MS 5319
Papers of Roger Johnson



Scope and Content Note

  • Papers, 1932-92
  • 42 cm. (3 boxes) + 3 folios
  • Available for reference

The papers were donated to the Library in January 1994.

The collection comprises photographs of Johnson's early life in England, 1932-43 and photographs, newspaper cuttings, articles, reports, design submissions, plans and other papers relating to his career as an architect in England, East Africa, Capetown, Burma and Australia. Also includes Johnson's 1949 thesis, an autobiographical narrative written in 1982 and some papers relating to an exhibition on Johnson in 1992.


Box List

Box 1                                                            

Folder 1        Photographs, 1932-45                             
2               Thesis, 1949                                     
3               East Africa papers, 1952-55                      
4               Burma papers, ca. 1952-55                        
5-6             Design projects, Western Australia, 1967-68      
7               NCDC papers, 1968-70                             

Box 2                                                            

Folder 8-9      Griffith University site plan papers, 1978-79    
10              CCAE plans, 1980-89                              
11              Papers re design of School of Environmental      
                Design, CCAE                                     
12              Autobiography, 1981-82                           
13              Competition entry for Australian Archives        
                National Headquarters                            

Box 3                                                            

Folder 14       Competition entry for New Parliament House       
                Report: The "green city" concept applied to the  
                Auckland Isthmus by Roger Johnson                

15              Other papers, 1980-90.  Includes "Report for     
                the University of Queensland Great Hall          
                competition" and papers on the Riverina          
                playhouse, 1986.                                 

                Photographs, mainly form the 1970s               

Folio box       Photo albums of buildings designed by Johnson    

Plan cabinet    Photographs, 1949-32