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 10: Education, Tennis, & Agriculture

Folder 1: Prince Edward County Newspaper Clippings, 1962-63: Newspaper clippings from the New York Daily News, The Washington Post, and the Washington Stat covering the integration of Prince Edward County schools.
Folder 2: Prince Edward county - Pictures/Negatives: A couple of pictures of students attending school in Prince Edward County. Negatives included.
Folder 3: Prince Edward County - School Materials: Contains written directions to school, press release for free school, memos from superintendent, and school curriculums.
Folder 4: Prince Edward County - Written Notes: Contains TIME office memos, written notes on Farmville, an interview with Richard Moss, White's personal notepead, and a typed letter to Jean, a co-worker.
Folder 5: Prince Edward County - Telex: Contains Telex correspondence detailing updates on Prince Edward County school situation.
Folder 6: Prince Edward County - Miscellaneous: Contains a Farmville phonebook, Williambrug, Virginia travel guide, and hygeine handout.
Folder 7: TIME Telex Drafts Undated - Education: Contains information relating to textbook troubles, ROTC comeback, school pushouts, the dormitory advisor, teacher absenteeism, teacher layoffs, the case against college, and University of Virginia controversy. Also contains peices considering why African-American children performed poorly in school.
Folder 9: Race Relations- Education and Law: Folder contains peices on Race relations in West Virginia and Virginia. Includes substantive amounts of material on James E. Johnson, the first black state trooper in West Virginia.
Folder 8: Telex Drafts - Prince Edward County
Folder 10: Public Educations, 1960s
Folder 11: Volvo Classic: Contains a photo of Art White at the Washington Challenge Cup Celebrity Tournament, a tennis match, held by the Volvo Company.
Folder 12: Wimbledon: Articles about the removal of grass courts at Wimblemdon and telex (correspondence and drafts) anout other changes, such as scheduling, at the Wimbledon Tournaments.
Folder 13: Telex 1978 - Wimbledon: Drafts and correspondence for an articles about the Wimbledon tennis tournament.
Folder 14: Telex - Wimbledon, 1980: Drafts, correspondence, information and photocopied 1977 TIME article about the 1980 Wimbledon Tournament.
Folder 15: Agriculture and Farm Bureau Stories: Contains five photocopied articles from 1962-63 collected at the Chicago Farm Bureau meeting, 1963. These include "Agriculture: Get of that Tiger;" "Agriculture: A Hard Row to Hoe;" "Agriculture: The Wheat Vote;" "The Great Wheat Deal;" and "Foregin Aid: A Few Kernels."
Folder 16: TIME Stories Written by Arthur White: Letters and TIME magazine articles written by Arthur White.
Folder 17: Billie Sol Estes Scandal, Department of Agriculture: Folder contains information regarding the Billie Sol Estes Scandal, Orville Freeman's association with Estes, and information on Freeman.
Folder 18: Drafts - January to June (Freeman Cover), 1963: Drafts written by Arthur White about the Freeman cover.
Folder 19: Drafts - January to June (Freeman Cover), 1963: Draft written by Arthur White about the freeman Cover.
Folder 20: Telex Drafts - Agriculture
Folder 21: Georgia Peanuts, 1970s: Contians information on planting, growing, anf harvesting peanuts in Georgia.