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Theodore H. White (#307)

An Inventory of His Personal Papers
1946-1985
In the John F. Kennedy Library
National Archives and Records Administration


Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Note to Researchers
List of Series
Description

Administrative Information

Abstract
Papers 1946-1985
Journalist, Correspondent, Author; recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, The Making of the President, 1960.  Manuscripts of nine books and Making of the President television documentaries, containing background materials, outlines, interviews, notes, drafts, typescript proofs with extensive annotations, and correspondence; includes research materials and subject files containing press releases, position papers, speech texts, itineraries, news briefings and political statistics, convention and campaign reports and memorabilia; also includes interviews with Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.

Access
Open.

Usage Restrictions
According to the deed of gift signed December 1969, copyright of these materials has been retained by donor. After his death, all said right shall pass to his wife, Nancy Bar White, and his two children, David and Heyden White, if they survive the Donor, for their lifetimes. Upon the event specified, or if his wife and children do not survive the donor, all rights shall pass to and become the sole and exclusive property of the United States.

Copyright
The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be “used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.” If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of “fair use,” that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form. Direct your questions concerning copyright to the reference staff.

Provenance
Received from Theodore Harold White of New York, NY, in April 1965 (Acc. 1965-208), in November 1966 (Acc. 1967-037), in November 1969 (Acc. 1970-095), and from Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, in February 1997 (Acc. 1997-014).

Extent
47 linear feet, 3 linear inches
Approximately 50,000 items (51 cubic feet)

Classified Items Withdrawn
Selected folders may contain withdrawal sheets where documents, in accordance with the donor's deed of gift, were removed from the collection. These include documents which may be used to injure or harass any living person.

Withdrawn Items
Selected folders may contain withdrawal sheets where documents, in accordance with the donor's deed of gift, were removed from the collection. These include documents which may be used to injure or harass any living person. All withdrawn documents have been placed under seal and upon request the Kennedy Library will review any material which has been closed for a period of not less than 2 years for the purpose of opening items which no longer require restrictions. Researchers should consult the reference staff to obtain the appropriate form(s).

Items Separated
Items separated include oversize items (Ovz 307/6.2.1) – (Ovz 307/6.4.2), oversize printed materials (Ovz-PM 307/6.1. 1), photographs, and museum objects.  A separation sheet has been inserted in the appropriate file describing the item and giving a reference number. To see oversize material, please ask the reference archivist for assistance.

Date Opened
September 1975.
Addition: April 2002.
Full collection: January 2005

Processed by
Ann L. Travis.

Revisions
The finding aid was updated in April 2002 by Lindsey Reno
The finding aid was updated in January 2005 by Jaimie Quaglino and Rachel Gallagher

Encoded by
Alyssa K. Pacy

Related Collections
Richard Reeves Personal Papers, John F. Kennedy Library
Richard M. Nixon Presidential Materials, National Archives at College Park, MD
Robert F. Kennedy General Correspondence, John F. Kennedy Library
Ernest Hemingway Correspondence, John F. Kennedy Library
        (Gen. Buck Lanham to Ernest Hemingway regarding Making of the President, 1960.)
White, Theodore Harold, (1915 - )  Papers of T. H. White: an inventory, Harvard University Archives


The Personal Papers of Theodore H. White (1915-1986)

Biographical Note
Theodore H. White was born May 6, 1915, in Boston, Massachusetts to attorney David and mother Mary Winkeller White.  After graduating from Boston’s Latin school in 1932, White began his career as a journalist by working as a newsboy, only able to attend college after receiving a scholarship from Harvard University and a grant from the Burroughs Newsboy Foundation. Graduating from Harvard University summa cum laude (1937), White used his Sheldon Traveling Fellowship to fund a trip around the world – a move which led him to work in China as a writer for the Kuomintang’s propaganda office in 1939.  After returning to North America, White freelanced for the Boston Globe before reporting abroad for, and then becoming chief of, the China Bureau of Time magazine (1945).  After resigning from Time in 1946, he worked at an editor of The New Republic and held position as a staff member of Colliers; was hired by the Overseas News Agency, a tiny foreign news service, as their Paris correspondent in 1948, and worked as a national correspondent for The Reporter , covering issues such as Europe, the Marshall Plan, NATO, and American politics.   In addition to his numerous employments, White held many board and consultancy positions. He was on the Encyclopaedia Britannica board from 1962 to 1986, and acted as a consultant for CBS in the early 1960's.

An author of multiple “Book of the Month” as well as Literary Guild selections, Theodore H. White is perhaps best known for his works documenting the 1960 and 1964 Presidential Elections, in particular, Making of the President, 1960 , for which he won a Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1962.  In addition to his journalistic and literary productions, White participated in the creation of several documentaries inspired by his Making of the President series, as well as his collaboration with Annalee Jacoby, Thunder out of China . He is the recipient of numerous awards; in addition to the Pulitzer Prize, White was recognized for his documentary work with Emmy Awards in both 1964 and 1967.  Theodore White died in 1986 at the age of 71.

Collection Overview
The papers of Theodore H. White include manuscripts, drafts, and research materials for nine of his published books, as well as for four documentaries he co-produced. These materials span the years 1948-1978.

The manuscripts for each book generally consist of theme and outline notes in handwritten or typed format, one or more typescript drafts, a setting typescript, and proofs.  All the manuscripts have been extensively annotated by the author. In some cases, many typescript drafts exist for a particular book.  Where possible, drafts have been arranged in the order in which they were created. For some titles, only subject (or research) files exist. Please refer to “Related Collections” for more information on the location of related materials.

