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Johnson Hindin Genealogy
Suggestions for using this site: Click “Johnson-Hindin Genealogy,” above, to go to the Home Page. Click the “Ancestors” tab below to see a pedigree chart. (If no ancestors appear in the chart, see if the person has a spouse by clicking the blue down arrow, and then click the “Ancestors” tab.) In the pedigree chart, click the blue down arrow to see a person’s family and click the gold right arrow to see more ancestors. Click the “Descendants” tab, below, then the “Register Format” option for a good descendancy report.
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 1892 - 1984
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| Born |
21 May 1892 |
Pittsburgh (Brushton), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Died |
29 Mar 1984 |
Suffolk Co., New York |
| Person ID |
I11113 |
Johnson Hindin Tree |
| Last Modified |
3 Aug 2014 |
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| Notes |
- Katharine was the editor of the American Guide Series, which was part of the American Writers' Project of the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. The Guides were very influential in creating an American identity.
Katharine donated her papers to the Library of Congress. The biographical note included with those papers reads as follows:
Biographical Note
Date Event
1892, May 21 Born, Brushton, Pa.
1921-1924 Relief work for American friends Service Committee in Austria, Poland, and
Russia
1920s Visiting nurse, Henry Street Visiting Nurse Service, New York, N.Y.
Visiting nurse, United States Indian Service, Taos, N.Mex.
1927 Married Harold Kellock (died 1953)
1927-1925 Freelance writer, Washington, D.C.
1935-1936 Worked for Resettlement Administration, Department of Agriculture
1936-1942 Tour editor, American Guide series, Federal Writers' Project, Work Projects
Administration
1943 Employed by Bureau of Economic Warfare
Included on a list of individuals named by Martin Dies of the House Committee
on Un-American Activities due to her work with the Federal Writers' Project
1945-1952 Employed by the Department of State, worked on German affairs
1984, March 29 Died, Washington, D.C.
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