Archives of American Art
Robert W. White papers
White, Robert, 1921-2002
AAA.whiterobe
Archival Resource Key
8.4 Linear feet
0.846 Gigabytes
1889-2003
bulk 1915-2003
The papers of New York sculptor Robert White measure 8.4 linear feet and 0.846 GB and date from 1889-2003, with the bulk of the material from 1915-2003. The collection documents White's varied career as a sculptor, educator, painter, and illustrator through biographical material; extensive correspondence; project files; personal business records; notes and writings; sketchbooks and sketches by Robert White and others; printed and digital material; audiovisual material; artifacts; and photographs.
Some records are in Dutch, French, German, and Italian.
Provenance
The Robert W. White Papers were donated in 2003 by Claire Nicolas White, widow of Robert White.
Processing Information
The collection was fully processed by Joy Weiner in August 2008.
Born-digital materials were processed by Kirsi Ritosalmi-Kisner in 2019 with funding provided by Smithsonian Collection Care and Preservation Fund.
Preferred Citation
Robert W. White papers, 1889-2003 (bulk 1915-2003). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Restrictions on Access
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Biographical Note
Robert Winthrop White (1921-2002) lived and worked in St. James, New York and was primarily known as a sculptor and educator.
He was the son of the architect, Lawrence Grant White (1887-1956) and Bessie Chanler White. Stanford White (1853-1906), Robert's grandfather, was one of the founding partners in the prominent New York City architectural firm, McKim, White, and Mead.
As a youth, Robert White traveled to Munich, Germany to study woodcarving, sculpture, and painting. In 1935, he entered Portsmouth Priory School in Rhode Island. From 1938-1942, he was enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design, where his mentors were Walter Raemisch in sculpture and John Howard Benson in calligraphy. In World War II, White served as chief boatswain's mate in the United States Coast Guard and later worked in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). At the end of the war, White continued his training in sculpture and painting. In 1947, Robert White married Clare Nicolas, daughter of the painter and stained glass master, Joep Nicolas and the sculptor, Suzanne Nicolas.
Robert White, influenced by the classical techniques of the Renaissance artists, worked in various media, such as bronze, stone, plaster, terra-cotta, and wood. His subjects included portrait, figure, and life studies; animals; and dancers. Robert White also was an illustrator. He illustrated works by Laura Spencer Pope, William Styron, and others. White also illustrated two collections of his own poems, Casques and Dust and Palace: The Story of A Friendship that were privately published before his death in 2002.
Robert White held teaching positions at several universities and schools, including the Suffolk Museum of Art, the Parsons School of Design, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. From 1967-1987, White was an associate professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
White exhibited his work in museums and galleries in the United States and abroad, including Artists Choice Museum, Artist's Gallery, Benson Gallery, Boston Athenaeum, Gallery North, Hartwick College Museum, Nassau County Museum of Fine Art, Patricia Fleischmann Gallery, Rijksakademie Van Beeldende, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the Suffolk Museum and Carriage House, among others. Robert White was represented by the Davis Gallery, Graham Gallery, and Graham Modern in New York City.
Robert White's private and public commissions included works for the American Battle Monuments Commission, Amyas Ames, Theodore Cremer, John Marquand, Peabody Museum, State University of New York, William Styron, and Xerox Corporation. His work can be viewed in the collections of the Boston Athenaeum, Brooklyn Museum, Civici Musei 3 Gallerie di Storia e Arte, Heckscher Museum, and the Rhode Island School of Design. Robert White was the recipient of the Laurel Gallery's "New Talent" exhibition prize, 1948; American Academy's Rome Prize, 1952-1954; and the Proctor Memorial Prize at the National Academy of Design, 1962, 1982. He was also awarded grants from the Tiffany Foundation, 1950 and the Fairfield Foundation, 1968. From 1952-1955, White was a fellow of the American Academy in Rome, where he also served as an artist-in-residence from 1969-1970. Robert White was a member of the American Academy in Rome, the Augustus Saint Gaudens Memorial, Century Association, and the National Academy of Design.
Robert White continued to work on the family estate in St. James, New York until his death in 2002.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of New York sculptor Robert White measure 8.4 linear feet and 0.846 GB and date from 1889-2003, with the bulk of the material from 1915-2003. The collection documents White's varied career as a sculptor, educator, painter, and illustrator through biographical material; extensive correspondence; project files; personal business records; notes and writings; sketchbooks and sketches by Robert White and others; printed and digital material; audiovisual material; artifacts; and photographs.
Scattered biographical materials include a curriculum vitae, documentation relating to White's service in the U.S. Coast Guard, a certificate of appreciation, and a memorial card for White's daughter, Natalie Laura White.
Correspondence contains primarily incoming letters from family and friends, and from clients, galleries, museums, arts organizations, students, and university administrators. Spanning over a seventy year period, family and friends correspondence centers on daily activities, events, and work. There is extensive correspondence from Robert White's parents, Lawrence Grant White and Bessie Chanler White and from Claire Nicolas White and her family. Other correspondents include Gil Franklin, Walker Hancock, Jim Harrison, Susan Hobbes, Willard R. Huntington, Ben LaFarge, Ward Lamb, Suzannah Lessard, Peter Matthiessen, Walker O'Cain, Mark and Katja Oxman, Frank C. Platt, Laura Spencer Pope, Paul and Ellen Resika, Paul Russotto, Sidney Simon, and William Styron, among others.
