A Guide to the Papers of Orland E. White, 1902-1955 White, Orland E., Papers 12767-a

A Guide to the Papers of Orland E. White, 1902-1955

A Collection in
Special Collections
The University of Virginia Library
Accession Number 12767-a

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
USA
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Reference Request Form: https://small.lib.virginia.edu/reference-request/
URL: http://small.library.virginia.edu/

Processed by: Special Collections Staff

Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

12767-a

Title

Papers of Orland E. White 1902-1955

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 4000 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Access restrictions apply to specific student records under the terms of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (F.E.R.P.A.)

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Orland E. White, Accession #12767-a, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These papers were originally deposited by Mr. O. E. White in the Manuscripts Department of the University of Virginia Library. The several dates of deposit, as well as the Manuscripts Accession Number assigned to each, are as follows:

July 5, 1948 2978
June 8, 1950 2978-c
June 21, 1950 2927-d
July 5, 1955 2978-e
Feb. 16, 1968 2978- f.

Mr. White's daughters, Mrs. Winchester and Mrs. James Quarles, donated the papers to the University of Virginia in January and July of 1982.

Biographical/Historical Information

White, Orland Emile, biologist; b. Sibley, Ia. B. S., S. D. State College, 1909, M.S., 1911; M.S., Harvard, 1912; Sc.D., Bussey Instin. of Harvard, 1913: m. Loto Rollinstall Underwood, July, 1913; children - Margaret Underwood (Mrs. Dean Winchester), Prudence Wayne (Mrs. James Quarles). Nurseryman, Yankton, S.D., 1904; research asst., S.D. State College and experiment station, 1909-1910, instr. in botany, 1910-11; lab. teaching asst. in botany, Radcliffe Coll., 1912, in genetics, 1913; asst. curator plant breeding Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1913-1915, curator, 1916-1924, curator plant breeding and economic plants, 1914-1927; collaborator U.S. Dept. of Agr., 1915-18, 1919-1923, specialist, 1918-1919; botanist Mulford Exploration of Amazon Basin Expedition, 1921-1922; prof. agrl. biology and dir. Blandy Experimental Farm, U. of Va., since 1927; research scholar, U.S. Ednl. Found. In Burma and vis. prof., Univ. Coll., Mandalay and U. of Rangoon, 1950-1951, Fellow A.A.A.S.; mem. Nat. Research Council com. on fellowships in biology and agr., 1943-1945, chmn. panel on botany, growth com., med. div., 1945-1946; mem. Botanical Soc. of Am. (editorial bd., 1920-1921, council mem. genetics sectn., 1928, chmn, southeastern sect., 1943-1945), Am. Naturalist, Am. Genetics Assn., Genetics Soc. of Am., Tenn. Acad. Science, Washington Acad. Science, Va. Acad. Science (chmn. biol. sect., 1931), Rock Garden Soc. of Am. (chmn South Atlantic region, 1936-1938, 1941-43), John Burroughs Memorial Assn. (2d vice president, 1925-28, mem. bd. dirs. since 1928), Sigma XI. Clubs: Genetics (pres. 1944-1946), Harvard (Washington); Explorer's. Author numerous articles on plant genetics and cytology, origin of cultivated plants, cytogenetics of pisum, biology of fasciation, temperature tolerance in relation to mutation and geog. distribution. Mem. ed. bd. Am. Jour. of Botany, 1920-1921; editor genetics sect. of round table conf. on agr. and population increase, Inst. of Politics, Williamstown, Mass., 1925; rep. Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Inst. for Research in Tropical Am., 1923-27. (from Who's Who in America)

Scope and Content Information

The Orland E. White papers consist of ca. 4000 items (ca. 6 linear feet), 1902-1955, concerning all aspects of White's life as a professor, researcher, scientist, explorer, and husband. The collection includes correspondence, articles, reviews, research notes, a typescript and illustrations for Economic Plants, his journal of the Mulford Biological Exploration of the Amazon Basin, and student applications for Blandy Experimental Farm. Most of the material dates from White's years as Curator of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (1916-1927) and as director of the Blandy Experimental Farm (1927-1955), although a number of items date from White's college years at South Dakota State College (ca. 1905-1909) and the Bussey Institution of Harvard University (1909-1913). Included in the correspondence are letters to and from the eminent naturalist John Burroughs.

Correspondents include Clara Barrus, Albert Francis Blakeslee, Charles Thomas Brues, Charles Stuart Gager, Lincoln Constance, Raymond Adams Butcher, Edward Murray East, Walter Samuel Flory, Montague Free, Lulu Odell Gaiser, Roman Kenk, Hui-Lin Li, Paul Christoph Mangelsdorf, Samuel Lewis Meyer, Bruce Dodson Reynolds, Harold Archie Senn, Hiram Miller Showalter, George Harrison Shull, Edmund Ware Sennott, Marion Storm, Charles Fletcher Swingle, James Herbert Taylor, Norman Taylor, Raymond Leech Taylor, Frans Verdoon, Edward Norris Wentworth, and Thomas W. Whitaker.

