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William Allen White Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2009 Revised 2012 February Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011067 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm78045377 Prepared by Grover Batts and David Mathisen with the assistance of Thelma Queen Collection Summary Title: William Allen White Papers Span Dates: 1859-1944 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1899-1944) ID No.: MSS45377 Creator: White, William Allen, 1868-1944 Extent: 136,800 items ; 537 containers ; 198 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Newspaper editor. Letterpress books and personal and special correspondence relating mainly to White's personal life and career as editor of the Emporia Gazette. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Addams, Jane, 1860-1935--Correspondence. Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950--Correspondence. Bailey, Roy F., 1883-1971--Correspondence. Benét, William Rose, 1886-1950--Correspondence. Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927--Correspondence. Borah, William Edgar, 1865-1940--Correspondence. Bristow, Joseph Little, 1861-1944--Correspondence. Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961--Correspondence. Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951--Correspondence. Carlson, Frank, 1893-1987--Correspondence. Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933--Correspondence. Costigan, Edward Prentiss, 1874-1939--Correspondence. Culbertson, William Smith, 1884-1966--Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948--Correspondence. Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962--Correspondence. Davis, Oscar K. (Oscar King), 1866-1932--Correspondence. Dolley, J. N.--Correspondence. Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999--Correspondence. Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968--Correspondence. Fisher, Dorothy Canfield, 1879-1958--Correspondence. Garfield, James Rudolph, 1865-1950--Correspondence. Garland, Hamlin, 1860-1940--Correspondence. Haas, Robert K., 1890-1964--Correspondence. Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Correspondence. Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952--Correspondence. Hays, Will H. (Will Harrison), 1879-1954--Correspondence. Hoch, Edward Wallis, 1849-1925--Correspondence. Hodges, George H. (George Hartshorn), 1866-1947--Correspondence. Holt, Hamilton, 1872-1951--Correspondence. Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964--Correspondence. Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952--Correspondence. Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931--Correspondence. Kemp, Harry, 1883-1960--Correspondence. Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987--Correspondence. Lansing, Robert, 1864-1928--Correspondence. William Allen White Papers 2 Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974--Correspondence. Loeb, William, 1866-1937--Correspondence. Lorimer, George Horace, 1868-1937--Correspondence. Loveman, Amy--Correspondence. McCormick, Medill, 1877-1925--Correspondence. Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Correspondence. Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990--Correspondence. Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957--Correspondence. Murdock, Victor--Correspondence. Norris, George William, 1861-1944--Correspondence. Paulen, Benjamin Sanford, 1869-1961--Correspondence. Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969--Correspondence. Pinchot, Amos, 1873-1944--Correspondence. Pinchot, Gifford, 1865-1946--Correspondence. Ratner, Payne Harry, 1896-1974--Correspondence. Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949--Correspondence. Rees, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1886-1969--Correspondence. Roberts, Roy A. (Roy Allison), 1887-1967--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967--Correspondence. Scherman, Harry, 1887- --Correspondence. Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968--Correspondence. Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929--Correspondence. Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952--Correspondence. Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, 1891-1968--Correspondence. Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930--Correspondence. Tarbell, Ida M. (Ida Minerva), 1857-1944--Correspondence. Tumulty, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1879-1954--Correspondence. Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949--Correspondence. Wallace, Henry A. (Henry Agard), 1888-1965--Correspondence. White, Sallie 1869-1950--Correspondence. White, Walter, 1893-1955--Correspondence. White, William Allen, 1868-1944. White, William Lindsay, 1900-1973--Correspondence. Wilkins, Roy, 1901-1981--Correspondence. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924--Correspondence. Wise, Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel), 1874-1949--Correspondence. Wood, Meredith, 1895-1974--Correspondence. Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959--Correspondence. Organizations American Society of Newspaper Editors. Associated Press--Correspondence. Book-of-the-Month Club. Kansas State University. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912) Republican Party (Kan.) Subjects American literature. American newspapers--Kansas. Book clubs (Bookselling)--United States. William Allen White Papers 3 Books--United States--Reviews. Journalism--Kansas. Presidents--United States--Election--1912. Progressivism (United States politics) Universities and colleges--Kansas. Places Kansas--Politics and government--1865-1950. United States--Politics and government--1865-1933. United States--Politics and government--1933-1945. Titles Emporia gazette. Occupations Editors. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of William Allen White, newspaper editor, were given to the Library of Congress by his widow, Sallie Lindsay White, and his son, William Lindsay White, in 1946. Additional items were received by purchase and gifts from others, 1972-1983. Processing History The William Allen White Papers were processed in 1970-1971 and expanded in 1985. The finding aid was revised in 2009. Additional Guides The collection was described in the Library of Congress Quarterly Journal of Current Acquisitions 4 (Nov. 1946): 10-14. In 1978, the Library published William Allen White, a Register and Index of His Papers in the Library of Congress that includes an index to the General Correspondence series in the papers. The index is available as a PDF document. Related Material Other collections in the Manuscript Division relating to twentieth-century Kansas politics include the papers of Henry Justin Allen and Victor Murdock. Copyright Status The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Allen White is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.). Access and Restrictions The papers of William Allen White are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Allen White Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1868, Feb. 10 Born, Emporia, Kans. William Allen White Papers 4 1884 Graduated from El Dorado High School, El Dorado, Kans. 1884-1886 Attended College of Emporia, Emporia, Kans. 1886-1890 Attended Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. 1890-1891 Business manager, El Dorado Republican 1891 Editorial writer, Kansas City Journal 1892-1895 Editorial writer, Kansas City Star 1893 Married Sallie Lindsay 1895-1944 Editor and owner, Emporia Gazette 1896, Aug. 15 Published the editorial “What's the Matter With Kansas? 1896 Published The Real Issue. Chicago: Way and Williams 1900-1913 Regent, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. 1909 Published A Certain Rich Man. New York: Macmillan Co. 1917 Went to France as an observer for the American Red Cross 1919 United States delegate to Russian conference at Prinkipo 1923 Awarded Pulitzer Prize for the editorial “To an Anxious Friend” 1926-1944 Member, board of judges, Book-of-the-Month Club 1930 Member, commission appointed by President Herbert Hoover to investigate conditions in Haiti 1931 Member, President's Organization for Unemployment Relief 1939 Chairman, Nonpartisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Act 1940-1941 Chairman, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies 1944, Jan. 29 Died, Emporia, Kans. Scope and Content Note The papers of William Allen White (1868-1944) span the years 1859-1944, with the bulk of the material from 1899 to 1944. The collection consists almost entirely of correspondence and relates to White's personal life and career as editor of the Emporia Gazette who figured prominently in public affairs nationally and in Kansas. The letters range from requests from autograph collectors and comments on editorials appearing in the Emporia Gazette that White edited to his voluminous and significant correspondence with each president from Theodore Roosevelt to Franklin D. Roosevelt. The collection is arranged in six series: Family Correspondence, Letterbooks, General Correspondence, Special Correspondence, Miscellany, and Addition. William Allen White Papers 5 The major aspects of White's career as a politician, newspaper editor, and author are richly illuminated in his correspondence. In the area of politics, there is correspondence concerning both the national