General correspondence mostly concerns White's commissions, teaching appointments, and his activities in professional organizations. Also included are letters from family members, friends, and colleagues. Frequent correspondents include: the American Academy in Rome, Amyas Ames, the Augustus Saint Gaudens Memorial, Century Association, Theodore Cremer, Davis Galleries, Patricia Fleischmann, Hugh Fosburgh, Rebekah Harkness Kean, David Garrard Lowe, National Academy of Design, Parsons School of Design, S. Dillon Ripley, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, Steuben Glass, and the Suffolk Museum and Carriage House.
Project files contain materials on Robert White's exhibitions and his commissioned projects. Materials include letters, lists of artwork, notes, price lists, receipts, exhibition schedules, contracts, and loan agreements. Files document White's exhibits at the Davis Galleries, Elaine Benson Gallery, Graham Gallery, Graham Modern, Heckscher Museum, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Included are extensive files on White's commissions for the American Battle Monuments Commission, Peabody Museum, and Steuben Glass.
Personal business records include files on Robert White's association with the Augustus Saint Gaudens Memorial and the National Academy of Design; his teaching appointments at the Parsons School of Design, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture; and his dealings with foundries. There are scattered files on the Whites' St. James, New York property and residence.
Notes and writings contain Robert White's diaries, artist's statements, notebooks, essays on art, lectures, and scattered notes. Also found are writings by Clare White and others.
Sketchbooks and loose sketches contain preliminary studies by Robert White and scattered sketches by others. Printed material houses newspaper clippings and periodicals; exhibition announcements, catalogs, brochures, and posters; press releases and newsletters; and miscellaneous printed material.
Artifacts include two printing blocks: a portrait sculpture of Stephanie White and a landscape image. Audiovisual material consists of a digital audio recording of a classroom lecture by Robert White at an unidentified venue.
Photographs house images of Robert White; his studio; and snapshots of family and friends, many unidentified. Also included are photographs and slides of artwork.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into ten series:
Missing Title
- Series 1: Biographical Material, 1939-2002 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)
- Series 2: Correspondence, 1923-2002 (Boxes 1-4; 3.8 linear feet)
- Series 3: Project Files, 1952-2003 (Boxes 4-5, OV 10; 1.2 linear feet)
- Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1889, 1946-2003 (Boxes 5-6, OV 10; 1.3 linear feet)
- Series 5: Notes and Writings, 1915, circa 1946-2002 (Boxes 6-7; 0.6 linear feet)
- Series 6: Sketchbooks and Sketches, circa 1965-1972 (Boxes 7, 9; 0.3 linear feet
- Series 7: Printed Material, 1937-2003 (Boxes 7, 9; 0.5 linear feet)
- Series 8: Audiovisual Material, 1973 (ER01; 0.846 GB)
- Series 9: Artifacts, circa 1965 (Box 7; 0.1 linear feet)
- Series 10: Photographs, circa 1940s-2001 (Box 8; 0.5 linear feet)
Photographs
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
Diaries
Drawings
Sculptors -- New York (State)
Essays
Sound recordings
Sculpture -- Study and teaching
Artists' studios -- Photographs
Illustrators -- New York (State) -- New York
Sketchbooks
Lectures
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
Notebooks
Sketches
Parsons School of Design -- Faculty
White, Bessie Chanler
Matthiessen, Peter
Huntington, Willard R.
Pope, Laura Spencer
Ripley, S. Dillon (Sidney Dillon), 1913-2001
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture -- Faculty
Simon, Sidney, 1917-1997
White, Lawrence Grant
Graham Modern (Gallery)
American Battle Monuments Commission
Oxman, Katja
Oxman, Mark
Graham Gallery
Lowe, David, 1933-
O'Cain, Walker
Hobbs, Susan, 1945-
Harrison, Jim
United States. Coast Guard
Kean, Rebekah Harkness
Ames, Amyas
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Lamb, Ward
Platt, Frank C. (Frank Cheney), 1932-
Parsons School of Design
Suffolk Museum
Resika, Ellen
Heckscher Museum
National Academy of Design (U.S.)
Lessard, Suzannah
Steuben Glass (Firm)
White, Claire Nicolas, 1925-
La Farge, Bancel, 1865-1938
American Academy in Rome
Cremer, Theodore
Century Association (New York, N.Y.)
Fosburgh, Hugh, 1916-
Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998
Fleischmann, Patricia
Resika, Paul
Peabody Museum
Russotto, Paul
Styron, William, 1925-
Davis Galleries
Franklin, Gilbert, 1919-2004
Biographical Material
Series 1
Archival Resource Key
1939-2002
(Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
This series includes a certificate of honorable dismissal from the School of St. Gregory in Portsmouth, Rhode Island; documentation relating to White's services for the Offices of Strategic Services; the Veterans' Administration letter for White's eligibility under the G.I. Bill; a memorial card for Natalie Laura White; and copies of Robert White's curriculum vitae.
Arrangement note
This series is arranged in chronological order. Biographical material can be found in Series 5: Notes and Writings and in Series 7: Printed Material.
Certificate of Honorable Dismissal, the School of St. Gregory, Portsmouth, Rhode Island
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1939
1
1
Transfer Documentation Relating to Robert W. White's Strategic Services Duty
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1945
1
2
Veterans' Administration, Robert W. White's Eligibility for G.I. Bill
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1946
1
3
Other Biographical Information
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1947-2002
1
4
Certificate of Appreciation for Service, State University of New York at Stony Brook
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1983
1
5
Memorial Card for Natalie Laura White (1957-1975)
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1975
1
6
Curriculum Vitae
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undated
1
7
Correspondence
Series 2
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1923-2002
(Boxes 1-4; 3.8 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
This series includes mostly incoming correspondence, drafts of letters, greeting cards, and postcards. Several letters and envelopes are illustrated. Many letters have attachments such as receipts, invoices, exhibition announcements, printed material, and photographs.
