00966.xml Henry Gilbert White: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society
St. Paul, MN.

Manuscripts Collection

 Finding aid encoded by Shelby Edwards, August 2011. Finding aid written in English OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society White, H. G. (Henry Gilbert), 1908- . Henry Gilbert White Papers. 1926-1960s. Materials in English, Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. 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. 34.3 cubic feet (35 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

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

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Accession Information:

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

 Processing Information:

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: 7400809

 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: Forests and forestry. Korean War, 1950-1953.. Prisoners of war. World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons. Places: Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952. DETAILED DESCRIPTION 146.K.4.10F Miscellaneous printed materials, circa 1960s.

Includes Guam, Area Redevelopment Administration [ARA] materials.

 146.K.4.11B Printed material, correspondence, and miscellaneous, circa 1960s.

Includes Trust Territories (Guam, Samoa), ARA materials.

 146.K.4.12B Printed and miscellaneous materials, circa 1960s.

Includes outdoor recreation and Pacific territories materials.

 146.K.4.13B Correspondence, printed materials, and miscellaneous, circa 1960s.

Includes Trust territories and Philippines.

 146.K.4.14B Printed and miscellaneous items, circa 1930s-1950s.

Includes Japan, China, and Korea.

 146.K.5.1B Printed materials, circa 1950s-1960s.

Primarily U.S. government documents on forestry.

 146.K.5.2F Printed materials and miscellaneous, circa 1960s.

Includes Trust territories.

 146.K.5.3B Printed and personal materials, circa 1960s. 146.K.5.4F Miscellaneous printed, and other materials, circa 1960s. 146.K.5.5B Printed and miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1940s.

Includes materuals on forestry and St. Paul College of Law.

 146.K.5.6F Printed materials, miscellaneous, and correspondence, circa 1940-1945.

Includes U.S. Navy service preparation for civil administration by occupation forces and law course study materials.

 146.K.5.7B Printed and miscellaneous, circa 1930s-1950s.

Includes Philippines.

 146.K.5.8F Notes and miscellaneous, circa 1930s.

Related to St. Paul College of Law and Yale Forestry School study materials.

 146.K.5.9B Correspondence, printed materials, and miscellaneous, circa 1950s.

Includes economic development in Philippines.

 146.K.5.10F Lake States Experimental Station and Forestry studies, circa 1950s. 146.K.5.11B Printed 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.

 146.K.5.12F Printed and miscellaneous items, circa 1923-1926, 1940-1945.

Includes items regarding WWII in far East; as well as Shanghai American School and Denison University.

 146.K.5.13B Printed items, circa 1950s.

Includes Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

 146.K.5.14F Printed 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.

 146.K.6.1B Subject files, circa 1940s-1961.

Includes materials regarding foreign aid and urban planning.

 146.K.6.2F Printed and other materials, circa 1940s-1961.

Related to White's thesis.

 146.K.6.3B Research materials on forestry, circa 1946-1949. 146.K.6.4F Printed materials, circa 1940s-1960s.

Includes materials regarding the United Nations, France, agriculture, and foreign development.

 146.K.6.5B Printed materials, circa 1950s-1960s. 146.K.6.6F Correspondence and miscellaneous, 1948 and circa 1960s.

Includes White's thesis on forest regulation (1948).

 146.K.6.7B Subject files, 1930s-1950s.

Includes forestry in Japan; typewritten biography, Our Life, by Ivy Edith White and Francis Johnstone White (written 1935 and typed 1950).

 146.K.6.8F Printed and other materials, circa 1960.

Includes materials concerning the Organization for European Economic Cooperation.

 146.K.6.9B Correspondence, printed materials, and miscellaneous items, circa 1930s-1960s. 146.K.6.10F Correspondence and miscellaneous, circa 1926-1943. 146.K.6.11B Correspondence and miscellaneous, circa 1940s. 142.F.3.3B Miscellaneous 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.

 146.K.6.13B Japanese 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. 146.K.6.14F Photographs, 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.

 146.K.7.1B Chinese Prisoner of War materials, 1950s. 146.K.7.2F Korean POW materials, 1950s. 146.K.7.3B Korean POW materials, 1950s. Office and administrative Files, 1950s.

Includes personal files, correspondence, job descriptions, and publications.

 146.K.7.4F Office 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.

[0.7 cubic feet empty, legal size.]