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BANC MSS 2002/064 c
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Collection Title: Albert J. Johnson papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1998
Collection Number: BANC MSS 2002/064 c
Extent:
10 cartons, 2 oversize folders
(12.5 linear feet)
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Albert J. Johnson papers, BANC MSS 2002/064 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
There are no alternate forms of this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Johnson, Albert J., 1925-1998--Archives
San Francisco International Film Festival
University of California, Berkeley. Afro-American Studies
African American college teachers--California--Berkeley
Film critics--United States
Film festivals
Film festivals--California--Oakland
Film festivals--California--San Francisco
Faculty papers
The Albert J. Johnson papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Coretta Greaux on November 25, 1998.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Joanna Black in 2013.
Albert J. Johnson (1925-1998) was born in Harlem, New York. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received
a bachelor’s degree in English in 1954, and studied at Oxford University and the Shakespeare Institute in Stratford, England.
During the 1960s, Johnson taught film at UCLA and San Francisco State College, later joining University of California, Berkeley’s
African American Studies Department in 1974. As a film critic and historian with a strong interest in international film,
Johnson was deeply involved in national and international film events including: the San Francisco International Film Festival,
Oakland’s Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, the Cannes International Film Festival in France, the Berlin International Film Festival
in Germany, and the Venice International Film Festival in Italy. Johnson was also a founding member and editor of the magazine
Film Quarterly, where he remained on the Editorial Board until his death in 1998. As a senior lecturer at UC Berkeley, Johnson’s most popular
courses included “Third World Cinema” and “The Afro-American and the World of Cinema.”
Scope and Content of Collection
The Albert J. Johnson papers, 1945-1998, contain material such as correspondence, diaries, and calendars; objects relating
to Johnson’s involvement with film events and festivals, including badges, event posters, and press documents; hand written
notes on various films, filmmakers, and festivals; and collected newspapers clippings authored by or about Johnson. The bulk
of the collection consists of documents highlighting Johnson’s career as an internationally renowned film critic, highlighting
his skills as a writer, editor, and lecturer, with only a few materials directly pertaining to his career at UC Berkeley.
Also included are numerous personal diaries which span his career from 1945 to 1998.