George Willis Johnson Papers An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

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George Willis Johnson Papers

An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Finding aid created by: -
Date: Nov 1967

Revision history:

18 Apr 2008

converted to EAD (AMCon)

26 Oct 2012

extent revised (MBD)

Overview of the Collection

Creator:

Johnson, George Willis, 1880-1953.

Title:

George Willis Johnson Papers

Dates:

1916-1956

Quantity:

24 linear ft.

Abstract:

Papers of the American business executive. President of Endicott-Johnson Corporation, 1930-1949. Correspondence, incoming and outgoing (1916-1954); corporate mimeographed and printed notices to employees (1925-1949); clippings (1931-1947); photographs, articles, and speeches relating to the shoe manufacturer.

Language:

English

Repository:

Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

George Willis Johnson (1880-1953) was an American businessman. Born in Plymouth, Massachusetts to George F. and Lucie (Willis) Johnson, he grew up in Johnson City, New York, where he attended public schools. He also attended Worcester Academy and Dean Academy in Massachusettes. In 1900 he married Lula Seagers, and they had three children; Marion Young, Frank A. and Wilma M. Smith. George Johnson was active in community affairs, and an enthusiastic athlete, interested in baseball, golf, bowling, hunting, and fishing.

At the age of 18 George Johnson started working as a packer in the Endicott-Johnson Company, and later on he worked most of his life in the tanneries doing various jobs. In 1919 when Endicott-Johnson was incorporated, he was elected to the Board of Directors. He served as president of the corporation from 1930 to 1949.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The George W. Johnson Papers consist of correspondence, writings, photographs, and clippings, arranged in eight series.

Correspondence includes both incoming and outgoing, followed by correspondence of others. Subject files consists of published material and correspondence, and includes correspondence with both individuals and businesses as well as legal documents, press copy, reports, and various employee benefit information (wages, homes, pensions, etc).

Manuscripts consists of speeches, statements, and poems of George W. Johnson, George F. Johnson, and others.

Mimeographed and printed notices includes communications from the Johnsons or other members of the corporation to workers and other personnel.

Photographs include as subjects Endicott-Johnson officers, workers, and plant, as well as George F. Johnson and other individuals

Workers pages consists of clippings of pages from the Binghamton Sun. This page was published daily and contained news about and of special interest to Endicott-Johnson workers.

Published material includes articles, brochures, bulletin-board notices, magazines, newsletters and newspaper clippings.

Arrangement of the Collection

Incoming correspondence is arranged alphabetically by author; outgoing is arranged chronologically. Subject files and Photographs are arranged alphabetically by subject. Mimeographed and printed notices are arranged chronologically. Published material is arranged alphabetically by type; bulletin-board notices are arranged chronologically.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Subject Headings

Persons

Johnson, George Willis, 1880-1953 -- Archives.

Corporate Bodies

Endicott-Johnson Corporation -- Employees.
Endicott-Johnson Corporation -- History -- Sources.

Subjects

Executives -- New York (State)
Footwear industry -- New York (State)
Industrial relations -- United States.
Manufactures -- United States.
Shoe industry -- Employees.
Shoe industry -- New York (State)

Places

Endicott (N.Y.) -- Industries.

Genres and Forms

Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Speeches (documents)

Occupations

Executives.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

George Willis Johnson Papers,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Biographical material

