Box 1
Container
Contains 8 Results:
"History of Frank Keith, a Fable" , 1866 November 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
1866 November 2
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
"History of Freddie Leonard, a Fable", 1867 February 23
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
1867 February 23
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
"History of Henry C. Toman, a Fable", 1867 October 23
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
1867 October 23
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
"Joseph Harrison or The Sailor Boy, a Fable", 1868 June 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
1868 June 8
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
Untitled story of Herbert Clark, late 1860s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
late 1860s
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
"The Wonders of the World" and "Trees," handwritten school compositions, likely between 1868-1875
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
likely between 1868-1875
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
"The Advantages of a Ship Canal across Panama," handwritten essay, after 1869
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
after 1869
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers
Sketchbooks, circa 1873-1876
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection documents the creative life of Massachusetts schoolboy Austin W. White roughly between the ages of nine and sixteen. Materials include small handmade books of fables detailing the adventures of American boys, several school compositions, sketchbooks, and a two-year run of a weekly handwritten satirical newspaper, "The Sober Giggler." The three volumes of White's sketchbooks contain captioned pencil drawings, and subjects include landscapes, dramatic events, personages, and...
Restrictions on access
Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.
Dates:
circa 1873-1876
Found in:
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Austin W. White papers