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 22: Telex

Folder 1: Drafts and Correspondence, 1977: Contaisn article rough drafts.
Folder 2: Drafts and Correspondence, 1977: Contains article rough drafts
Folder 3: Drafts and Correspondence, 1977: Contains article rough drafts
Folder 4: File Storage, 1977-78
Folder 5: Telex Drafts, Jan. 1978: Contains article rough drafts
Folder 6: Telex Drafts, Jan. 1978: Contains article rough drafts
Folder 7: Telex Drafts, Feb., 1978: Contaisn article rough drafts
Folder 8: Telex Drafts, Mar. - May, 1978: Contains article rough drafts
Folder 9: Telex Drafts, Sept., 1978: Telex written by Arthur White
Folder 10: Telex Drafts, Oct. 1978: Telex written by Arthur White
Folder 11: Telex, 1979: Telex written by Arthur White
Folder 12: Telex, 1979 - Misc.: Contains drafts and correspondence for two articels: "Bear Rally" (about a Teddy Bear Collector) and "Smelly" (about a debt collector who used odiferous individuals to collect debts).
Folder 13: Telex, Jun. 1979 - Jun. 1984 - Misc.: A collection of articles, some unpublished, written by White and his colleagues
Folder 14: Telex, 1980: Telex written by Arthur White
Folder 15: Telex - "Transplant Outrage", 1980: Contains drafts and information regarding the BBC television program "Panorama" which caused about organ harvesting in UK hospitals.
Folder 16: Telex - Misc., 1980: Miscellaneous drafts and correspondence from 1980, including drafts about the Wall Street Journal, "Fuel Saving Ships," and "Trafalgar"
Folder 17: Telex - "French Lieutenant", 1981: Contains drafts and correspondence regarding the writers of the history movie "The Firench Lieutenant's Woman"
Folder 18: Telex - 1981, 1981: Contains a series of drafts about "Save the whale" demonstrations in Brighton, England and meetings and rulings of the International Whaling Community.
Folder 19: Twin Research, 1981: Folder follows relationship among twins, especially the Chaplin twins. The Chaplin twins were two women convicted of harassign a lorry driver, Kenneth Iveson, for fifteen years.
Folder 20: Telex, Feb. - May, 1981: Telex written by Arthur White
Folder 21: Telex, Mar. - May, 1981 - Misc.: Contains telex written by Arthur White.
Folder 22: Telex, Aug. - Dec., 1981 - Misc.: Contains telex written by Arthur White
Folder 23: Telex - Oct. - Dec., 1981: Contains telex written by Arthur White
Folder 24: Telex, 1982: Contains telex written by Arthur White
Folder 25: Telex, 1984: Contains telex written by Arthur White
Folder 26: Archaeology and Research, Aug. - Oct., 1984: A small folder with several articles about the archaeology boom of the mid-1980s in England. The Chesire man and two vessels, "Mary Rose" and the "Amsterdam" are reported upon.
Folder 27: Undated