Dates

• Majority of material found within 1966 - 1995

Extent

4 boxes Linear Feet (From 1966-1995, George Bowden Johnson was a Professor in the Art Department of IUP, and he was instrumental in preserving the old Elkin family home, known as Breezedale Hall or the Alumni Center (circa 1868), which was used as a studio by the Art Department. Johnson made lithographic prints, and he started the IUP Art Department’s printmaking program in 1966. He had artwork exhibited in 14 major museum shows across the country. His wife Julie Johnson was instrumental in researching the history behind Breezedale Hall. George Bowden Johnson was a canal historian and principal organizer of efforts to preserve and restore the canal and related sites in and around Saltsburg, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He published numerous articles in the Saltsburg Press, Canal Currents and Indiana County Heritage. This collection is arranged in four series, which contain research information for Saltsburg and the Pennsylvania Canal book, Printers and Paste-ups, Photos, and Canal Currents Bulletins. George Bowden Johnson passed away in March 1997. Series List: Series A Saltsburg Canal Book Research; Series B Printed Notebooks; Series C Photographs; and Series D Canal Currents Bulletin (1970-1988). Collection focuses on Pennsylvania Canal History and Saltsburg, Pennsylvania.)

Language of Materials

English