Dorothy M. Johnson Papers, 1844-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Johnson, Dorothy Marie, 1905-1984
Title
Dorothy M. Johnson Papers
Dates
1844-1984 (inclusive)
Quantity
67.5 linear feet
Collection Number
Mss 127 (collection)
Summary
Dorothy Johnson was a Montana writer known for her Western fiction. The primary focus of the collection is Johnson's literary career, but it also includes personal correspondence, financial records, speeches, photographs, and some limited works from other authors.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana--Missoula.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for updating this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Dorothy Marie Johnson was born in McGregor, Iowa, on December 19, 1905. Her family moved to Great Falls, Montana, in 1909, and to Whitefish, Montana, in 1913. Johnson graduated from Whitefish High School in 1922, enrolled that fall at Montana State University in Bozeman and transferred to The University of Montana in Missoula the following year. There, she studied creative writing under H.G. Merriam, one of the university's legendary professors. She was married briefly to George W. Peterkin.

After graduation in 1928, she found work as a stenographer in an Okanogan, Washington, department store. After working another stenographer position in Menasha, Wisconsin, she spent fifteen years as a magazine editor in New York City at Gregg Publishing Company and Farrell Publishing Corporation. After moving back to Montana, she was news editor of the Whitefish Pilot from 1950-1953. Following that, she returned to Missoula in 1953, where she was the secretary-manager of the Montana Press Association and taught part-time at the University of Montana's School of Journalism (at that time, called Montana State University). Johnson retired from both her teaching and her Press Association jobs in 1967 because of poor health.

She wrote sixteen books, beginning with Beulah Bunny Tells All in 1941 and ending with All the Buffalo Returning in 1979. Her subjects include Native Americans (Sitting Bull: Warrior for a Lost Nation; Buffalo Woman; All the Buffalo Returning); stories for children (Farewell to Troy; Greece--Wonderland of the Past and Present); and history (Famous Lawmen of the Old West; Some Went West; Flame on the Frontier; Western Bad Men; Montana; The Bloody Bozeman). She also co-authored The Bedside Book of Bastards with Robert Turner, a professor of history at The University of Montana. She is perhaps best known for her three short stories made into movies: "The Hanging Tree," "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," and "A Man Called Horse." Her short stories were widely anthologized in textbooks and other collections. Johnson was also a frequent writer of letters to the editor of the Missoulian; some of her letters influenced managerial decisions in Missoula city government.

Johnson received numerous awards, including the Western Heritage Wrangler Award, 1978; The Golden Saddleman Award, 1976; an honorary doctorate from The University of Montana, 1973; a University of Montana Distinguished Service Award, 1961; and Montana's Outstanding Professional Woman of the Year, 1952. She died November 11, 1984 in Missoula.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

This collection consists of the personal papers and professional records of author Dorothy Johnson. The collection is heavily focused on her literary career. It contains biographical information; business and personal correspondence; financial records; manuscripts of her short stories, articles, speeches, and books; published forms of her works; her research files; manuscripts written by others based on her works; photographs; awards and certificates, and other materials.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Copyright is not held by The University of Montana. McIntosh and Otis, Inc. of New York serves as Johnson's literary agent and handles all requests related to publication and republication of her works.

Preferred Citation

Dorothy M. Johnson Papers, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection is divided into sixteen series:

Series I: Biographical and Personal, 3 folders, 1965-1981

Series II: Correspondence, 5.0 linear feet, 1940-1984

Series III: Financial Records, 1.5 linear feet, 1936-1976

Series IV: Clippings and Publications, 1.5 linear feet, 1920-1984

Series V: Speeches, 1 linear foot, 1956-1981

Series VI: Articles, Short Stories, and Plays, 6.5 linear feet, 1923-1982

Series VII: Book Manuscripts, 11.5 linear feet, 1968-1971

Series VIII: Research, 5.0 linear feet, undated

Series IX: Travel, 1.75 linear feet, 1961-1974

Series X: Awards and Certificates, 3.0 linear feet, 1886-1984

Series XI: Journals, 2.5 linear feet, 1924-1984

Series XII: Books, 25.0 linear feet, 1844-1984

Series XIII: Manuscripts of Others, 0.5 linear feet, 1953-1978

Series XIV: Photographs, 2.5 linear feet, circa 1880-1982

Series XV: Publicity Materials, 0.5 linear feet, 1962

Series XVI: Artwork, 3 items, undated

Custodial History

The main portion of the collection came from Johnson in numerous sections, through the Friends of the Library, an organization in which she was active, at The University of Montana--Missoula. The first section, the manuscripts for The Last Boat, The Most Wonderful Time/Elk Tooth Dress, A Time of Greatness, The Man Who Could Not Dream, and Flame on the Frontier, arrived in May 1963. The manuscript and page proofs for Some Went West followed in May 1965. In 1971, the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collection received the manuscripts for Montana, and Western Bad Men. Johnson added the manuscript of Christmas Celebrations in the West in 1972, and the manuscripts of fourteen short stories and five books followed in 1974. She added to the collection in 1975, 1976 and 1979, including the manuscripts of All the Buffalo Returning and Beulah Bunny Tells All. Johnson added correspondence, the manuscripts for Sitting Bull, Western Lawmen, her Charlie Russell book and some articles later in 1979. After her death in 1984, her will named the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections as recipient of her remaining books and papers. Correspondents Ward Powell and Lydia Maury Skeels also donated letters written to them by Johnson. In 1997, Manuscript materials for The Bloody Bozeman, formerly placed at Montana State University by Johnson, were transferred to the Mansfield Library Archives and Special Collections. The University of Montana's School of Journalism also transferred some of Johnson's correspondence and clippings in 2007.

Acquisition Information

Gifts of Dorothy M. Johnson, 1963-1979, Dorothy M. Johnson Estate, 1984, Nancy Hubble, 1985 and 1987, Ward Powell, 1988 and 1995, Lydia Maury, 1989, and Montana State University--Bozeman, 1997.

Processing Note

The collection was originally processed as four separate entities. In 1997, these four entities were combined into one collection, with substantial revisions to the arrangement of manuscripts. In 2003, photographs and photograph albums that were accessioned in 1995 were integrated into the collection. In 2024, correspondence, mostly to a Kathryn Wright, and clippings transferred from the University of Montana School of Journalism were added to the collection.

Separated Materials

Dorothy Johnson's collection of books is not physically housed with the manuscript collection, though the titles are listed in Series XII. In addition, a few pieces of correspondence sent with the manuscripts and addressed to the library were removed to collection control files.

Related Materials

Dorothy M. Johnson-Kay Burnham Correspondence, Mss 210.

In addition, Princeton University Libraries hold 0.35 linear feet of Johnson manuscripts.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Series I:  Biographical and Personal, 1965-1981Return to Top

3 folders

This series includes a folder of biographical sketches, Who's Who profiles with Johnson's corrections, and introductions read for speeches. More notable are the two folders labeled "Dreams" and "Keepsakes." The first contains undated manuscript notes and drawings relating to Johnson's dreams that may be notes for an early story. The second is a gathering of personal mementos apparently assembled by Johnson. It includes pieces of correspondence with notable individuals, including The Writer's War Board (Rex Stout), members of her family (who often address her by her middle name, Marie), early newspaper clippings about her, H.G. Merriam, J. Hugo Aronson (then governor of Montana), some fan mail, H.K. Newburn (then president of the University of Montan), and the dean of the Journalism School. There are materials from her membership in Beta Sigma Phi, the sorority to which she belonged at The University of Montana. There are also assorted programs from weddings and funerals, holiday cards and drawings, and a small address book that appears to have belonged to her mother.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/1
General Biographical
1965-1981 and undated
1/2
Dreams
undated
1/3
Keepsakes
undated

Series II:  Correspondence, 1940-1984Return to Top

4.5 linear feet

This series contains a mix of incoming and some outgoing personal and business correspondence, with a small amount of financial correspondence. There is correspondence with fellow writers and literary scholars. There is also fan mail, letters from genealogy researchers and photographers, some of Johnson's letters to the editor of the Missoulian, and a selection of her Christmas letters. Correspondence filed under a work's name is a mix of research and contact with the book stories editor or publisher, or her agent. There are also letters about the film productions of some of her books. Some of this type of correspondence is also mixed in with the manuscripts in Series VI and VII and with the research files in Series VIII. Notable correspondents include Andre Deutsch, A.B. Guthrie, and Bronsan G. Stevenson. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the name of correspondent or by subject assigned by Johnson. Johnson's correspondence to Kathryn Wright was added to the collection in 2024.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
1/4
All the Buffalo Returning
1976-1979
1/5
Doug Allard, Flathead Indian Trading Post
1974-1976
1/6
Judy Alter
1979-1983
1/7
American Express
1969-1981
1/8
Anthony Arthur
1977-1979
1/9
Artists of the West
1970
1/10
Authors Guild
1963-1974
1/11
Bacon Magazine
1979
1/12
Ballantine Books
1960-1961
1/13
Joel Barlow
1970
1/14
Bedside Book of Bastards
1964-1974
1/15
Bessie opera
1975-1982
2/1
Bloody Bozeman
1967-1977
2/2
Boise Pamphlet, WWS
1980
2/3
Book Reviewers
1970-1978
2/4
Kerry Ross Boren, National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History, Utah State University
1976
2/5
Bill Bragg
1979
2/6
Warren J. Brier
1979
2/7
Gwen Bristol
1975
2/8
Mark Brown
1974
2/9
Michael Brown
1958-1960
2/10
Buffalo Woman
1973-1978
2/11
"C"
1978
2/12
Ben Capps
1975-1984
2/13
Carbon Monoxide
Sept. 1958-Nov. 1958
2/14
Carbon Monoxide
Nov.-Dec. 1958
3/1
Carbon Monoxide
Jan.-April 1959
3/2
Carbon Monoxide
May 1959-Feb. 1960
3/3
Carbon Monoxide
March-Dec. 1960
3/4
Carbon Monoxide
1961
3/5
Carbon Monoxide
1962-1965
3/6
Jacques Chambrun, Inc.
1948-1952
3/7
Jacques Chambrun, Inc.
1952-1954
3/8
Christmas Letters
1973-1982
3/9
Confederation of Adopted Indians
1971
3/10
Continental Magazine
1964-1965
3/11
Coward-McCann
1967-1971
3/12
Custer Re-enactment
1966-1968
3/13
Delphi Article
1961
3/14
Delta Queen
1971-1972
3/15
Andre Deutsch
1959
4/1
Encyclopedia Britannica
1970-1974
4/2
Encyclopedia Britannica
1975
4/3
End of the Indian Wars
1951-1952
4/4
"F"
1972, 1977
4/5
Famous Lawmen
1963
4/6
Fan Mail
1949-1965
4/7
Farewell to Troy
1962-1964
4/8
Flathead Lake
1956
4/9
John Ford
1969
4/10
Ford Motor Company Magazine
1961-1981
4/11
Ford Times Christmas Letter
1976
4/12
Ford Tri-Motor article
1965-1966
4/13
Fort Benton article
1976
4/14
Foster Parents, Olga Vasquez
1976-1979
4/15
Friends of the University Library, University of Montana
1969-1977
4/16
The Furies
1958-1959
4/17
Ghost Dance
1949-1959
4/18
Dr. Gouax
1978
4/19
Grammar
1977
4/20
Greek Book
1962-1964
4/21
Gregg Press, Betsy Groban
1980
4/22
Gene Gressley, University of Wyoming Western History Research Center
1976-1981
4/23
A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
1977-1984
4/24
"H"
1955-1978
5/1
The Hanging Tree
1958
5/2
Sue Hart (Mathews)
1977-1984
5/3
Helicopter Article
1954-1955
5/4
Homecoming, Whitefish
1975
5/5
Homecoming, University of Montana
1978
5/6
Honorary Degree, University of Montana
1973
5/7
Houghton Mifflin Company
1962-1977
5/8
Sandy Howard Productions
1975
5/9
Sue Ines
1975
5/10
I Woke Up Wicked
1968-1971
5/11
Indian Removal Book
1972
5/12
Iowa State University Press
1974
5/13
"Jesse James"
1981
5/14
Libby James
1971
5/15
Juvenile Books
1961-1963
5/16
"K"
1965-1978
5/17
Ladies Home Journal
1961-1981
5/18
Last of the Discoverers
1956-1982
5/19
Stan Lynde
1976-1979
5/20
"L"
1957-1983
5/21
"M"
1961-1978
5/22
E. E. MacGilvra
1978
5/23
McGraw-Hill
1947-1950, 1974-1976
5/24
McIntosh & Otis
1969-1976
6/1
Dan Magnussen
1975
6/2
A Man Called Horse
1968-1970
6/3
Mike Mansfield
1961-1981
6/4
Mayo Clinic
1969
6/5
Thomas Francis Meagher
1963-1970
6/6
Scott Meredith Literary Agency
1953-1957
6/7
Missoula County Commissioners
1958-1962
6/8
Montana Institute of the Arts
1954-1961
6/9
Montana Textbook
1951
6/10
Peter Nabokov
1966-1967
6/11
National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center
1978
6/12
Newspapers
1950-1951
6/13
Northwest American Magazine
1978-1979
6/14
"O"
1959-1978
6/15
"P"
1963-1975
6/16
Frank Paluka, University of Iowa
1961-1973
6/17
Passing of the Covered Wagon
1952
6/18
Phil Pepe
1981-1982
6/19
Louis Pollock
1950-1960
6/20
Rainy Road to Camelot
1958
6/21
Return of a Man Called Horse
1975-1976
6/22
Richard Routh
1980
6/23
Charles M. Russell, about
1959-1982
6/24
"S"
1967-1976
7/1
SKS Productions
1968-1971
7/2
Sacajawea Memorial Area
1954
7/3
Thelma Sergeant
1974-1982
7/4
Saturday Evening Post
1940-1941
7/5
Mary Lee Sauer
1978
7/6
Jack Schaefer
1952-1978
7/7
Sitting Bull, about
1966-1968
7/8
Lydia Skeels
1976-1984
7/9
Rex Allan Smith
1978-1980
7/10
Re: Steve Smith, Nieman Fellowship Selection Committee
1980
7/11
Socrates
1963
7/12
Some Went West
1963-1965
7/13
Some Went West, Photos
1963-1965
7/14
C.L. Sorinichsen
1976-1979
7/15
C.L. Sorinichsen
1980-1984
7/16
Edgar Stewart
1958-1960
7/17
Granville Stuart
ca. 1976
OS2/1
Bronsan G. Stevenson
undated
8/1
"T"
1964, 1978
8/2
Jim Thane
1974-1979
8/3
Thebes
1962
8/4
True Magazine
1962-1965
8/5
Tuskers (professional elk hunters), film
1971-1972
8/6
"U"
1978-1979
8/7
"V"
1962-1975
8/8
Virgin Em, genealogical research
1974-1982
8/9
"W"
1970-1982
8/10
Western Heritage Award
1971-1978
8/11
Western Lawmen
1962-1963
8/12
Western Writers Series, Western Literature Association
1981
8/13
What's New
1959
8/14
When You and I Were Young, Whitefish
1975-1982
8/15
When You and I Were Young, Whitefish
1982
8/16
Annie Laurie Williams, Inc.
1953-1957
8/17
Annie Laurie Williams, Inc.
1958-1967
8/18
Annie Laurie Williams, Inc.
1968-1969
9/1
John Woodenlegs
1980
9/2
World Publishing Co.
1958-1962
9/3
Writer's Digest
1950-1951
9/4
Ziegler-Ross-Tennant
1970-1978
9/5
David Zeitlin, Universal City Studios, Inc.
1968-1971
80/1
Kathryn Wright
1958
80/2
Kathryn Wright
1973
80/3
Kathryn Wright
1974
80/4
Kathryn Wright
1975
80/5
Kathryn Wright
1976
80/6
Kathryn Wright
1977
80/7
Kathryn Wright
1978
80/8
Kathryn Wright
1979
80/9
Kathryn Wright
1980
80/10
Kathryn Wright
1981
80/11
Kathryn Wright
1982
80/12
Kathryn Wright
1983
80/13
Kathryn Wright
1984

