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Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Scope and Contents
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Arlien Johnson papers
Creator:
Johnson, Arlien
Identifier/Call Number: 5113
Physical Description:
4.688 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1970s
Abstract: This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher
Arlien Johnson (1894-1988).
Language of Material:
English.
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Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Biographical / Historical
Arlien Johnson (1894-1988) was an American social work educator and researcher. She was the founding Director of the School
of Social Work at the University of Washington from 1934 to 1939 and Dean of the University of Southern California School
of Social Work from 1939 until 1959. Johnson also was President of the National Conference of Social Work in 1947 and chaired
the Fulbright Commission's American Social Work Team in a study of social services in Great Britain. The Los Angeles Times
named Johnson one of the "women of the year" in 1947 for her work.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Arlien Johnson papers, Collection no. 5113, University Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher
Arlien Johnson (1894-1988). These include correspondence, photographs and photo albums, awards and medals, studies and surveys,
membership cards, newspapers and newspaper clippings, newsletters, reports, course notes and outlines, bibliographies, personal
papers and records, social work journals, oral history papers, research, and more. Johnson was the founding Director of the
School of Social Work at the University of Washington from 1934 to 1939 and Dean of the University of Southern California
School of Social Work from 1939 until 1959.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Schools of social work -- Faculty -- Archival resources
Social service -- Research -- California -- Archival resources
Social work education -- United States -- Archival resources
Women social workers -- United States -- Archival resources
Correspondence
Photographs
Plaques (flat objects)
Photograph albums
Surveys and studies
Case studies
Identity cards
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Faculty papers
Newsletters
Newspapers
Reports
Oral histories (document genres)
Johnson, Arlien -- Archives
University of Southern California. School of Social Work -- Archives