There is also considerable correspondence between White and his publishers and research material collected by Theodore White for use in the Making of the President books. Such materials are grouped in subject files that consist of press releases and reports, monographs, and candidate and event information pertaining to the Presidential election. Generally, these files are arranged alphabetically in subject files although some items are identified by their physical medium.

White’s documentaries for television were produced by David Wolper, and adapted from the following books: Thunder out of China (retitled China: The Roots of Madness which was later published in book format); Making of the President, 1960 ; Making of the President, 1964 ; and Making of the President, 1968 .

Papers relating to writings and documentaries are arranged chronologically based on the publication date with the exception of subject files, which are arranged alphabetically and contain research materials including press and news reports, news wires, political publications and ephemera, photographs, and other background materials. Materials for the television documentaries are located with the books except China: the Roots of Madness which is considered a separate publication.

The Richard M. Nixon Interviews consist of typescript notes created by Theodore White as part of his research for and writing of The Making of the President, 1968. Camelot Documents contain notes taken during a series of interviews(or just one?) conducted by White, with Jacqueline Kennedy in the weeks following John F. Kennedy’s assassination in November 1963. 

Note to Researchers
Some sections of this collection have had extensive preservation work done on them by the New England Document Conservation Center. The pencil numbers found in the margins of Making of the President , 1960 were placed there during the preservation process and are not part of the original record. All the paper in the entire collection is very fragile and in various states of deterioration. Please be extremely careful in handling the material.

List of Series

Series 1. Thunder Out of China

Series 2. Stilwell Papers
Series 3. Fire in the Ashes
Series 4. The Mountain Road
Series 5. View from the Fortieth Floor
Series 6. Making of the President
Series 6.1. 1960
Series 6.2. 1964
Series 6.3. 1968
Series 6.4. 1972
Series 7. China: The Roots of Madness
Series 8. America in Search of Itself:  The Making of the President, 1956-1980
Series 8.1. Campaign '76
Series 8.2. Campaign '80
Series 8.3. General Files
Series 9. Breach of Faith
Series 10. Richard M. Nixon Interviews
Series 11. Camelot Documents

Collection Description

Series 1. Thunder Out of China.
About 1800 items
Arrangement: by date of creation (except when otherwise noted)

This series consists of the final typescripts, proofs, corrections, correspondence, research materials and notes used by Theodore White during the research and writing of Thunder Out of China  in collaboration with Annalee Jacoby.  Typescript materials are not necessarily in chronological order;  notes, correspondence, and proofs are heavily annotated and contain numerous insertions and deletions.

Box 1 Notes

Theme and outline notes, 69p.
Correspondence and memos, 14p.
TLS, 1944 May 25, William Sloane to White, lp.
T. conversation memo, 1945 Oct. 10 between Sloane and White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1945 Oct. 25, White to Sloane, 9p.
TL(Carbon), 1945 Oct. 25, White to "Ann", 2p.
TLS, 1948 Jan. 6, R. Drakest to White, 1p.
Typescript
Introduction
Carbon, 10p.
original with ink annotations, 8p
original with pencil and ink annotations, 9p.
unidentified revisions in original and Carbon with pencil and ink annotations, 7p.
Chapter 1
theme and outline notes in original and Carbon with some annotations, 29p.
original and Carbon, 14p.
original with annotations, 14p.
original in red and black ink with annotations, 22p.
original, heavily annotated, 21 p.
Carbon, 22p.
Carbon with annotations, 27p.
original and Carbon with annotations, 23p.
Carbon with annotations, 27p.
Carbon with red pencil annotations, 27p.
original with annotations, 19p.
Carbon, 14p.
Carbon, 13p.
Carbon, 5p.
original and Carbon with annotations, 5p.
original and Carbon 6p.
Chapter 2
original with pencil and ink annotations, 17p.
Carbon with pencil annotations, 29p.
Carbon, 11p.
Carbon with pencil annotations, 9p.
Carbon, 9p.
original with ink annotations, 21p.
Carbon with ink annotations, 21p.
Carbon, 5p.
original with pencil annotations, 1p.
unidentified revisions in original and Carbon with annotations, 13p.
Chapter 3
original with pencil and ink annotations, 8p.
Carbon, 26p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 21p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 23p.
Carbon with pencil and ink annotations, 23p.
Box 2 Chapter 4
original with pencil and ink annotations, 8p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 28p.
Carbon, 26p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 9p.
original, 30p.
unidentified revisions in Carbon, 1p.
Chapter 5
original with pencil and ink annotations, 22p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 18p.
Carbon, 14p.
Carbon, 12p.
Carbon, 20p.
original, 23p.
Carbon, 23 p.
Chapter 6
original with pencil and ink annotations, 19p.
Carbon with pencil annotations, 12p.
unidentified revisions in original and Carbon with annotations, 6p.
Chapter 7
original with pencil and ink annotations, 26p.
Carbon with pencil and ink annotations, 25p.
unidentified revisions in original and Carbon with annotations, 6p.
Chapter 8
original with pencil and ink annotations, 18p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 23p.
Carbon with pencil and ink annotations, 15p.
Carbon with pencil and ink annotations, 15p.
Chapter 9
original with pencil and ink annotations, 21p.
Carbon, 13p.
Carbon, 15p.
unidentified revisions in original and Carbon with annotations, 18p.
Chapter 10
original with pencil and ink annotations, 30p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 14p .
original and Carbon, 15p .
Chapter 11
original with pencil and ink annotations, 19p .
unidentified revisions in original with pencil and ink annotations, 6p.
Chapter 12
original with pencil and ink annotations, 28p .
unidentified revisions in original and Carbon with annotations, 29p .
Chapter 13
original with pencil and ink annotations, 20p.
unidentified revisions in original with annotations, 17p.
Box 3 Chapter 14
original with pencil and ink annotations, 19p .
original with pencil annotations, 7p.
original and Carbon, 17p .
Carbon, 6p .
original with pencil and ink annotations, 17p.
unidentified revisions in original with pencil and ink annotations, l0p.
Chapter 15
original with pencil and ink annotations, 3p.
original and Carbon, 24p.
unidentified revisions in original with pencil and ink annotations, 10p.
Chapter 16
Carbon with ink annotations, 19p.
Carbon with pencil and ink annotations, 10p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 16p.
unidentified pages of original and Carbon with annotations plus 2 pages of autographed notes, 6p.
autographed comments on various chapters from unidentified source, 1p.
Chapter 17
Carbon with ink annotations, 18p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 14p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 25p .
original with pencil and ink annotations, 16p .
Carbon, 17p.
Chapter 18
original with pencil and ink annotations, 23p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 17p.
Carbon, 16p.
Chapter 19
original with pencil and ink annotations, 9p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 15p
unidentified revisions in Carbon, 13p.
Chapter 20
Carbon, 10p.
Carbon, 16p.
original with pencil and ink annotations, 11p.
unidentified revisions, 14p.
Proofs
Introductory pages, 3p.
Chapter 1-3, 15p.
Chapter 4-6, 16p.
Chapter 7-8, 12p.
Chapter 9-10, 11p.
Chapter 11-12, 11p.
Chapter 13-15, 15p.
Corrections notes from galleys in Carbon typescript, 5p.
Correspondence
TL(n.d.), White to Annalee Jacoby, 1p.