Series III:  Financial Records, 1936-1976Return to Top

1.5 linear feet

This series consists of Johnson's federal and New York state income tax returns, with attached receipts for contributions, business expenses, notes, and correspondence with her accountant; and other financial materials, mostly related to rental properties.

The series is divided into two subdivisions: Income Tax and Other Financial, and is arranged chronologically.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
10/1
Income Tax
1936-1941
10/2
Income Tax
1942
10/3
Income Tax
1943
10/4
Income Tax
1944
10/5
Income Tax
1945
10/6
Income Tax
1946
10/7
Income Tax
1947
10/8
Income Tax
1948
10/9
Income Tax
1949
10/10
Income Tax
1950
10/11
Income Tax
1951
10/12
Income Tax
1952
10/13
Income Tax
1953
10/14
Income Tax
1954
10/15
Income Tax
1955
10/16
Income Tax
1956
10/17
Income Tax
1957
10/18
Income Tax
1958
10/19
Income Tax
1959
10/20
Income Tax
1960
11/1
Income Tax
1961
11/2
Income Tax
1962
11/3
Income Tax
1963
11/4
Income Tax
1964
11/5
Income Tax
1965
11/6
Income Tax
1966
11/7
Income Tax
1967
11/8
Income Tax
1968
11/9
Income Tax
1969
11/10
Income Tax
1970
11/11
Income Tax
1971
12/1
Income Tax
1972
12/2
Income Tax
1973
12/3
Income Tax
1974
12/4
Income Tax
1975
12/5
Income Tax
1976
12/6
Insurance (property)
1967
12/7
Investor's Mutual
1966
12/8
Rentals
1967

Series IV:  Clippings and Publications, 1920-1984 Return to Top

1.5 linear feet

This series includes newspaper and magazine clippings that Johnson collected or that others, including clipping services and friends, collected for her. Items include articles about Johnson, many of her letters to the editor of the Missoulian, book reviews she authored, publicity and reviews of her books and other publications, and a few research files.

Folder titles are a mix of subjects and titles, and largely retain her designations.

The clippings are divided into three groups: About and By Johnson, Publicity and Reviews for Books and Movies, and Subject Files. Arranged alphabetically within each category.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
13/1
Articles About and By Johnson
1952-1979
13/2
Book Reviews
1958-1978
13/3
Commencements
1955-1973
13/4
Dorothy M. Johnson Day, Whitefish
1959
13/5
Dorothy ... Not Dead
1980-1984
13/6
Grammar
1977-1981
13/7
Honorary Degree, University of Montana
1973
13/8
Honors and Awards
1957-1982
13/9
Letters and reviews
1960-1983
13/10
Letters to the Editor
1972-1980 and undated
13/11
Montana Writers Course, Eastern Montana College, Billings
1982
13/12
Scrapbook
1928-1945
13/13
Scrapbook
1950-1951
13/14
Scrapbook
undated
13/15
Speeches
1957-1974
14/1
Whitefish High School Yearbook
1920
14/2
About and By Johnson
1944-1959
14/3
About and By Johnson
1960-1969
14/4
About and By Johnson
1970-1979
14/5
About and By Johnson
1980-1984
14/6
All the Buffalo Returning, ads and reviews
1979
14/7
Bedside Book of Bastards, reviews and ads
1973-1974
14/8
Bloody Bozeman, ads and reviews
1971-1974
14/9
Buffalo Woman, reviews
1977-1979
14/10
Famous Lawmen of the West, reviews
1963
14/11
Farewell to Troy, reviews
1964-1965
14/12
Flame on the Frontier, reviews
1967
14/13
Furies; The Lady and the Killer, review
1959
14/14
Hanging Tree, book, reviews
1957
14/15
Hanging Tree, movie, publicity and reviews
1957-1959
14/16
Indian Country ( A Man Called Horse), reviews
1953
14/17
Jack O' Diamonds, review
1959
15/1
A Man Called Horse, movie, reviews
1970-1973
15/2
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, movie, reviews
1962-1976
15/3
Montana, reviews
1970-1971
15/4
Return of a Man Called Horse, movie, reviews
undated
15/5
Sitting Bull, Warrior of a Lost Nation, reviews
1962-1969
15/6
Some Went West, reviews
1965
15/7
Ten Pound Box of Candy
1965
15/8
Vigilante Days and Ways introduction, publicity
1973
15/9
Western Bad Men, reviews
1971
15/10
When You and I Were Young, Whitefish, reviews
1982
15/11
Witch Princess
1967-1968
15/12
Subject File, Doug Allard
1978-1979
15/13
Subject File, [Doug] Azzara the Hypocrite
1981 and undated
15/14
Subject File, Custer Re-enactment
1966
15/15
Subject File, Fort Benton
1976-1977
15/16
Research
1960 and undated
15/17
Research and Clippings, Cynthia Herbig
1979

Series V:  Speeches, 1956-1981 Return to Top

1.0 linear foot

This series includes the texts of speeches Johnson gave in various contexts, including commencements, conferences, and civic groups around Montana. In some cases, as with her "How to Get on a Horse" speech, there are several versions given on different occasions. The text of each speech is often accompanied by the correspondence, notes, expense accounts, and printed matter associated with each program.

The series is arranged alphabetically by the titles assigned by Johnson.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
16/1
A Man to Remember, Plains, Montana, high school commencement
1965
16/2
Adrift Among the He-Men, Western Writers of America
1957
16/3
Athens Lecture, Hellenic American Union
1972
16/4
Beginnings, Western Writers of America
1978
16/5
Browning High School Commencement
1973
16/6
Canada Speech, Centennial Conference on the History of the Canadian West
1967
16/7
Carbon Monoxide speeches
1959-1960
16/8
Charter Day, Montana State University
1958
16/9
Junior Classical League
1962
16/10
Colorado Press Association
1964-1965
16/11
Concordia College Lecture Series
1959
16/12
Delta Kappa Gamma
1966
16/13
Doctor's Convention, Regional Meeting, American College of Physicians
1963
16/14
Eastern Montana College, A Man Called Horse
1972
16/15
Florence-Carleton High School, commencement
1966
16/16
Funny Speech #2, Montana Home Demonstration Council, Helena
1958
16/17
Gold, the Real Start of Montana
1970
17/1
Greek Trip
1961
17/2
How to Butter Up a Cat
1956
17/3
How to Get On a Horse
1963-1973
17/4
I Love Libraries, Montana Library Association, Jackson, WY
1967
17/5
Library Speech, Montana Library Association, Great Falls
1974
17/6
Montana Institute of the Arts
1964
17/7
Montana Stockgrowers Association, Great Falls
1964
17/8
Moonlighting on the Typewriter, Mission Mountain College
1966
17/9
My Experience as a Writer, MIEA
1974
17/10
Northwest Association of Secondary and High School, Portland, OR
1964
17/11
Montana Prison Jaycees
1964
17/12
Seattle
1957
17/13
Second Seminar, Concordia
undated
17/14
Story Writing, Language Arts Conference, Great Falls, Montana
1962
17/15
Vigilantes, Liberal Arts Club, Montana State University
1957
17/16
Vivian Paladin's Retirement, Helena, Montana
1978
17/17
Western Literature Association Meeting
1981
17/18
Where Ideas Come From
1957
17/19
Writing Magazine Articles
1971 and undated

Series VI:  Articles, Short Stories, and Plays, 1923-1982 Return to Top

6.5 linear feet

This series consists of materials associated with Johnson's numerous published and unpublished articles, short stories, and plays. Materials include not only notes, manuscripts, publisher's typescript, and galley proofs, but clippings of the finished stories and correspondence with editors and agents about the publication of the pieces. There are also two folders of story ideas, one folder of poetry written before 1925, and a folder of small notebooks with ideas related to stories. Many of those notes are written in shorthand only.

