Interview with Helen Johns, wife of the university’s sixth president, Walter Johns
Helen Johns tells about her family, her education, the Great Depression, her desire to intern as a dietician, her work as a teacher in Ottawa, and her marriage to Walter Johns in Waterloo (Ontario). She tells how she and Dr. Johns arrived in Alberta in 1938 and stayed at St. Stephen’s College before moving onto campus and living in the Ring Houses. She describes the Faculty Women’s Club and the role of a university president’s wife.
Accession Number: 81-163-55-A