Correspondence is also found in Series 3: Project Files, Series 4: Personal Business Records, and Series 5: Notes and Writings.
Files are arranged chronologically; undated letters are filed at the end of the subseries. A number of letters are in Dutch, French, German, and Italian.
Arrangement note
The correspondence series is arranged into 2 subseries:
- 2.1: Family and Friends Correspondence, 1923-1955
- 2.2: General Correspondence, 1950-2002
Family and Friends
2.1
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1923-1955
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes letters, postcards, and greeting cards from family, friends, colleagues, and students. Correspondence provides a detailed account of the routine activities and work of family and friends; letters include references to artists, writers, and other prominent individuals, such as Bernard Berenson, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Carl Milles, and Walter Raemish.
Frequent correspondents include: Gil Franklin, Walker Hancock, Jim Harrison, Susan Hobbes, Bruce Hooten, Willard R. Huntington, Ben LeFarge, Ward Lamb, Suzannah Lessard, John Marquand, Peter Matthiessen, Walker O'Cain, Mark and Katja Oxman, Laura Spencer Pope, Paul and Ellen Resika, Paul Russotto, Sidney Simon, and William Styron. Files also include letters relating to White's activities as an artist and teacher.
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1923-1929
1
8
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1930s
(2 folders)
1
9-10
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1930s-1940s
(2 folders)
1
11-12
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1933-1935
1
13
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1935-1938
(2 folders)
1
14
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1937
1
15
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1938
1
16
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1939
(2 folders)
1
17-18
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1940s
1
19
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1940
(4 folders)
1
20-23
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1941
(2 folders)
1
24-25
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1942-1945
1
26
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1942
(4 folders)
1
27-30
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1943-1944
1
31
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1945
(3 folders)
1
32-34
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1946
1
35
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1946
(5 folders)
1
36-40
Family and Friends Correspondence (Claire Nicolas White)
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1946
(3 folders)
1
41-43
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1947-1948
1
44
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1947
(2 folders)
1
45-46
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1948
1
47
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1950-1952
1
48
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1950-1951
1
49-51
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1952
(3 folders)
1
50-52
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1953
(5 folders)
1
53-57
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1954
(6 folders)
1
58-63
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1955
(7 folders)
1
64-70
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1956
(5 folders)
2
1-5
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1957-1958
2
6
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1957
2
7
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1958
2
8
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1960
2
9
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1961
2
10
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1962
2
11
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1963
2
12
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1964-1965
2
13
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1967
2
14
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1969
2
15
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1970s
(3 folders)
2
16-18
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1970
2
19
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1971
2
20
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1972
(2 folders)
2
21-22
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1973
(2 folders)
2
23
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1974
(2 folders)
2
24-25
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1975
(2 folders)
2
26-27
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1976
(3 folders)
2
28-30
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1977
(3 folders)
2
31-33
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1978
(2 folders)
2
34-35
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1979
(2 folders)
2
36-37
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1980s
(2 folders)
2
38-39
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1980
(2 folders)
2
40-41
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1981
(2 folders)
2
42-43
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1982
(2 folders)
2
44-45
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1983
(2 folders)
2
46-47
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1984-1988
2
48
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1984
(3 folders)
2
49-51
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1985-1986
2
52
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1985
(3 folders)
2
53-55
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1986
(2 folders)
2
56-57
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1987
(3 folders)
3
1-3
Family and Friends Correspondence (Valentin Tatransky)
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1987-2002
(8 folders)
3
4-11
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1988
(4 folders)
3
12-15
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1988-1989
3
16
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1989
(3 folders)
3
17-19
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1989-1990
(2 folders)
3
20-21
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1990
(2 folders)
3
22-23
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1990
(2 folders)
3
24-25
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1991
3
26
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1992
(2 folders)
3
27-28
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1993
(2 folders)
3
29-30
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1994
(2 folders)
3
31-32
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1995
3
33
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1995-1996
3
34
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1996
(3 folders)
3
35-37
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1997
3
38
Family and Friends Correspondence
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1998-1999
3
39
Family and Friends Correspondence
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circa 1999-2001
(2 folders)
3
40-41
Family and Friends Correspondence
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2000-2002
3
42
Family and Friends Correspondence
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undated
(2 folders)
3
43-44
Family and Friends Correspondence, Loose Envelopes
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1938-1986
(4 folders)
3
45-48
General Correspondence
2.2
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1950-2002
Scope and Contents note
This subseries includes correspondence with clients, museums, galleries, and publishers. Interspersed among the files are letters from family, friends, and students. Attachments to letters include loan agreements, purchase orders, receipts, and printed material. Letters to Robert White discuss his work, exhibitions, commissioned projects, and teaching positions.
Among the correspondents are Amyas Ames, Stan Brodsky, Theodore Cremer, Patricia Fleischman, Willard R. Huntingdon, Rebekah Harkness Kean, David Garrard Lowe, Richard McDermott Miller, Walker O'Cain, Mark Oxman, and Richard Wilbur. Also included are letters from the American Academy in Rome, Brooklyn Museum, Century Association, Contemporary Realist Gallery, Davis Gallery, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Harkness Ballet, National Academy of Design, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Steuben Glass. Also found is a draft of Robert White's letter to Jacques Lipchitz.
