Kenneth F. Johnson (right) with Oscar Monroy Rivera,
Mexican writer and activist, 1974. |
Johnson-Bezdek
Collection
The Johnson-Bezdek Collection on Opposition Politics
in Twentieth-Century Mexico contains over two
hundred separate titles and/or entries. The
collection, consisting of published and unpublished
materials, was assembled by Kenneth F. Johnson
(1933-2003), Professor at the University of
Missouri-St. Louis, with the collaboration of
Robert R. Bezdek, Professor of Political Science
at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. |
Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Kenneth F. Johnson
received a B.A. in English and political science
at the Municipal University of Omaha in 1957,
a M.A. in political science at San Diego State
College in 1960, and a Ph.D. in political science
from the University of California at Los Angeles
in 1963. Professor Johnson served as chairman
of the Latin American Studies Program at the
University of Southern California, 1965-1970.
He was professor of political science at the
University of Missouri-St Louis, 1970-1990,
and thereafter was granted the title Professor
Emeritus. Dr. Johnson contributed significantly
to a number of national and international publications.
These include the Latin American series published
by the London Institute for the Study of Conflict
LTD, the UCLA Statistical Abstract of Latin
America, The Latin American Research Review,
the American Political Science Review, The Western
Political Quarterly, and others. He was perhaps
best known for his three edition book Mexican
Democracy: A Critical View.
The Johnson-Bezdek Collection contains Johnson's
complete publications on Mexico, as well as
books, periodicals, articles, posters, typescript
interviews, manuscript notes, correspondence,
and other materials which he accumulated between
1962 and 1986 while doing field work in Mexico
on opposition to and political alienation toward
the single-party system. The collection not
only includes publications that Johnson purchased,
but also clandestine interviews, files, and
published items given to him by Mexican opposition
political figures, scholars, and journalists.
The collection also includes materials dealing
with clandestine Mexican emigration to the United
States.
We invite questions and/or comments and look
forward to hearing from you. Contact Jan Weaver
at Jan.Weaver@tamucc.edu.
Webpage revised on
08/10/2007
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