Harold W. and Charles H. Johnson Collection, 1923-1982

Title: Harold W. and Charles H. Johnson Collection, 1923-1982

ID: MSS JohnsonHC

Primary Creator: Johnson, Harold William (1899-1984)

Extent: 0.2 cubic feet. More info below.

Date Acquired: 00/00/2014

Languages of Materials: English [eng]

The Harold W. and Charles H. Johnson Collection consists of materials documenting the student experiences and careers of father-and-son Oregon State alumni Harold William Johnson and Charles Harold "Woody" Johnson.

Materials reflecting the Johnsons' campus years include a 1923 commencement program, two orange-and-black-rooter lids, and a letterman's patch denoting Charles' involvement on the varsity crew team.   The collection also includes a flyer and certificate documenting Harold Johnson's career as a school administrator and Charles Johnson's career as an engineer.

The five photographs in the collections are portrait images that depict Harold Johnson, Charles Johnson, Anita Johnson (Harold's wife), and Harold's college friends Frida, Martin, and Anna.

Harold William Johnson graduated from Oregon Agricultural College in 1923 with a degree in Industrial Arts.  After graduation, he worked for the Emeryville, California, School District from 1925 until 1964, serving as a teacher, principal, and eventually as superintendent of the district. Harold and his wife Anita raised two children, Charles and Barbara. Harold Johnson was born in Minnesota in 1899 and died in California on November 5, 1984.

Born in 1932, Charles Harold ("Woody") Johnson earned undergraduate degrees in engineering and business from Oregon State College in 1957 and 1958.  He lived and worked as an engineer in California.  Charles Johnson died in 2007.

More Extent Information: 5 photographs; 1 box

Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.

Acquisition Note: These materials were donated to the Special Collections and Archives Research Center by Barbara Brooks in 2014.  Brooks is the daughter of Harold Johnson and sister of Charles Johnson.

Related Materials: The Special Collections and Archives Research Center's holdings include numerous collections documenting the experiences of Oregon State University students.  The Roy Phillippi and Beth Miller Philippi Scrapbooks (MSS Philippi) also document the experience of two generations of Oregon State alumni (a father and daughter-in-law).

Preferred Citation: Harold W. and Charles H. Johnson Collection (MSS JohnsonHC), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.

Finding Aid Revision History: This finding aid replaces information about the collection that was placed online in 2014.

Johnson, Harold William (1899-1984)
Johnson, Charles Harold (1932-2007)

College students--Oregon--Corvallis.
Johnson, Charles Harold, 1932-2007
Johnson, Harold William, 1899-1984
Oregon State College--Alumni and alumnae.
Oregon State College--Rowing.
Rowing--Oregon--Corvallis.
University History

Artifacts (object genre)
Ephemera (general object genre)
Photographic prints.