Series 2. Stilwell Papers.
About 4200 items.
Arrangement: by date created.

The Stilwell Papers consist of a variety of original reproductions, compilations, and drafts of the diaries and notes by Joseph Stilwell from the "Black Book." These notes are composed of his personal command journal, longer essays, analyses and letters to his wife. In addition to these background materials and original drafts, working materials consist of carbon, typescript, and Photostat copies that contain heavy corrections, additions and deletions in pencil and ink by the author. Numerous insertions affixed. Those pages marked 'revised' are autographed and are in carbon and original typescript

Box 4 Diaries and Notes
Photostats, 31p.
Photostats, 25p.
Photostats, 30p.
Photostats, 25p.
Photostats, 29p.
Photostats, 27p.
Photostats, 26p.
Photostats, 30p.
Photostats, 31p.
Photostats, 26p.
Photostats, 24p.
Photostats, 32p.
Photostats, 31p.
Box 5 Photostats, 24p.
Photostats, 32p.
Photostats, 52p.
Transcript of the Diaries and Notes
Typescript, 1-25
Typescript, 26-51
Typescript, 52-84
Typescript, 85-110
Typescript, 111-136
Typescript, 137-170
Typescript, 171-200
Author's note, 4p.
Typescript, 201-225
Typescript, 226-251
Typescript, 252-275
Typescript, 276-301
Typescript, 302-330
Typescript, 331-368
Typescript, 369-399
Typescript, 400-425
Typescript, 426-451
Typescript, 452-476
Typescript, 477-500
Typescript, 501-514, 518-530
Box 6 Typescript, 531-555
Typescript, 556-580
Typescript, 581-610
Typescript, 611-636
Typescript, 637-665
Typescript, 666-690
Typescript, 691-715
Typescript, 716-741
Typescript, 742-768
Typescript, 769-781, JWS-A--JWS-M
Typescript
Editorial introduction, chapter 1
original and carbon, 25p.
revised, original, 1p.
Chapter 2
folder
original and carbon, 23p.
original and carbon, 21p.
original and carbon, 25p.
original and carbon, 19p.
revised, original, 1p.
Chapter 3
Carbon, 29p.
Carbon, 30p.
Carbon, 35p.
Carbon, 20p.
Chapter 4
folder
Carbon, 22p.
Carbon, 27p.
revised, carbon, 8p.
Box 7 Chapter 5
Carbon, 21p.
Carbon, 15p.
Carbon, 16p.
Carbon, 14p.
Chapter 6
folder
Carbon, 16p.
Carbon, 19p.
Carbon, 191.
Carbon, 24p.
Carbon, 29p.
revised, Carbon, 3p.
Chapter 7
folder
Carbon, 22p.
Carbon, 29p.
revised, Carbon, 7p.
Chapter 8
folder
Carbon, 23p.
Carbon, 30p.
revised, Carbon, 2p
Chapter 9
folder
Carbon, 25p.
Carbon, 20p.
revised, Carbon, 12p
Chapter 10
Folder
Carbon, 34p.
revised, carbon, 11p.
Chapter 11
Folder
Carbon, 12p.
Interchapter
Carbon, 17p.
Box 8 Chapter 12
Carbon, 19p.
Carbon, 18p.
Carbon, 15p.
revised, carbon, 4p.
Appendix
Carbon, 13p
Unidentified revised drafts including autographed notes, original and carbon, 16p.
Chapter 2
Carbon, 21-45
Carbon, 46-6
Chapter 3
Carbon, 66-95
Carbon, 96-120
Carbon, 121-150
Carbon, 152-154
Chapter 4
Carbon, 155-180
Carbon, 181-205
Carbon, 206-231
revised, original, 156-159
Chapter 5
Carbon, 232-274
Chapter 6
Carbon, 275-300
Carbon, 301-328
Chapter 7
Carbon, 329-356
Chapter 8
Carbon, 357-390
Chapter 9
Carbon, 391-415
Carbon, 416-435
Carbon, 436-443, 445-455
Carbon, 456-464
revised, original, 392-397
Chapter 10
Carbon, 465-477
Chapter 11
Carbon, 478-499
Carbon, 500-517
Folder and miscellaneous notes
