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Finding Aid for the Martha Ennis Johnson Papers, 1968-1985
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Biographical

 

General Information - Memorial Items

Box 1, Folder 1

Eulogy by Jean Trapnell spoken at Memorial Service, 1985 January 5.

Physical Description: (Typescript, 3 leaves)
Box 1, Folder 2

Eulogy by Terence Vliet, 1985 January 5.

Physical Description: (Typescript, 3 leaves)
Box 1, Folder 3

Eulogy by Andy Blunt and Betty Andrews, 1985 January 5.

Physical Description: (19 leaves [various pagings]. Typescript [BA] and Holograph [AB])
 

General Information - Summary Details

Box 1, Folder 4

Resume of Martha Ennis Johnson, n.d.

Physical Description: (1 leaf)
 

Career - Social Work

 

Venice Service Center - General Office Records

Box 1, Folder 5

Neighborhood Youth Center (folder 1 of 2), 1967-1968.

Scope and Content Note

Notes, correspondence and records concerning the Neighborhood Youth Corps program, and Shorthand Books with Minutes for the Venice Youth Council, 1968 March-1968 May 20.

Note

(Removed from Box 1, folder 9)
Box 1, Folder 6

Neighborhood Youth Center (folder 2 of 2), 1966 December-1967.

Physical Description: (Holograph)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, notes and a police report concerning an incident involving clients on December 2.
Also, notes for a book [?].
 

Venice Service Center - Personnel Records

Box 1, Folder 7

Gloria Rodriguez, 1967-1968.

Physical Description: (15 items)

Note

Closed - filed in vault.
Box 1, Folder 8

Alvin Simpson, 1967-1968.

Physical Description: (20 items)

Note

Closed - filed in vault.
 

Venice Service Center - Publications

Box 1, Folder 9

Venice volcano, n.d. A weekly newsletter written and produced by teenagers for the community.

Physical Description: (11 items)
Box 1, Folder 10

Venice Service Center news, 1967 February 10-1968 September 20.

Physical Description: (71 items. Newsletters)
 

Writing

 

The Idle Poor - Manuscript Material

Box 1, Folder 12

Early drafts and notes [?], n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Contains: Section E - The Employment Process (photocopy), notes for book [?], and outline for The Inmates.
Box 1, Folder 13

The idle poor - interviews, n.d.

Physical Description: (Transcripts [typescript and holograph])
Box 2, Folder 1

The idle poor, n.d.

Physical Description: (2 p.l., 28 leaves. Typescript. In blue report folder)
Box 2, Folder 2

Early treatment titled The Inmates, with an outline of contents at end.

Physical Description: (ca. 50 leaves. Typescript)

Scope and Content Note

Back-up Material.
Box 2, Folder 2

Table of contents and introduction.

Physical Description: (2pp. manuscript notes)

Scope and Content Note

Back-up Material.
Box 2, Folder 3

The Inmates, 1966 March 27.

Physical Description: (6 p.l., 48 [4] leaves. Typescript. Bound in tan report folder)

Scope and Content Note

Earlier treatment of work [?].
Box 2, Folder 4

The Inmates, 1984 September.

Physical Description: (2 p.l. 238 leaves. Typescript)

Scope and Content Note

Labeled Finished work with an attached memo from Jean Trapnell with a new postscript.
Box 2, Folder 5

The Inmates, n.d.

Physical Description: (240pp. 11 leaves. Typescript [photocopy])
 

The Idle Poor - Publication History

Box 2, Folder 6

Miscellaneous (folder 1 of 2), 1973 August-1984 November.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with publishers, including UC Press.
Box 2, Folder 7

Miscellaneous (folder 2 of 2), 1981 December-1984 November.

Physical Description: (Typed)

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence with publishers. Copies of items from first folder [Box 2, folder 6].
Also, letters from Alden Duer Cohen, her agent.
 

The Idle Poor - Research Material

Box 1, Folder 11

Clippings for Prologue of The Idle Poor, 1981-1982.