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Newspaper Clippings, 1926 February 20-April 3

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F17
Scope and Contents Contains 11 loose clippings from various newspapers, including the front pages of the Wilmington Evening Journal (February 20, 1926) and the Newark Post (February 24, 1926); three photocopied pages of undated clippings; and 15 pages with numerous clippings glued to each. The latter group contains articles from various papers around Delaware and Maryland, and one article from the New York Times. Clippings include...
Dates: 1926 February 20-April 3

Quotes, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F17
Scope and Contents

One of these items is a note found at Johnson's bedside on the day he died, with a quote from Emily Dickinson scrawled in pencil. The other item is a quote from Lincoln, printed in black on a large sheet of handmade paper.

Dates: undated

Eulogy, 1926 February 20

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F17
Scope and Contents

By the Alumni Association of Delaware College, printed on handmade paper.

Dates: 1926 February 20

Memorial resolutions, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F17
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Drafted by the Orpheus Club of Wilmington in honor of Everett C. Johnson

Dates: undated

Typed Letter Signed, John G. Townsend, Jr. to Louise Johnson, 1963 April 19

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

With enclosure: Typed Letter Signed (copy) EJ to John G. Townsend, 1926 February 19

Dates: 1963 April 19

Typed Letter Signed, "Margaret" to Marjorie Tilghman, 1988 October 3

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents

With enclosure: 4 pp. of information about the Deichmann College Preparatory School, Baltimore

Dates: 1988 October 3

Sons of the American Revolution, 1924 April 19

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F7
Scope and Contents

Speech given by Johnson at the Hotel DuPont, Wilmington. Typescript (carbon), 13 pp., Typescript (carbon), 7 pp., incomplete draft

Dates: 1924 April 19

Memorial to Everett C. Johnson, 1927 February 19

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F8
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Speech given by George Morgan at the University of Delaware Alumni Dinner. Holograph and typescript manuscript, 50 pp., George Morgan 408 S. 45th St., Phila. Pa. Galley of speech (removed to oversize box). Autograph letter signed from Louise S. Johnson regarding loan of the manuscript, 4 pp.

Dates: 1927 February 19

Hamlet lecture, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F9
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Typescript probably given between 1899 and 1902 by Johnson at Johns Hopkins

Dates: undated

Speech, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: F10
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Typescript speech regarding Americanization and the "Service Citizens of Delaware."

Dates: undated

Newspaper clippings, 1910-1971

 File — Box: 1, Folder: F11
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous articles, either written by Johnson or about him. There are several copies of articles from Wilmington newspapers regarding the appointment of Johnson to the post of secretary of state and the retirement of Gov. John Townsend. Also included is a 1971 article about the Cape Henlopen lighthouse which was washed out with the tide in 1926; photocopies of several undated articles; an article pasted in a folder entitled "A Clipping from the Delaware State...
Dates: 1910-1971