General Correspondence
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1950-1952
3
49
General Correspondence
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1953
3
50
General Correspondence
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1954
3
51
General Correspondence
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1955
3
52
General Correspondence
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1956
(3 folders)
3
53-55
General Correspondence (Steuben Glass)
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1957
3
56
General Correspondence
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circa 1957
4
1
General Correspondence
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1957
(4 folders)
4
2-5
General Correspondence
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1958
(4 folders)
4
6-9
General Correspondence
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1959
4
10
General Correspondence
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1960
4
11
General Correspondence
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1961-1962
4
12
General Correspondence
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1963-1964
4
13
General Correspondence
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1965-1966
4
14
General Correspondence
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1967
4
15
General Correspondence
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1969
(2 folders)
4
16-17
General Correspondence
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circa 1969-1971
4
18
General Correspondence
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1970
(3 folders)
4
19-21
General Correspondence
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1971
4
22
General Correspondence
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1972
(2 folders)
4
23-24
General Correspondence
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1973
4
25
General Correspondence
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1974
4
26
General Correspondence
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1975
4
27
General Correspondence
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1976
4
28
General Correspondence
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1977-1978
4
29
General Correspondence
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1979
4
30
General Correspondence
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circa 1980s
4
31
General Correspondence
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1980
4
32
General Correspondence
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1981
4
33
General Correspondence
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1982
4
34
General Correspondence
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1983
(2 folders)
4
35-36
General Correspondence
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1984
(2 folders)
4
37-38
General Correspondence
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1985
4
39
General Correspondence
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1986
4
40
General Correspondence
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1987
4
41
General Correspondence
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circa 1988
4
42
General Correspondence
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1988
4
43
General Correspondence
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1989
4
44
General Correspondence
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circa 1990s
4
45
General Correspondence
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1990
4
46
General Correspondence
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1991
4
47
General Correspondence
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1992
4
48
General Correspondence
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1993
4
49
General Correspondence
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1994
4
50
General Correspondence
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1995
4
51
General Correspondence
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1996
4
52
General Correspondence
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1997-1998
4
53
General Correspondence
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1999
4
54
General Correspondence
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2000
4
55
General Correspondence
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2001
4
56
General Correspondence
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2002
4
57
General Correspondence
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undated
4
58
General Correspondence, Loose Envelopes
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1950-1979
4
59
Project Files
Series 3
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1952-2003
(Boxes 4-5, OV 10; 1.2 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Project files contain a majority of Robert W. White's solo and group exhibitions and his public and private commissions.
Arrangement note
This subseries is arranged as two subseries: - 3.1: Exhibitions, 1952-2003
- 3.2: Commissions, 1922-1997
Exhibitions
3.1
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1952-2003
Scope and Contents note
Files document some of Robert White's exhibitions; there are extensive files on his shows at Davis Galleries, Graham Gallery, Graham Modern, and the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Materials include correspondence; loan agreements, commissions, lists of artwork, sales, notes, and receipts; press releases; artwork; and photographs, including negatives, slides, and a transparency of exhibition installations.
Also found are Robert White's annotated lists of artwork, receipts, guest lists for an unidentified exhibition, and a miscellaneous exhibition list.
Files are arranged chronologically by year of exhibition. Exhibitions are also referred to in Series 2: Correspondence, Series 4: Personal Business Records, Series 5: Notes and Writings, Series 7: Printed Material, and Series 10: Photographs.
Davis Galleries
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4
Letters to Robert White, Primarily Related to the Sale of Artwork
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1957-1968
(8 folders)
4
60-67
Notes
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1960, undated
4
68
Lists of Artwork Sold
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undated
4
69
List of Drawings
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1962
4
70
Heckscher Museum
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4
Letters to Robert White
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1962-1983
4
71
Receipts for Artwork
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1966-1983
4
72
Various Receipts
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1979-1986, undated
4
73
Loan Agreements
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1983
4
74
Notes
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undated
4
75
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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4
Correspondence
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1964, 1987
4
76
Loan Agreements Relating to Exhibitions at the Fine Arts Center
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1987-1991
4
77
Loan Agreements Relating to Faculty Art Exhibitions
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1991-1994
4
78
Press Release on Faculty Art Exhibition (September 1994)
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1994
4
79
Truckman Order Receipts Relating to Faculty Art Exhibitions
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1984-1997
4
80
Lists of Artwork
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1963, undated
4
81
Exhibition Brochure
Archival Resource Key
1971
4
82
Transparencies of Visitors to Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
83
Elaine Benson Gallery
Archival Resource Key
4
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1971, 1979
4
84
Contract Form
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1971
4
85
Exhibition Schedule
Archival Resource Key
1979
4
86
Memorandum regarding Announcements, Posters, and Exhibition Schedule
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1979
4
87
Miscellaneous Receipts and Notes
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1972-1985
4
88
Graham Gallery
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4
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1971-1979
(4 folders)
4
89-92
Commission of Medallion for the New School of Social Research
Archival Resource Key
1973
4
93
Statement of Commission Agreement with Robert White