The series is arranged alphabetically by the titles assigned by Johnson.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
18/1
Bibliography of Johnson
1966-1982
18/2
Afternoon of a Hero
1951-1959
18/3
Air Warden News
1945
18/4
American West
1968
18/5
Amsterdam
undated
18/6
Animals Taking Over
1955 and undated
18/7
Artist of the West
undated
18/8
Baby Rabbit
1945-1947
18/9
Bacon's Magazine
1977 and undated
18/10
Beulah Bunny Strives to Loose
undated
18/11
Big Ed's Boy
undated
18/12
Bison
undated
18/13
Bitterroot
1953
18/14
Bitterroot Ceremony
1962
18/15
Book Reviews
1960-1964
18/16
Book Reviews for Herald Tribune
1960-1963
18/17
Boone Helm: Eater of Men
1956
18/18
Boy Matthew
undated
18/19
The Boy Minor
undated
18/20
Business Education World
1940-1941
19/1
Business Education World
undated
19/2
Business Education World
undated
19/3
Carbon Monoxide
1959-1960
19/4
Carbon Monoxide, for Good Housekeeping
1960
19/5
Cat House Article
1976
19/6
Centennial Conference, History of the Canadian West
1967
19/7
Cousin Alice, Photography Story
1968
19/8
Crow Country
1966
19/9
Custer Re-enactment, Montana Magazine
1967
19/10
The Deer Hunter, Collier's
1952
19/11
Delphi Article
1962-1967
19/12
Delta Queen and St. Louis
1972-1979
19/13
Difficult Courtship
undated
19/14
The Drifters
undated
19/15
Early Articles
1943-1948
19/16
Elegy on a Sleigh Ride
1962 and undated
19/17
The Elk Tooth Dress
1958
19/18
Elmer's Morals
undated
20/1
Elmer No. 1--Prairie Kid
1948-1949
20/2
Elmer No. 2--Wanderer's Return
1949-1953
20/3
No. 2 1/2--Cabin Christmas
undated
20/4
No. 3--The Naming of Mad Merrick
1949
20/5
No. 4--Elmer Buys a Baby
undated
20/6
No. 5--Brand of the Manitou
undated
20/7
No. 6--Mad Merrick's Heritage
undated
20/8
The Emergency
1966
20/9
The End of the Indian Wars
undated
20/10
The End of the Indian Wars
undated
20/11
Enbanks
1970
20/12
Fallen Women
undated
20/13
Family Legend
undated
20/14
File It--Or Forget It
1952
20/15
First Date, Collier's
1949
20/16
First Mayor of Three Smoke
undated
21/1
Flour Famine
undated
21/2
Christmas Letter, Ford Times
undated
21/3
Fort Benton, Ford Times
1977
21/4
The Fourth Estate
undated
21/5
The Fourth Estate
1960
21/6
Friend of Rattlesnake Jake
1959
21/7
Fur-Bearing Fish
1938-1945
21/8
The Furies
undated
21/9
Gates of the Mountains
1953
21/10
Getting Sophisticated
undated
21/11
Ghost Dance
1960
21/12
Glacier Park
1953
22/1
The Great Eddie Austin
undated
22/2
The Great Greeks
1962
22/3
Great Northern
1953
22/4
Greece: Wonderland of the Past & Present
1963
22/5
For Gregg Press
1938-1946
22/6
Gregg Publishing, Private Secretary Workbook
1944
22/7
Greenwich Village Block Party
undated
22/8
The Haunted Tepee
1967-1968
22/9
Hearth and Home
undated
22/10
Helicopters: New Weapon Against Forest Fires
undated
22/11
Homecoming
1962
22/12
Homecoming
undated
23/1
How Highpockets Got Home
undated
23/2
How I Find a Story
undated
23/3
How Kids Made Money in a Frontier Town/Children and Money in a Frontier Town
1974
23/4
How to Better Your Job
1951
23/5
Impossible Conversation
1966
23/6
Indian Girl Story
undated
23/7
Indian Love Call
undated
23/8
The Ivied Walls
undated
23/9
Jack O' Diamonds
undated
23/10
Jack O' Diamonds, rough draft
undated
23/11
Jack O' Diamonds, first revision
1958
23/12
Jack O' Diamonds
1959
23/13
Jack O' Diamonds
undated
24/1
Jack Schaefer's People
1967
24/2
James Sanders: "To the Centennial with Papa," 1960
24/3
Just Funny (various pieces)
undated
24/4
Conrad Kohrs (Grant-Kohrs Ranch)
1978
24/5
The Lady and the Killer
1959
24/6
The Last Boast
undated
24/7
The Last Discoverer
undated
24/8
The Last Indian Scare
1979
24/9
Latigo Randy, copy of screenplay by Louis Pollock
1954
24/10
Latigo Randy, rewrite
1976
24/11
Let Us Speak of Giants
undated
24/12
Letter to My Love
1948
24/13
Lewistown, Montana
1957
24/14
Lies Told for a Dead Man
1947-1948
25/1
Long Rifle
1949-1951
25/2
Lonie Curry
undated
25/3
The Lost Princess
1952
25/4
Lost Sister, short story
1953
25/5
The Lotus Eaters
1965-1966
25/6
Miscellaneous, materials included in The Hanging Tree
undated
25/7
[Notebooks with plot ideas]
1923-1935 and undated
25/8
The Man at the End of the Hall
1953
25/9
The Man Who Could Not Dream
undated
25/10
Going Through the Mayo Clinic
1969
25/11
The Mysterious Finish of General Meagher
1964-1970
26/1
Meaning of the West
undated
26/2
Menasha Company
undated
26/3
The Most Wonderful Time
undated
26/4
Mykonos
1963
26/5
Ninimby
1957-1959
26/6
Nobody's Perfect, [part of Bedside Book of Bastards]
1971
26/7
Notice: Look Out for Spirits
1955
26/8
The Old Girls (The Betrayal)
undated
26/9
Old Manuscripts: What Happened on Wallace Street, Sly Games that Travelers Play
undated
26/10
One Flute for Pity/Lullaby for Apollo
1966
26/11
The Passing of the Covered Wagon
1970
26/12
The People and the Book
1946-1980
27/1
Peyote
1979
27/2
Peyote
1957
27/3
Peyote, part 2
1957-1961
27/4
Mary Pickford
1979
27/5
Poetry
ca. 1923-1930
27/6
The Poor Little Kids
undated
27/7
Prairie Kid
undated
27/8
Radio Programs
1944-1945
27/9
Rainy Road to Camelot
undated
27/10
Rattlesnake Jake
1956
27/11
Rattlesnakes
1975-1979
27/12
Rest Here, Strange Rider
undated
28/1
Round Trip to Heaven
1973
28/2
Roundup
undated
28/3
Charlie Russell
1953
28/4
Sacajawea State Park/Lewis & Clark Expedition
undated
28/5
Sander's Journals
undated
28/6
Sensible Marriage
1950
28/7
Sketches
undated
28/8
Skull Creek
undated
28/9
Joe Slade: The Vigilante's One Mistake
1962
28/10
The Small-Town World Before Radio
1974
28/11
The Snider Girls were Wild
undated
28/12
The Snow is on the Grass Again
undated
28/13
Socrates
1963-1964
28/14
Some Lawmen I Have Known
1974-1975
28/15
Story Ideas
undated
28/16
Story Plots
undated
29/1
Strange Rider, pt. 1
undated
29/2
The Incomparable Tatsey
1961
29/3
They Paid Off in Rope
1961
29/4
The Tin Goose: A Vanishing Breed
1966
29/5
Three Days to Miles City
undated
29/6
A Time of Greatness
undated
29/7
Tom Fitch and the Sparrow Bride
1969-1980
29/8
Tribune Columns
1951 and undated
29/9
Vigilantes
undated
29/10
Vigilantes
1956-1962
29/11
Vigilantes, story treatment
1971-1976
29/12
They Called Her Virgin Em
1982
29/13
Virginia City
1957
30/1
Weapons of the Frontier
undated
30/2
Western Montana National Bank calendar
1975
30/3
Whitefish Pilot
1951
30/4
Frederick Whiteside
1957
30/5
Who is a Detective
undated
30/6
Widow's Walk
undated
30/7
Wild Kitten
undated
30/8
The Words Unspoken
1968
30/9
Written on the Heart
undated
30/10
Young Devil
1956-1977
30/11
The Young Gods
undated

Series VII:  Book Manuscripts, 1968-1971 Return to Top

11.5 linear feet

This series consists of the research notes, associated correspondence, drafts, publisher's typescripts, carbons, and galley proofs of Johnson's books. Most are heavily annotated and give a good idea of the writing and editorial process.

The series is arranged alphabetically by book title; within each book, materials are largely in the order of production--from notes to galley proofs--but largely retain Johnson's arrangement.

