Lucius W. Johnson Papers

1908-1945
Manuscript Collection #1268
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Johnson, Lucius W.
Physical description
1 Cubic Feet, 1 cu. ft. box, consisting of an autobiography, scrapbooks, reports, photographs, pamphlets, off prints, clippings, and military orders.
Preferred Citation
Lucius W. Johnson Papers (#1268), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
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ECU Manuscript Collection
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Unpublished autobiography and personal papers of Rear Admiral Lucius W. Johnson (1882-1968), a distinguished Navy surgeon, who was awarded the Navy Cross for his relief efforts in the Dominican Republic during Dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign, coordinated construction of the National Naval Medical Center outside of Washington, D.C., oversaw the development of Naval Mobile Base Hospital No. 1 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is credited with introducing the Daiquiri to America. Included besides the 400-page autobiography are scrapbooks detailing the planning and construction of the medical center; a report on the construction of the mobile hospital which includes photographs; three binders containing over two hundred pamphlets, off prints, and clippings of Johnson's published articles; military orders; and his official Navy portrait.

Biographical/historical information

Rear Admiral Lucius W. Johnson (1882-1968), a distinguished Navy surgeon, was awarded the Navy Cross for his relief efforts in the Dominican Republic during Dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign, coordinated construction of the National Naval Medical Center outside of Washington, D.C., oversaw the development of Naval Mobile Base Hospital No. 1 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is credited with introducing the Daiquiri to America.

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Custodial History

July 8, 2016, (unprocessed), 1.0 cubic foot; Unpublished autobiography and personal papers of Rear Admiral Lucius W. Johnson (1882-1968), a distinguished Navy surgeon, who was awarded the Navy Cross for his relief efforts in the Dominican Republic during Dictator Rafael Trujillo's reign, coordinated construction of the National Naval Medical Center outside of Washington, D.C., oversaw the development of Naval Mobile Base Hospital No. 1 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and is credited with introducing the Daiquiri to America. Included besides the 400-page autobiography are scrapbooks detailing the planning and construction of the medical center; a report on the construction of the mobile hospital which includes photographs; three binders containing over two hundred pamphlets, off prints, and clippings of Johnson's published articles; military orders; and his official Navy portrait. Purchased with state funds from Between the Covers, Gloucester City, New Jersey.

Source of acquisition

Purchased with state funds from Between the Covers

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Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.

Container list
Box 1 Folder a Photographs
Box 1 Folder b Correspondence (1982) and a transcription detailing Johnson's experience with the origin of and spread of the Daiquiri Cocktail.
Box 1 Folder c Unpublished autobiography of Lucius W. Johnson, pages 1-213.
Box 1 Folder d Unpublished autobiography of Lucius W. Johnson, pages 214-405.
Box 1 Folder e Material (including 4 blueprints and an extensive 66-page report with photographs) documenting construction of U.S. Naval Mobile Base Hospital No. 1 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. October-November 1940.
Box 2 Folder a Scrapbook documenting the planning and construction of the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland, including correspondence, blueprints, clippings, and photographs. 1937-1943. [Folder tabs A-I]
Box 2 Folder b Scrapbook documenting the planning and construction of the Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Maryland, including correspondence, blueprints, clippings, and photographs. 1937-1943. [Folder tabs I-Z]
Box 2 Folder c Naval records and orders documenting Johnson's service. 1908-1919.
Box 2 Folder d Naval records and orders documenting Johnson's service. 1919-1928.
Box 3 Volume 1 of bound medical journal articles written or collected by Johnson related to a variety of medical conditions and treatments. Also contains a table of contents.
Box 4 Volumes 2 and 3 of bound medical journal articles written or collected by Johnson related to a variety of medical conditions and treatments. Volume 2 contains a table of contents.