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
94
Memoranda Relating to Insurance Value for Various Sculptures
Archival Resource Key
1975
4
95
Schedule of Exhibitions for 1978-1979
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
96
Various Receipts and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1978-2001, undated
4
97
Miscellaneous Label
Archival Resource Key
undated
4
98
Installation Photographs includes Negatives
Archival Resource Key
1992-2001, undated
(3 folders)
4
99-101
Graham Modern
Archival Resource Key
4
Letters to Robert White, Primarily relating to Sale of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1980-1990, undated
4
102
Sales
Archival Resource Key
1986-1987
4
103
Lists of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
circa 1986-1987
4
104
Price List for Bronze and Terra Cotta Figures (1959-1986)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1986
4
105
Client List
Archival Resource Key
1987, undated
4
106
Inventory of Photographs and Slides of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1990
4
107
Release Forms
Archival Resource Key
1993
4
108
Miscellaneous Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1986-1992
4
109
Layout of Wall Stands and Floor Plan
Archival Resource Key
circa 1986-1987
4
110
Suffolk Museum and Carriage House
Archival Resource Key
5
Loan Agreement
Archival Resource Key
1973
5
1
List of Robert White Artwork for Artists of Suffolk County Exhibit (October 23-November 11, 1983)
Archival Resource Key
1983
5
2
Gallery North
Archival Resource Key
5
Agreement, Contract, and Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1974-1996
5
3
Art Consignments
Archival Resource Key
2001-2003
5
4
Price Lists
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
5
Boston Athenaeum
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1976
5
6
Lists of Artwork included in Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976-1977
5
7
Invitation List
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976-1977
5
8
Photographs of Exhibition Space
Archival Resource Key
circa 1976-1977
5
9
Hartwick College
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1976-1977
5
10
Lists of Artwork (1952-1975)
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977
5
11
Price List
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977
5
12
Copy of Sketch of Exhibition Space and Slides
Archival Resource Key
circa 1977
5
13
Artists Choice Museum, Loan Agreements
Archival Resource Key
1979-1984
5
14
Nassau County Museum of Fine Art
Archival Resource Key
1980-1982
5
15
Pratt Institute
Archival Resource Key
1980
5
16
C.W. Post, Long Island University
Archival Resource Key
1981-1982
5
17
Contemporary Realist Gallery, Consignment Memo
Archival Resource Key
1993
5
18
Century Association
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
19
Lists
Archival Resource Key
5
Lists of Artwork including Sale Prices
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
20
Lists of Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1978-1988
5
21
Lists of Sculpture and Bases with Measurements and Prices
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
22
List of Artwork for Unidentified Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
23
Guest Lists for Unidentified Exhibitions
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
24
Miscellaneous Invitation List
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
25
Commissions
3.2
Archival Resource Key
1922-1997
Scope and Contents note
The subseries documents several commissioned projects, including St. Anthony of Padua at East Northport, New York; The Verrill Medal for the Peabody Museum; Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Melville for the Long Island Hall of Fame; and General George Pershing Memorial for the American Battles Monuments Commission. Also found are files for White's work for Steuben Glass and the artist's unexecuted design proposal for the John F. Kennedy Memorial at the Massachusetts State Capitol.
Folders contain correspondence, notes, agreements, invoices, printed material, clippings, photographs, and a transparency.
Files are arranged in chronological order by year of exhibition. Commissions are also referred to in Series 2: Correspondence, Series 4: Personal Business Records, Series 5: Notes and Writings, Series 7: Printed Material, and Series 10: Photographs.
Steuben Glass
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1957-1972
5
26
St. Anthony of Padua
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1958-1959
(2 folders)
5
27-28
Agreement between the Modern Art Foundry and Robert White
Archival Resource Key
1959
not specified
29
John Oeschlin, Inc., Invoice
Archival Resource Key
1958
5
30
St. Michael's Church
Archival Resource Key
1959-1966, undated
5
31
The Botolph Group, Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1960-1961
5
32
The Verrill Medal, Peabody Museum
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966, undated
(3 folders)
5
33-35
Notes, Purchase Order, and Check Statement
Archival Resource Key
1960, undated
5
36
Metallic Art Company, Acknowledgment of Order
Archival Resource Key
1966
5
37
John F. Kennedy Memorial (Unexecuted)
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1960-1966
(2 folders)
5
38-39
Robert White's Notes on His Proposed Submission
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
40
Miscellaneous Note
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
41
Various Sketch Designs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1986
5
42
Lists of Semi-Finalists
Archival Resource Key
circa 1987
5
43
Various Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1984-1988, undated
(2 folders)
5
44-45
Photographs
Archival Resource Key
circa 1961-1986
(2 folders)
5
46-47
Harkness House for Ballet Arts
Archival Resource Key
1964-1966, undated
5
48
Portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Ward Melville,
Archival Resource Key
1972
5
49
Monument to Bishop Cranmer, St. James Episcopal Church
Archival Resource Key
1973
5
50
General George Pershing Memorial
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1980-1982
5
51
Agreement between Robert White and the American Battle Monuments Commission (copy; unsigned)
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
52
Contract Order with Modern Art Foundry
Archival Resource Key
1982
5
53
Cut Plan
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
54
Notes relating to Payment and Payment Vouchers include Snapshots of Model and Base
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
55
Fact Sheet
Archival Resource Key
1983
5
56
Miscellaneous Transmittal Letters and Receipt
Archival Resource Key
1979-1980
5
57
Clippings
Archival Resource Key
1981
5
58
Copies of Reference Photographs of General George Pershing (1917-1919)
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
59
Plan and Elevation for the General George Pershing Memorial
Archival Resource Key
1979
(See OV 10)
5
60
Various Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1922, 1977
5
61
Sketch of Plan for the General George Pershing Memorial area
Archival Resource Key
undated
5
62
Portrait of John Swearingen, University of South Carolina
Archival Resource Key
5
Correspondence
Archival Resource Key
1993, undated
5
63
Expenditure Voucher
Archival Resource Key
1987
5
64
Notes
Archival Resource Key
1987
5
65
Clipping
Archival Resource Key
1987
5
66
Invoice for Replacement for Portrait
Archival Resource Key
1992
5
67
Head of Dr. Ackerman, Washington University
Archival Resource Key
1994, undated
5
68
Bronze Fountain and Bull for Frank and Patricia Huntington
Archival Resource Key
1997, undated
5
69
Oversized Plan and Elevation for the General George Pershing Memorial
Archival Resource Key
1979
10
Personal Business Records
Series 4
Archival Resource Key
1889, 1946-2003
(Boxes 5-6; 1.3 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Personal business records include materials pertaining to Robert White's involvement on the Executive Committee of the Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial and at National Academy of Design; his teaching appointments at the Parsons School of Design and the State University of New York at Stony Brook; and his dealings with foundries, mainly the Modern Art Foundry and the stone engraver, John Stevens Shop. Also included are scattered files on the Whites' family residence amd property in St. James, New York; price lists for artwork; loan agreements to museums from Robert and Claire White's personal art collection; and printouts listing White's sales, exhibitions, sketchbooks, and sculptures, reliefs, drawings, portraits, commercial commissions, and student work.