One unpublished book manuscript is permanently closed at Johnson's request.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
31/1
All the Buffalo Returning, Preliminary Draft, Title-p. 62
undated
31/2
All the Buffalo Returning, Preliminary Draft, pp. 63-148
undated
31/3
All the Buffalo Returning, Preliminary Draft, pp. 149-192
undated
31/4
All the Buffalo Returning, Preliminary Draft, pp. 193-275
undated
31/5
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, Title-Chapter 4
undated
31/6
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, Chaps. 5-8
undated
31/7
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, Chaps. 9-12
undated
31/8
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, Chaps. 13-16
undated
31/9
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, Chapter 17-End
undated
32/1
All the Buffalo Returning, Galley Proof, pp. 1-80, master set, 1st pass
undated
32/2
All the Buffalo Returning, Galley Proof, pp. 81-248, master set, 1st pass
undated
32/3
All the Buffalo Returning, Galley Proof, pages, confirmation, 2nd pass
undated
32/4
All the Buffalo Returning, Galley Proof, pp. 36-135, master set, 2nd pass
undated
32/5
All the Buffalo Returning, Galley Proof, pp. 136-247, master set, 2nd pass
undated
32/6
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, xerox, title-section 3
undated
32/7
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, xerox, sections 3-7
undated
32/8
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, xerox, sections 8-10
undated
32/9
All the Buffalo Returning, Rough Draft, xerox, sections 11-end
undated
33/1
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapters 1-5
undated
33/2
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapters 6-10
undated
33/3
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapters 11-end
undated
33/4
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, carbon copy, title-chapter 6
undated
33/5
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapters 7-11
undated
33/6
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapters 12-end
undated
33/7
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, manuscript, chapters 1-6
undated
33/8
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapters 7-13
undated
34/1
All the Buffalo Returning, Final Draft, corrections, chapter 14-end
undated
34/2
All the Buffalo Returning, part II, carbon
undated
34/3
All the Buffalo Returning, notes
undated
34/4
All the Buffalo Returning, uncorrected advance proof
undated
OS3/1
All the Buffalo Returning, Cover master
undated
34/5
Bedside Book of Bastards, Duke of Alba
undated
34/6
Bedside Book of Bastards, Ali Pasha
undated
34/7
Bedside Book of Bastards, Attila the Hun
undated
34/7
Bedside Book of Bastards, Basil II
undated
34/8
Bedside Book of Bastards, Sawney Beane
undated
34/9
Bedside Book of Bastards, Blackbeard the Pirate
undated
35/1
Bedside Book of Bastards, Borgias
undated
35/2
Bedside Book of Bastards, Henry Bouquet
undated
35/3
Bedside Book of Bastards, Caligula
undated
35/4
Bedside Book of Bastards, Jean Baptiste Carrier
undated
35/5
Bedside Book of Bastards, Commodus
undated
35/6
Bedside Book of Bastards, Minnie Dean
undated
35/7
Bedside Book of Bastards, Sir James Douglas
undated
35/8
Bedside Book of Bastards, Fredegunda and Brunechildis
undated
35/9
Bedside Book of Bastards, The Harpes
undated
35/10
Bedside Book of Bastards, Ivan the Terrible
undated
35/11
Bedside Book of Bastards, Judge George Jeffries
undated
35/12
Bedside Book of Bastards, King John
undated
35/13
Bedside Book of Bastards, Ghengis Khan
undated
35/14
Bedside Book of Bastards, Marozia
undated
35/15
Bedside Book of Bastards, Melgaredo
undated
36/1
Bedside Book of Bastards, Mithridates
undated
36/2
Bedside Book of Bastards, Nero
undated
36/3
Bedside Book of Bastards, Parysatis
undated
36/4
Bedside Book of Bastards, Francisco Pizarro
undated
36/5
Bedside Book of Bastards, Henry Plummer
undated
36/6
Bedside Book of Bastards, Gilles de Rais
undated
36/7
Bedside Book of Bastards, William Rufus
undated
36/8
Bedside Book of Bastards, Marquis de Sade
undated
36/9
Bedside Book of Bastards, Selim I
undated
36/10
Bedside Book of Bastards, Shake
undated
36/11
Bedside Book of Bastards, Shih Huang-ti
undated
36/12
Bedside Book of Bastards, Sulla
undated
36/13
Bedside Book of Bastards, Tomas de Torquemada
undated
36/14
Bedside Book of Bastards, Visconti
undated
37/1
Bedside Book of Bastards, Henry Wirz
undated
37/2
Bedside Book of Bastards, Henry Wirz
undated
37/3
Bedside Book of Bastards, Preface and miscellaneous
undated
37/4
Bedside Book of Bastards, Dedication, p. 103
undated
37/5
Bedside Book of Bastards, carbon, pp. 104-232
undated
37/6
Bedside Book of Bastards, carbon, pp. 233-358
undated
37/7
Bedside Book of Bastards, carbon, p. 359-end
undated
37/8
Bedside Book of Bastards, Bibliographies
undated
38/1
Bedside Book of Bastards, Outline
undated
38/2
Bedside Book of Bastards, Permissions
undated
38/3
Bedside Book of Bastards, Teasers
undated
38/4
Bedside Book of Bastards, Text
undated
38/5
Bedside Book of Bastards, Text
undated
39/1
Beulah Bunny Tells All, publishers typescript, pages 1-50
undated
39/2
Beulah Bunny Tells All, publishers typescript, pages 51-140
undated
39/3
Beulah Bunny Tells All, publishers typescript, pages 141-end
undated
39/4
Beulah Bunny Tells All, galley
undated
39/5
The Bloody Bozeman, Research
1968-1971
39/6
The Bloody Bozeman, Illustrations
1970-1971
39/7
The Bloody Bozeman, 1862, notes
undated
39/8
The Bloody Bozeman, 1862, manuscript
undated
39/9
The Bloody Bozeman, 1863, notes
undated
39/10
The Bloody Bozeman, 1863, manuscript
undated
40/1
The Bloody Bozeman, 1864, notes
undated
40/2
The Bloody Bozeman, 1864, manuscript
undated
40/3
The Bloody Bozeman, 1865, notes
undated
40/4
The Bloody Bozeman, 1865, manuscript
undated
40/5
The Bloody Bozeman, 1866, notes
undated
40/6
The Bloody Bozeman, 1866, manuscript
undated
40/7
The Bloody Bozeman, 1867, notes
undated
40/8
The Bloody Bozeman, 1867, manuscript
undated
40/9
The Bloody Bozeman, 1868, notes
undated
40/10
The Bloody Bozeman, 1868, manuscript
undated
41/1
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript
1862, undated
41/2
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript
1863, undated
41/3
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript
1864, undated
41/4
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript
1865, undated
41/5
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript
1866, undated
41/6
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript
1867, undated
41/7
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript, Red Cloud Wins His War
undated
41/8
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript, Last Wagon Train Back
undated
41/9
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript, What Happened to Some of Them
undated
41/10
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript, footnotes
undated
41/11
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript, bibliography and acknowledgments
undated
41/12
The Bloody Bozeman, publisher's typescript, maps
undated
41/13
The Bloody Bozeman, carbon, pp. 1-100
undated
41/14
The Bloody Bozeman, carbon, pp. 101-250
undated
41/15
The Bloody Bozeman, carbon, pp. 251-400
undated
41/16
The Bloody Bozeman, carbon, pp. 401-end
undated
42/1
Buffalo Woman, notes, sections 1-8
undated
42/2
Buffalo Woman, notes, section 9-end
undated
42/3
Buffalo Woman, Jacket blurbs
undated
42/4
Buffalo Woman, Text
undated
42/5
Buffalo Woman, Text
undated
43/1
Coocoo's Nest, Carbon
undated
43/2
Coocoo's Nest, Carbon, second half
undated
43/3
Coocoo's Nest, Flavor of Montana
undated
43/4
Coocoo's Nest, material not included
undated
43/5
Coocoo's Nest, Cover
undated
43/6
Coocoo's Nest, manuscript
undated
44/1
Farewell to Troy, publishers typescript, ch. 1-7
undated
44/2
Farewell to Troy, publishers typescript, ch. 8-14
undated
44/3
Farewell to Troy, Publishers typescript, ch. 15 to end
undated
44/4
Farewell to Troy, Notes and correspondence
undated
44/5
Montana, Administration and Social Conditions
undated
44/6
Montana, Back of the book statistics
undated
44/7
Montana, Book outline
undated
44/8
Montana, Cattle, rustling
undated
44/9
Montana, Colorful characters
undated
44/10
Montana, Conclusion
undated
44/11
Montana, Culture
undated
44/12
Montana, Cultural life and institutions
undated
44/13
Montana, Encyclopedia Britannica
undated
44/14
Montana, history
undated
44/15
Montana, introduction
undated
44/16
Montana, Geography, boundary, mountains
undated
44/17
Montana, Homesteading, agriculture
undated
44/18
Montana, Landscape
undated
44/19
Montana, 1971 legislature
undated
44/20
Montana, Manufacturing
undated
44/21
Montana, Mining
undated
44/22
Montana, Mining, copper, gold
undated
44/23
Montana, People
undated
44/24
Montana, Recreation
undated
44/25
Montana, Rocky Mountain Laboratory
undated
44/26
Montana, Sheep, wool
undated
45/1
Montana, State economy
undated
45/2
Montana, Timber industry
undated
45/3
Montana, Transportation and Fort Benton
undated
45/4
Montana, Transportation
undated
45/5
Montana, miscellaneous
undated
45/6
Montana, Chapters 1-3
undated
45/7
Montana, Chapters 1-4
undated
45/8
Montana, Chapters 4-8
undated
45/9
Montana, Chapters 5-8
undated
45/10
Montana, carbon
undated
45/11
Montana, galley
undated
45/12
Charlie Russell, additions to manuscript
undated
45/13
Charlie Russell, bibliography
undated
45/14
Charlie Russell, biography, carbon
undated
46/1
Charlie Russell, The life story of C.M.R., pp. 1-120
undated
46/2
Charlie Russell, The life story of C.M.R., pp. 121-215
undated
46/3
Charlie Russell, Cowboy Days, the big die-up, last of 5000
undated
46/4
Charlie Russell, Great Falls
undated
46/5
Charlie Russell, property
undated
46/6
Charlie Russell, single, Cascade, marriage, trip to St. Louis
undated
46/7
Charlie Russell, Hoover to cowboying
1882, undated
46/8
Charlie Russell, Nancy Russell's will
undated
46/9
Charlie Russell, Permissions
undated
46/10
Charlie Russell, Status
undated
46/11
Charlie Russell, 1904 to success
1911, undated
46/12
Charlie Russell, To meeting with Hoover
undated
46/13
Charlie Russell, to England 1914, adopted Jack, 1926
undated
46/14
Charlie Russell, 1888 with Bloods and return
undated
46/15
Sitting Bull
1831-1845, undated
46/16
Sitting Bull
1846-1856, undated
46/17
Sitting Bull
1851 skip to 1857, undated
46/18
Sitting Bull, chapter 4
1857-1864, undated
46/19
Sitting Bull, chapter 5
1864-1868, undated
46/20
Sitting Bull
1868-1872, undated
46/21
Sitting Bull, Vow, Rosebud, Little Big Horn
undated
46/22
Sitting Bull, 1881 to ghost dance, 1890
undated
46/23
Sitting Bull, Ghost dance
1890, undated
47/1
Sitting Bull, death
1890, undated
47/2
Sitting Bull, 1877 to surrender, 1881
undated
47/3
Sitting Bull, additional notes
undated
47/4
Sitting Bull, Photos
undated
47/5
Some Went West, Bethenia Owens-Adair
undated
47/6
Some Went West, Nannie Alderson
undated
47/7
Some Went West, Isabella Bird
undated
47/8
Some Went West, Elizabeth Custer
undated
47/9
Some Went West, Fort Ellis
undated
47/10
Some Went West, Germaine Sisters (Julia, Adelaide, Catherine, Sophia)
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47/11
Some Went West, Fanny Kelly
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47/12
Some Went West, Elizabeth Townsend Meagher
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47/13
Some Went West, Mercer Girls
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47/14
Some Went West, Missionary Nuns
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47/15
Some Went West, Cynthia Ann Parker
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47/16
Some Went West, Elsie Snider
undated
47/17
Some Went West, Grace Snyder
undated
47/18
Some Went West, Mary Richardson Walker
undated
47/19
Some Went West, Catherine Weldon
undated
47/20
Some Went West, publishers typescript (ch. 1-3)
undated
47/21
Some Went West, publishers typescript (ch. 4-10)
undated
47/22
Some Went West, publishers typescript (ch. 11 - end)
undated
47/23
Some Went West, Photos
undated
48/1
Some Went West, carbon copy
undated
48/2
Some Went West, galley proofs
undated
48/3
The Vigilantes of Montana, book outline
undated
48/4
The Vigilantes of Montana, notes and ms
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48/5
The Vigilantes of Montana, storage
undated
48/6
The Vigilantes of Montana, Virginia City
undated
48/7
The Vigilantes of Montana, Flour riots
undated
48/8
The Vigilantes of Montana, Lang introduction
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48/9
The Vigilantes of Montana, Ennis tourism
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48/10
The Vigilantes of Montana, Flour Riots
undated
48/11
The Vigilantes of Montana, Newspaper history
undated
48/12
The Vigilantes of Montana, Virginia City, Winter
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48/13
Western Bad Men, Beidler
undated
49/1
Western Bad Men, Kid Curry
undated
49/2
Western Bad Men, material, facts
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49/3
Western Bad Men, material, facts
undated
49/4
Western Bad Men, 1960 research
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49/5
Western Bad Men, Pat Garrett
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49/6
Western Bad Men, J. B. Gillette
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49/7
Western Bad Men, Joseph A. Slade
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49/8
Western Bad Men, Bad Men Book
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49/9
Western Bad Men, Notes
undated
49/10
Western Bad Men, Notes
undated
49/11
Western Bad Men, Reward Posters
undated
49/12
Western Bad Men, Chapters 1-8
undated
50/1
Western Bad Men, Chapters 9-14
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52/2
Western Bad Men, Chapters 15-22
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50/3
Western Bad Men, Chapters 1-12
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50/4
Western Bad Men, Chapters 13-22
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50/5
Western Bad Men, carbon, chaps 1-12
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50/6
Western Bad Men, chaps. 14-22
undated
50/7
Western Bad Men, Photos
undated
51/1
Western Bad Men, Galley
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51/2
Western Bad Men, Galley
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51/3
Western Bad Men, Carbon
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51/4
Western Bad Men, Galley
undated
51/5
Western Law Men, Wyatt Earp
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51/6
Western Law Men, Wild Bill Hickok
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51/7
Western Law Men, Bat Masterson
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51/8
Western Law Men, Captain Burton Mossman
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51/9
Western Law Men, Photos
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52/1
Western Law Men, Commodore Perry Owens
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52/2
Western Law Men, Siringo
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52/3
Western Law Men, Tom Smith, Abilene
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52/4
Western Law Men, Bill Tilghman
undated
52/5
Western Law Men, Biofoot Wallace
undated
52/6
Western Law Men, Famous Lawmen
undated
52/7
Western Law Men, Index, bibliography
undated
52/8
When You and I were Young, Whitefish, Manuscript
undated
52/9
Unpublished Travel Book
undated
52/10
Unpublished novel
Closed to research.
undated
53/1
Unpublished novel
Closed to research.
undated
53/2
Unpublished novel
Closed to research.
undated
53/3
Unpublished novel
Closed to research.
undated
53/4
Unpublished novel
Closed to research.
undated

Series VIII:  Research, undatedReturn to Top

5.0 linear feet

This series includes notes, articles, publications, and clippings that Johnson generated and gathered in the course of her research for numerous projects. Particularly strong subjects include Native Americans, Montana history, and carbon monoxide poisoning.

The materials are largely retained in Johnson's alphabetical subject arrangement. Materials gathered in her research for The Bloody Bozeman are under that title, but other book research projects may be considerably more scattered.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
54/1
Bibliographies
undated
54/2
Billings
undated
54/3
Bison
undated
54/4
Blackfeet Indians
undated
54/5
The Bloody Bozeman, John Bozeman
undated
54/6
The Bloody Bozeman, John Brown manuscript
undated
54/7
The Bloody Bozeman, Tom Cover
undated
54/8
The Bloody Bozeman, Benjamin Daily Diary
undated
54/9
The Bloody Bozeman, Ellen Fletcher
undated
54/10
The Bloody Bozeman, Fort Phil Kearny
undated
54/11
The Bloody Bozeman, Forts and Trails
undated
54/12
The Bloody Bozeman, George Fox
undated
54/13
The Bloody Bozeman, Hazan inspections of 1866
undated
54/14
The Bloody Bozeman, Kirkaldie letters
undated
54/15
The Bloody Bozeman, N. P. Langford and internal revenue of Montana territory
undated
54/16
The Bloody Bozeman, maps
undated
54/17
The Bloody Bozeman, Murray, Army on the Power River
undated
54/18
The Bloody Bozeman, Ostrander book on Gen. Cooke and trail forts
undated
54/19
The Bloody Bozeman, plans and distances
undated
54/20
The Bloody Bozeman, Mrs. Sanders and Fort Benton
undated
55/1
The Bloody Bozeman, Nelson Story
undated
55/2
The Bloody Bozeman, telegraph
undated
55/3
The Bloody Bozeman, Vic Willits
undated
55/4
The Bloody Bozeman, after 1868
undated
55/5
Buffalo Woman, Indian Names
undated
55/6
Business Booklets, for Gregg Press
undated
55/7
Butte
undated
55/8
Carbon Monoxide
undated
55/9
Carbon Monoxide
undated
55/10
Carbon Monoxide
undated
56/1
Carbon Monoxide
undated
56/2
Carbon Monoxide
undated
56/3
Carbon Monoxide
undated
56/4
Carbon Monoxide
undated
56/5
Carbon Monoxide
undated
56/6
Carbon Monoxide
undated
57/1
Carbon Monoxide
undated
57/2
Carbon Monoxide
undated
57/3
Chinook Jargon
undated
57/4
Custer Reenactment
undated
57/5
Delphic Oracle
undated
57/6
Fallout Shelter
undated
57/7
Flathead Indians
undated
57/8
Flouride
undated
58/1
Fort Benton
undated
58/2
Fort Benton
undated
58/3
Fur-bearing Fish
undated
58/4
Shorty Gammel
undated
58/5
Glacial Lake Missoula
undated
58/6
Gold
undated
58/7
Great Falls
undated
58/8
Great Greeks
undated
58/9
Guns
undated
58/10
Guns, Vigilantes
undated
58/11
Helena
undated
58/12
Helicopter, Forest Fires
undated
59/1
Indian Removal
undated
59/2
Indians, miscellaneous
undated
59/3
Lewistown
undated
59/4
Granville Stuart
undated
59/5
Mayo Clinic
undated
59/6
Thomas Francis Meagher
undated
59/7
Montana, Administration and social conditions
undated
59/8
Montana, Cattle, rustling
undated
59/9
Montana, Cultural life and institutions
undated
59/10
Montana, Economy
undated
59/11
Montana, Flavor, for Over the Coocoo's Nest, not used
undated
59/12
Montana, Geography, flora, etc.
undated
60/1
Montana, Homesteading and agriculture
undated
60/2
Montana, Indians
undated
60/3
Montana, Manufacturing
undated
60/4
Montana, Mining
undated
60/5
Montana, 1971 legislature
undated
60/6
Montana, Oil and gas
undated
60/7
Montana, Population
undated
60/8
Montana, Recreation
undated
60/9
Montana, Rocky Mountain Tick Lab
undated
61/1
Montana, Sheep, wool
undated
61/2
Montana, Timber industry and forest fires
undated
61/3
Montana, Transportation
undated
61/4
Olive Oatman
undated
61/5
Pictographs
undated
61/6
Police Radio Skip
undated
61/7
Ranch and Roundup
undated
61/8
Root family
undated
61/9
C. M. Russell, Art museum
undated
61/10
C. M. Russell, Biography
undated
61/11
C. M. Russell, Clippings
undated
61/12
C. M. Russell, Cowboy days
undated
61/13
C. M. Russell, Great Falls property
undated
61/14
C. M. Russell, Life
undated
61/15
C. M. Russell, Statue
undated
62/1
Sanders Family
undated
62/2
Journals
undated
62/3
Smokejumpers
undated
62/4
Socrates
undated
62/5
Spruce Beetles
undated
62/6
Thebes
undated
62/7
Thera, volcano
undated
62/8
Robert T. Turner
undated
62/9
Virginia City
undated
62/10
Virginia City, Ennis tourism
undated
62/11
Virginia City, History, clippings
undated
62/12
Virginia City, Newspaper history
undated
63/1
Western data, general
undated
63/2
Western data, railroads
undated
63/3
Western people
undated
63/4
Whitefish history
undated
63/5
Whitefish history
undated
63/6
Yogo sapphires
undated

Series IX:  Travel, 1961-1974Return to Top

1.75 linear feet

This series consists of travel materials--tickets, brochures, maps, Johnson's notes and commentary, and receipts--that she collected in the course of planning for and taking numerous foreign trips in these years. One folder of photographs of Greece came from other copyrighted sources and may not be reproduced; none of those photographs are of Johnson.

