The Lynn Johnson Collection contains the work of Pittsburgh-based photojournalist and Ohio University Knight Fellow Lynn Johnson (Visual Communications, ’04). With nearly two million images, the collection represents Johnson’s professional work spanning from the early 1970s to the 2000s. During this time, Johnson worked on assignments for the Pittsburgh Press, National Geographic, LIFE, Sports Illustrated, People, Fortune, Forbes, and numerous other publications via Black Star and Aurora photo agencies. Also included in the collection are her freelance and independent projects and her on-set/off-set photography with Fred Rogers of the children’s television show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. The collection consists of negatives, slides, contact sheets, prints, and supporting documentation, such as articles, datebooks, notebooks, and correspondence.
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Using Lynn Johnson's 1986 Filofax planner to offer a glimpse into her work as a photojournalist forty years ago, this guide offers six project possibilities for Advanced Informational Graphics in spring 2026:
March for Women’s Lives, Washington, D.C., March 1986. Content digitized includes Thirteen 35mm black-and-white negatives; Sixteen 35mm color slides; 13 black-and-white contact sheets. Related content includes March for Women’s Lives, April 24, 2004
Away From It All on a Granite Wall, published by Fortune magazine on April 13, 1986. Read article. Content digitized includes two 35mm color slides.
The Hit List, published by Life magazine in May 1986. Coming soon to Digital Archives! Content digitized includes thirty-one 35mm color negatives and 110 contact sheets. Read article.
New Tycoons Reshape Politics, published by the New York Times on June 8, 1986. Content digitized includes one 35mm color slide. Read article.
Home Construction on a New Road, Nation’s Business, August 1986. Content includes one 35mm color slide. Print copy of article available.
Stevie Wonder’s World, published by Life magazine in October 1986. Coming soon to Digital Archives! Content digitized includes thirty 35mm color negatives and 112 color contact sheets. Read article.
A Life on the Court (Supreme Court Justice William Brennan), published by the New York Times, October 5, 1986. Content digitized includes three 35mm color negatives and 20 contact sheets. Read article.
United States Supreme Court, 1986-1987. Content digitized includes twenty-seven 35mm color negatives and 111 contact sheets. Content published in Life magazine’s special issue “The Constitution” in observance of the Constitution’s 200th anniversary. Articles with photographs by Johnson include “Justice Revealed: An Exclusive Behind-the-scenes Visit to the Court of Last Resort” and “One Case: A Step-by-Step Account of Its Progress Through the Supreme Court.” Print copy of article available.
A Dissenting Voice: Catholic Theologian David Tracy, published by the New York Times, November 9, 1986. Read article.
A Billion in Blunders, published by Forbes on December 1, 1986. Content digitized includes nine 35mm color slides. Read article.
Childcare: Your Baby?, published by Nation's Business in December 1986. Content digitized includes 35mm color slides. Print copy of article available.
Pittsburgh Brewing Company, 1986. Photographs taken by Johnson for Pittsburgh Brewing Company’s 1986 annual report. Content digitized includes 17 color contact sheets.