folder
original and Carbon, 4p.
Typescript
Introduction
Carbon, 4p.
revised, original, 2p.
Chapter 1
Carbon, 15p.
Chapter 2
Carbon, 21p.
Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 20p.
revised, original, 5p.
Box 9 Chapter 3
Carbon, 21p.
Carbon, 25p.
Carbon, 25p.
Carbon, 25p.
revised, original and carbon, 7p.
Chapter 4
Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 18p.
revised, original and carbon, 19p.
Chapter 5
Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 29p.
Chapter 6
Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 20p.
Chapter 7
Carbon, 34p.
Chapter 8
Carbon, 34p.
Chapter 9
Carbon, 32p.
Chapter 10
Carbon, 32p.
Chapter 11
Carbon, l0p.
Interchapter
Carbon, 16p.
Chapter 12
Carbon, 34p.
Notes
“Unused materials.” Includes unidentified typescript pages of text from the diary portion of the book in addition 
     to autographed notes by the author from the diaries, 14p.
“Unusable material following on First Burma campaign.” Unidentified carbon typescript with corrections,   
     additions and deletions, 9p.
"Questions for Pinky, John Davis, W.S.A.” One page of outline on White's personal stationary and one page 
     of autographed notes for Pinky Down about names, places, dates in the text, 2p.
"Undated--must coordinate." Undated drafts from diaries. Includes two pages of  carbon typescript labeled 
     'useless' which are undated, 8p.
“Kill.” Carbon typescript showing corrections, additions and deletions by the author, 10p.
“Useless materials.” Carbon typescript showing deletions. Includes carbon typescript of articles, speeches 
     about the Chinese soldier and army, effects and issues of the war, and the Russian soldier.
Carbon, 29p.
Carbon, 37p.
Carbon, 25p.
“Unclassified notes.” Carbon typescript, some dated and some identified as coming from the diary. Includes a small section of a bibliography, 10p.
“Diary: jottings after relief.” Carbon typescript showing deletions. Some dated sections. Sections on Chiang  
     Kai Shek, 12p.
Chiang Kai Shek, Ramgarb, other villages, and Mrs. Stilwell' s introduction.
Autographed and original and carbon typescript. Includes dated and undated chapter notes indicating 
     corrections, additions and deletions.
original and carbon, 22p.
autographed and original, 37p.
original and carbon, 19p.
“Mrs. Stilwell's Adds.” Carbon typescript of book introduction and original
typescript copies of the diary indicating corrections, additions and deletions.
original and carbon, 36p.
original and carbon, 20p.
Comments, 7p.
Publication correspondence, 4p.
TLS, n.d. Annalee Jacoby to White, 2p.
TLS, 1947 Aug. 15, "Kayff to White, 1p.
TLS, n.d. Winifred Stilwell to White, 1p.

Series 3. Fire in the Ashes.
About 2800 items.
Arrangement: by date of creation.

This series contains original and carbon typescripts, work sheets, drafts, proofs, and correspondence created by Theodore White during the creation of Fire in the Ashes . All items contain extensive pencil and ink corrections, additions, and deletions by the author. Correspondence files generally reflect the author’s original filing arrangement; letters found elsewhere have been put into chronological order.

