Finding Aid for Patricia Johnson papers, 1928-1994
03469

Summary Information

Repository
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Creator
Johnson, Patricia
Title
Patricia Johnson papers
ID
03469
Date
1928-1994
Extent
0.5 linear ft.
General Physical Description note
(1 box, 1 extra large manuscript)
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, testimony before U.S. House of Representatives, records of speaking engagements, newspaper clippings, photographs, etc. of first woman appointed Georgia State Director of Public Welfare.

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Biographical/Historical note

Lillian Patricia Allen Johnson is the daughter of Matthew and Lucinda Allen. While living in Detroit, she attended Balch Elementary, Garfield Junior High, and Northern High Schools. She later obtained a H.S. degree in Social Administration from Wilberforce University, a social work master's degree from Wayne State University, and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Florida State University. Dr. Johnson has been a social worker, college professor and college development director. She was the first woman appointed State Director of Public Welfare in Georgia. She has served on the Executive Committee of the National Council of State Public Welfare Administrators, the Board of Directors of the National Conference on Social Welfare, and was Chairperson of the Advisory Council of Executives of the Child Welfare League of America. In 1982 and 1983, Dr. Johnson was invited to give testimony before the Subcommittee on Oversight and the Subcommittee of Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation of the U.S.. Legislative Committee on Ways and Means. In December of 1983, she was invited, under the auspices of the German government, to be part of a four member study group to visit Germany and review the social economic policies of the Federal Republic of Germany. Dr. Patricia Johnson has been a consultant for Charmin Industry, a subsidiary of Proctor and Gamble. In March of 1985, she testified before the House of Representatives on the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1985. Dr. Johnson is also founder and president of Octo-vest, a cooperative investment effort with a group of Albany, Georgia businesswomen. She has served on the National Council of State Welfare Directors and was elected nationally to serve two terms on the Board of Directors of the American Public Welfare Association.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection. Mar. 12, 2010

Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Georgia. -- State Dept. of Public Welfare.

Family Name(s)

  • Johnson, Patricia -- Archives

Genre(s)

  • Clippings (information artifacts) -- aat
  • Correspondence -- aat
  • Photographs -- aat

Subject(s)

  • Public welfare -- Georgia.
  • Social work administration -- Georgia.

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Other Finding Aids note

Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.

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Collection Inventory

BOX 

 Box
1

Folder One: 

Correspondence, 1975-1994 

Folder Two: 

Testimony Before U.S. House of Representatives, 1982, 1983 

Annual Report, Georgia Dept. of Human Resources, 1982 

Folder Three: Speaking Engagements -A- 

M. Pilgrim Baptist Church, Albany, Ga. 

First Baptist Church, Macon, Ga. 

Radcliffe Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

First African Baptist Church, Columbus, Ga. 

Equal Opportunity Council of Jacksonville, Florida 

Folder Four: Speaking Engagements -B- 

Cooperative Extension Service, Tifton, Ga. 

Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. 

Union Missionary Baptist Church, Camilla, Ga. 

Atlanta West, Atlanta, Ga. 

Hines Memorial CMS Church, Albany, Ga. 

Order of the Eastern Star 

Georgia School Counselors Annual Conference, 1985 

Trinity Baptist Church, Fort Valley, Ga. 

Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. 

M.L. Harris United Methodist Church, Columbus, Ga. 

Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tenn. 

Atlanta University School of Education 

Folder Five: Speaking Engagements -C- 

Third Kiokee Baptist Church 

Headland Heights United Methodist Church, East Point, Ga. 

Friendship Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Southern College Placement Association Annual Conference 

National. Black. Child Development Institute Annual Conference, 1983 

Folder Six:Newspaper Clippings 

Folder Seven: Photographs 

Folder Eight:Photographs and postcards 

Folder Nine: Miscellaneous 

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Large Manuscript Folder: Large newspaper clippings 

 LMS
1

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