Johnson (Parish B.) Papers, 1864-1886

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Title:: Parish B. Johnson Papers
Dates:: 1864-1886
Creators:: Johnson, Parish B. (Parish Barkydt), 1838-
Abstract:: Diary of Captain Parish Barhydt Johnson (born 1838), Western newspaper publisher, covering a trip from Wilmington, California, to Tucson, Arizona during his time in the United States Army in 1864, as well as 38 pieces of correspondence related to the newspaper business in Northern California and Washington Territory and family concerns in the 1870s and 1880s.
Extent:: 43 items
Language:: The records are in English .
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Parish B. Johnson Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Scope and content:: The papers include a diary kept by Parish B. Johnson when he was a captain in the United States Army during a trip from Drum Barracks, Wilmington, California, to Tucson, Arizona, in 1864. There are also 38 pieces of correspondence (arranged alphabetically by author) primarily written within the Johnson family. The authors include Johnson himself, his wife Libbie, their son Smith S. Johnson, Parish’s brother Grove L. Johnson, Grove’s daughter Josephine and son Albert M. Johnson as well as Libbie Johnson’s aunt and uncle, Mary and Park Waterbury. The subjects covered are limited to family concerns and the newspaper business in Northern California and Washington Territory. The ephemera consists of four items.
Biographical / historical:: Parish B. Johnson (born 1838), a Western newspaper publisher, became a member of the general committee which controlled the Walla Walla Union when it was founded in 1868. He assumed full editorship of the paper from 1876-1890.
Acquisition information:: The collection was purchased from Mrs. O. C. Hodges in December 1946.
Rules or conventions:: Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects:: Newspaper editors -- Washington (State) -- Walla Walla -- Correspondence.
Newspaper publishing -- Washington (State) -- Walla Walla.
Diaries West (U.S.) 19th century.
Letters (correspondence) West (U.S.) 19th century.

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Stephanie Clayton and Brooke M. Black.
Date Prepared:: © 2009
Date Encoded:: Machine readable finding aid encoded by Jennifer Allan Goldman on August 2011 and updated by Diann Benti in January 2017.

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Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Parish B. Johnson Papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:: Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

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