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William Hale White family fonds

  • RBSC-ARC-1614
  • Fonds
  • 1840-1917, predominant 1880-1913

The fonds consists chiefly of Wiliam Hale White's correspondence with family and friends, manuscript notebooks of his books, published and unpublished manuscripts, subject files, clippings, and bound pamphlets on a variety of philosophical and religous topics. The fonds also contains the correspondence of Dorothy Vernon White as well as notebook manuscripts of her books and the correspondence of Cecily Hale-White (daughter of John Hale White).

White, William Hale (family)

W.H. White to Sophie Partridge - I

This file is composed of correspondence collected by D.V. White for publication in the book <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Letters to Three Friends</span>. Most letters have envelopes attached that have been annotated by D.V. White; some have enclosed notes regarding their use in the book. Letters originally written in pencil by W.H. White were transcribed in pen by D.V. White in 1935. The letters were obtained by D.V. White from Jeannie and Jo Partridge in 1924. A number of letters have had portions removed, or D.V. White has noted entire letters destroyed because she considered them "fair to keep".

W.H. White to Sophie Partridge - II

This file is composed of correspondence collected by D.V. White for publication in the book <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Letters to Three Friends</span>. Most letters have envelopes attached that have been annotated by D.V. White; some have enclosed notes regarding their use in the book. Letters originally written in pencil by W.H. White were transcribed in pen by D.V. White in 1935. The letters were obtained by D.V. White from Jeannie and Jo Partridge in 1924. A number of letters have had portions removed, or D.V. White has noted entire letters destroyed because she considered them "fair to keep".

W.H. White to Sophie Partridge - III

This file is composed of correspondence collected by D.V. White for publication in the book <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Letters to Three Friends</span>. Most letters have envelopes attached that have been annotated by D.V. White; some have enclosed notes regarding their use in the book. Letters originally written in pencil by W.H. White were transcribed in pen by D.V. White in 1935. The letters were obtained by D.V. White from Jeannie and Jo Partridge in 1924. A number of letters have had portions removed, or D.V. White has noted entire letters destroyed because she considered them "fair to keep".

W.H. White to Sophie Partridge - IV

This file is composed of correspondence collected by D.V. White for publication in the book <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Letters to Three Friends</span>. Most letters have envelopes attached that have been annotated by D.V. White; some have enclosed notes regarding their use in the book. Letters originally written in pencil by W.H. White were transcribed in pen by D.V. White in 1935. The letters were obtained by D.V. White from Jeannie and Jo Partridge in 1924. A number of letters have had portions removed, or D.V. White has noted entire letters destroyed because she considered them "fair to keep".

W.H. White to/from Thomas Fisher Unwin, Publishers

Incoming and drafts of outgoing correspondence between W.H. White and T. Fisher Unwin of Thomas Fisher Unwin, Publishers. The file also includes a letter from Miss Schreiner to W.H. White, dated Feb. 19, 1893, referenced in the White-Unwin correspondence. Also includes a letter from Mts. Mary Eliz. Stevenson to Messrs. Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co, dated 26 July 1893 . The file is largely composed of correspondence regarding the transfer of publication rights and re-publication of W.H. White's translation of Spinoza's <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Ethics</span>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford</span>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Deliverance</span>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Revolution in Tanner's Lane</span>, and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Catherine Furze</span>. The file also includes the draft Memorandum of Agreement between W.H. White and Thomas Fisher Unwin, Publishers, as well as the White's account sheets with them.

W.H. White - miscellaneous outgoing correspondence

Correspondence regarding the transfer of copyright of W.H. White's translation into English of Spinoza's <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Ethics</span>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Autobiography of Mark Rutherford</span>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Deliverance</span>, <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Revolution in Tanner's Lane</span>, and <span style="text-decoration:underline;">Catherine Furze</span> back to W.H. White. (These rights were subsequently transferred to Thomas Fisher Unwin, Publishers, see below). The file is largely comprised of incoming and drafts of outgoing correspondence, but includes White's account statements.

The 1910 Manuscript

W.H. White's account of his relationship with Dorothy White, written before their marriage. The last five pages of the original were destroyed by Dorothy White, who also added two pages quoting selected passages from the destroyed section, and further observations written by her in 1922 and 1929.

Three small notebooks

These notebooks contain chiefly personal notes by W.H. White concerning D .V. White, the happiness of their marriage, and other reflections, some of which are partly quoted in <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Groomsbridge Diary</span>. They also contain notes on Molly White, Lady Robert Cecil and others, as well as draft letter to <span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Nation</span>, reading notes and other observations.

[The "Black" Notebook]

Entries of reflections and commentaries upon Wordsworth, Coleridge, Shakespeare and others, interspersed with entries of a personal nature, philosophical reflections upon daily occurrences, religion, and other material.

[The "Dorothy" Notebook]

Contains entries in both W.H. White and Dorothy White's hands. Inserted are four letters from Dorothy White to W.H. White, some of her notes for the Bible class she taught. Notes made by Dorothy White in 1922 and 1929 relate this notebook to the others. The numbers 1-54 added in red ink against the entries refer to Dorothy's commentary [Notes on the Dorothy book].

[The "White" Notebook]

The entries in this notebook are in the same vein as those of the "Black Notebook," but include matter pertaining to D .V. White. Four pages comprise extracts from "Mission notes by Dorothy." These pages have been crossed through and marked "Transferred to Notes from Dorothy's papers &c." See the "Dorothy Notebook". Both the "Black" and "White" notebooks bear a note in W.H. White's hand that some of the entries were included in "Last Pages from a Journal," published as More Pages from a Journal and other papers (1910). Dorothy White drew upon these notebooks in preparing Last Pages (Part III). She did not see the "Black" Notebook until after W.H. White's death.

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