Virginia Weisel was born in Missoula, Montana, in 1910. Her family was among the first residents of the Missoula Valley where her father managed a lumber camp. Johnson graduated high school in Missoula and attended finishing schools in Washington D.C. She married Brigadier General William M. Johnson in 1933. They lived in England, Germany, and Japan and eventually returned to Missoula in 1957. Upon their return to Missoula, Virginia and her husband managed the Double Arrow Ranch near Seeley Lake for several seasons. At the ranch she discovered a love of horses, which influenced her writing.
She published many books including
This collection contains a rough draft of a later published biography of General Nelson A. Miles by Johnson, covering his life from the mid 1850s through the 1900s. The book was published in 1962 as
The manuscript is divided into five folders in a single box.
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Virginia Weisel Johnson Manuscript, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.
This manuscript was in the possession of the creator until its donation to Archives and Special Collections in 1973.
There are no expected additions to this collection.
The collection was redescribed in 2001.
Published copies of
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