05136cpcaa2200745 4500 mm 78028001 DLC 20260227111624.0 cr ||||||||||| 780918|||||||||||| eng mm 78028001 ms 90000016 DLC DLC dacs DLC R lcmd Johnston, Mercer Green, 1868-1954. Mercer Green Johnston papers, 1860-1954 (bulk 1894-1954). 40,000 items. 113 containers plus 2 oversize. 45.2 linear feet. Arranged in 13 series. Series 1: Diaries and Notebooks, 1898-1954; Series 2: Family Correspondence, 1860-1954; Series 3: Personal Correspondence, 1916-1954; Series 4: General Correspondence, 1885-1944; Series 5: Subject File, 1894-1954; Series 6: Sermons, 1894-1922; Series 7: Autobiographical Papers, 1869-1954; Series 8: Book File, 1917-1950; Series 9: Financial File, 1922-1948; Series 10: Miscellany; Series 11: Photographs, 1875-1954; Series 12: Scrapbooks, 1860-1925; Series 13: Memorabilia; and Series 14: Oversize, 1895-1920. Open to research. Correspondence, diaries, sermons, notebooks, poems, prayers, financial records, autobiographical papers, pamphlets, periodicals, clippings, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers pertaining to Johnston's career as an author, educator, and clergyman. Documents his work as Episcopal minister in the U.S. and the Philippines including his years as rector of Trinity Church, Newark, N.J.; chairman of the National Progressive Headquarters, Baltimore, Md., and Peoples' Legislative Service, Washington, D. C.; director of the National Citizens Committee on Relations with Latin America; and New Deal official with the U.S. Rural Electrification Administration and other agencies. Also documents his work for the Young Men's Christian Association during World War I and as a freelance writer on economic, labor, political, and social issues. Correspondents include William Edgar Borah, Charles Henry Brent, Bronson M. Cutting, Eugene V. Debs, Elisabeth Coit Gilman, James Steptoe Johnston, Judson King, Robert M. La Follette, W. Jett Lauck, George Fort Milton, George William Norris, G. Bromley Oxnam, William Thomas Rawleigh, Oswald Garrison Villard, Thomas James Walsh, and Burton K. Wheeler. Educator, Episcopal clergyman, and author. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122 Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940 Correspondence. Brent, Charles Henry, 1862-1929 Correspondence. Cutting, Bronson M., 1888-1935 Correspondence. Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926 Correspondence. Gilman, Elisabeth Coit, 1867-1950 Correspondence. Johnston, James Steptoe, 1843-1924 Correspondence. King, Judson, 1872-1958 Correspondence. La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925 Correspondence. Lauck, W. Jett (William Jett), 1879-1949 Correspondence. Milton, George Fort, 1894-1955 Correspondence. Norris, George William, 1861-1944 Correspondence. Oxnam, G. Bromley (Garfield Bromley), 1891-1963 Correspondence. Rawleigh, William Thomas, 1870-1951 Correspondence. Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 Correspondence. Walsh, Thomas James, 1859-1933 Correspondence. Wheeler, Burton K. (Burton Kendall), 1882-1975 Correspondence. United States. Rural Electrification Administration. Episcopal Church Clergy. Episcopal Church Philippines. Episcopal Church United States. National Citizens Committee on Relations with Latin America. National Progressive Headquarters. People's Legislative Service. Trinity Church (Newark, N.J.) Labor United States. New Deal, 1933-1939. Progressivism (United States politics) World War, 1914-1918 War work Young Men's Christian associations. Latin America Foreign relations United States. United States Economic conditions 20th century. United States Foreign relations Latin America. United States Politics and government 1901-1953. United States Social conditions 20th century. Authors. itoamc Clergy. itoamc Educators. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122.3 39924 39924