Correspondence

Subject files

Manuscripts

Mimeographed and printed notices

Photographs

Workers' pages

Published material

Inventory

Biographical material

Box 1

Biographical material

Correspondence

Incoming

Box 1

A 1941, 1951-1953

Box 1

American Cancer Society 1951, 1952

Box 1

B 1932, 1937, 1941-1948, 1950-1953

Box 1

Berk, Ben 1939

Box 1

C 1940-1942, 1949-1953

Box 1

Canadian International Paper Co. 1951, 1952

Box 1

Chestnut Canoe Co. 1952

Box 1

Clark, Ralph B. 1950-1953

Box 1

Clay, Ryburn 1934, 1938-1940, 1945-1947, 1951

Box 1

Clay, Zaida Willis 1940, 1941, 1945, undated

Box 1

Cordiner, Ralph J. 1951

Box 1

D 1921, 1937, 1945, 1951-1953

Box 1

Durham, J. Edward Jr. 1951, undated

Box 1

E 1937, 1938, 1942, 1948, 1950-1953

Box 1

Endicott Leather Works Union 1943-1945

Box 1

F, G 1916, 1937, 1938, 1941, 1944-1946, 1948, 1950-1953

Box 2

Georgia-Hanks Co. 1947, 1948, 1951

Box 2

Goldman, Sacks and Co. 1945, 1946, 1950, 1952

Box 2

Gurley, Mirabel 1948, 1949, 1952, undated

Box 2

H, I 1941, 1944-1946, 1948, 1950-1953

Box 2

Head, Clarence C. 1951

Box 2

Hill, William 1951, 1952

Box 2

Hinman, Howard and Kattel 1951, 1952

Box 2

J, K 1937, 1942-1946, 1948-1953

Box 2

Johnson, Charles Jr. 1941, 1942-1944, 1946, 1949-1953, undated

Box 2

Johnson, George F. 1916, 1930, 1935-1939, 1945, 1946

Box 2

Johnson, Lula 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1951, undated

Box 2

L 1951-1953

Box 2

Laurentian Air Services, limited 1951

Box 2

A.C. Lawrence Leather Co. 1944, 1951, 1952

Box 2

Lehigh Portland Cement Co. 1938, 1941, 1945, 1948

Box 2

Leonhard, John 1950-1953

Box 3

Leonhard, Russell 1951-1953

Box 3

M 1937, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951-1953

Box 3

MacLean, Charles Stuart 1951, 1952

Box 3

Merlean, J.O. 1951

Box 3

Mills, Leo E. 1938, 1946, 1949, 1952

Box 3

Morrissette, Wilbrod Mr. and Mrs. 1951, 1952

Box 3

N, O, P 1937, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1950-1953

Box 3

National War Labor Board 1943-1945

Box 3

O'Neil, Ruth 1949, 1950-1952, undated

Box 3

Poirier, J.H. and Sons 1949-1952

Box 3

Quebec Department of Fish and Game 1944, 1947, 1951, 1952

Box 3

Quebec Federation of Fish and Game Association 1951, 1952

Box 3

R 1938, 1943, 1945, 1948-1952

Box 3

Regan, Bertha 1946, 1949, 1951 - secretary to George F.

Box 3

Robertson, George 1949 - nephew

Box 3

Robertson, Zada 1939-1941, 1945, undated - sister

Box 3

Robertson, William 1945, 1946

Box 3

Ronnsefell, Dr. Clifford G. 1945

Box 3

S 1939, 1942, 1944, 1946-1953

Box 3

Stanford, Linda 1945, 1951-1953

Box 4

Swartwood, Howard A. 1938, 1939, 1941-1946, 1948, 1951-1953, undated

Box 4

T, U, W, Y 1936-1938, 1941-1945, 1948, 1949, 1951-1953

Box 4

Taber-Wheeler Co. Inc. 1933, 1938

Box 4

Tei, Frank 1951-1952

Box 4

Terboss, Margaret Cook 1943-1946, 1948-1953, undated - secretary

Box 4

Watson, Thomas J. 1943, 1951-1952

Box 4

Young, Joseph S. 1938-1943, 1945-1948, 1951, undated

Box 4

Young, Marion 1938, 1941, undated - daughter

Box 4

Young, William 1941, 1942, 1946, 1951, 1953, undated - grandson

Box 4

Workers, unidentified 1940, undated

Box 4

Not identified 1934, 1945, 1951, 1952, undated

Outgoing

Box 4

1924, 1931, 1932-1936

Box 4

1937-1939

Box 5

1940, 1941

Box 5

1942, 1943

Box 5

1944, 1945

Box 5

1946, 1947

Box 5

1948, 1949

Box 5

1950

1951

Box 5

Jan. - Feb.

Box 5

March, April

Box 5

May, June

Box 5

July, August

Box 6

Sept. - Oct.

Box 6

Nov., Dec.

1952

Box 6

Jan., Feb.

Box 6

March, April

Box 6

May, June

Box 6

July, Aug.

Box 6

Sept., Oct.

Box 6

Nov., Dec.

