| Description | This section comprises various written works of Johnson. While Johnson published prolifically on the benefits of socialism, the success of Soviet Russia and communist China, he also wrote attempting to reconcile Christians and Communism. There are also copies of The Interpreter, the journal which Johnson edited, from 1905-1922.
As well as larger volumes, this section also contains numerous pamphlets written and used by Hewlett Johnson, including I Appeal, concerning allegations of American biological warfare in China during the Second World War and pamphlets by socialist groups in Britain. This is an eclectic mix of material, including work by Mao Tse Tung, essays and printed lectures by Johnson about social reform and leaflets about contemporary events, for example the Spanish Civil War and India in 1944.
Additionally, the archive includes manuscript material from Johnson's published books and pamphlets, and an unpublished and incomplete manuscript about Cuba, which Johnson was working on when he died. None of these manuscripts have yet been catalogued.
Hewlett Johnson wrote and lectured extensively on the benefits of socialism, and the advantages of the communist state made real in the U.S.S.R. It is evident that some of his published books were compiled using official statistics provided during Johnson's visits to Russia and China and it is likely that some of his shorter works used 'set texts' provided by communist authorities.
Each of his major publications went through several drafts and amendments; it appears that Nowell's diaries were often used to reconstruct events, and many of the drafts are annotated or written in Nowell's hand. |