Additional papers of O. E. White can be found under 6/9/2.831, Administrative files of the directors, vice-directors and acting directors of the Blandy Experimental Farm ... 1926-1974.

Organization

The collection consists of 15 Hollinger boxes. White's arrangement, with slight modifications, has been maintained. The papers are arranged alphabetically within the following series: I. Correspondence re John Burrough, II. Personal and General Correspondence, III. Articles, Reviews, and Manuscripts, and IV. Blandy Experimental Farm Correspondence.

Contents List

Series I: Correspondence re John Burroughs

Box 1
Correspondence: John Burroughs 1902-ca. 1919
Box 1
Correspondence: re John Burroughs 1919-1925
Box 1
John Burroughs, "A Critical Glance Into Darwin" ca. 1920

Box 1

Series II: Personal and General Correspondence

Box 1
Correspondence: Aa-Ary 1923-1955
Box 1
Correspondence: Atchison, Earlene 1942-1947, 1948-1955

2 folders
Box 1
Correspondence: Ate-Baldwin 1928-1955
Box 2
Correspondence: Ban-Bot 1912-1924
Box 2
Correspondence: Bowden, Wray M. 1937-1947
Box 2
Correspondence: Bowm-Bri 1936-1955
Box 2
Correspondence: Bro-Byrd 1913-1955
Box 3
Correspondence: Ca-Com 1910-1955
Box 3
Correspondence: Con-Cy 1912-1954
Box 3
Correspondence: D 1914-1952
Box 3
Correspondence: East, Edward Murray 1914-1937
Box 3
Correspondence: Ecc-Fli 1914-1955
Box 3
Correspondence: Flory, Walter 1932-1949
Box 4
Correspondence: Fra-Gaiser 1914-1955
Box 4
Correspondence: Gau-Gra 1919-1955
Box 4
Correspondence: Gregory, Margaret 1939-1955
Box 4
Correspondence: Gregory, Walton C. 1940-1951
Box 4
Correspondence: Ha-Hey 1922-1954
Box 5
Correspondence: Hi-Hy 1919-1954
Box 5
Correspondence: I-J 1918-1955
Box 5
Correspondence: K 1923-1955
Box 5
Correspondence: L 1914-1955
Box 5
Correspondence: Ma-Mer 1926-1955
Box 5
Correspondence: Mey-Mon ca. 1923-1955
Box 6
Correspondence: Moo-My 1922-1954
Box 6
Correspondence: N-O 1917-1955
Box 6
Correspondence: Ph-Py 1923-1955
Box 6
Correspondence: Pa-Per 1936-1955
Box 6
Correspondence: Q-Ray 1918-1955
Box 7
Correspondence: Re-Ry 1919-1955
Box 7
Correspondence: Sa-Se 1922-1955
Box 7
Correspondence: Sh-Si 1921-1955
Box 7
Correspondence: Sl-Sp 1921-1955
Box 7
Correspondence: St-Sy 1922-1955
Box 8
Correspondence: Taa-Taylor, N. 1922-1955
Box 8
Correspondence: Taylor, R.-V 1917-1955
Box 8
Correspondence: Wa-Whitaker 1922-1955
Box 8
Correspondence: White family ca. 1921-1955
Box 9
Correspondence: Miscellaneous letters, papers, etc. ca. 1918-1955

Series III: Articles, Reviews, and Manuscripts

Box 9
Book Reviews ca. 1927-ca. 1929
Box 9
Criticisms on Belling's Translation of an Article by Mendel 1925
Box 9
"Fasciation: Its Distribution and Causes" May, 1947
Box 9
Mulford Exploration Journal, pp. 1-465 June, 1921-April, 1922

2 folders
Box 10
Short Articles and Notes ca. 1929-ca. 1951
Box 10
Economic Plants : "Origin of Cultivated Plants"; "Viruses"; "Fungi"; "Embryophyta"; "Monocots"; and "Dicots" n.d.

7 folders
Box 11
Economic Plants : "Dicots" n.d.

5 folders
Box 12
Economic Plants "Illustrations and Photos" n.d.

4 folders
Box 13
Economic Plants "Illustrations and Photos" n.d.

2 folders

Series IV: Blandy Experimental Farm Correspondence

Box 13
Correspondence: A-E 1930-1954
Box 13
Correspondence: F-G 1936-1951
Box 13
Correspondence: H-K 1931-1954
Box 13
Correspondence: L 1930-1955
Box 14
Correspondence: M-N 1932-1954
Box 14
Correspondence: P-R 1932-1952
Box 14
Correspondence: S 1929-1954
Box 14
Correspondence: T-Z 1934-1951
Box 14
Miscellaneous correspondence 1936-1948
Box 14
Blandy Experimental Farm: "Future File" 1953

Box 15

Restricted Files n.d.

4 folders