WHITE, GOODRICH C. (GOODRICH COOK), B. 1889.
Goodrich C. White papers > Personal correspondence

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Scope and Content Note

The bulk of the personal correspondence series (1922-1973), which is arranged chronologically, contains incoming and outgoing correspondence in regard to a wide variety of activities. These activities included his official Emory University responsibilities (as college dean, graduate school dean, president and, finally, chancellor); speaking engagements; leadership positions in the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, and in two local men’s literary groups, The Ten and The Symposium. In addition, the personal correspondence deals with White’s service as a trustee of Clark College and Wesleyan College and as a director of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company.

Series 1 also includes a number of subject folders maintained by Dr. White. These files include statements of congratulations he received when he became Dean of Emory College in 1923 and President of Emory University in 1942; and letters of sympathy regarding his elder son Lieutenant Goodrich Cook White, Jr., reported missing in action in 1944 and dead in 1945. Other topics include the President’s Commission on Higher Education (1946-1949), congratulations on assuming the Presidency of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa (1952), and his retirement and the selection of a successor as President of Emory University (1956-1957). Correspondence (1958-1971) and speeches (1945-1958, undated) related to the Ten Club comprise the last group of subject folders. (Some correspondence dealing with the Ten Club, mostly of a routine nature about confirming meetings and similar concerns, is filed throughout the chronological personal series in keeping with the original arrangement of the papers.)

Arrangement Note

Correspondence in boxes 1-14 is arranged chronologically. Correspondence in boxes 15-20 are arranged by various topics.

Scope and Content Note The bulk of the personal correspondence series (1922-1973), which is arranged chronologically, contains incoming and outgoing correspondence in regard to a wide variety of activities. These activities included his official Emory University responsibilities (as college dean, graduate school dean, president and, finally, chancellor); speaking engagements; leadership positions in the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, and in two local men’s literary groups, The Ten and The Symposium. In addition, the personal correspondence deals with White’s service as a trustee of Clark College and Wesleyan College and as a director of Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. Series 1 also includes a number of subject folders maintained by Dr. White. These files include statements of congratulations he received when he became Dean of Emory College in 1923 and President of Emory University in 1942; and letters of sympathy regarding his elder son Lieutenant Goodrich Cook White, Jr., reported missing in action in 1944 and dead in 1945. Other topics include the President’s Commission on Higher Education (1946-1949), congratulations on assuming the Presidency of the United Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa (1952), and his retirement and the selection of a successor as President of Emory University (1956-1957). Correspondence (1958-1971) and speeches (1945-1958, undated) related to the Ten Club comprise the last group of subject folders. (Some correspondence dealing with the Ten Club, mostly of a routine nature about confirming meetings and similar concerns, is filed throughout the chronological personal series in keeping with the original arrangement of the papers.)

