Description
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and personal materials of American social work educator and researcher
Arlien Johnson (1894-1988).
Background
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.
Extent
4.688 Linear Feet
6 boxes
Restrictions
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Availability
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