The series is arranged chronologically.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
64/1
Greece
1961
64/2
Greece
1962
64/3
Greece
1963
64/4
Greece
1964
64/5
Greece, photographs for book
undated
64/6
Amsterdam
1965
64/7
Amsterdam
1965
65/1
Spain
1965
65/2
Spain
1965
65/3
South Sea
1968
65/4
Turkey
1968
65/5
Turkey
1968
65/6
South Sea
1970
65/7
South Sea
1970
65/8
South Sea
1970
66/1
Africa
1972
66/2
Africa, maps, itinerary
1972
66/3
Africa, notes for manuscript
1972
66/4
Africa and Greece, clippings
1972
66/5
Delta Queen, Mississippi River cruise
1972
66/6
Central America
1973
66/7
Ethiopia
1973
67/1
Rhine Cruise
1973
67/2
South America
1974

Series X:  Awards and Certificates, 1886-1984 Return to Top

3.0 linear feet

This series consists of awards and honors presented to Johnson, including certificates, honorary degrees, memberships, and writing awards. There are also materials from homecoming celebrations in Whitefish and The University of Montana that include clippings, programs, and associated materials.

The series is divided into two types of objects: Two-dimensional and three-dimensional. Within each category, objects are arranged chronologically.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
68/1
Montana Territory certificate
1886
68/2
Puss 'N Boots Bronze Award
1952
68/3
City of Whitefish, Montana, "Dorothy Johnson Day"
1959
68/4
City of Missoula, "Dorothy Johnson Day"
1959
68/5
Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award, Montana State University
1961
68/6
Kappa Alpha Theta, Montana State University
1962
68/7
Montana Press Women, State Writing Contest, awards
1966
68/8
National Federation of Press Women, Writer's Contest
1966
68/9
Montana Press Association
1967
68/10
The University of Montana, Doctor of Letters
1973
68/11
National Federation of Press Women, Woman of Achievement
1974
68/12
Homecoming, Whitefish
1975
68/13
Western Writers of America, Spur Awards Competition
1977
68/14
Cowboy Hall of Fame, Western Heritage Award
1978
68/15
University of Montana
1978
68/16
Institute of the Rockies, for extraordinary contribution to the quality of life in Missoula
1984
68/17
Programs
1959-1973 and undated
Box
69
Western Writers of America, Best Western Short Story
1956
69
Key to the City of Whitefish
1959
69
Honorary Life Citizenship, Fergus County, Montana
1960
69
Western Writers of America, Spur Nominee plaque
1969
69
Doctoral hood, The University of Montana
1973
69
Montana Press Women, Woman of the Year
1974
69
Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award, "For Bringing Dignity and Honor to the History and Legends of the West"
1976
69
Western Heritage Wrangler Award, National Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center, for Buffalo Woman, Outstanding Western Novel
1978
69
Master's hood, unknown, with gold satin
undated
69
Montana Governor's Award for the Arts
undated
69
Hangman's noose, unknown
undated
OS3
Homecoming Parade, Montana State University
undated
OS3
Western Literature Association
1981
OS3
"Welcome Dorothy" sign
undated

Series XI:  Journals, 1924-1984 Return to Top

2.5 linear feet

This series consists of copies of journals and magazines in which Johnson's stories, essays and poetry appeared. None are annotated. Many contain the first appearance of a story and many are obscure publications.

Materials are divided into four categories: Articles and Short Stories; About Johnson; Book Reviews; and Reviews of Johnson's Works. Within those categories, materials are arranged chronologically.
Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
70/1
"Marjory." The Frontier 4, no. 2, p. 10
March 1924
70/2
"From a Train Window." The Frontier 4, no. 3, p. 10
May 1924
70/3
"Confession," "Question," and "Shams." The Frontier 5 no. 2, p. 11 and 13
March 1925
70/4
"Bread and Hyacinths." The Frontier 6, no. 2, p. 15
March 1926
70/5
"I Was Never a River." The Frontier 7, no. 1, p. 11
November 1926
70/6
"He'll Make a Good Sheriff." The Frontier 7, no. 2, p. 22-30
March 1927
70/7
"And One Came Back." The Frontier 7, no. 3, p. 5-16
May 1927
70/8
"Happy Valley." The Frontier 8, no. 1, p. 29-34
November 1927
70/9
"The Fruit Tramps." The Frontier 10, no. 2, p. 131
January 1930
70/10
"Fear." The Frontier 10, no. 3, p. 234
March 1930
70/11
"When the Railroad Comes." The Frontier 11, no. 3, p. 248
March 1931
70/12
"If You Know War Again." The Frontier 14, no. 3, p. 202
March 1934
70/13
"Whitefish, Montana," Ford Times 42, no. 5, p. 41-46
May 1951
70/14
"Laugh in the Face of Danger," Better Living 2, no. 8, p. 19
August 1952
70/15
"Too Soon a Woman," Cosmopolitan, p. 86
March 1953
70/16
"Where to Retire: Montana," Lifetime Living 3, no. 6, p. 14-18
June 1954
70/17
"Kid Curry, Durable Desperado," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 6, no. 2, p. 22-31
April 1956
70/18
"Comments from a Customer," Montana Library Quarterly 1, no. 4, p. 15-19
July 1956
70/19
"Confusion Law Augrus Immortality for Editor," The Iowa Publisher 28, no. 7, p. 10
July 1956
70/20
"Flour Famine in Alder Gulch, 1864," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 7, no. 1, p. 18-27
January 1957
70/21
Montana Fourth Estate
August 1957
70/22
"Way Out Western." Time 73, no. 17, p. 4
April 1959
70/23
"So History Ain't Enough," The Roundup 7, no. 5, p. 9-10
May 1959
70/24
Montana Fourth Estate
July 1959
70/25
"The Graft that Failed," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 9, no. 4, p. 2-11
October 1959
70/26
"Three Hundred Grand!" Montana: The Magazine of Western History 10, no. 1, p. 39-50
January 1960
70/27
"Discourse: A Review of the Liberal Arts," Discourse: A Review of the Liberal Arts
April 1960
Box
OS1
"Miss Bunny Goes to Jail," Saturday Evening Post, p. 14-37
March 1941
OS1
"Blanket Squaw," Saturday Evening Post, p. 22-86
April 1941
OS1
"She's Gone with the Gypsy Davey," Saturday Evening Post, p. 28
May 1941
OS1
"The Lost Musician," Saturday Evening Post 216, no. 28, p. 25
January 1943
OS1
"Home Coming," Saturday Evening Post, p. 13
July 1943
OS1
"The Snow is on the Grass Again," Saturday Evening Post, p. 21
October 1943
OS1
"The Gay Desperado," Saturday Evening Post 217, no. 37, p. 21
March 1944
OS1
"Widow's Walk," Saturday Evening Post 218, no. 7, p. 21
April 1944
OS1
"Wild Kitten," Saturday Evening Post, p. 21
November 1945
OS1
"Beyond the Frontier," Saturday Evening Post 221, no. 4, p. 24
July 1947
OS1
"Whitefish, Montana," Ford Times 42, no. 5, p. 41-46
May 1951
OS1
"The Unbeliever," Collier's, p. 50
August 1952
OS1
"The Deer Hunter," Collier's, p. 32
September 1952
OS1
"Gallagher's Wife," Collier's, p. 60
November 1952
OS1
"Journey to the Fort," Collier's, p. 50
April 1953
OS1
"Journal of Adventure," Collier's, p. 45
March 1954
OS1
"I Woke Up Wicked," Collier's, p. 39
February 1955
OS1
"Lost Sister," Collier's 136, no. 7, p. 66
March 1956
OS1
"The Elk Tooth Dress," Seventeen, p. 110
March 1958
OS1
"The Lady and the Killer," Saturday Evening Post 231, no. 34, p. 36
February 1959
OS1
"The Ten-Pound Box of Candy," McCall's 93, no. 7, p. 92
April 1966
Box/Folder
71/1
"When a Book Becomes a Movie," Montana Journalism Review 3, p. 11-13
Spring 1960
71/2
"To the Centennial with Papa," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 11, no. 2, p. 13-21
April 1961
71/3
"The Incomparable Tatsey," Montana Journalism Review 4, p. 17-19
Spring 1961
71/4
"Killer on Our Highways," Good Housekeeping, p. 48
June 1961
71/5
"The Years and the Wind and the Rain," Montana Institute of the Arts Quarterly 13, no. 2, p. 3
Winter 1961
71/6
"My Goodness, All Those Books!" Books Are Friends
1962
71/7
"Life with the Sanders Family in the 1870s," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 12, no. 1, p. 2-14
January 1962
71/8
"Greece: The Image and the Fact," Montana Journalism Review 5, p. 21-23
Spring 1962
71/9
"Miss Appleknocker Gets the Story," Montana Journalism Review 7, p. 6-8
Spring 1964
71/10
"Fashion Discovery in the Aegean," The Continental Magazine 4, no. 2, p. 18-20
May-June 1964
71/11
"How to Unwind in Montana," The Continental Magazine 5, no. 2, p. 14-16
May-June 1965
71/12
"The Night the Mountain Fell," Ford Times Western Journeys
1966
71/13
"No Scrapbook Needed: Ruder's Pulitzer Nomination," Montana Journalism Review 9, p. 5-7
Spring 1966
71/14
"Custer Rides Again," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 17, no. 2, p. 53-63
April 1967
71/15
"Comments from an Enthusiastic Consumer," Montana Libraries 20, no. 4, p. 3-12
July 1967
71/16
"Books Can Get you Into Trouble as well as Out of It," The Idaho Librarian 19, no. 3, p. 75-80
July 1967
71/17
"Montana's Awesome Earthquake Area," Ford Times 60, no. 7, p. 32-36
July 1967
71/18
"The Tumbril Has Arrived," PNLA Quarterly 32, no. 1, p. 7-12
October 1967
71/19
"Where Custer Fell," Ford Times 61, no. 6, p. 7-11
June 1968
71/20
"From History to Fiction--And Back Again," Alberta Historical Review 18, no. 1, p. 10-13
Winter 1970
71/21
"The Deceptions and Pitfalls of Those Who Remember," Montana Historian 3, no. 3, p. 20
Spring 1973
71/22
"Vigilante Justice: The Rode by Night.", Adapted from Vigilante Days and Ways). Colorado, p. 28
Jan-Feb. 1974
71/23
"Flame on the Frontier," Scholastic Voice 59, no. 3, p. 12-20
October 1975
71/24
"You Too Can Be a Hated Author," The Roundup 24, no. 11, p. 4-5
November 1976
71/25
"Can Scholars Be Writers? Yes!" The Roundup 25, no. 1, p. 10-11
January 1977
71/26
"Tom Fitch and the Sparrow Bride." TriQuarterly 47, p. 98
Spring 1980
71/27
"They Called Her Virgin Em," True West 29, no. 2, p. 18-20
February 1982
71/28
"You Too Can Be a Hated Author." The Roundup 32, no. 8, p. 9
September 1984
72/1
"Wovoka--The Indian Chief," True Western Adventure 3, no. 16, p. 16-17
1960
72/2
"The Hungry Winter in Alder Gulch," True Western Adventure, no. 11, p. 26-27
1959
72/3
"The Brothers Left a Crimson Trail," True Western Adventure no. 9, p. 22-23
1959
72/4
"I Was a Teen-Age Poacher," Montana Sports Outdoors 2, no. 17, p. 13-14
undated
72/5
Review of Crow Killer, The Saturday Review, p. 21
April 1958
72/6
Review of Montana: An Uncommon Land,Oregon Historical Quarterly 60, no. 4, p. 486-487
December 1959
72/7
Review of Tough Trip Through Paradise, Montana, The Magazine of Western History 17, no. 4, p. 77
October 1967
72/8
Review of Trask, Saturday Review,
5 March 1960
72/9
"The Printer and Obscenity," Montana Journalism Review 16, p. 35
1973
72/10
"What's Cookin'," The Roundup 13, no. 6, p. 19
June 1975
72/11
"Rocky Mountain Country," The Atlantic Monthly, p. 89
April 1978
72/12
"Montana's Dorothy Johnson: She's an Action Story," Montana Magazine 12, no. 2, p. 13
November-December 1981
72/13
"Just For Openers," The Roundup 29, no. 9, p. 20
November 1981
72/14
"The Woman Who Shot Liberty Valance," Writer's Digest, p. 20
October 1982
72/15
"Dorothy Johnson's Short Fiction: The Pastoral and the Uses of History," Western American Literature 17, no. 3, p. 213
November 1982
72/16
"The Best Books About Montana: A Reader's Guide to the Treasure State," Montana: The Magazine of Western History 32, no. 1, p. 52
Winter 1982
72/17
"Dream True, Dorothy Johnson," Prime Times, p. 10
Spring 1983
72/18
"Dorothy Johnson Honored Through Ruders' Donation," Montana Fourth Estate 45, no. 4, p. 3
April 1984
72/19
"A Note from Miss Johnson" and "Fund Honoring Dorothy Johnson Started at School of Journalism," Montanan 1, no. 7, p. 3 and 6
May 1984
72/20
Review of When You and I Were Young, Whitefish,Western American Literature 19, no. 2, p. 147-148
August 1984

