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Box 9

 Container

Contains 18 Results:

Series 1. Awards (Boxes 1-3, 5, 7, 9-11, 13-18 and unboxed), 1933-2020

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Includes framed awards, plaques, glass awards, honorary degrees, and other resolutions and recognitions granted to Katherine G. Johnson.

Dates: 1933-2020
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers

Series 4. Correspondence (Box 9), 1957-2019

 Series — Box: 9
Scope and Contents

Includes mostly fan mail to Katherine Johnson, with other items including personal and family correspondence, as well as writings related to event and award ceremonies.

Dates: 1957-2019
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers

Award and Event Correspondence, 1961-2018

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 12
Dates: 1961-2018
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 4. Correspondence (Box 9)

Personal/Family Correspondence, 1954-2019

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 13
Dates: 1954-2019
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 4. Correspondence (Box 9)

Fan Mail to Katherine G. Johnson, 2017-2019

 File — Multiple Containers
Dates: 2017-2019
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 4. Correspondence (Box 9)

Series 5. Personal Papers and Artifacts (Boxes 5-6, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18), ca. 1800s-2020

 Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

Includes family photographs, scrapbooks, Katherine Johnson's math tools and math book, and a Barbie doll of Katherine Johnson, among other items.

Dates: ca. 1800s-2020
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers

Scrapbook of clippings about Katherine Johnson and Hidden Figures movie, bulk: 2010s

 File — Multiple Containers
Dates: Majority of material found within 2010s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 5. Personal Papers and Artifacts (Boxes 5-6, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18)

Scrapbook of correspondence and clippings relating to Katherine Johnson, bulk: 2010s

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 3
Dates: Majority of material found within 2010s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 5. Personal Papers and Artifacts (Boxes 5-6, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18)

Johnson Family vacation photo slides, ca. 1960s-1970s

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 4
Dates: ca. 1960s-1970s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 5. Personal Papers and Artifacts (Boxes 5-6, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18)

Katherine Johnson family photos, circa 1880s-1950s

 File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents

A significant portion of these photographs are of Katherine's maternal aunt, Lelia Lowe White, and her students at Langston High School in Danville, VA.

Dates: circa 1880s-1950s
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center / Katherine G. Johnson, Mathematician, Papers / Series 5. Personal Papers and Artifacts (Boxes 5-6, 8-9, 11-12, 17-18)