Box	Folder	Content
1	1	1922, 1930
1	2	20 October 1944-31 December 1952
1	3	3-15 January 1953
1	4	16-26 January 1953
1	5	27-30 January 1953
1	6	2-13 February 1953
1	7	14-28 February 1953
1	8	1-13 March 1953
1	9	16-27 March 1953
1	10	1-16 April 1953
1	11	19-30 April 1953
1	12	1-15 May 1953
1	13	7 August-31 December 1953
2	1	1-15 January 1954
2	2	16-30 January 1954
2	3	1-15 February 1954
2	4	16-28 February 1954
2	5	1-15 March 1954
2	6	16-31 March 1954
2	7	1-15 April 1954
2	8	16-29 April 1954
2	9	1-11 May 1954
2	10	12-31 May 1954
2	11	3-7 June 1954
2	12	11-30 June 1954
3	1	4-28 July 1954
3	2	3-31 August 1954
3	3	1-30 September 1954
3	4	1-15 October 1954
3	5	18-30 October 1954
3	6	3-15 November 1954
3	7	16-30 November 1954
3	8	1-29 December 1954
3	9	1-15 January 1955
3	10	17-31 January 1955
3	11	2-15 February 1955
3	12	16-28 February 1955
4	1	1-30 March 1955
4	2	1-8 April 1955
4	3	11-26 April 1955
4	4	27-29 April 1955
4	5	3-11 May 1955
4	6	12-18 May 1955
4	7	19-31 May 1955
4	8	1-27 June 1955
4	9	1-28 July 1955
4	10	3-30 August 1955
4	11	2-30 September 1955
4	12	1-14 October 1955
4	13	17-31 October 1955
4	14	3-28 November 1955
5	1	1-15 December 1955
5	2	20-30 December 1955
5	3	1-15 January 1956
5	4	16-24 January 1956
5	5	25-31 January 1956
5	6	2-16 February 1956
5	7	20-21 February 1956
5	8	22-29 February 1956
5	9	1-10 March 1956
5	10	12-20 March 1956
5	11	21-31 March 1956
5	12	2-14 April 1956
5	13	15-30 April 1956
6	1	1-10 May 1956
6	2	11-31 May 1956
6	3	1-12 June 1956
6	4	19-30 June 1956
6	5	1-31 July 1956
6	6	1-15 August 1956
6	7	16-29 August 1956
6	8	1-29 September 1956
6	9	1-12 October 1956
6	10	13-29 October 1956
6	11	1-15 November 1956
6	12	19-30 November 1956
6	13	5-28 December 1956
7	1	1-14 January 1957
7	2	16-30 January 1957
7	3	1-15 February 1957
7	4	16-28 February 1957
7	5	2-13 March 1957
7	6	20-31 March 1957
7	7	1-15 April 1957
7	8	17-28 April 1957
7	9	1-10 May 1957
7	10	13-23 May 1957
7	11	24-20 May 1957
7	12	2-15 June 1957
7	13	17-28 June 1957
8	1	5-30 July 1957
8	2	3-23 August 1957
8	3	26-31 August 1957
8	4	1-30 September 1957
8	5	2-15 October 1957
8	6	16-20 October 1957
8	7	21-31 October 1957
8	8	1-15 November 1957
8	9	16-27 November 1957, undated
8	10	2-15 December 1957
8	11	17-31 December 1957
8	12	1-7 January 1958
8	13	8-30 January 1958
8	14	1-25 February 1958
9	1	1-31 March 1958
9	2	1-10 April 1958
9	3	12-29 April 1958
9	4	1-30 May 1958
9	5	2-30 June 1958
9	6	5-30 July 1958
9	7	2 August-19 September 1958
9	8	22-30 September 1958
9	9	1-24 October 1958
9	10	6-29 November 1958
9	11	1-30 December 1958
9	12	15 January-25 February 1959
9	13	6-30 March 1959
9	14	2 April-29 May 1959
10	1	1 June-25 July 1959
10	2	6-30 August 1959
10	3	8 September-31 December 1959
10	4	3-28 January 1960
10	5	5-25 February 1960
10	6	14 March-30 April 1960
10	7	4-31 May 1960
10	8	1-30 June 1960
10	9	11-31 July 1960
10	10	1-31 August 1960
10	11	1 September-26 November 1960
10	12	5-31 December 1960
10	13	3-31 January 1961
10	14	1-8 February 1961
10	15	12-28 February 1961
11	1	2-31 March 1961
11	2	3-30 April 1961
11	3	3-31 May 1961
11	4	3-30 June 1961
11	5	3-28 July 1961
11	6	2-17 August 1961
11	7	10-29 September 1961
11	8	2-26 October 1961
11	9	28-30 October 1961, Southern Bell Directors' Meeting in New Orleans, October 28-30 1961
11	10	2-28 November 1961
11	11	4-27 December 1961
11	12	2-31 January 1962
11	13	2-28 February 1962
11	14	2-31 March 1962
11	15	7-30 April 1962
12	1	2-14 May 1962
12	2	16-31 May 1962
12	3	2-28 June 1962
12	4	11 July-31 August 1962
12	5	1-29 September 1962
12	6	1-29 October 1962
12	7	2-29 November 1962
12	8	3-31 December 1962
12	9	3-31 January 1963
12	10	1-15 February 1963
12	11	18-28 February 1963
12	12	4-27 March 1963
12	13	1-29 April 1963
12	14	1-31 May 1963
13	1	1-28 June 1963
13	2	1-29 July 1963
13	3	1-30 August 1963
13	4	2-30 September 1963
13	5	1-30 October 1963
13	6	1-30 November 1963
13	7	2-26 December 1963
13	8	4-31 January 1964
13	9	1 February-25 March 1964
13	10	1-30 April 1964
13	11	2-31 May 1964
13	12	25 May-17 June 1964, Honorary Degree from Bucknell University
13	13	5 June-20 August 1964
13	14	1-29 September 1964
13	15	3-31 October 1964
13	16	4 November-31 January 1964
14	1	1-29 January 1965
14	2	1 February-14 March 1965
14	3	10 February-31 May 1967
14	4	5 June-16 August 1967
14	5	8 September-11 December 1967
14	6	7 January-22 March 1967
14	7	13 April-28 May 1968
14	8	1 June-15 July 1968
14	9	11 August-14 December 1968
14	10	27 October 1969-26 June 1970
14	11	13 July-29 October 1970
14	12	1971-1973
14	13	undated
14	14	undated
15	1	Congratulatory letters: Emory Deanship, 7 February-4 March 1923
15	2	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 22-31 May 1942
15	3	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 1 June 1942
15	4	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 2-6 June 1942
