Mary Lynch Johnson Papers
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson was an alumnus of Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, and a long-time professor of English at the college. The papers contain her correspondence; articles and tributes about her; and her writings.
Biographical and Historical Note
Dr. Mary Lynch Johnson was born May 13, 1897, in Scotland County. She was an alumnus of Meredith College (B.A., 1917) in Raleigh, N.C. Johnson continued her education by getting a master's degree at Columbia and her doctorate at Cornell University. In 1918, she returned to Meredith College to be a professor of English. In 1952, she became head of the English Department.
Her published writings include Elizabeth Avery Colton: An Educational Pioneer; articles on poets and authors in The Groteqsue in Browning; and The History of Meredith College.
She died on July 17, 1984. That same year, in 1984, Meredith College established its first endowed chair in her name, the Mary Lynch Johnson Chair of English.
Collection Overview
The papers contain her correspondence (1934-1971), including letters from Gerald White Johnson (1934), Bob Melvin (1962), and Wingate Johnson (1963); articles about her; booklet tributes, undated; News and Observer; family papers; her articles aand other writings; and a booklet from Scotland County, N.C.
Administrative Information
- Publication Information
- Processed by: John Woodard; machine-readable finding aid created by Apex, 2004
- Revision Description
- Revised by Finley Turner and Stephanie Bennett, 2021 August 27
- Access Restrictions
- This collection is open for use.
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- Preferred Citation
- Mary Lynch Johnson Papers (MS317), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.