Series XII:  Books, 1844-1984Return to Top

25.0 linear feet
These books are located within the Mansfield Library's Special Collections, although they are not cataloged.

This series includes mostly courtesy copies of Johnson's works or of works including her stories and essays, but also contains books personally owned by her, used in her research. Many are annotated in her hand. There are a number of translations of her books into Italian, Spanish, German, and Indonesian. A card file that appears to be a record of the books in her personal library, many of which were not retained in this series.

The books containing her works include limited first editions and a great number of primary school textbook anthologies. Books owned by her include obvious research interests (classics, west) as well as books inscribed to her by others, given as family gifts, or apparently handed down through her family.

The series is divided into three subseries: About and By Johnson; Johnson's writings in Collections or Anthologies; and Annotated Reference Books. Within each category, materials are arranged alphabetically by title or author.
Description Dates
Subseries 1: Books Authored by and Written about Dorothy Johnson
All the Buffalo Returning. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Johnson, D., (2 copies)
1979
The Bedside Book of Bastards. New York: McGraw-Hill, Johnson, D. and Turner, R. T.
1973
Beulah Bunny Tells All. New York: William Morrow and Company (2 copies, one autographed.), Johnson, D.
1941
The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Johnson, D.
1983
The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Johnson, D.
1971
The Bloody Bozeman: The Perilous Trail to Montana's Gold. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Johnson, D., (Leather-bound first edition)
1971
Buffalo Woman. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Johnson, D.
1977
Der Galgenbaum, Johnson, D., (German translation)
1983
Der Held vom Black Mountain, Johnson, D., (German translation)
1966
Der Mann der Zuviel Sprach, Johnson, D., (German translation)
1963
Dorothy Johnson. Boise, ID: Boise State University Western Writers Series, Alter, J.
1980
Farewell to Troy. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Johnson, D.
1964
Flame on the Frontier: Short Stories of Pioneer Women. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Johnson, D.
1967
Greece: Wonderland of the Past and Present. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Johnson, D.
1964
The Hanging Tree. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D., (Leather bound, autographed by Gordon Castle)
1957
The Hanging Tree. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1957
The Hanging Tree. Boston: Gregg Press, Johnson, D.
1980
The Hanging Tree. Mayflower-Dell, Johnson, D.
1957
The Hanging Tree. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D., (2 copies paperback, 1 copy hardback)
1964
The Hanging Tree. London: Corgi Books, Johnson, D.
1976
The Hanging Tree. London: Corgi Books, Johnson, D.
1960
The Hanging Tree. London: Andre Deutsch, Johnson, D.
1959
The Hanging Tree. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D., (Autographed by Gary Cooper)
1957
The Hanging Tree and Four Other Stories. London: Hutchinson Educational, Johnson, D.
1961
The Hanging Tree and Other Stories. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1970
The Hanging Tree and Other Stories. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1973
Indian Country. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1953
Indian Country. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D., (2 copies)
1973
Indian Country. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1953
Indian Country. London: Transworld Publishers, Johnson, D.
1961
Indian Country. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1953
Indian Country. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D., (2 copies)
1974
Indian Country. London: Mayflower-Dell, Johnson, D.
1966
Indian Country. Boston: Gregg Press, Johnson, D.
1979
A Man Called Horse. New York: Ballantine, Johnson, D., (2 copies)
1975
The Man Who Knew the Buckskin Kid. London: Corgi Books, Johnson, D.
1976
Miss Bunny Intervenes. London: Chapman & Hall, Johnson, D.
1947
Mujeres de la Frontera, Johnson, D., (Spanish translation)
1968
Rafa Trzech Szkieletow, Johnson, D., (Polish translation)
1967
Scars of Honor, Johnson, D., (Polish translation)
1973
The Short Novels of Jack Schaefer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Schaefer, J., (intro by D. Johnson)
1967
Some Went West. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Johnson, D.
1965
Tierra India, Johnson, D., (Spanish translation)
1965
Tipi Dan Mokasin, Johnson, D., (Indonesian translation)
1958
Tomahawk, Johnson, D., (Italian translation)
1972
Vigilante Days and Ways. Missoula, Montana: Montana State University Press, Langford, N.P., (intro by D. Johnson), (Leather edition, 81 of 200)
1957
Vigilante Days and Ways. Missoula, Montana: Montana State University Press, Langford, N.P., (intro by D. Johnson)
1957
Western Badmen. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, Johnson, D.
1970
Western Badmen. New York: Ballantine Books, Johnson, D.
1970
When You and I Were Young, Whitefish. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Johnson, D., (2 copies)
1982
"The Winning of the Western Fiction Market: An Interview with Dorothy M. Johnson." Prairie Schooner 52 no. 2, p. 158, Sue Mathews and James W. Healey, (2 copies)
Summer 1978
Witch Princess. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, Johnson, D.
1967
Unknown title, Johnson, D., (Arabic translation)
undated
Subseries 2: Dorothy Johnson's Writings in Journals or Anthologies
"Afternoon of a Hero." In Frontiers West. New York: Doubleday & Company
1959
"Beyond the Frontier." Frontiers. New York: Scholastic
1974
"Buffalo Woman." In Building Reading Skills. Evanston, IL: McDougal, Littell & Company
1980
"The Day the Sun Came Out." In Bar 4 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: Permabooks
1956
"The Day the Sun Came Out" and "Flame on the Frontier." In Westward in their Wagons. New York: Macmillan
1975
"The Day the Sun Came Out." In Focus on Literature: Action. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
1978
"The Day the Sun Came Out." In In Other's Eyes. New York: Noble and Noble
1969
"The Day the Sun Came Out." In Bar 4 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company
1955
"The Day the Sun Came Out." In Banner. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1982
"The Day the Sun Came Out." In Seventh-Day Adventist Advanced Reading Program Book III. Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
1972
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In Focus on Literature: People. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company
1978
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In Rebels and Regulars. New York: Macmillan
1969
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In The Last Bullet and Other Western Stories. New York: Scholastic
1965
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In Personal Code. New York: Scholastic Book Services
1961
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In Scope. Evanston, IL: Harper & Row
1967
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In Awakenings. Lexington, MA: Ginn and Company
1973
"The Elk Tooth Dress." In Love, Love, Love. New York: Franklin Watts
1962
"The Elk Tooth Dress." in Seventeen's Stories. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company
1958
"Flame on the Frontier." In Freedom. State of Hawaii Department of Education
1978
"Flame on the Frontier." In The Argosy Book of Adventure Stories. New York: Bantam Books
1953
"Flame on the Frontier." In I (Me). New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
1971
"Flame on the Frontier." In Story: The Second Book. Baltimore: Penguin Books
1973
"Flame on the Frontier." In Scenes of America. New York: Macmillan
1968
"Flame on the Frontier." In To Be: Identity in Literature. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company
1976
"Flame on the Frontier." In Freedom Student Manual. State of Hawaii Department of Education
1978
"The Fruit Tramps." In Montana Margins: A State Anthology. New Haven: Yale University Press
1945
"Ghost Dance." In The Red Man's West: True Stories of the Frontier Indians from Montana, The Magazine of Western History. New York: Hastings House
1965
"The Girl Called Bluejay." In The Frontier in American Literature. New York: The Odyssey Press
1969
"How Whirlwind Saved Her Cub." In Literature and Life. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company
1979
"The Incomparable Tatsey," "The Populated World of Juvenille Books," "Miss Appleknocker Gets the Story," and "When a Book Becomes a Movie." In A Century of Montana Journalism. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company
1971
"Journal of Adventure." In Bar 5 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: Permabooks
1957
"Journal of Adventure." In Bar 5 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company
1956
"Journey to the Fort." In Bar 3 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company
1954
"The Lost Musician." In The Bedside Bonanza. New York: Frederick Fell
1943
"Lost Sister." In Accent: Any Human to Another. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company
1972
"Lost Sister." In The Heroic Spirit. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
1978
"Lost Sister." In Conflicts. Lexingon, MA: Ginn and Company
1973
"Lost Sister." In This Land Around Us: A Treasury of Pacific Northwest Writing. New York: Doubleday & Company
1969
"Lost Sister." In Southwest Fiction. New York, Bantam Books
1981
"Lost Sister." In Pioneers West: 14 Stories of the Old Frontier. New York: Dell
1966
"Lost Sister." In 14 Spurs. New York: Bantam
1968
"Lost Sister." In A Western Sampler. New York: The Macmillan Company
1967
"Lost Sister." In Mid-Century: An Anthology of Distinguished Contemporary American Short Stories. New York: Pocket Books
1958
"Lost Sister." In Spurs: Western Writers of America. Western Writers of America
1977
"Lost Sister." In Vibrations. New York: Houghton Mifflin
1971
"Lost Sister." In Westward the Women: An Anthology of Western Stories by Women. New York: Doubleday & Company
1984
"Lost Sister." In The American Identity: A College Reader. Boston: D.C. Heath and Company
1962
"Lost Sister." In Spurs West by Members of the Western Writers of America. Garden City, NJ: Doubleday & Company
1960
"Lost Sister." In They Found Adventure. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall
1960
"Lost Sister." In Readings for Analysis. University of Puerto Rico
1960
"Lost Sister." In Accent: Each His Own. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company
1965
"Lost Sister." In Perceptions: Themes in Literature. New York: McGraw-Hill
1975
"Lost Sister." In Album 1. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company
1977
"Lost Sister." In Perception: Themes in Literature. New York: McGraw-Hill
1979
"Lost Sister." In Focus on Literature: Viewpoints. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
1978
"A Man Called Horse." In The American West in Fiction. New York: New American Library
1982
"A Man Called Horse." In Of Time and Experience: Literary Themes. Cambridge, MA: Winthrop Publishers
1972
"A Man Called Horse." In Bar 1 Roundup of Best Western Stories. London: Andrew Dakers Limited
1952
"A Man Called Horse." In Bar 1 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company
1952
"A Man Called Horse." In Sight Lines. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
1969
"A Man Called Horse." in Great Action Stories. New York: Signet. Autographed by William Kittredge
1977
"A Man Called Horse." In The Hilton Bedside Book. Chicago: Hilton Hotels
1960
"A Man Called Horse." In Test Booklet, Emblem Journeys. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1982
"A Man Called Horse." In The Pleasures of Fiction. New York: Addison-Wesley
1972
"A Man Called Horse." in Tightrope. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1975
"A Man Called Horse." In Sunlight & Shadows. Ontario: Thomas Nelson and Sons
1974
"A Man Called Horse." In The Spirit of Adventure. New York: Henry Holt & Company
1955
"A Man Called Horse." In Journeys: A Reading and Literature Program. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1982
"A Man Called Horse." In Westward, Westward, Westward. New York: Franklin Watts
1958
"A Man Called Horse." In Emblem. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1982
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." In Stories Into Film. New York: Harper Colophon Books
1979
"My Favorite Town: Whitefish, Montana." In The Best of the Times. Ford Motor Company
1977
"Paul Bunyan and the Flathead Monster." In Legends and Tales of the Old West. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company
1962
"Prairie Kid." In A Saddlebag of Tales: A Collection of Stories by Members of Western Writers of America. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company
1959
"Scars of Honor." In Encounters. New York: McGraw-Hill
1973
"Scars of Honor." In English Writing and Language Skills. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovitch
1983
"Scars of Honor." In The Outnumbered: Stories, Essays, and Poems about Minority Groups by America's Leading Writers. New York: Delacorte Press
1967
"Scars of Honor." In Out West: An Anthology of Stories. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
1955
"Scars of Honor." In Out West: A Western Omnibus. London: Andre Deutsch
1959
"Scars of Horror." In The Outnumbered: Stories, Essays, and Poems about Minority Groups by America's Leading Writers. New York: Dell
1977
"Scars on Honor." In Encounters in Literature. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company
1979
"Scars of Honor." In Crossroads Beyond Tomorrow. New York: Noble and Noble
1970
"Scars of Violence." In Outside Inside. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
1973
"Sod-Shanty Pioneers." In Reaching Out. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1979
"Sod-Shanty Pioneers." In Blazing Trails. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
1983
"A Time of Greatness." In Voyage. Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans
1976
"A Time of Greatness." In Projection in Literature. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company
1967
"A Time of Greatness." In Purpose in Literature. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company
1979
"A Time of Greatness." In Projection in Literature. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, and Company
1974
"A Time of Greatness." In Language: Structure and Use. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company
1981
"Too Soon a Woman." In Scope. Evanston, IL: Harper & Row
1965
"War Shirt." In Reality in Conflict. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company
1976
"Warrior's Exile." In Traits & Topics. Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Company
1976
"I Woke up Wicked." In The Arbor House Treasury of Great Western Stories. New York: Arbor House
1982
"The Wonderful If." In The Writer's Handbook. Boston: The Writer, Inc.
1954
"The Unbeliever." In Great Stories of the West, Volume 1. New York: Ballantine Books
1971
"The Unbeliever." In Bar 2 Roundup of Best Western Stories. New York: E.P. Dutton and Company
1953
"The Unbeliever." In Great Western Short Stories. Palto Alto, CA: The American West Publishing Company
1967
Subseries 3: Annotated Reference Books
Wovoka: The Indian Messiah. Los Angeles: Westernlore Press, Bailey, P.
1957
Plutarach and His Times. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, Barrow, R.H.
1967
Summer Boy: Farm Life During the 1920s, Bergquist, J.G.
undated
Troy and the Trojans. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Blegan, C.W.
1963
The North American Indians: A Selection of Photographs by Edward S. Curtis. New York: Aperature, Brown, J.E., ed.
1972
A History of English Literature. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Buchan, J., ed.
1925
Christian Worker's Holy Bible. Philadelphia: International Press
1905
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. New York: Funk & Wagnalls
1927
A Shorter History of England and Great Britain. New York: Macmillan, Cross, A.L.
1923
The Official Rules. New York: Delacorte Press, Dickson, P.
1978
English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Boston: Houghton Mifflin
1904
Turkey. London: Vista Books, Falk, A.
1963
The Finest of the Wheat. undated
Plato for Pleasure. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett, Fox, A.
1963
Plato: An Introduction. New York: Harper & Row, Friedlander, P.
1958
The Movement for Indian Assimilation, 1860-1890. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, Fritz, H.
1963
Surprising Amsterdam. New York: Frommer/Pasmantier Publishing, Frommer, A.
1965
Songs of Men. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, Frothingham, R., ed.
1918
The Best of Tennyson. New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Graham, W., ed.
1930
The Greek Myths. Baltimore: Penguin Books, Graves, R.
1955
Greece. Paris: Hachette
1955
Gregg Shorthand. New York: Gregg Publishing Company, Gregg, J.R.
1919
The Private Secretary: A College Text. New York: The Gregg Publishing Company, Gregg, J.R., (2 copies)
1943
Euripides I. New York: The Modern Library, Grene, D. and Lattimore, R.
undated
The Greeks and Their Gods. Boston: Beacon Press, Guthrie, W.K.C.
1955
The English Book of Business. New York: The Gregg Publishing Company, Hagar, H.A., et al.
1934
The Sioux: Life and Customs of a Warrior Society. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, Hassrick, R.B.
1964
Holy Bible. New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons
1952
Spotted Tail's Folk: A History of the Brule Sioux. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, Hyde, G.E.
1961
Red Cloud's Folk: A History of the Oglala Sioux Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, Hyde, G.E.
1957
In the Valley of the Little Big Horn. North Hollywood, Beinfeld Publishing, Kain, R.C.
1969
Montana: Our Land & People. Boulder, CO: Pruett Publishing, Lang, W.L.
1979
The Greeks. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, Lloyd-Jones, H., ed.
1963
The Ballad Book. New York: Harper Brothers, Leach, M., ed.
1955
The lives and times of archy and mehitabel. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Marquis, D.
1950
Salt-Water Poems and Ballads. New York: Macmillan Company, Masefield, J.
1916
Western Cooking: Hearty Food for Hungry Folks. New York: David McKay Company, McBride, L.
1976
An Anthology of Northwest Verse. Caldwell, ID: The Caxton Printers, Merriam, H.G., (pressed flower enclosed)
1931
The University of Montana: A History. Missoula, Montana: Montana State University Press, Merriam, H. G.
1970
The Methodist Hymnal. Cincinnati: Jennings & Graham
1905
The Ghost-Dance Religion and Wounded Knee. New York: Dover Publications, Mooney, J.
1973
Myra Waldo's Travel Guide to Europe: The Mediterranean and Northern Europe. New York: Bantam Books
1960
The Medea of Euripides. New York: Oxford University Press, Murray, G., ed. 1912, New Indexed Bible
1923
The Song of Three Friends and The Song of Hugh Glass. New York: Macmillan, Neihardt, J.
1928
The New Testament. Philadelphia: International Press
undated
The New Testament. New York: American Bible Society
1862
The New Testament. Hartford: Isaac Stowe
1844
Greek Oracles. London: Hutchinson University Library, Parke, H.W.
1967
Samuel Pepys' Diary. New York: Windsor Press, Parker, W.L., ed.
1932
The Oxford Book of Ballads. Oxford: Clarendon Press, Quiller-Couch, A., ed.
1927
Athens in the Age of Pericles. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, Robinson, C.A., Jr.
1959
The Joy of Cooking. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Rombauer, I.S.
1942
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. New York: Wiley Book Co.
1936
The American Songbag. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, Sandburg, C.
1927
Gospel Hymns No. 5. New York: John Church Co., Sankey, I.D.
1887
Selected Works of Stephen Vincent Benet. 2 vols. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, (autographed to and by Beulah Bunny)
1941
Ballads of a Cheechanko. New York: Barse & Hopkins, Service, R.W.
1909
Sing 'Em Cowboy, Sing 'Em. Amsco Music Sales
1934
Moon of Popping Trees. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, Smith, R.A.
1975
From Hopalong to Hud: Thoughts on Western Fiction. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, Sonnichsen, C.L.
1978
Songs That Never Grow Old. Syndicate Publishing Company
1909
Spain. New York: Random House
1960
The Story of the Bible. Philadelphia: Charles Foster
1884
Poems. New York: The Modern Library, Swinburne, A.C.
undated
Socrates. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Taylor, A.E.
1953
Tourist Guide: Turkey. Ankara
1961
Turkey. Paris: Hachette
1960
Modern British Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, Untermeyer, L.
1920
Historically Speaking, Williams, L.K.
undated
Your Holiday in Turkey. Ankara
1961

