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Johnson, John
Lipscomb. Papers, 1850-1942. Southern Historical Collection, University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Johnson was president of Mary Sharp
College from 1889 to 1891. Online manuscript inventory:
http://www.unc.edu/lib/mssinv/dir/j/Johnson,John_Lipscomb