrapbooks, 1859-1900. 10 volumes
Richard Marshall Johnson was a St. Louisan, who worked his way up from store and postoffice
clerk to clerk to the chief quartermaster of Gen. Grant in the Civil War. After the war he
was appointed the American consul in Hankow, China. Married Annie E. Blow, daughter of
Taylor Blow of St. Louis.
Collection includes seven diaries describing life in St. Louis and China, with comments on
personal life rather than political events, 1859-1861 and 1870-1875. Also includes three
scrapbooks of newsclippings regarding St. Louis politics, 1866-1877 and 1895-1898.
Cite as: Richard Marshall Johnson Diaries and Scrapbooks, Missouri History Museum Archives,
St. Louis.
A1824
Johnson, Ruth Eliot.
Collection, 1848-1960. 6 folders
Ruth Eliot Johnson was the granddaughter of Thomas Lamb Eliot (1841-1936), a Unitarian
minister in Portland, Oregon. She was the great-granddaughter of William Greenleaf Eliot, one
of the founders of Washington University in St. Louis.
The collection includes several letters written by William Greenleaf Eliot; papers relating to
Washington University; papers relating to the Church of the Messiah; and papers of the Eliot
family.
Cite as: Ruth Eliot Johnson Collection, Missouri History Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A2875
Johnston, Altheda, Mrs. (1893- ).
Family History Sheet, circa 1970s. 1 item [formerly Alphabetical File]
Family history sheet for the Missouri Historical Society filled out by Mrs. Altheda Johnston,
1421 Rankin Drive, St. Louis County, Missouri. Includes genealogical data on her family.
Cite as: Mrs. Altheda Johnston Family History Sheet, Missouri History Museum Archives, St.
Louis.
A2876
Johnston, Chambless Rand, Dr. and Mrs.
Biographical Data Sheets, 1963 Mar 14. 4 items [formerly Alphabetical File]
Two biographical data sheets and two family history sheets for the Missouri Historical
Society filled out by Dr. Chambless Rand Johnston and his wife, Anita Caroline O’Fallon
Johnston, of Nashville, Tennessee. Includes genealogical data on their families.
Cite as: Dr. and Mrs. Chambless Rand Johnston Biographical Data Sheets, Missouri History
Museum Archives, St. Louis.
A0783
Johnston, Earl Maynard (1890-1955).
Papers, 1846-1918. 3 folders (approximately 35 items)
United States accountant at Panama Canal, 1910; secretary to David R. Francis while Francis
served as United States ambassador to Russia during the revolution.
Johnston family correspondence, 1845-1855; transcripts of dispatches, proclamations,
speeches, news items, reports concerning the Russian Revolution, 1917-1918. Also includes
letters to his father covering events at the American Embassy, the moving of the embassy, etc.;