Box 6

1953

Box 6

undated

Correspondence of others

Box 6

Johnson, Frank 1938, 1952 - son

Box 6

Johnson, George F. 1946

Box 6

Johnson, Lula 1937, 1938, 1950, 1952, 1953, undated - wife

Box 6

Sweet, Lillian 1942, 1949 - sister

Box 6

Terboss, Margaret Cook 1937, 1939, 1940, 1944, 1947, 1951-1954, 1962 - secretary

Subject files

Box 7

Bata Shoe Co. undated

Box 7

Bills and receipts 1921, 1922, 1931, 1947-1953

Box 7

Blueprints 1923, 1942, 1945-1947, 1951, 1952

Box 7

Citation, Greater Endicott Chamber of Commerce 1946

Box 7

Company airplane 1951, 1952

Box 7

Drawing of George W. Johnson undated

Box 7

Endicott-Johnson Athletic Association 1951-1953

Box 7

Endicott-Johnson Workers' Band 1952

Box 8

Family history 1944

Box 8

Grumman airplane 1946

Box 8

Charles F. Johnson, Jr. 1936, 1953, undated

Box 8

George F. Johnson 1938, 1951

Box 8

Harry L. Johnson undated

Box 8

Labor Day 1951, 1952

Box 8

Legal department 1946

Box 8

Lists 1938, 1951-1952

Box 8

Legal documents 1938, 1942, 1953, undated

Box 8

Medical department 1944, 1948, 1949

Box 8

Meetings 1941, 1943, 1951-1953

Box 8

Merit Shoe Co. 1935, 1939

Box 8

National Labor Relations Board 1939, 1942

Box 8

Notes 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1951-1953

Box 8

Petawagama Lake 1941, 1945, 1950, 1951, undated

Box 9

Pensions and death benefits 1944, 1946, 1947

Box 9

Press copy 1941-1946

Box 9

Programs 1937, 1951, 1953, undated

Reports

Box 9

1934, 1936, 1938

Box 9

1940, 1942, 1943, 1945-1947, 1950-1951

Box 9

1952-1953

Box 9

Safety department

Box 9

Signature of George W. Johnson

Box 9

Sole leather setting department undated

Box 9

Tannery department 1943, 1951

Box 9

Tape G.W.J. funeral 5/28/53

Unions

Box 10

1938, 1939

Box 10

1940 - NLRB Election (correspondence)

Box 10

1941-1943

Box 10

1944

Box 10

1945

Box 10

1946, 1949, 1950, 1952, undated

Box 10

Wages 1939-1944

Box 10

Workers' homes 1923, 1926

Manuscripts

Box 11

By 1936, 1944, 1949

Box 11

By George F. Johnson 1925, 1935

Box 11

Of others 1939, undated

Mimeographed and printed notices

Box 12

1921, 1931-1939

Box 12

1940, 1941

Box 12

1942

Box 12

1943

Box 12

1944

Box 12

1945

Box 12

1946

Box 12

1947

Box 12

1948

Box 12

1949

Box 12

1950

Box 12

1951

Box 12

1952

Box 12

1953

Box 12

undated

Photographs

Box 13

Airplane 1945

Box 13

Ralph B. Clark 1952

Box 13

Endicott-Johnson officers 1941

Box 13

Endicott-Johnson plant 1936

Box 13

Charles F. Johnson, Jr. 1947

Box 13

George F. Johnson undated

Box 13

Negative undated

Box 13

Self 1890, 1944, 1949

Box 13

Workers and miscellaneous 1943, undated

Oversize 1

Young Building undated

Workers' pages

Box 14

1931 (6 folders)

Box 14

1932 (6 folders)

Box 15

1933 (7 folders)

Box 15

1934, January-October (6 folders)

Box 16

1934, November-December

Box 16

1935 (8 folders)

Box 16

1936, January-March (3 folders)

Box 17

1936, April-December (9 folders)

Box 17

1937, January-September (5 folders)

Box 18

1937, October-December (2 folders)

Box 18

1938 (8 folders)

Box 18

1939, January-March (2 folders)

Box 19

1939, April-December (8 folders)

Box 19

1940 (7 folders)

Box 20

1941 (11 folders)

Box 20

1942, January-June (3 folders)

Box 21

1942, July-December (4 folders)

Box 21

1943 (7 folders)

Box 22

1944 (11 folders)

Box 22

1945, January-August (4 folders)

Box 23

1945, September-December (2 folders)

Box 23

1946 (11 folders)

Box 24

1947 (12 folders)

Published material

Articles by

Box 25

George W. Johnson 1936

Box 25

George F. Johnson 1922, 1931, 1934, 1937, undated

Box 25

Billy Young 1926 - grandson

Box 25

Articles by and about others 1921, 1922, 1937, 1944, 1945, 1948, 1950-1952, undated

Brochures

Box 25

Endicott-Johnson 1944, 1946, 1947, 1949, undated

Others

Box 25

1936, 1938, 1941, 1943-1947

Box 25

1950-1952

Box 25

undated

Bulletin board notices

Box 26

1939-1941, 1943

Box 26

1944

Box 26

1945, 1946

Box 26

1947, 1948

Box 27

1949, 1950

Magazines - E-J Workers Review

Box 27

1921 March

Box 27

1922 Nov.- Dec. (2 copies of November)

Box 27

1923 March, April, May, June, Aug.

Box 27

1924 June

Box 27

1925 Feb., March, April, May, Aug., Oct.

Newsletters

Box 27

The Morning Sun, published by E.J. Workers' Club, Communist Party 1951, 1952

Box 27

Various 1950-1953

Newspaper clippings

About George W

Box 27

1936-1953

Box 28

1956

Box 28

By 1940-1949

About others

Box 28

Charles F. Johnson, Jr. 1934, 1950, 1952, undated

Endicott-Johnson Corp.

Box 28

1938-1952 (3 folders)

Box 29

1952-1953, undated

Box 29

George F. Johnson 1940-1948, 1950-1956 (2 folders)

Box 29

Johnson family 1947, 1950-1952, 1956, undated

Box 29

By and about others 1943-1956 (2 folders)

Box 29

"Listen World" by Elsie Robinson 1945, 1946, 1948-1950

Collection inventory