Joshua L. Johns Papers, 1884-1942
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Title: Joshua L. Johns Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1884-1942

Creator:
  • Johns, Joshua L., 1881-1947
Call Number: Green Bay Mss 170; Disc 228A; PH Green Bay Mss 170; PH Green Bay Mss 170 (7)

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (1 archives box, 5 flat boxes), 2 disc recordings, 6 photographs (1 folder), and 1 poster

Repository:
Housed at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Archives and Area Research Center; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.
UW-Green Bay Cofrin Library / Green Bay Area Research Ctr. (Map)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Johns, a Republican Congressman from Wisconsin (1939-1943) and president of Kiwanis International (1934), consisting of career scrapbooks and fragmentary papers. The scrapbooks trace his career from his early law practice in Tennessee to his service in Congress. Highlights include cases Johns litigated both in Tennessee and in Richland County, Wisconsin, his work as aide to Wisconsin Governor Fred Zimmerman, his leadership of the Wisconsin-Upper Michigan District of Kiwanis International, his two terms in Congress, and his renown as a public speaker. No scrapbooks are included, however, for his presidency of Kiwanis International. The discs are a 1940 recording of “I Am an American,” a program for which Johns authored the federal legislation, and a June 11, 1941 speech opposing U.S. participation in World War II. Two additional recorded speeches are part of the WHA recording collection at SHSW. The photographs consist of individual and group portraits; the vintage prints are in the Visual Materials Archive in Madison with photocopies in the collection. Because of its fragile condition, one 1940 campaign poster has been retained with the vintage prints.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-gb0170
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