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  Bryant Fleming letter to J.W. Johnson, 1926

  Letter from Bryant Fleming, Ithaca, New York, to John Wright Johnston, Normal, Memphis, Tennessee, dated October 14, 1926, regarding the garden seats for A.J. and W.A. Fisher of Detroit, Michigan. Fleming notes Fisher does not like them but he does. Also says he will be coming south as soon as Robert M. Carrier's things arrive.

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  Bryant Fleming letter to J.W. Johnson, 1926

  Letter from Bryant Fleming's office, Ithaca, New York, to John Wright Johnston, Normal, Memphis, Tennessee, dated July 6, 1926, ordering garden seats for A.J. and W.A. Fisher of Detroit, Michigan.

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  Bryant Fleming letter to J.W. Johnson, 1927

  Letter from Bryant Fleming, Memphis Polo Club, Memphis, Tennessee, to John Wright Johnson, Normal Station, Memphis, dated August 30, 1927. Refers to work for Robert M. Carrier and also notes that Mr. Fisher of Detroit did not like the garden seats built by Johnson--Fleming calls it "a poor opinion I assure you"--and he has made other arrangements for their use.

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  John W. Johnson house

  Pencil and crayon drawing of the John Wright Johnson house at 3550 Central, Memphis, from around 1929. Johnson drew the picture on the back of a blank bill for Williams & Johnson, General Contractors, Normal Station, Memphis.

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  J.W. Johnson letter to sisters, 1938

  Copy of a 3-page letter from John Wright Johnson, 3569 Southern Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, to his sisters Emma Anderson and Martha Thornton, living in Courtland, Mississippi, dated Sunday, December 18, 1938. Informs them of the marriage of his daughter Edith to James G. Smith the previous day.

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  R.M. Carrier letter to J.W. Johnson, 1941

  Letter from Robert M. Carrier, Barnacre Lodge, Batesville, Mississippi, to John Wright Johnson, 3569 Southern Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee, dated January 18, 1941. Refers to the color of a table recommended by Johnson and Leo Barthol, the carpenter and carver who worked with Johnson. Carrier also tells Johnson not to get cold in his workshop and to "keep on improving". Johnson died of lung cancer in November 1941.