Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 18th-21st c. (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
About 100 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Catherine Johnson M.A., A.R.C.M. was born in Reading on 26th Aug 1895 to the Reverend Henry Barham Johnson M.A. (1848-1917) and Catherine Bodham Donne (1862-1967). She began to study the harp when she was 8, and by June 1910 (age 14) she won a musical scholarship to the Royal College of Music. At the age of 19 she went to St Hilda's, Oxford. She taught English at St Mary's School, Wantage (1917) and Lincoln Technical College (1919-1928), and music at Salford Secondary School (1928-1930) and Norwich Technical College (1930-1966). She called herself Mary Barham Johnson, although she was not baptised with the "Barham" in her name.
Repository
Archival history
This large collection appears to have been formed over a number of years by members of the Johnson family, the last of whom was Mrs C. M. Johnson, who is mainly responsible for its present arrangement. The collection arrived at Trinity on 25 June 2015 in twenty-eight containers—twenty-three cardboard boxes, four wooden boxes, and a plastic bin—and an inventory of their contents was completed by 3 July.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The collection was presented by Mr Martin Sharman.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection contains papers relating to the Johnson, Donne, Kemble, and Powys families, and other related families and individuals.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
NOTE. These papers have not yet been catalogued, but small quantities can be made available for consultation provided at least a fortnight's notice is given. It may be that some items, owing to their contents or condition, cannot yet be produced. Please contact the Library for further details.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
These papers have not yet been catalogued, but a detailed inventory of them has been made. See the attached PDF.