Grace Mott Johnson Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Dasburg, Andrew, 1887-1979
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content: Andrew Dasburg and Grace Mott Johnson papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.8 Linear Feet (Box 7-10)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1833-1963
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dasbandr, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: The Grace Mott Johnson Papers series is arranged into 7 subseries:

 2.1: Biographical Material, 1833, circa 1888-1935

2.2: Correspondence, 1854, 1882-1963

2.3: Writings, 1848-1950

2.4: Financial Material, 1911-1952

2.5: Printed Material, 1882, 1917-1950

2.6: Photographs, 1880s-1940

2.7: Artwork, circa 1890-1928
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Almost all of this series has been scanned in its entirety. A few materials not scanned include scattered financial records and a printed booklet unrelated to art.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The papers of Grace Mott Johnson document her personal life through extensive correspondence with family, friends, and fellow artists, as well as her writings, photographs and original artwork. To a lesser degree these papers document her career as an exhibiting sculptor and civil rights activist.

 Found within the Grace Mott Johnson papers are scattered biographical documents about the Grace and the Johnson families. Most of her papers consist of correspondence with family, including numerous letters to her son, Alfred Dasburg, friends, and fellow artists. Notable correspondents include John F. and Margaret Carlson, Florence Ballin Cramer, Jo Davidson, Florence Lucius, Walter Frankl, Lila Wheelock Howard, Henry Lee McFee, Mary Riley, Lee Simonson, Lindsey Morris Sterling, Alice Morgan Wright, Mabel Dodge Luhan, Vera Spier Kuhn, and others. Writings by Johnson include a very brief diary, poetry, her written account of two weeks in Taos, New Mexico, and other miscellaneous autobiographical writings. There are also a few writings by others. Scattered financial material includes receipts and account statements. Printed materials include one exhibition announcement and news clippings. Photographs are of Johnson, her family, friends, and works of art. Of note are photographs of Johnson with fellow artists, including a tintype of her with sculptors Florence Lucius and Jo Davidson. Johnson's artwork includes two folders of loose drawings and two sketchbooks, primarily of landscapes and animals.