A Peak at the Past

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A Peak at the Past

• Heather Dean
• Library 500
• Foundations of Information Technology
• hcdean_at_interchange.ubc.ca

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Does Everyone Know a Librarian?

• When I decided to attend SLAIS
• Everyone I spoke to was related to a librarian,
  knew a librarian, or had a cousin who had seen a
  librarian.
• Even my family claimed that there were some
  hitherto unknown librarians and archivists in the
  family tree.
• This is an exploration of a romance with
  libraries.

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My Grandfather

• Joseph William Johnson
• Was born on July 19, 1908 in Pittsburgh, Kansas.
• Grew up in Winslow, Arizona and Los Angeles,
  California.

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Joe

• Studied civil engineering at the University of
  California at Berkeley, earning a Bachelors in
  1931 and a Masters in 1934.
• Had the opportunity to work around the world,
  including Venezuela, Argentina, Brazil, Puerto
  Rico, Mexico, Australia, Egypt, Peru, Guam,
  U.S.A. and Canada.

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My Grandmother

• Virginia Goodwin Burke
• Was born on March 19, 1912 in Helena, Arkansas.
• Grew up along the Mississippi.

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Virginia

• Went to Arkansas College in Batesville, Arkansas
  and graduated with a B.A. in English Literature
  in 1933.
• Studied Library Science at George Washington
  University.

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A Love for Learning

• Both Joe and Virginia were interested in
  libraries and archives.

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The Beginning of an Archives

• Joe was one of the founders of the Water
  Resources Center Archives in Berkeley,
  California.
• To see more about the Water Resources Center
  Archives visit http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/in
  dex.html

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A Librarian

• Virginia was a librarian.
• She worked at the Soil Sciences Archives in
  Washington, D.C. and the Public Library in Fort
  Worth, Texas.
• Virginia and Joe met at the Soil Sciences
  Archives where Joe asked Virginia out for a coke.

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What began in an archives
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The Beginning of Many Journeys

• For their honeymoon Joe and Virginia went to New
  Orleans and Mexico.
• This was one of the first journeys that they
  would endeavour on together.

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Travel

• While they were dating they went on a
  cross-country road trip to see the Worlds Fair
  in San Francisco, California.
• Their other travels included Canada, the
  Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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Lifes Journeys

• Joe and Virginia were married for forty-five
  years, until Virginias death in 1985.
• They had two daughters, Christina (Tina) and
  Cornelia (Nelia)
• And six grandchildren.

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A full life

• The End

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Works Consulted

• Water Resources Center Archives News
• http//www.lib.berkeley.edu/WRCA/pdfs/news92.pdf
• The American Shore and Beach Preservation
  Association. http//www.asbpa.org/archive/joejohns
  on.html