Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections
Cage 223
Johnson, Edward C. (Edward Carl), 1880-1962
Edward C. Johnson Papers
1896-1959
2.5 Linear feet of shelf space
5 Boxes
The personal and professional papers of Edward C.
Johnson, Dean of the State College of Washington's College of Agriculture, from
1919-1945, and Director of the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, from
1919-1948.
Collection materials are in English
Edward Carl Johnson was born on a farm in southern Minnesota in 1880. He received his
BA and MA degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1906 and 1907, respectively.
In 1907 he became Assistant Pathologist in the Bureau of Plant Industry, USDA, in
Washington, D.C., and from 1908-1912 he served as Pathologist in charge of disease
work. Johnson accepted the position of Superintendent of Institutes and
Demonstrations at Kansas State Agricultural College in 1912, and was the Dean of
College Extension from 1915 to 1918. In 1919 he became Dean of the State College of
Washington's (now Washington State University) College of Agriculture and Director
of the Washington Agricultural Experiment Station. Johnson was Dean until 1945 and
held the station directorship through 1948. He died in 1962.
The personal and professional papers of Edward C. Johnson, Dean of the State College
of Washington's College of Agriculture, from 1919-1945, and Director of the
Washington Agricultural Experiment Station, from 1919-1948. The papers consist of
correspondence, speeches, manuscripts, notes, reports, publications, clippings, and
photographs of an agricultural administrator specializing in extension services.
Included is a lengthy diary recounting extensive travels in Western Europe and the
Soviet Union during 1937; and the report of the 1947 United States Department of
Agriculture Mission to Colombia, of which Johnson was head.
The first series contains reports and correspondence dating from Johnson's employment
at Kansas State University and with the USDA in Washington, D.C.
Series two is composed primarily of materials relating to Johnson's overseas travels
while employed at the State College of Washington. This material includes
correspondence, speeches, notes, reports, maps, clippings, photographs and
photograph lists, glass slides, and motion pictures. Most of the approximately 500
photographs were taken on Johnson's tour of farms and agricultural experiment
stations in Colombia in 1947, although some are of European agriculture dating from
his extensive travels in 1937. The four short rolls of motion picture film were also
taken on Johnson's European trip. Scenes of American agriculture from the period ca.
1907-1920 are depicted on the more than 40 glass slides in the collection, some
taken in the Pullman vicinity. Mementos from Johnson's childhood and travels are
also included in this series.
The third, and final, series contains Johnson's publications. Manuscripts of some of
his writings are included, among them being: Emphasis on Conservation, Other Inland
Empires, and Another Valley.
The collection is arranged in three series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
[Item description]
Edward C. Johnson Papers, 1896-1959 (Cage 223)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The greater portion of the papers of Edward Carl Johnson were donated to the
Washington State University Library by Mrs. E. C. Johnson in 1968. Additional papers
were received with the records of the College of Agriculture (UA 76-12) which were
deposited in the Library prior to 1970.
Johnson Family Papers, circa 1906-1947 (Cage 853)
Edward C. Johnson Correspondence, 1907-1961 (Cage 950)
State College of Washington College of Agriculture Dean Records, 1893-1948 (Archives 15)
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
Johnson, Edward C. (Edward Carl), 1880-1962 -- Archives
State College of Washington. College of Agriculture -- Officials and employees -- Archives
Europe -- Description and travel
Soviet Union -- Description and travel
Agricultural extension work -- Washington (State)
Agriculture -- Colombia
Agriculture
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Series 1: Kansas State University and USDA
1906-1918
1
Cereal Disease Reports
1907-1911
5 items.
1
Correspondence
1912, 1917
7 items.
1
Demonstration Work Information
1914
2 items.
1
Extension Division Report
1917
1 item.
1
Extension Work Information
1914, 1918
41 items.
1
Extension Work Information and Home Economics Information
1918
2 items.
1
Forage Sorghums Information
1917
2 items.
1
Freeman, E. M.
1907-1911
28 items.
1
Jardine, W. M.
1910-1911
7 items.
1
Miller, J. H.
1911-1912
8 items.
1
National Chamber of Agriculture Information
1918
1 item.
1
Western Field Trip
1912
1 item.
1
Wheat Smut Correspondence
1908-1910
8 items.
1
Wheat Statistics
1916
1 item.
Series 2: Overseas Travel and Washington State
1
University Material
1896-1959
2
Correspondence
1906-1959
120 items.
2
Speeches
1929-1953
26 items.
3
Manuscript Diary of Trip to Europe
1937
1 item.
3
Notes from European and Colombian travel
1937-1947
500 items.
Reports:
4
USDA Mission to Columbia
1947
5 items.
4
Pakistan Project
1954
1 item.
4
Capital Outlay Survey Committee
1954
1 item.
4
Washington State Farm Production Statistics
1935
1 item.
4
Experiment Stations' Budgets
1949-1953
1 item.
4
Gut Jemmeritz
undated
1 item.
4
Clippings
1937-1948
13 items.
4
Mementos
1896-1938
48 items.
4
Photograph lists
2 items.
4
Photographs
500 items.
4
Glass slides
40 items.
4
Motion picture film
circa 1937
4 items.
Series 3: Publications and Manuscripts
1905-1954
Publications
1910-1954
35 items.
5
Co-ordinate Farm Societies
1918
5
Kansas Needs Well Organized Plans for Highway Improvement
1916
5
Profits from Farming not Excessive When Interest is Considered
1915
5
The Agricultural Road as Traveled byCollegians
1925
5
It's Always Fair Weather When Farmers Get Together
1918
5
The County Agents in Kansas
1915
5
The Present Status of Agricultural Engineering Instruction
1920
5
A Permanent Agriculture for the Wheat Belt
1919
5
Cow Testing and Official Testing
1919
5
Methods in Breeding Cereals for Rust Resistance
1910
5
Floret Sterility of Wheats in the
Southwest
1911
5
A Handbook for Institute Officers
1913
5
The Rusts of Grains in the United States
1911
5
Timothy Rust in the United States
1911
5
Contour Farming in Kansas
1914
5
A Study of Some Imperfect Fungi Isolated from Wheat, Oat, and Barley Plants
1914
5
County War Organization in Kansas
1918
5
Handling the 1918 Wheat Harvest in Kansas
1918
5
Experiments on the Relation Between Soil Composition and Crops
1930
5
The Influence of Climate on Washington Agriculture
1931
5
Reprint from the Third Biennial Report of the Washington State Planning Council
1938
5
The Agricultural Agent Farm Bureau Movement in Kansas
1915
5
Prefatory Notes in Kansas State Farmers' Institute Bulletins
1912-1915
5
What Is the Best Type of Education for Station Workers in Aiding Them in the Solution of Present Day Problems?
1917
5
Vocational Preferences of High School Students inWashington
1934
5
Application of Science to Agriculture in the North Temperate Zone on the Eastern Side of the Pacific Ocean
undated
5
The Relation of Experiment Station Work to the Fruit Industry
undated
5
Biology and Agriculture as Training for Citizenship
1920
5
Why Experiment Stations?
1954
5
Emphasis on Conservation
1952
Manuscripts:
5
Emphasis on Conservation
undated
5
Other Inland Empires
undated
5
Another Valley
undated
5
Writings and drawings of plants
1905