According to the donor, the piece was written shortly after Johnston's retirement in 1970. The typescript was given to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives by James Johnston's widow, Enid Johnston, in Dec. 1991 via Dr. Hadassah Rosensaft. The photograph of James Johnston was transferred to Radu Ioanid of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Permanent Exhibition Department for use in the museum's Permanent Exhibit at the request of Hadassah Rosensaft.