Arthur White Collection | Valdosta State University Archives

By Erin Abbott Blanton

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Collection Overview

Title: Arthur White Collection

Predominant Dates:1960s-1980s

ID: MS/105

Creator: Arthur White, 1923-2001

Extent: 28.0 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 12/31/2009. More info below under Accruals.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Arthur White Collection includes general memorabilia from Mr. White’s long career with TIME Magazine. The topics and subject matters are varied. This collection provides a wide range of artifacts, including, but not limited to: correspondence, newspaper articles, pamphlets, passports, birth certificates, brochures, and personal and work-related keepsakes. Most of the artifacts were in good to decent condition, few were in fair condition. A large amount of the content in this collection is in the original format.

Administrative Information

Accruals: The 25 boxes, 28 linear feet, came to us in batches. The first batch was a bunch of boxes that had been poorly stored. Plastic bins were also sent over with publications and papers in better condition. Also, we have been given scanned images and documents from the Lowndes County Historical Society from the Louie Peeples Collection that relate to the White Collection. We acquired the collection over the course of a year.

Acquisition Source: Lowndes County Historical Society

Acquisition Method: The Arthur White collection is a subset of the Louie Peeples White papers which she left to the Lowndes County Historical Society (LCHS). Because of the international nature of this collection, they have donated it to the VSU Archives where they expect it will be able to be used with classes and other patrons not naturally drawn to LCHS.

Appraisal Information: This is a valuable collection because White was an international correspondent for Time magazine during the late 1950's thru the 1980's. Issues of the times from Johnson's poverty programs to Watergate to the birth of Punk Rock are covered in these ms. There are photographs, copies of Time magazine, interview notes, drafts of stories, edits of stories, and final published versions. There are also personal papers and information about travel. This collection should be of use to students and researchers in journalism, political science, history and international affairs.The condition of the papers is fair, and bad in some cases.

Preferred Citation: Arthur White Collection. Courtesy of Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, Odum Library.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1: Personal and Career, 1940s-1980s],
[Box 2: TIME Magazine, 1960s-1980s],
[Box 3: Great Britain],
[Box 4: Great Britain],
[Box 5: Great Britain],
[Box 6: People, 1963-1984],
[Box 7: People, 1964-1983],
[Box 8: 1960s],
[Box 9: 1960s],
[Box 10: Education, Tennis, & Agriculture],
[Box 11: Press],
[Box 12: Labor, Medical, & Other Topics],
[Box 13: Misc. articles & telex],
[Box 14: Misc. & Undated Telex],
[Box 15: Misc. & Undated Telex],
[Box 16: 1960s-70s],
[Box 17: Telex],
[Box 18: Telex],
[Box 19: Telex],
[Box 20: Telex],
[Box 21: Telex],
[Box 22: Telex],
[Box 23: TIME Magazine],
[Box 24: TIME Magazine],
[Box 25: Magazines & Books],
[Box 26: Scrapbook, 1960s],
[Box 27: Commemorative Newspaper and Scrapbook Contents, 1985],
[Box 28: Newspapers, various dates],
[All]

Box 6: People, 1963-1984

Folder 1: Teddy DeVita (1/2), March - April 1976

Articles and memos pertaining to a story White wrote on Teddy DeVita, a 13 year old boy with aplastic anemia. Due to his condidtion Teddy lived in an 'air flow' room at the NCI. His father was a renowned cancer specialist.

Folder 2: Teddy DeVita (2/2), March - April 1976

Handwritten notes & telex on Teddy DeVita.

Folder 3: Edition of the Time Magazine article about Karl Hess, May 19, 1975

White wrote the article "The Enterprising Border Jumpers" (pg. 14-15) and the book review "Means and Extremes" (pg. 78). The drafts for the book review are included in this folder.

Folder 4: Geraldine Ferraro, 1984

Articles relating to the 1984 Vice -Presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, who ran as a Democrat with Walter Mondale.

Folder 5: Nott Walk Out, October 1982

John Nott walked out of a televised interview because the commentator, Sir Robin Day, asked questions he felt were too unfair and personal.

Folder 6: Alexander Haig, 1981

Alexander Haig was Ronald Reagan's Secretary of State and an important player in American foreign policy of the early 1980's.

Folder 7: Parkinson Affair (1/5), October 6-8, 1983

Cecil Parkinson, Margaret thatcher's Secretary of State for Trade & Industry, was exposed by the British press for have cheated on his wife with his much younger secretary, who he promised to marry after she announced she was pregnant.

Folder 8: Parkinson Affair (2/5), October 9, 1983

Cecil Parkinson, a member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet was exposed by the British Press for keeping a secret mistress. The scandal involved Sara keays, who was pregnant with Parkinson's child.

