Archive Record
Metadata
Collection |
Eileen Johnston Papers |
Catalog Number |
030 |
Scope & Content |
Eileen Johnston Papers, 1966-2000. Johnston began a career as an environmental educator in the late 1960s, after she saw how local bodies of water being used to dump waste. For over 40 years and organized cruises of Lake Michigan and other Chicago-area waterways. Three archival boxes of records. They consist of biographical data and research materials from the 72 cruises and 40 environmental education conferences that Eileen Johnston organized. The papers include data on water pollution, ozone, solar energy, solid waste and acid rain. Box # 3 contains scrapbooks that have had the covers removed, but have been kept in order in folders. The materials are arranged chronologically with the subjects indicated in the folder titles. |
Object Name |
Records |
Title |
Eileen Johnston Papers |
Catalog type |
Archive |
Physical characteristics |
paper |
Dates of Creation |
1966-2000 |
Dates of Accumulation |
1966-2000 |
Creator |
Eileen Johnston |
Admin/Biographical History |
Three record cartons of records were donated by her son after Eileen Johnston's death. |
Related units of description |
In the Historical Research Files there's a biographical file for Eileen Johnston with some duplicates of the data in Box #1/Folder #1. |