Box 10 Notes
Chapter 1-15
original, 6p.
Chapter 1-15
original and Carbon, 21p.
Chapter 4
original and Carbon, 11p.
Chapter 5
original, 5p.
Notes on various chapters, 11p.
Autographed notes on various chapters plus unidenti£ied pages of typescript, 11p.
Typescript (“Work Sheets”)
Chapter 3
original, 16p.
Carbon, 32p.
Carbon, 12p.
revised, autographed and original, 11p.
unidentified, autographed and Carbon, 4p.
Chapter 6
Carbon, 35p.
Chapter 11
Carbon, 5p.
Carbon, 11p.
original, 10p.
original and Carbon, 10p.
original, 5p.
Carbon, 6p.
Carbon, 4p.
notes and unidenti£ied, 8p.
Chapter 12
original, 33p.
original and Carbon, 6p.
original and Carbon, 9p.
Chapter 14
original, 23p.
original, 25p.
original, 20p.
original, 24p.
revised, Carbon, 9p.
Chapter 15
autographed and Carbon, 35p.
Chapter 16
Autographed and Carbon, 8p.
Original and Carbon, 27p.
Interchapter 2
autographed and Carbon, 5p.
Unidentified
original and Carbon, 27p.
Report, “U.S Aid to Western Europe.” Office of Information, Paris, 1/6/53 . 15p.
Typescript
Chapter 1
notes and clippings, 15p.
original, 6p.
Carbon, 17p.
original, 16p.
original, 13p.
Carbon, 11p.
original, 11p.
Carbon, 17p.
original, 5p.
revised, original and Carbon, 11p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 31p.
Box 11 Chapter 2
autographed notes, 36p.
autographed notes, 5p.
report from Preston Grover on a press conference with George Marshall, 11/12/48, 4p .
notes on conference with Milton Katz, counselor of ECA, 2p.
notes on interview with George Marshall, Spring, 1948, 2p
original, 28 p.
Carbon, 28p.
original, 22p.
Carbon, 30p.
original, 6p.
revised, Carbon, 10p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 6p.
comments by unidentified source, 2p.
Chapter 6
notes, 2p.
original, 18p.
Carbon, 11p.
original, 14p.
original, 10p.
original, 35p.
Carbon, 33p.
Carbon, 33p.
Carbon, 22p.
comments by unidentified sources, 1p.
Chapter 8 (cf. published text, chapter 9)
notes, outlines, 13p.
original, 35 p.
original and Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 36p.
original, 7p.
original, 8p.
unidentified, original, 4p.
Chapter 10
original, 22p.
Carbon, 15p.
Carbon, 19p.
Carbon, 20p.
original, 13p.
Chapter 11 (cf. published text, chapter 12)
Notes, 4 p.
Original, 34 p.
comments by unidentified sources, 3p.
Chapter 11 (cf. published text, chapter 13)
notes, original, 4p.
conservation notes with Robert Barnes, 4/2/?, 2p.
Carbon, 43p.
original, 11p.
original, 29p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 29p.
Chapter 12 (cf. published text, chapter 15)
Original, 26p.
Comments on various chapters by unidentified sources, 6p.
Correspondence
TL(Carbon), n.d., White to Annie Wood, 1p.
Box 12 Introductory pages
original and Carbon, 3p.
Chapter 1
original and Carbon, 19p.
comments by unidentified source, 1p.
Chapter 2
original and Carbon, 35p.
Chapter 3
original and Carbon, 37p.
Chapter 4
original, 5p.
Chapter 5
original and Carbon, 30p.
Chapter 6
original and Carbon, 34p.
Chapter 6 ( cf. published text, chapter 7)
original and Carbon, 31 p.
original and Carbon, 32p.
original, 41p.
correspondence: TL(Carbon), n.d., White to Annie Wood, 1p.
Chapter 8
original, 24p.
Chapter 9
original, 34p.
Chapter 10
correspondence: ALS, 1953 May 12, Joe Curry to White, 1p.
Carbon, 20p.
Carbon, 19p.
Chapter 11
original, 22p.
Chapter 12
original and Carbon, 45p.
correspondence: TL, n.d., White to Wood, 1p.
Chapter 13
original, 37 p.
original and Carbon, 37p.
Chapter 14
original and Carbon, 26p.
original and Carbon, 23p.
Chapter 15
original and Carbon, 35p.
comments by unidentified source, 1 p.
correspondence: ALS, 1953 May 18, Helen Kirkpatrick to White, 1 p.
Chapter 16
original, 21p.
Unidentified Drafts
original and Carbon, 25p.
Correspondence: ALS, 1953 May 15, "Jean" to White, 2p.
Chapter 1, 18p.
Chapter 2, 30p.
Chapter 3, 18p.
Box 13 Introductory pages
original and Carbon, 6p.
Chapter 1
original and Carbon, 18p.
Chapter 2
original and Carbon, 26p.
Chapter 3
Carbon, 36p.
Chapter 4
Carbon, 5p.
Chapter 5
original and Carbon, 30p.
Chapter 6
Carbon, 37p.
Chapter 7
Carbon, 46p.
Chapter 8
Carbon, 26p.
Chapter 9
Carbon, 33p.
Chapter 10
Carbon, 21p.
Chapter 11
Carbon, 25p.
Chapter 12
Carbon, 37p.
Chapter 13
Carbon, 39p.
Chapter 14
Carbon, 44p.
Chapter 15
Carbon, 33p.
Chapter 16
Carbon, 16p.
 1 st Proofs
Chapter 1-2, 19p.
Chapter 3-5, 24p.
Chapter 6-7, 28p.
Chapter 8-10, 25p.
Chapter 11-13, 30p.
Chapter 14-16, 28p.
Box 14 Comments on text by John Willey and other unidentified sources, 36p.
Miscellaneous autographed notes, articles and unidentified pages, 21p.
Typescript and correspondence (2 folders)
Correspondence: Continental edition, 6p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 16, G. Bermann Fischer to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 21, G. Bermann Fischer to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon) , 1953 Nov. 3, White to Fischer, 1p.
Typescript in German, original, 3p.
Correspondence (2/17/53-5/5/53)
Telegram, 1953 Feb. 17, Thayer Hobson to White, 1p.
Telegram, 1953 Feb. 18, Hobson to White, 1p.
Telegram, 1953 Feb. 24, Hobson to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon) , 1953 Mar. 2, White to Hobson, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Mar. 11, John Willey to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 Mar. 16, White to "Mike," 2p.
TL(Carbon) , 1953 Mar. 16, White to Willey, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Mar. 20, Willey to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 Apr.4, White to Hobson, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Apr. 6, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Apr. 9, Hobson to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 Apr. 13, White to Hobson, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 Apr. 17, Armitage Watkins to Desmond Flower, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Apr. 17, Hobson to White, 2p. with attached TL(Carbon), 1953 Apr. 20, White to Hobson, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Apr. 20, Pierson Dixon to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 Apr. 26, White to Hobson with catalog copy enclosure, 5p.
