789.xml EDWIN GARDNER WHITE AND FAMILY: An Inventory of Their Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society Finding aid prepared by Alex Kent. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Alex Kent, June 2010. Finding aid written in English August 2012 Additions made to collection and finding aid updated by David B. Peterson OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society White, Edwin Gardner. Edwin Gardner White and family papers. 1880-2009 (bulk 1936-1951). Materials in English. Biographical materials, correspondence, and photographs of Saint Paul investment banker Edwin Gardner White and his wife Anne (Turney) White, and their children Barbara White Bemis and William Gardner White. 2.25 cubic feet. feet (3 boxes and 1 oversize folder). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Edwin White was born September 26, 1882, in Chicopee, Massachusetts, to William Gardner and Carolyn E. (Hall) White. His family moved to St. Paul shortly after thereafter. He graduated from Yale University in 1906 and was involved in banking and financial firms. He served in the United States Army in World War I. He was a long-time officer of the investment firm of Kalman and Co. and served on numerous corporate boards, including Northwest Airlines, American Hoist and Derrick, Miller Hospital and St. Barnabas Hospital. He died in an automobile accident in Wisconsin in 1951.

Anne Turney was born June 18, 1890 in Columbus, Ohio. On October 10, 1914, she married Edwin White in Franklin County, Ohio. She founded the Junior League of St. Paul and was active in other civic organizations. She died July 12, 1960, in St. Paul.

Barbara White was born July 15, 1915, to Edwin Gardner and Anne (Turney) White. She married Judson Bemis. She died July 10, 2003.

William Gardner White was born February 25, 1918, to Edwin and Anne (Turney) White in St. Paul. He attended Hotchkiss and Lenox schools and Yale University (Class of 1942). He served in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1944, with tours aboard the U.S.S. San Jacinto and in the Pacific theater. On September 2, 1944, his plane went down in the Pacific Ocean; he was declared missing in action and in September 1945, he was declared deceased. He was awarded the Purple Heart.

 ARRANGEMENT

These documents are organized into the following sections:

Edwin Gardner White Anne Turney White Barbara White Bemis William Gardner White ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Edwin Gardner White and Family Papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number: 16,482; 16,673

 Processing Information:

Processed by: Duane Swanson and Alex Kent, June 2010.

Additions by: David B. Peterson, August 2012

Catalog ID number: 007146104

 CATALOG HEADINGS

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: Banks and banking. -- United States. World War, 1914-1918. -- Veterans. World War, 1939-1945. -- Veterans. World War, 1939-1945. -- Campaigns. -- Pacific Area. Purple Heart. United States. -- Navy. -- Pacific Fleet. -- Naval Air Force. Persons: White, Anne Turney. Bemis, Barbara White. Bush, George, 1924- White, William Gardner. White family. Organizations: American Hoist and Derrick Company. Charles T. Miller Hospital (Saint Paul, Minn.) Junior League of Saint Paul (Saint Paul, Minn.). Northwest Airlines Corporation. Document Types: Photographs. DETAILED DESCRIPTION Edwin Gardner White 145.K.14.9B 1 Biographical materials, 1919-1951.

Includes biographical compilations, obituaries, a World War I discharge certificate, and miscellaneous published items.

 Photographs, 1880s-1951. Photographs of White home, 767 Goodrich Avenue, St. Paul: Home of the month, undated. Photographs of White home at Gem Lake, 1940s. +327 Ancestral chart of Edwin White.

Gives nine generations of ancestors (name only); the legend of the chart is missing and the compiler is unknown.

 Anne Turney White 145.K.14.9B 1 Biographical materials, 1914-1960.

Includes genealogical data, obituaries, and data on her civic involvements.

 Photographs, 1890s-1960. Miscellaneous photographs, undated.

Includes Turney family members.

 Financial ledger, 1952-1954. 1 volume in folder. 142.H.7.4F-1 2 Photograph album, ca. 1913-1916. 1 volume.

Includes photographs (including some from Edwin's and Anne's wedding), news clippings, political ephemera, and programs from concerts and plays.

 Anne Turney White photographic portrait, 1950s. 142.H.7.4F-2 3 Photograph album, 1915-1924. 1 volume.

Includes baby and childhood photographs of Barbara, William and friends and travel photographs.

 Barbara White Bemis 145.K.14.9B 1 Biographical materials, 1951, 2003.

Includes obituaries and memorial materials and a letter from Jane Paetzold Matteson on the death of her father (1951).

 Correspondence with her father, 1941-1943. 2 folders.

Describes Barbara's experiences while living in New York and her father's advice to her.

 Dearest Bobs, Dearest Pop: Letters written between Edwin White and Barbara White, 1942-1943. 1 volume.

Photocopies, transcripts, and annotations of some of Barbara's correspondence with her father, compiled by Sandra Bemis Roe, July 2009.

 Photographs, undated.

Includes family.

 White House photograph and newspaper tribute to William Gardner White, 1993. William Gardner White 145.K.14.9B 1 Letter to Sandra Bemis (Roe), 1944. Letters to parents, 1936-1938, 1942-1944. 3 folders.

Describing life at Hotchkiss and Lenox schools and Yale University, his United States Navy training at Pensacola, Florida, his deployment to Salinas, Ecuador, and his service aboard the U.S.S. San Jacinto. Includes some transcriptions and annotations by Sandra Bemis Roe.

 Aftermath materials, 1930s-2009. 3 folders.

Materials collected by the family after William's death, including clippings, letters, notices, memorials, remembrances, and photographs. Also contains letters from the military regarding his service, background materials on the U.S.S. San Jacinto, details of his final mission in the Pacific, and of his association with George H.W. Bush.

 Letters to Jack Hannaford, 1942-1943. Typescripts. Childhood photographs, undated. College and military photographs, 1930s-1944. Photographs, circa 1920s-1940s. Purple Heart, undated. In small wooden box. Military dog tag, December 1942. 142.H.7.4F-1 2 Military portraits, photograph of Yale Skull and Bones group, and certificate of completion (diploma) from Lenox School (1938), 1938-1944. Photographs: William Gardner White and Carol Daniels, circa 1939-1940s.