Files contain: correspondence and memoranda; lists and notes; and business-related materials, such as deeds, invoices, receipts, sales of artwork, agreements, elevation plans and surveys, and miscellaneous legal and tax records.
This series is arranged in chronological order. Personal Business Records can be found in Series 2: Correspondence, Series 3: Project Files, and Series 5: Notes and Writings. work (1942-1993).
Arrangement note
The files are arranged in chronological order.
Professional Associations
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5
The Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial
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1963-1986
(30 folders)
5
70-99
National Academy of Design
Archival Resource Key
1980-1992
(8 folders)
5
100-107
Other Professional Associations
Archival Resource Key
1992, undated
5
108
Teaching Appointments
Archival Resource Key
5
Parsons School of Design
Archival Resource Key
1957-1981, undated
(4 folders)
5
109-112
State University of New York at Stony Brook
Archival Resource Key
1971-1986
(5 folders)
5
113-117
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Archival Resource Key
1973, 1990, undated
(2 folders)
5
118-119
Harbor Country Day School, Art Lecture Series
Archival Resource Key
1973, 1990, undated
5
120
Foundries and Engraver Files
Archival Resource Key
5
Modern Art Foundry
Archival Resource Key
1957-1992
(7 folders)
5
121-127
Joel Meisner and Co., Inc.
Archival Resource Key
1980-1984
5
128
John Stevens Shop
Archival Resource Key
1961-1963, 1980
(3 folders)
5
129-131
St. James, New York Residence and Property
Archival Resource Key
5
Architectural Rendering of Alteration of Tank for Stanford White (May 3, 1889)
Archival Resource Key
1889 (See 0V 10)
5
132
Tax Levy (1945-1946)
Archival Resource Key
1945
5
133
Elevation Plan by Willard R. Huntington for St. James, New York Residence and Property?
Archival Resource Key
1953 (See OV 10)
5
134
Indenture and Lease to Robert White
Archival Resource Key
1953-1954
5
135
Invoices and Receipts to Lawrence Grant White
Archival Resource Key
1954-1956
5
136
Mortgage to Robert White
Archival Resource Key
1955
5
137
Certificate of Insurance to Robert White and Lawrence Grant White
Archival Resource Key
1955
5
138
Survey Map of Moriches Road, St. James
Archival Resource Key
1955
5
139
Deeds for Parcels of Land
Archival Resource Key
1965
5
140
Notebook of Receipts and Deficits includes Loose Pages of Notes
Archival Resource Key
1946-1948
5
141
Statements of Bills Paid by Lawrence Grant White for Robert White
Archival Resource Key
1953-1954
5
142
Various Receipts
Archival Resource Key
1953-1992, undated
(2 folders)
5
143-144
Ledger of Expenses and Earnings includes Scattered Receipts and Notes
Archival Resource Key
1956-1998
5
145
Ledger of Receipts and Deficits includes List of Various Sculptures with Dimensions and Approximate Price List
Archival Resource Key
1999-2003, undated
6
1
Prices for Artwork Sold
Archival Resource Key
1957-1960, undated
6
2
Cost of Supplies
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
3
Miscellaneous Notes Pertaining to Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1965, undated
6
4
Various Invoices
Archival Resource Key
1987-1996
6
5
Loan Agreements to Museums from Robert and Clare White's Personal Art Collection
Archival Resource Key
1959-1971, 1988
6
6
Record of Sales (1946); Catalogs (1949-2001); and Sketchbooks (1950s-1980s, undated)
Archival Resource Key
2003
6
7
Record of Reproductions of Robert White's Sculptures, Reliefs, Drawings, Portraits, Commercial Commissions, and Student Work (1942-1993)
Archival Resource Key
2003
6
8
Loose Addresses of Business Contacts
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
9
Other Personal Business Files
Archival Resource Key
6
1040 Tax Filing (Draft) and 1099 Documentation
Archival Resource Key
1955-1964
6
10
Last Will and Testament and First Codicil of Lawrence Smith Butler
Archival Resource Key
1956
6
11
Building Regulation Form, Head-of-the-Harbor Village, Smithtown, New York
Archival Resource Key
1965
6
12
Memorandum re 1986 Distributions of Interest Income, Springbriar Mortgage
Archival Resource Key
1987
6
13
Notice of Probate for the Estate of Sheila D. Emmet
Archival Resource Key
1996
6
14
Memorandum Agreement to Sell Thomas Dewing Portrait of Ella Emmet
Archival Resource Key
1997
6
15
Letter Agreement with the New York Foundation for the Arts
Archival Resource Key
2001
6
16
Loose Envelopes
Archival Resource Key
1945-1983
6
17
Oversized Architectural Rendering of Alteration of Tank for the St. James, New York Residence and Property for Stanford White (May 3, 1889)
Archival Resource Key
1889
OV 10
Oversized Elevation Plan by Willard R. Huntington for the St. James, New York Residence and Property? (May 5, 1953)
Archival Resource Key
1953
OV 10
Notes and Writings
Series 5
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1915, circa 1946-2002
(Boxes 6-7; 0.6 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
Notes and writings include Robert White's diaries, artist's statements, notebooks, essays, and lectures. Included are writings by others, mostly reviews of White's work and some writings by Clare White.