TLS, 1953 May 1, Betty Vaughn to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 May 3, White to Jos. Curry, 2p.
TLS, 1953 May 5, Hobson to White, 1p.
Correspondence (5/6/53-6/4/53), 40p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 May 6, White to Vaughn, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 May 11, White to Hobson, 1p.
TLS, 1953 May 13, Henry A. Wood Jr. to Anna Wood, 1p.
TLS, 1953 May 15, Hobson to White, 2p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 May 15, Anna Wood to Hobson, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 May 18, White to Mike Watkins, 1p.
TLS, 1953 May 19, Porter McKeever to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 May 21, Watkins to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 May 22, Vaughn to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 May 25, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 May 25, Willey to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 May 25, Willey to White, 5p.
Telegram, 1953 May 28 to White, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 May 29, White to Hobson, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 May 29, White to Willey, 8p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 May 29, White to Watkins, 2p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 May 29, White to unkown recipient, 2p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 May29, White to Watkins, 1p.
Telegram, 1953 June 1, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 June 1, Watkins to White, 1p.
TL( Carbon), 1953 June 2, White to Victor Gollancz, 2p.
TLS, 1953 June 4, Watkins to White, 2p.
Correspondence (6/5/53-7/7/53), 47p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 June 5, White to Edward Crankshaw, 1p.
TLS, 1953 June 5, Hobson to White, 3p.
TLS, 1953 June 8, Charles F. Kroeger to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 June 8, White to Watkins, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 June 9, White to Wiley, 1p. with attached TLS, 1953 June 9, Willey to White, 2 p.
TLS, 1953 June 10, Georges Serrell to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 June 13, Watkins to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon) , 1953 June 13, White to Hobson, 2p.
TLS, 1953 June 15, Hobson to White, 2p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 June 15, White to Hobson, 2p.
TLS, 1953 June 15, Willey to White, 11p.
TLS, 1953 June 16, Frances Phillips to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 June 19, Hobson to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 June 22, White to Hobson, 4p.
TLS, 1953 June 22, Richard F. Rostron to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 June 22, Willey to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 June 24, Hobson to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 June 25, "Paul" to White, 3p.
TLS, 1953 June 25, Willey to White, 4p.
TLS, 1953 June 25, Hobson to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), June 25, Gollancz to Gerald Pollinger, 2p.
Telegram, 1953 June 25, Hobson to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 June 26, White to Willey, 1p.
TLS, 1953 June 30, Willey to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon) , 1953 July 4, White to Willey, 1p.
Telegram, 1953 July 6, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 7, "Robert" to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 July 7, White to Willey, 1p.
Correspondence (7/8/53-8/11/53), 52p.
TL(Carbon) , 1953 July 8, White to Hobson, 2p.
TLS, 1953 July 10, Willey to White, 1p.
Telegram, 1953 July 13, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 14, Hobson to White, 3p.
TLS, 1953 July 14, Vaughn to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 15, Willey to White, 4p.
TLS, 1953 July 15, Watkins to White, 3p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 July 17, White to Willey, 1p.
TL( Carbon), 1953 July 17, White to Hobson, 2p.
TLS, 1953 July 20, Willey to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 22, Hobson to White, 2p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 July 22, G. Pollinger to Watkins, 1p. w/TLS, 1953 July 24 Watkins to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 July 27, White to Watkins, 1p.
TL(Carbon), n.d. White to Watkins, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 July 23, White to Watkins, 2p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 July 23, White to Hobson, 3p.
Telegram, 1953 July 23, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 23, Vaughn to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 23, Vaughn to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 24, Willey to White, 1p.
ALS, 1953 July 28, Watkins to White, 1p. w/TL(Carbon), 1953 July 28, Watkins to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 July 28, Hobson to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 July 29, Vaughn to White, 4p.
TLS, 19.53 July 29, Donald Stevenson to White, 1p. w/TL(Carbon), 1953 August 4, White to Stevenson, 1p.
TLS, 19.53 July 30, Hobson to White, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Aug. 2, White to Vaughn, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Aug. 3, White to Hobson, 2p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Aug. 7, Beatrice Barron to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Aug. 7, Hobson to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Aug. 11, Watkins to White, 1p.
Correspondence (8/17/53 – 11/06/53 ), 58p.
TLS, 1953 Aug. 17, Hobson to White, 4p.
TLS, 1953 Aug. 17, Watkins to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1953 Aug. 22, White to Howard Lewis, 1p.
Telegram, 1953 Aug. 2.5, William Sloane Assoc. to White, 2p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Aug. 28, White to Watkins, 2p.
TL Carbon, 1953 Aug. 28, White to Vaughn, 1p.
TL Carbon, 1953 Aug. 29, White to Watkins, 1p.
TL Carbon, 1953 Sept. 1, White to "Pat," 1p.
