Otilia Bailey and Christine Johnson Papers

Collection

Identifier: 2018-034

Staff Only

Two linear feet of the papers of Otilia Bailey Johnson and Christine Johnson dated from approximately 1924-1925. The papers contains photographs, correspondence, and other materials, document the lives of Otilia and Cynthia Johnson and to a lesser extent that of their family.

This collection is not yet fully processed. For questions about materials in this collection or to request access, contact curator Mary Manning at mmmanning@uh.edu.

Dates

1924-1975

Creator

Johnson, Otilia Bailey (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is not yet processed. Contact the curator to request access.

Conditions Governing Use

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Extent

2 linear feet

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Otilia probably was from Mexico but gave her place of birth as Italy for her first (Bailey) marriage and Spain (Johnson) for her second. She was highly cultured and had a music/dance school in the 1920s on Hawthorne St. She built a house on Wendel St. in the Heights in the 1920s, where her daughter Christine died in 2010. Christine was a professional musician (guitar, piano, percussion and voice), and performed in nightclubs from Houston to Miami to New York.