Garrison Forest Daybook, undated

The Johnson family papers consist of 115 boxes and 49 ledger books, spanning the years 1726-1955. The family’s papers are arranged into three series: Individual Papers, Subject Files, and Ledger Books, reflecting as much of the original order as possible.

The Individual Papers are grouped chronologically, beginning with Dr. Thomas Johnson and moving forward in time along the family tree from the 18th to the 20th century. The second series, the Subject Files, is 40 boxes of “combined material,” which is comprised of 27 regular boxes and 13 oversize boxes and includes material that is not from just one individual. For this reason correspondence or subject files of one individual could be in both series. The last series is a collection of 49 ledger books from 1726-1955.