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"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...
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Collection is open for research; a portion is also availalbe digitally.

Dates: 1866 November 2

"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

"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

"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

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

"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

"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

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