Folder 9: Parkinson Affair (3/5), October 10-14, 1983

Cecil Parkinson, a member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, was exposed by the British Press for keeping a secret mistress. The scandal involved Sara Keays, who was pregnant with Parkinson's child.

Folder 10: Parkinson Affair (4/5), October 15, 1983

Cecil Parkinson, Margaret Thatcher's secretary of State for Trade & Industry, was exposed by the British Press for having cheated on his wife with his secretary. His secretary, Sara Keays, told the press that Parkinson had proposed to her twice after she told him she was pregnant.

Folder 11: Parkinson Affair (5/5), October 16-22, 1983

Cecil Parkinson, a member of Margaret Thatcher's cabinet, was exposed by the British Press for keeping a secret mistress named Sara Keays, who was pregnant when the scandal was exposed.

Folder 12: Edwina Mountbatten, October 1983

Articles about Edwina Mountbatten, a British socialite during the 1920's.

Folder 13: Hoyle (1/5), 1968-1980

Telex drafts about astronomer/mathmatican/scientist Sir Fred Hoyle and his theories about space.

Folder 14: Hoyle (2/5), 1981

Telex drafts about astronomer/mathmatican/scientist Sir Fred Hoyle and his theories about space.

Folder 15: Hoyle (3/5), 1982

Telex drafts about astronomer/mathmetician/ scientist Sir Fred Hoyle and his theories about Space, Religion and Evolution, also included is an article about Hoyle from Discover magazine.

Names: Hoyle, Fred; Wichriamasingne, Chandra; White, Arthur

Folder 16: Hoyle (4/5), 1983

Telex and article about Sir Fred Hoyle's theories on the creation of the universe.

Names: Hoyle, Fred; Hoyle, Barbara; White, Arthur

Folder 17: Hoyle (5/5), 1984

articles about scientist/philosopher Sir Fred Hoyle

Names: Hoyle, Fred; White, Arthur

Folder 18: Woodward-Handwritten Notes, 1970

Arthur White's notes relating to his coverage of the Nixon scandals.

Names: Woodward, Bob; Nixon, Richard M.; White, Arthur.

Folder 19: Woodward- Handwritten Notes (2/8)

Arthur White's notes relating to his coverage of the Nixon scandals.

Names: Woodward, Bob; Nixon, Richard; White, Arthur

Folder 20: Test Tube Baby, July 13-20 1978, 1979

Telex (drafts and communication, etc.) about the pregnancy of Lesley Brown, the first woman to give birth to a baby conceived through invitro fertilization. Her doctors were steptoe and Edwards.

Names: Brown, Lesley; Brown, John; Steptoe, Patrick; Edwards, Robert; Brown, Louise

Folder 21: Test Tube Baby, July 21- Nov 4 1978

Telex drafts, communication, etc. about he conception and birth of Louise Brown, the first person born after being conceived through invitro fertilization. Also 2 TIME article, dated July 24, 1978 and Feb. 19, 1979.

Folder 22: Telex- Mountbatten Murder, 1979

Telex stories about Louis Mountbatten's murder.

Names: moutbatten, Louis; White, Arthur

Folder 23: "Sentencing Sam" Leibowitz, 1963

Article drafts and final copy of article about Leibowitz's retirement issues

Folder 24: drafts- Woodward

article rough drafts

Names: White, Arthur

Folder 25: Woodward- Photocopies (3/8), 1977

Photocopied articles relating to AW's coverage of the Nixon scandals.

Names: Woodward, Bob; White, Arthur

Folder 26: Woodward- Photocopies (4/8), 1977

Photocopied articles relating to AW's coverage of the Nixon scandals.

Names: Woodward, Bob; White, Arthur

Folder 27: Woodward- Clippings (5/8), 1976-77

Newspaper clippings relating to AW's researched coverage of the Nixon scandals.

Folder 28: Woodward- Clippings (6/8), 1976-77

Newspaper Clippings relating to AW's researched coverage of the Nixon scandals

Folder 29: Woodward- Articles (7/8), 1975-77

Articles related to AW's research and coverage of the Nixon scandals

Names: Carter, Jimmy; Woodward, Bob; Bernstein, Carl.

Folder 30: Woodward- Letters, Memos, and Misc. (8/8), 1976-77

Information concerning and drafts of AW's coverage of the Nixon scandals.

Names: Woodward, Bob; White, Arthur

Folder 31: Sarah Tisdale, 1984

Over 100 clippings about Sarah Tisdale, an employee of the British Ministry of Defense who sold information on cruise missles to British Newspaper The Guardian

Names: Tisdale, Sarah; White, Arthur.

Folder 32: Margaret Thatcher/ Adolf Hitler, 1979-1983

6 Magazines: 5 Newsweek and 1 Sunday Times Magazine. Two of the magazines' cover stories are about the election of Margaret Thatcher. The other four magazines are about the Hitler Diaries and the controversy surrounding them.