Johnston, Mercer Green 1868-1954 creator mixed material monographic eng 40,000 113 2 45.2 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. Open to research. 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 Clergy Educators mm 78028001 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012122.3 Open to research. DLC 780918 20260227111624.0 mm 78028001