Series XIII:  Manuscripts of Others, 1953-1978 Return to Top

0.5 linear feet

This series consists of manuscripts written by persons other than Johnson, including movie scripts based on her work, manuscripts that she assisted with or handed on to her agent to attempt to sell, a book with a chapter about her, and a Montana State University master's thesis on Thomas Francis Meagher. Of particular interest is the 1968 script of the movie Return of a Man Called Horse that is autographed by the cast and others. Materials are arranged alphabetically by the author's last name.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
73/1
Anthony Arthur, Straight Talk in Missoula, A Conversation with D. M. Johnson
undated
73/2
Bessie, Opera based on The Lost Sister
1978
73/3
Bill Bragg , Tuskers
1971
73/4
Jack Dewitt, Return of a Man Called Horse, Script by. Autographed by cast and Charles Dollar
1968
73/5
Jack Dewitt, Return of a Man Called Horse, final script
1975
73/6
Jack Dewitt, Return of a Man Called Horse, final script
1975
73/7
Frank Moss , I Woke Up Wicked, film treatment by
undated
73/8
Otto Ost, Smokejumpers articles
1953
73/9
David Rayfiel. Lost Sister
undated
73/10
Ramona R. Rush, Women in Academe: Journalism Education Viewed from the Literature and Other Memorabilia
1973
73/11
James L. Thane, Thomas Francis Meagher
1967
73/12
Wilderness Institute, Wilderness Women
1977

Series XIV:  Photographs, circa 1880-1982Return to Top

2.5 linear feet

This series contains photographs of Dorothy M. Johnson at all stages in her life and career. The series includes a substantial amount of photographs of her friends and relatives, including her mother, Mary Louisa Alger. Other subjects represented in the collection include high school, her many travels in Montana and abroad, book signings, press conferences related to movies made from her books, especially a number of photographs of Johnson and actor, Gary Cooper. The series also contains a number of photographs commemorating Johnson's many honors, including "Dorothy M. Johnson Day" in Whitefish, Montana, and receiving the Wrangler Award from the 17th Annual Western Heritage Awards.