TL Carbon, 1953 Sept. 1, White to Preston Grover, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 2, White to Marshall Field, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 2, White to Paul Niven, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 2, White to Ben Sonnenberg, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 2, White to Clayton Fritchie, 1p. w/TLS, 1953 Sept. 9, Fritchie to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 4, Helen King to White, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 8, White to Watkins, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 8, White to Hobson, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 9, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 14, Willey to White, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 15, White to "Wally", 1p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 15, Hobson to White, 1p. w/TL(Carbon), 1953 Sept. 23, White to Hobson, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 22, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 24, Marshall Field to White, 1p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Sept. 27, White to Hobson, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 28, Vaughn to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Sept. 28, Hobson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 1, Vaughn to White, 4p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 2, Hobson to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 3, Ben Sonnenberg to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 5, Hobson to White, 2p.
TL (Carbon), 1953 Oct. 5, White to Vaughn, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 5, Hobson to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Oct. 9, Phillips to White, 1p.
T. invoice, 1953 Nov. 6, Pauline Resnikoff to White, 1p.
TL (Carbon), n.d., White to Vaughn, 1p.
TL Carbon, n.d. White to Willey, 2p.
TL Carbon, n.d., publicity material, 2p.
TL Carbon, n.d. 'publicity copies' list, 2p.
Post-publication correspondence (5/18/52-6/15/54), 23p.
ALS, 1952, May 18, Mrs. Robert B. Alexander to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Nov. 3, Alfred V. Boerner to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Nov. 6, "Sid" to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Nov. 29, David Mallery to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Nov. 30, Don Cook to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Nov. 30, Daniel Marx, jr. to White, 1p.
ALS, 1953 Nov. 30, Ruth Weisman to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Dec. 1, Ralph G. Stoddard to White, 2p.
TLS, 1953 Dec. 9, Herbert O. Yardley to White, 2p.
ALS, 1953 Dec. 15, Bernard Sinshwimer to White, 4p. w/TL(Carbon), 1954 June 1, White to Sinsheimer, 1p.
ALS, 1953 Dec. 16, Martin Flavin to White, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Dec. 21, Mrs. Truman Fassett to Mrs. White signed as Aunt Cerie, 1p.
TLS, 1953 Dec. 21, Thomas Hardie to White, 1p.
Calling card, 1953 Dec. 30. Note on card by Harry Pappa to White, 1p.
Postcard, 1953 Dec. 30, Frazier Peters to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 6, Murray H. Gerson to White, 1p.
Post-publication Correspondence (1/6/54-2/13/54), 40p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 6, Benjamin H. Kizer to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 7, Jack D. Zahn to White, 1p.
ALS, 1954 Jan. 8, D. Saint Martin to White, 5p.
ALS, 1954 Jan. 8, Mrs. Isabel F. Peterson to White, 1p.
ALS, 1954 Jan. 10, A. Rutenbeck to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 13, Richard Phenex to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 14, Ann Yeomans to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 19, John B. Moullette to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 19, Mrs. Ella Westly to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 20, Bruce Biossat to White, 2p.
TLS, 1954 Jan. 28, Ira D. Cardiff to White, 2p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 2, Mrs. Herta K. Roth to White, 1p.
ALS, 1954 Feb. 7, Hank Steinberg to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 8, L. Douglas to Hobson, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 10, Curtis J. Hoxter to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 10, Dorothy Weaver to White, 1p.
ALS, 1954 Feb. 12, D.F. Fleming to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 13, V. Kosarenko-Kosarevytch to White, 17p.
Post-publication Correspondence (2/16/54-3/26/54), 39p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 16, Leverins Tyson to White, 1p.
ALS, 1954 Feb. 20, Monica Railsback to White, 2p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 21, James E. Cogswell to White, 2p.
ALS, 1954 Feb. 21, Antionette Johnson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Feb. 25, Charles L. Wheeler to White, 1p.
ALS, 1954 Feb. 28, Austin D. Jenkins to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Mar. 13, (Mrs. Joseph), Rae H. Early to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Mar. 14, Bernard S. Redmont to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Mar. 16, Bernard Neveux to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Mar. 17, Carroll I. Johnson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Mar. 19, Irma Frank to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Mar. 26, Chester Bowles to White, lp. plus paper by Mr. Bowles, 25p.
Post-publication Correspondence (4/18/54 – 6/54), 26p.
TLS, 1954 Apr. 18, Mrs. Paul R. Rosenthal to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 Apr. 23, Agnes Douty to White, 2p.
TLS, 1954 Apr. 23, Agnes Fassett to Mrs.White with reply on back, 1p.
TLS, 1954 May 27, Luise C. Post to White, 1p. with attached correspondence to Luise : Post, 1p.
ALS, 1954 May 31, Miss Jane R. Flacossier to White, 1p.
TLS, 1954 June 15, Morris B. Sanders with: attached copy of talk given, 10p.
TLS, 1954 June 18, C.B. Smith to White, 1p.
Pamphlet by Cassander, 5p.
TL(Carbon), n.d., Henry Scherer to White, 1p.
ALS, n.d., Grace Shannon to White, 1p.
ALS, (?), Oct. 8, Dorothy Weaver to White, 1p.
Publicity items of book catalogs and promotional material, 11 items.