Eleven pocket diaries record White's activities at home, his travels in Europe and Mexico, exhibition openings, and social engagements with family, colleagues, and friends. Notebooks contain: White's drafts of letters, artist's statements, proposals, poems, essays, talks, notes on artwork sold and expenses, a list of the artwork completed for the years 1939-1946, and loose addresses. Two items of interest are Robert White's letter to William Styron discussing the writer's novel, Sophie's Choice and his memorial to his friend and colleague, Fairfield Porter. Found within the notebooks and diaries are sketches by the artist.
Notes and writings can be also found in Series 4: Personal Business Records.
Files are arranged in chronological order.
Diaries
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6
1983-1984 (2 volumes)
Archival Resource Key
6
18
1986
Archival Resource Key
6
19
1987 (2 volumes)
Archival Resource Key
6
20
1988-1989 (2 volumes)
Archival Resource Key
6
21
1990-1991 (2 volumes)
Archival Resource Key
6
22
1992-1993 (2 volumes)
Archival Resource Key
6
23
Artist's Statements
Archival Resource Key
1993, undated
(2 folders)
6
24-25
Notebooks
Archival Resource Key
6
Circa 1946
Archival Resource Key
6
26
Circa 1948, undated
Archival Resource Key
6
27
Circa 1975-1978
Archival Resource Key
6
28
Circa 1980s
Archival Resource Key
(2 folders)
6
29-30
Circa 1986-2000
Archival Resource Key
6
31
1990, undated
Archival Resource Key
6
32
Circa late 1990s-2000
Archival Resource Key
(2 folders)
6
33-34
Circa 1991, undated
Archival Resource Key
6
35
Circa 1993-1996
Archival Resource Key
6
36
1993, undated
Archival Resource Key
6
37
Circa 1996, undated
Archival Resource Key
6
38
Circa 1999, undated
Archival Resource Key
6
39
Essays by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
6
"The Casting of the Shaw Monument,"
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circa 1980s
6
40
"On Plaster Originals,"
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
6
41
"The Future of Art,"
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circa 1982, undated
6
42
"The Shining of the Sherman,"
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circa 1986
6
43
"Taste and Tolerance,"
Archival Resource Key
1992
6
44
"The Artistic Political Interface,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
45
Lectures by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
6
Lecture at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
6
46
Preliminary Outline of Proposed Experimental Course in Architectural Ornament
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
6
47
Classroom Lectures
Archival Resource Key
circa 1980s
(4 folders)
6
48-51
"On the American Realist Painting and Drawing,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
52
"On the Teaching Philosophy at the National Academy of Design,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
53
Notes for a Lecture
Archival Resource Key
undated
6
54
Commencement Speech by Robert White at the State University of New York at Stony Brook
Archival Resource Key
1977
6
55
Various Notes by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
undated
(2 folders)
6
56-57
Lists of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1965, undated
(2 folders)
6
58
Writings by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
1980, undated
(2 folders)
6
59-60
Poems by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
circa 1990s-2000
(2 folders)
6
61-62
Writings By Others
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6
You May Stay, Elisha, Being A Short Play in Praise of the Beauty of Miss Clare Nicolas,
Archival Resource Key
circa 1946
6
63
Writings by Colleagues, Critics, and Friends on Robert White
Archival Resource Key
1963-2002, undated
(2 folders)
6
64-65
Art Letter by Valentin Tatransky
Archival Resource Key
1980
6
66
Catalog Review for Robert W. White Retrospective by Paul Werner
Archival Resource Key
1988
6
67
Various Poems by Others
Archival Resource Key
1915, undated
6
68
Sketchbooks and Sketches
Series 6
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965-1972
(Boxes 7, 9; 0.3 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
This series primarily includes Robert White's preliminary studies, in ink, pencil, charcoal, and watercolor of portraits and full-length figures; dancers; animals and armature; and angels and mythological figures. Sketchbooks were titled by the artist. There are also scattered sketches by others.
Sketches are also found in Series 1: Correspondence, Series 3: Project Files, and Series 4: Personal Business Records.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged in chronological order.
Sketchbooks
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7
"Fencers, Dances (Rebekah Harkness), and Young Girl,"
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circa 1965, undated
7
1
"Dancers,"
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circa 1965, undated
7
2
"Cavalcade, Horseman, Dancer, and Life Studies Nudes,"
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circa 1972, undated
7
3
"Dancers and Terra Cotta Portraits of Diggle Helman and Stephanie White,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
4
"Animals and Armature,"
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undated
7
5
"Apollo, Hercules, and Arimanthean Boar,"
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undated
7
6
"Male and Female Nudes,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
(See Box 9)
7
7
"Female Nudes, Angel, and Horses,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
(See Box 9)
7
8
Various Sketches
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
9
Sketch and Elevation of St. James, New York Residence by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
10
Miscellaneous Sketches by Robert White
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
11
Miscellaneous Sketches by Others
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
12
Oversized Sketchbook, "Life Drawings and Female Nudes"
Archival Resource Key
undated
9
Oversized Sketchbook, "Female Nudes, Angel, and Horses,"
Archival Resource Key
undated
9
Printed Material
Series 7
Archival Resource Key
1937-2003
(Box 7, 9; 0.5 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
This series houses newspaper clippings, reviews,and periodicals; exhibition announcements, catalogs, brochures, and posters; press releases; newsletters; reproductions of artwork; and miscellaneous printed material. Clippings and reviews document Robert White's exhibitions, beginning with his first show at the Stony Brook Museum in 1947. Included are reproductions of White's illustrations for periodicals. Also found are posters of Robert White's exhibitions at the Benson Gallery and the Graham Gallery.