Materials in this series are arranged by chronologically, wherever possible. The photographs are arranged by folder-level with all photographs in a folder matching the caption's description. The series ends with photograph albums that have been kept intact.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box/Folder
74/1
Daguerrotypes, presumably of Dorothy M. Johnson ancestors
undated
74/2
Dorothy M. Johnson ancestors
ca. 1880-1899
74/3
Dorothy M. Johnson's father at age 7
undated
74/4
Adolph and Julia Johnson, wedding photo
undated
74/5
Louisa Barlow, portrait, McGregor, Iowa
undated
74/6
Dorothy M. Johnson's [paternal grandmother ?]
undated
74/7
Dorothy M. Johnson, baby portrait
ca. 1905
74/8
Dorothy M. Johnson as a baby and her Aunt Mattie
undated
74/9
Dorothy M. Johnson, age 3 years
ca. 1908
74/10
Mary Johnson, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother, doing yardwork
undated
74/11
[Dorothy M. Johnson as a young child?]
undated
74/12
Dorothy M. Johnson (as a child) and other children at play
undated
74/13
Dorothy M. Johnson's schoolmates
undated
74/14
Dorothy M. Johnson, age 10
ca. 1915
74/15
Dorothy M. Johnson, about 12, and her mother, Mary Louisa Johnson, Whitefish, Montana, city treasurer and assistant to the water commissioner
undated
74/16
Dorothy M. Johnson, [age 14]
ca. 1919
74/17
Photo portraits of Dorothy M. Johnson as a young woman
undated
74/18
Dorothy M. Johnson, her mother, Mary Louisa Alger, [and grandmother?]
undated
74/19
Dorothy M. Johnson as a young woman
undated
74/20
Dorothy M. Johnson and her mother
undated
74/21
Dorothy M. Johnson and her mother at beehives
undated
74/22
Dorothy M. Johnson as part of an all-female play cast in costume
undated
74/23
Dorothy M. Johnson and Whitefish High School Class
1920
74/24
Dorothy M. Johnson, "Senior's Hike,"
May 17, 1922
74/25
Dorothy M. Johnson camping with others
undated
74/26
Dorothy M. Johnson in high school graduation picture, Whitefish High School
1922
74/27
Dorothy M. Johnson, Senior Portraits
1922
74/28
Mary Louisa Alger and [her mother?]
undated
74/29
Dorothy M. Johnson's mother, Louisa Alger and [Fred Alger?]
1934 and undated
74/30
[Fred Alger in Whitefish, Montana?]
undated
74/31
Dorothy M. Johnson and [Fred Alger, Whitefish, Montana]
undated
74/32
Dorothy M. Johnson's mother, Mary Louisa Alger
undated
74/33
Dorothy M. Johnson at switchboard, Whitefish, Montana
undated
74/34
Unidentified people
undated and 1943
74/35
Portraits of Mary Louisa Alger, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother
undated
74/35
Louis holding baby with Dorothy M. Johnson's mother, Mary Louisa Alger
undated
74/36
Louis and Fredaline
undated
74/37
Johnson home in Whitefish, Montana
undated
74/38
Portrait of Mary Louisa Alger, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother, color-tinted
undated
74/39
Unidentified children (perhaps Johnson family relatives)
undated
74/40
Unidentified people
undated
74/41
Unidentified photos
undated
74/42
Unidentified people, presumably family members
undated
74/43
Unidentified people
undated
74/44
Dorothy M. Johnson with relatives
undated
74/45
Dorothy M. Johnson and family in Wisconsin
undated
74/46
"College and Okanogan"
1929
74/47
Round-up photos, [Washington ?]
undated
74/48
Round-up photos
undated
74/50
Round-up photos
undated
74/51
Dorothy M. Johnson in cowboy dress, Roundup photos
1947
74/52
Dorothy M. Johnson in cowboy dress, Roundup photos
ca. 1947
74/53
Janicke family photos
ca. 1940-1949
74/54
Mary Louisa Alger, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother
1940 and undated
75/1
Dorothy M. Johnson as a young woman
undated
75/2
Dorothy M. Johnson's trip to New York City (presumably)
ca. 1940-1949
75/3
Dorothy M. Johnson at magazine stand near subway entrance, New York, New York
ca. 1940-1949
75/4
Dorothy M. Johnson in Central Park, New York City
ca. 1940-1949
75/5
Dorothy M. Johnson at Battery Park, New York
May 5, 1940
75/6
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait
1942
75/7
Dorothy M. Johnson, [Kay ?] and cats
November 1948
75/8
Dorothy M. Johnson in group photo, Hotel Astor, Times Square, New York, New York
1948
75/9
Dorothy M. Johnson
1947
75/10
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait without glasses
undated
75/11
Dorothy M. Johnson as Air Warden [Washington ?]
undated
75/12
Washington state postcards
undated
75/13
Dorothy M. Johnson at airport with unidentified people
1948
75/14
New York and Virginia City, Montana, photos
ca. 1953
75/15
Dorothy M. Johnson, Park trip with Kay
1952
75/16
Dorothy M. Johnson, Park trip with Kay
1952
75/17
[Glacier National Park ?], trip photos with Kay
undated
75/18
Photos of Gold Dredge
undated
75/19
Slade house
1957
75/20
Kay
undated
75/21
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait by Lacy
ca. 1953
75/22
Hungry Horse Project and Dorothy M. Johnson
undated
75/23
Dorothy M. Johnson's [grandmother?]
undated
75/24
Dorothy M. Johnson's home on Duncan Drive, Missoula, Montana
undated
75/25
Dorothy M. Johnson in front of Missoula, Montana, home
undated
75/26
Mary Louisa Alger at Dorothy M. Johnson's home in [Missoula, Montana?]
undated
75/27
Dorothy M. Johnson and others around Christmas time
undated
75/28
Mary Louisa Alger and Aunt Mattie
undated
75/29
Dorothy M. Johnson's Aunt Mattie and Lucy the Cat
ca. 1950-1959
75/30
Montana Press Association gathering for the film "The Hanging Tree," undated
75/31
Montana Press Association gathering for the film "The Hanging Tree," undated
75/32
Press conference for "The Hanging Tree," movie
undated
75/33
Dorothy M. Johnson, Gary Cooper, and others at a Press Conference (Dick Harris, Photographer)
undated
75/34
Dorothy M. Johnson and Gary Cooper, photo session (Dick Harris, Photographer)
ca. 1950-1959
75/35
Dorothy M. Johnson and Gary Cooper, photo session (Dick Harris, Photographer)
ca. 1950-1959
75/35
Gary Cooper with an Indian chief
undated
75/36
Dorothy M. Johnson at a book signing for "The Hanging Tree," undated
75/37
Theater, Premiere of "The Hanging Tree," undated
75/38
Dorothy M. Johnson wearing a Native American head dress at photo-op, Hungry Horse News
undated
75/39
Dorothy M. Johnson being inducted into the Blackfeet Tribe (color and black and white photos)
August 1959
75/40
Dorothy M. Johnson with John Richards, president of the American Literary Association, [Bigfork, Montana ?]
May 5, 1956
76/1
Western Writers of America, Luncheon, Great Falls, Montana
June 1957
76/2
Dorothy M. Johnson, various photo-ops
undated
76/3
Various relatives of Dorothy M. Johnson
1958
76/4
Dorothy M. Johnson and unidentified women at dinner party
undated
76/5
Dorothy M. Johnson with Native Americans
undated
76/6
Photos from Fort Benton, Montana, Trip
undated
76/7
Color transparencies, unidentified location
ca. 1955
76/8
Glacier National Park, postcards
undated
76/9
Dorothy M. Johnson photo session, Montana State University, Missoula, Montana
1958
76/10
Dorothy M. Johnson and Robert Turner, photo session, Montana State University, Missoula, Montana
1958
76/11
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait with guns and other artifacts, "p. 3 of profiles," undated
76/12
Indian pow-wow at Arlee, Montana
undated
76/13
Indian teepee near Main Hall, University of Montana
undated
76/14
Indians at Field House, University of Montana
1957
76/15
Adey, Rudy, and cat
undated
76/16
Display case at [Johnson's home?]
undated
76/17
Dorothy M. Johnson in Greece, Crete
ca. 1961-1964
76/18
Dorothy M. Johnson, Greece trip
1963
76/19
Dorothy M. Johnson, portraits
1963
76/20
Dorothy M. Johnson, photo session
undated
76/21
Mary Louisa Alger and unidentified older woman
ca. 1960
76/22
Cats
1964 and undated
76/23
Dorothy M. Johnson and Lucy the Cat
undated
76/24
Cats and dogs
undated
76/25
Dorothy M. Johnson Day in Whitefish, Montana
undated
76/26
Dorothy M. Johnson Day, Whitefish, Montana
undated
76/27
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait at her desk
undated
76/28
Mary Louisa Alger, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother and Lucy the Cat
undated
76/29
Dorothy M. Johnson with Ward, Flora, and (Aunt?)
1967
76/30
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait
undated
76/31
Dorothy M. Johnson in group photo of men in suits
undated
76/32
Spain and Morocco Trips
1965
76/33
Wood carving display cases, Silver City Museum, Idaho, and Red Lodge, Montana, carvings made in 1888
1967
76/34
Bear cubs at play, Hungry Horse News photos
undated
76/35
Dorothy M. Johnson, various portraits
ca, 1970
76/36
Dorothy M. Johnson, various
undated
76/37
"Montana" Joe Montgomery
ca. 1970-1973
76/38
Dorothy M. Johnson on trip, color transparencies
1967
76/39
Dorothy M. Johnson vacation photos
ca. 1969-1970
76/40
Dorothy M. Johnson portrait
1970
76/41
Dorothy M. Johnson and Diane Morton (infant)
January 1971
76/42
Dorothy M. Johnson horseback riding at Desert Mountain Lodge, Hungry Horse News
1971
76/43
Olga Vasquez, Peru
ca. 1970-1976
76/44
Dorothy M. Johnson, various vacation photos
1972-1973, and undated
76/45
Reception for the Bloody Bozeman with man from Japan in attendance
ca. 1972
76/46
Various friends and relatives
1971-1979, and undated
76/47
Various people, friends of Dorothy M. Johnson
1972 and undated
76/48
Dorothy M. Johnson's South Pacific trip photos
1971
76/49
Dorothy M. Johnson's trip to Wyoming with Lillian
1972
76/50
Dorothy M. Johnson with various unidentified people
1973 and undated
76/51
Dorothy M. Johnson and Sandy Howard
1973
77/1
Dorothy M. Johnson with Mike Stephen (Feet Worth, Texas)
1974
77/2
"Famous women of Montana," parade float with woman impersonating Dorothy M. Johnson, Helena, Montana
May 1975
77/3
Dorothy M. Johnson and Whitefish, Montana, parade
July 26, 1975
77/4
Dorothy M. Johnson class reunion, Whitefish, Montana
1975
77/5
Dorothy M. Johnson speaking at banquet Whitefish, Montana [class reunion ?]
1975
77/6
Dorothy M. Johnson honorary homecoming parade float, Montana State University, Missoula, Montana (color and black and white)
ca. 1976
77/7
Dorothy M. Johnson, El Paso, TX Trip
1978
77/8
Dorothy M. Johnson back left, Kathryn Wright front left
undated
77/9
Dorothy M. Johnson and Mike Mansfield (Lewistown news photo)
undated
77/10
Dorothy M. Johnson
portrait taken by Lee Nye
undated
77/11
Dorothy M. Johnson pictured in cap and gown attending a commencement at the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
undated
77/12
Dorothy M. Johnson and Rosemary Casey accepting Wrangler trophies from the 17th Annual Western Heritage Awards, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
undated
77/13
Dorothy M. Johnson pictured with her Levi Strauss Golden Saddleman Award
ca. 1975
77/14
Dorothy M. Johnson at a book signing
undated
77/15
University of Montana 50 Year Class Reunion (Class of 1928), Homecoming, Dorothy M. Johnson pictured
October 13, 1978
77/16
Foreign movie posters for movies based on Dorothy M. Johnson works
1977 and undated
77/17
Dorothy M. Johnson with [Bob and Agnes Turner?], Bannack, Montana
undated
77/18
Dorothy M. Johnson, portrait, taken by Bernard Rosenblum
ca. 1970-1979
77/19
Dorothy M. Johnson with Dr. Johnson at book signing
October 15, 1982
77/20
Dorothy M. Johnson with Art Engelter, Jess and Dot Underwood, and Rev Laird, at a book signing
October 15, 1982
77/21
Dorothy M. Johnson with Mable Engelter at a book signing
October 15, 1982
77/22
Dorothy M. Johnson and Editor Bart Smith of Pilot
October 15, 1982
77/23
Old Stage Coach Inn, Green River, Wyoming
undated
77/24
Bill Ean and his wife, Ean is Dorothy M. Johnson's cousin
undated
77/25
Dorothy M. Johnson, postcards
undated
77/26
Faye, Uncle Homer, and Aunt Mattie
1965-1968 and undated
77/27
Celebrity autographed pictures to Dorothy M. Johnson
undated
77/28
Photograph Album
undated
77/29
Photograph Album
undated
78/1
Whitefish High School, Whitefish, Montana, Photograph Album
ca. 1922
78/2
Whitefish High School, Whitefish, Montana, Photograph Album
ca. 1922
78/3
Dorothy M. Johnson as a young woman
undated
78/4
Dorothy M. Johnson
undated
78/5
Dorothy M. Johnson horseback riding
undated
78/6
Mary Louisa Alger, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother
undated
78/7
Campus, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana
undated
78/8
"Just Us Four"
undated
78/9
"Hank"
undated
78/10
Rosie Babcock
undated
78/11
David Scott
undated
78/12
Agnes Aldrich
undated
78/13
"Where the Stage was Held Up"
undated
78/14
Unidentified children
undated
78/15
Three Unidentified boys
undated
78/16
Unidentified girl doing yard work
undated
78/17
"Friends and Town" pictures
undated
78/18
Unidentified group of people in the forest
undated
78/19
Dorothy M. Johnson, Whitefish High School, Whitefish, Montana
ca. 1920-1929
78/20
Football game, unidentified location
undated
78/21
"Lake and River Scenes"
undated
78/22
"Local Hikes, Scenery"
undated
78/23
"Forestry Pictures"
undated
78/24
Flathead Lake
undated
78/25
[Glacier National Park ?]
undated
78/26
Shed, location unknown
undated
78/27
Parade, Unidentified Location
undated
78/28
Cemetery, location unknown
undated
78/29
Interior and exterior of an unknown house
undated
78/30
Mom, Lucy, Mrs. Haake, Mr. Mass, Herb
undated
78/31
Horse and calves
undated
78/32
Unidentified people
undated
78/33
Unidentified locations
undated
78/34
Unidentified
undated
78/35
Two rhinos
undated
78/35
Unidentified locations
undated
78/36
St. Ignatius, Montana
undated
78/37
Park Trip
undated
78/38
Dorothy M. Johnson, Trip photos
undated
78/39
Toni Matt and baby
undated
78/40
Mary Louisa Alger, Dorothy M. Johnson's mother
undated
Box
OS3
Roland Reed photograph titled "The Wooing" signed on back to "Aunt Mandy"
1908

Series XV:  Publicity Materials, 1962 Return to Top

0.5 linear feet

Contains publicity stills for movies based on Dorothy M. Johnson's books, including The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Hanging Tree, A Man Called Horse, and The Return of a Man Called Horse. The series also contains press releases for A Man Called Horse and a publicity poster for The Hanging Tree.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
OS3
Hanging Tree Poster
undated
Box/Folder
79/1
Publicity Stills, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962
79/2
Publicity Stills, The Hanging Tree
undated
79/3
Publicity Stills, A Man Called Horse
undated
79/4
Cinema Center News Releases About A Man Called Horse
undated
79/5
Publicity Stills, A Man Called Horse
undated
79/6
Publicity Stills, The Return of a Man Called Horse
undated

Series XVI:  Artwork, undatedReturn to Top

3 items

The series contains framed cartoons that cartoonist Stan Lynde dedicated to Dorothy M. Johnson. The series also contains a Roland Reed photograph titled "The Wooing" and an unidentified painting of Indian women.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
OS3
Stan Lynde Cartoons dedicated to Dorothy Johnson
undated
OS3
Painting of Indian women
undated

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • American literature--Women authors
  • Indians of North America--Fiction
  • Women authors, American

Corporate Names

  • University of Montana--Missoula--Alumni and alumnae

Geographical Names

  • Montana--Fiction
  • West (U.S.)--Fiction

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Essays
  • Novels
  • Personal papers
  • Photographs
  • Plays
  • Short stories
  • Speeches, addresses, etc., American
  • Western stories