UA36I Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Series 25: Jesse Johnson

Description: Records created and collected by Jesse Johnson, Ogden College faculty member and athletic coach. These records include a scrapbook of football clippings and flyers, clippings regarding basketball and track, faculty schedules, research notes on accreditation and student organizations and his thesis "History of Ogden College."

Extent: 1 Box

Dates: 1923-1929

Biographical/Historical Note: Jesse Johnson, a native of St. Louis, Missouri, arrived in Bowling Green in August 1923 to head the Athletics Department, coach football and teach history at Ogden College. He held this position until May of 1927. Johnson obtained his BS from Missouri State Teachers College in 1922. In 1929 he received his MS from George Peabody writing his thesis "History of Ogden College." Johnson obtained a position at the New Mexico School of Mines after leaving Ogden. He later worked at Central Connecticut State College.

Box 1

Folder 1 nd Administrative Records

Folder 2 1885-1923 Scholastic Records

Folder 3 ca 1929 Research

Folder 4 1929 Thesis - Ogden College History

Folder 5 nd Ogden College Song

Folder 6-9 1922-1926 Football

Folder 10-12 1922-1927 Multiple Sports

Subjects:

Basketball
Football
Johnson, Jesse
Ogden College (Bowling Green, Ky.)
Track athletics

Accession Information: These records were donated to University Archives by Jesse Johnson in 1977.

Access Restrictions: none

Copyright Notice:

Preferred Citation: UA36I Faculty/Staff Personal Papers, Series 25 Jesse Johnson, WKU Archives, Kentucky Library & Museum, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA.

Processing Information: Finding aid created by Suellyn Lathrop, 2009