Other printed material can be found in Series 2: Correspondence, Series 3: Project Files, Series 4: Personal Business Records, and Series 5: Notes and Writings.
Arrangement note
The series is arranged in chronological order.
Clippings on Robert White's Work
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7
1945-1955
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7
13
1957-1959
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7
14
1962-1969
Archival Resource Key
7
15
1970-1979
Archival Resource Key
7
16
1980-1987
Archival Resource Key
7
17
1988-1989
Archival Resource Key
7
18
1990-1994
Archival Resource Key
7
19
1996-2003
Archival Resource Key
7
20
Undated
Archival Resource Key
7
21
Clippings Related to the Admiral Farragut,
Archival Resource Key
1986, undated
7
22
Clippings Relating to Family and Friends
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1947-1964, 2002
7
23
Periodicals
Archival Resource Key
1950-1970
(2 folders)
7
24-25
Reviews of Robert White's Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1950-1986, undated
7
26
Reviews on Artwork by Other Artists
Archival Resource Key
1985, 1993, undated
7
27
Exhibition Announcements
Archival Resource Key
1950-1994, undated
(3 folders)
7
28-30
Exhibition Catalogs
Archival Resource Key
1948, 1961-2003
(14 folders)
7
31-44
Exhibition Brochures
Archival Resource Key
circa 1947-1983, undated
(2 folders)
7
45-46
Exhibition Posters, Robert White's Exhibition at the Graham Gallery and the Benson Gallery Summer Exhibition
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circa 1970-1971
(See Box 9)
7
47
Press Releases and Newsletters
Archival Resource Key
1976-1988, undated
7
48
Miscellaneous Printed Material
Archival Resource Key
1940-1994, undated
(See Also Box 9)
7
49-53
Oversized Exhibition Posters, Robert White's Exhibition at the Graham Gallery and the Benson Gallery Summer Exhibition
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970-1971
9
Oversized Miscellaneous Printed Material, Blueprint for Clipper Ship Sea Witch (1933)
Archival Resource Key
undated
(See Box 9)
9
Audiovisual Material
Series 8
Archival Resource Key
1973
(ER01; 0.846 GB)
Scope and Contents note
The series contains one item, a digital audio recording of Robert White's classroom lecture.
Robert W. White Classroom Lecture, Unidentified Venue (1973), Digital Audio Recording
Archival Resource Key
0.846 Gigabytes
18 computer files
2019
ER01
Artifacts
Series 9
Archival Resource Key
1973
(Boxes 7; 0.1 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
This series contains a few objects found among Robert White's papers: printing blocks feature an image of White's portrait sculpture of his daughter, Stephanie White and a landscape view; and a patch of fabric with an unidentified insignia.
Arrangement note
The files are arranged in chronological order.
Printing Block, Image of Robert White's Sculpture of Stephanie White
Archival Resource Key
circa 1965
7
55
Printing Block, Image of a Landscape
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
56
Insignia Patch
Archival Resource Key
undated
7
57
Photographs
Series 10
Archival Resource Key
circa 1940s-2001
(Box 8; 0.5 linear feet)
Scope and Contents note
This series includes photographs and snapshots of Robert White, White's studio space, Claire Nicolas White, various family members and friends. Most of the individuals in the personal photographs are unidentified. There are interior and exterior shots of the Whites' residence in St. James, New York. Files also include negatives and a transparency of White's artwork.
Included are slides of the casting and finishing of Robert White's General George Pershing Memorial and artwork used by the artist for reference purposes.
Other photographs and slides can be found in Series 2: Correspondence and Series 3: Project Files.
Photographs are arranged in chronological order.
Photographs of Robert White, Family Members, and Friends
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8
Robert White
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circa 1960s-1970s
8
1
Robert White in His Studio
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circa 1960-1987
(2 folders)
8
2-3
Claire Nicolas White?
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circa 1940s-1960s
8
4
Claire Nicolas White with her Family in Rome, Italy
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circa 1955
8
5
Various Family Members and Friends
Archival Resource Key
circa 1970s-1982, undated
8
6
Miscellaneous Personal Photographs
Archival Resource Key
undated
8
7
Robert White's Residence, Moriches Road, St. James, New York
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8
Exterior Views
Archival Resource Key
1995-1998, undated
(5 folders)
8
8-12
Interior Views
Archival Resource Key
1995-2001, undated
(3 folders)
8
13-15
Photographs of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1950s-1992, undated
(19 folders)
8
16-34
Photographs of Exhibition Installations
Archival Resource Key
1969-1976, undated
(5 folders)
8
35-39
Negatives of Various Sculptures
Archival Resource Key
undated
(5 folders)
8
40
Tranparency of the Taylor Head,
Archival Resource Key
undated
8
41
Slides
Archival Resource Key
8
General George Pershing Memorial Casting and Finishing
Archival Resource Key
1989
(Slide File 1)
8
42
Pershing Memorial Casting
Archival Resource Key
1989
(Slide File 2)
8
43
Pershing Memorial Casting and Miscellaneous Slides of Artwork
Archival Resource Key
1989, undated
(Slide File 3)
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