William Allen White Letter

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], William Allen White Letter, Ms1973-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
White, William Allen, 1868-1944 and McAuley, Mary Ethel
Abstract:
The collection consists of a brief letter to William Allen White on December 2, 1920, from Mary Ethel McAuley of The Wanderer of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, with White's response on the same letter.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], William Allen White Letter, Ms1973-003, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a brief letter to William Allen White on December 2, 1920, from Mary Ethel McAuley of The Wanderer of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. McAuley inquired on the best way to preserve big game. White's response is written in pencil in the margins.

Biographical / historical:

William Allen White (1868-1944) was a newspaper editor for Emporia Gazette of Kansas, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.

Mary Ethel McAuley was a journalist who wrote for the Pittsburgh Dispatch and an artist. She was known for her work on Germany during World War I, including the book Germany in War Time (1917). The column "The Wanderer" for the Dispatch asked general questions and published responses from the famous and general public. A selection of these questions and responses were published as The Wanderer (1920), and is attributed to McAuley.

Source: Greaser, Nadiya, "Pittsburgh artists reflect on femininity and female bodies in two new exhibits", The Pitt News, Feb. 18, 2020, https://pittnews.com/article/155336/arts-and-entertainment/pittsburgh-artists-reflect-on-femininity-and-female-bodies-in-two-new-exhibits/, accessed Nov. 29, 2022.

Acquisition information:
This collection was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1973. In 1973, the letter was transferred to Special Collections, when discovered in a copy of The Autobiography of William Allen White . A 1946 copy of the book is in the University Libraries' catalog with call number PN4874 W52 A3.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the William Allen White was completed prior to February 2011. Additional description was completed in February 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Authors, American -- 20th century