Series 4. The Mountain Road.
About 11,800 items.
Arrangement: by date created.

Materials for The Mountain Road are similar to previous series, and contain the background notes,
drafts, typescripts, and proofs used and created by Theodore White as part of the creation of his
book, The Mountain Road . Notes, typescript drafts, and proofs contain numerous pencil and ink
corrections, deletions, additions, and commentary.

Box 15 Typescript, 38p.
Typescript marked "Retreat in the Highlands, 1917," 31p.
Notes
Theme and outline notes
original, Carbon, autographed, 33p.
original, Carbon, autographed, 37p.
Miscellaneous notes
autographed and original, 8p.
Comments
autographed and original, 17p.
Correspondence, 3p.
TLS, 1957 Mar. 13, Ralph Hauert to White, 1p.
TL(Carbon), 1957 Oct. 4, White to Dr. Chiang Yi, 1p.
TLS, 1957 Oct. 7, Shelley to White, 1p.
Typescript
Introductory pages
original and Carbon, 16p.
Chapter 1
original, 16p.
original, 22p.
Carbon, 9p.
original, 7p.
Carbon, 21p.
original, 31p.
Carbon, 24p.
Carbon, 30p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 10p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 12p.
original, 29p.
original, 11p.
Carbon, 16p.
original, 16p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 30p.
Carbon, 11p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 8p.
Chapter 2 ( cf. published text, chapter 3)
autographed and typed notes, 2p.
Carbon, 31p.
original and Carbon, 29p.
Carbon, 16p.unidentified, original, 6p.
original, 18p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 15p.
Box 16 Chapter 3
autographed and typed notes, 31p.
Carbon, 24p.
original, 21p.
original and Carbon, 7p.
Carbon, 18p.
Carbon, 9p.
original and Carbon, 35p.
original and Carbon, 20p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 9p.
Chapter 4
autographed, typed and duplicated notes, 49p.
original, 25p.
Carbon, 27p.
original, 24p.
unidentified, original, 4p.
Chapter 5
autographed and typed notes, 30p.
original, 25p.
Carbon, 27p.
original, 19p.
original, 8p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 6p.
Chapter 6
Carbon, 42p.
Chapter 9 (cf. published text, chapter 7)
Carbon, 37p.
Chapter 10 (Author labeled this draft chapter 6 and the original folder, chapter 10)
original, 20p.
Carbon, 21p.
Carbon, 21p.
original, 36p.
Box 17 Chapter 11
Autographed and typed notes. This reflects the author's arrangement but notes from other chapters 
     are included, 33p.
original, 37p.
original, 40p.
Carbon, 41p.
Carbon, 34p.
original, 11p.
Carbon, 12p.
Carbon, 11p
Carbon, 18p.
original, 6p.
unidentified, original and Carbon, 14p.
Introductory pages, 8p.
Chapter 1, 32p.
Chapter 2, 19p.
Chapter 3, 45p.
Chapter 4, 30p.
Chapter 5, 36p.
Chapter 6, 32p.
Chapter 7, 20p.
Chapter 8, 29p.
Chapter 9, 23p.
Chapter 10, 40p.
Chapter 11, 29p.
Box 18 Setting Text
Introductory pages, 11p.
Chapter 1, 47p.
Chapter 2, 27p.
Chapter 3, 64p.
Chapter 4, 42p.
Chapter 5, 45p.
Chapter 6, 44p.
Chapter 7, 28p.
Chapter 8, 37p.
Chapter 9, 32p.
Chapter 10, 51p.
Chapter 11, 39p.
Proofs
Introductory pages, chapters 1-2, 17p.
Introductory pages, chapters 1-2, 7p.
Chapter 1-2, 18p.
Chapter 3-4, 25p.
Chapter 5-6, 22p.
Chapter 7-8, 17p.
Chapter 9-10, 21p.
Chapter 11 , 1p.
Typescript of unidentified drafts labeled by author "For future inserts." Original with pencil and ink corrections, additions and deletions, 11p.
Correspondence, 71 items
TLS, 1958 Mar. 8, Donald Straus to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 10, Hilda Lindley to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 12, William Sloane to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 14, Harriman to White, 1p. w/TLS(Carbon) , 1958 Mar. 14, Harriman to Betty Vaughn, 
     1p; TL(Carbon), 1958 Mar. 25, White to Harriman, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 14, Robert White to White, 1p.
TLS, 19.58 Mar. 18, "Bob" to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 19, William Benton to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 22, Shelley Mydans to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 24, Paul Hoffman to White, 1p. w/TL(Carbon), 1958 Mar. 24, Hoffman to Betty Vaughn, 
     1p; TL( Carbon), 1958  April 3, White to Hoffman, 1p.
ALS, 1958 Mar. 26, Johnny Hersey to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 30, Dick Watts to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 Mar. 31, H. Pelham Curtis to White, 1p. w/TL(Carbon), 1958 April 1, White to Curtis, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 2, J.C. Furnas to White, 1p.
ALS, 1958 April 6, "Dave" to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 8, William D. Patterson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 8, (?) to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 11, Clayton Fritchey to White, 1p.
ALS, 1958 April 11, Chiang Yee to White, 2p.
TLS, 1958 April 22, Louis Cowan to White, 1p.
ALS, 1958 April 24, Peg Crane to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 24, Edward K.Thompson to White, 1p.
ALS, 1958 April 25, "Claude" to White, 2p.
TLS, 1958 April 27, Peter Albertson to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 28, Ben Sonnenberg to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 April 30, James E.M. McNally to White, 1p.
TLS, 1958 May 1, "Graham" to White, 1p.
ALS, 1958 May 5, Peg Crane to White, 1p