15	5	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 7-19 June 1942
15	6	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 20-30 June 1942
15	7	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 1-15 July 1942
15	8	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, 16 July-25 August 1942
15	9	Congratulatory letters: Emory Presidency, September-3 January 1943, undated
15	10	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 26-30 September 1944
15	11	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 2-15 October 1944
15	12	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 16-24 October 1944
16	1	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 2-15 January 1945
16	2	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 17-23 January 1945
16	3	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 24 January 1945
16	4	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 24 January 1945
16	5	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 25-31 January 1945
16	6	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 1-12 February 1945
16	7	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 19-28 February 1945
16	8	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 3-7 March 1945
16	9	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 8-19 March 1945
16	10	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 20-31 March 1945
16	11	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 5-30 April 1945
16	12	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 2-9 May 1945
16	13	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 10-31 May 1945
17	1	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., 3 June - 3 August 1945
17	2	Sympathy letters: Goodrich White, Jr., undated
17	3	Goodrich White, Jr. Memorial Plaque blueprint
17	4	Clipping: Goodrich White, Jr., "String Quartet in C-sharp Minor," 26 May 1946
17	5	President's Commission on Higher Education, 13 July-27 September 1946
17	6	President's Commission on Higher Education, 7 October-30 December 1946
17	7	President's Commission on Higher Education, 9 January-31 March 1947
17	8	President's Commission on Higher Education, 1 April-29 June 1947
17	9	President's Commission on Higher Education, 2 Jul - 31 October 1947
17	10	President's Commission on Higher Education, 3-26 November 1947
17	11	President's Commission on Higher Education, 1-30 December 1947
17	12	President's Commission on Higher Education, 7 January-17 May 1948, fall 1948
17	13	President's Commission on Higher Education, 18 January-3 February 1949
17	14	President's Commission on Higher Education, undated
18	1	Phi Beta Kappa reception invitation, regrets, September 10-24 1952
18	2	Congratulatory letters: Phi Beta Kappa, 11-17 September 1952
18	3	Congratulatory letters: Phi Beta Kappa, 18 September-1 December 1952
18	4	Congratulatory letters: Phi Beta Kappa, 2 December 1952
18	5	Congratulatory letters: Phi Beta Kappa, 3-5 December 1952
18	6	Selection of successor: 26 March-26 September 1956
18	7	Selection of successor: 19-26 November 1956
18	8	Selection of successor: 28 November-5 December 1956
18	9	Selection of successor: 17 January-18 April 1957, undated
18	10	Selection of successor: Candidates
18	11	"Retirement letters," 3-4 April 1956
18	12	"Retirement letters," 5 April 1956
19	1	"Special letters," March 29-August 17 1957, undated
19	2	"Brochure letters," (Alumnus on White), April 17-September 18, 1957
19	3	White Gift Fund letters, March 22 - April 22, 1957, undated
19	4	Fine Arts Week (Oxford College of Emory), 1960
20	1	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 1 October 1958-31 December 1962
20	2	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 19 June 1964-19 December 1966
20	3	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 1 January-22 December 1967
20	4	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 2 January-19 July 1968
20	5	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 7 August-20 December 1968
20	6	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 27 January-7 November 1969
20	7	The Ten Club: Correspondence, 1970-1971
20	8	The Ten Club: Speeches, "Poe," 29 June 1945
20	9	The Ten Club: Speeches, "America's world responsibility since the 'fall' of the British Empire," 19 September 1958
20	10	The Ten Club: Speeches, "Dreyfus," undated
20	11	The Ten Club: Speeches, "The Tennessee," undated
20	12	The Ten Club: Speeches, "The Hobbits," undated
20	13	The Ten Club: Speeches, "War and Peace," undated
20	14	The Ten Club: Speeches, "Joan of Arc," undated
20	15	The Ten Club: Speeches, "Ben Hill," undated
20	16	The Ten Club: Speeches, "Nasser," undated
20	17	The Ten Club: Speeches, speeches by others, undated
20	18	The Ten Club: Speeches, undated
20	19	Symposium: "The Symposium, 1902-1962," undated