HENRY GILBERT WHITE:

An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society

Manuscripts Collection

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Creator: White, H. G. (Henry Gilbert), 1908-, creator.
Title:Henry Gilbert White Papers.
Dates:1926-1960s.
Language:Materials in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
Abstract:Print and semi-print materials, correspondence, and miscellaneous papers related to the education and work of Henry Gilbert White; including his school days in China; his forestry education and work in various parts of the United States; his experiences in civil administration for the U.S. military in Japan and Korea; and his economic development work in the Far East, the Philippines, U.S. Trust Territories (such as Guam, Samoa, and the Virgin Islands), and in Europe.
Quantity:34.3 cubic feet (35 boxes).
Location:See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Henry Gilbert White Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 10,483; 11,038; 13,506; 13,747

Processing Information:

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Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 990074008090104294


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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146.K.4.10FMiscellaneous printed materials, circa 1960s.
Includes Guam, Area Redevelopment Administration [ARA] materials.
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146.K.4.11BPrinted material, correspondence, and miscellaneous, circa 1960s.
Includes Trust Territories (Guam, Samoa), ARA materials.
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146.K.4.12BPrinted and miscellaneous materials, circa 1960s.
Includes outdoor recreation and Pacific territories materials.
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146.K.4.13BCorrespondence, printed materials, and miscellaneous, circa 1960s.
Includes Trust territories and Philippines.
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146.K.4.14BPrinted and miscellaneous items, circa 1930s-1950s.
Includes Japan, China, and Korea.
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146.K.5.1BPrinted materials, circa 1950s-1960s.
Primarily U.S. government documents on forestry.
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146.K.5.2FPrinted materials and miscellaneous, circa 1960s.
Includes Trust territories.
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146.K.5.3BPrinted and personal materials, circa 1960s.
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146.K.5.4FMiscellaneous printed, and other materials, circa 1960s.
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146.K.5.5BPrinted and miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1940s.
Includes materuals on forestry and St. Paul College of Law.
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146.K.5.6FPrinted materials, miscellaneous, and correspondence, circa 1940-1945.
Includes U.S. Navy service preparation for civil administration by occupation forces and law course study materials.
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146.K.5.7BPrinted and miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1950s.
Includes Philippines.
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146.K.5.8FNotes and miscellaneous, circa 1930s.
Related to St. Paul College of Law and Yale Forestry School study materials.
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146.K.5.9BCorrespondence, printed materials, and miscellaneous, circa 1950s.
Includes economic development in Philippines.
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146.K.5.10FLake States Experimental Station and Forestry studies, circa 1950s.
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146.K.5.11BPrinted materials, study notes, and miscellaneous, circa 1940s.
Related to St. Paul College of Law, University of Minnesota, and Yale study; as well as forestry materials.
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146.K.5.12FPrinted and miscellaneous items, circa 1923-1926, 1940-1945.
Includes items regarding WWII in far East; as well as Shanghai American School and Denison University.
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146.K.5.13BPrinted items, circa 1950s.
Includes Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
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146.K.5.14FPrinted and miscellaneous materials, circa 1940s.
Includes materials regarding natural resources section of the Allied Powers in Japan as well as the Washington state U.S. Forest Service.
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146.K.6.1BSubject files, circa 1940s-1961.
Includes materials regarding foreign aid and urban planning.
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146.K.6.2FPrinted and other materials, circa 1940s-1961.
Related to White's thesis.
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146.K.6.3BResearch materials on forestry, circa 1946-1949.
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146.K.6.4FPrinted materials, circa 1940s-1960s.
Includes materials regarding the United Nations, France, agriculture, and foreign development.
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146.K.6.5BPrinted materials, circa 1950s-1960s.
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146.K.6.6FCorrespondence and miscellaneous, 1948 and circa 1960s.
Includes White's thesis on forest regulation (1948).
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146.K.6.7BSubject files, 1930s-1950s.
Includes forestry in Japan; typewritten biography, Our Life, by Ivy Edith White and Francis Johnstone White (written 1935 and typed 1950).
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146.K.6.8FPrinted and other materials, circa 1960.
Includes materials concerning the Organization for European Economic Cooperation.
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146.K.6.9BCorrespondence, printed materials, and miscellaneous items, circa 1930s-1960s.
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146.K.6.10FCorrespondence and miscellaneous, circa 1926-1943.
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146.K.6.11BCorrespondence and miscellaneous, circa 1940s.
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142.F.3.3BMiscellaneous and other materials, circa 1924-1926 and 1945.
Includes copies of the Shanghai American School newsletter, Nooze; copies of Civil affairs in occupied and liberated territory: a weekly digest of public opinion, prepared by the War Department Bureau of Public Relations; as well as photographs.
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146.K.6.13BJapanese occupation government files, circa 1946-1954. 6 folders and 1 volume.
Includes materials relating to agricultural and forest policy.
Korean Conflict files, 1951-1952.
Includes newspaper articles.
Postwar Chinese reconstruction information booklet, circa 1946-1949. 1 volume.
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146.K.6.14FPhotographs, 1930s. b&w photoprints and transparebcies; some glass negatives.
Includes materials relating to White's economic development work in Guam and northern Minnesota following WWII.
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146.K.7.1BChinese Prisoner of War materials, 1950s.
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146.K.7.2FKorean POW materials, 1950s.
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146.K.7.3BKorean POW materials, 1950s.
Office and administrative Files, 1950s.
Includes personal files, correspondence, job descriptions, and publications.
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146.K.7.4FOffice and administrative Files, 1950s.
Includes personal files, correspondence, job descriptions, and publications.
Education programs, 1950s.
Includes history, evaluations, surveys, and criticisms.
Correspondence, 1959-1963.
Identity and related cards, 1960s.
Shanghai American School, 1920s.
Denison University (Granville, Ohio), 1926-1927.
Forest resources of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, by R.N. Cunningham and H.G. White. Miscellaneous publication (United States. Dep. of Agriculture) no. 429, 1941. 1 volume.
Raphael Zon speech and article, 1943-1944.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Forests and forestry.
Korean War, 1950-1953..
Prisoners of war.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons.
Places:
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952.

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