DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Helen Magill White papers, 1865-1938.
4107
Helen Magill
White 1853-1944.
7.6 cubic ft., 7 reels of microfilm (3 negative & 4 positive)
Correspondence, microfilm, notebooks, papers,
photographs.
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell
University Library
Includes Magill family correspondence; correspondence between
Helen and friends; papers pertaining to Helen's work as principal of Howard Institute;
letters between Helen and A. D. White before and after their marriage; correspondence
with White's children; correspondence with Karin, Helen's daughter; and microfilm of
diaries.
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Helen Magill completed her Ph.D. in Greek in 1877 at Boston University. She served as
principal of the Howard Collegiate Institute, a girls' school in West Bridgewater,
Massachusetts; taught briefly at Evelyn College, a short-lived women's annex to
Princeton University; and taught physical geography at Brooklyn High School. In
September 1887, while presenting a paper at the annual meeting of the American Social
Science Association, she met Andrew Dickson White, a friend of her father, Edward Hicks
Magill, then president of Swarthmore College. This meeting was the beginning of a
friendship which led to marriage in 1890. She administered their household and traveled
with White to Russia and Germany. After White's death in 1918, she lived abroad and in
Ithaca, New York, and then retired to Kittery Point, Maine, where she died in 1944.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Includes Magill family correspondence, 1865-90; correspondence between Helen and a
childhood friend, Eva Channing; letters and other papers pertaining to Helen's work as
principal of Howard Institute; letters between Helen and A. D. White before and after
their marriage; letters to Helen from friends; correspondence with White's children from
his first marriage; correspondence with Karin, Helen's daughter; and microfilm of 19
diaries, 1867-1933. Also includes correspondence of A. D. White; notebooks, bills, and
receipts, invitations to and menus from diplomatic affairs, Christmas cards, and a
diplomatic case.
SUBJECTS
Names:
White, Helen Magill, 1853-1944.
Channing, Eva.
Magill, Edward Hicks.
White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918.
White, Karin Andreevna.
Howard Collegiate Institute.
Subjects:
Women--Education.
Women in education.
Form and Genre Terms:
Diaries.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Diaries available on microfilm.
Cambridge correspondence (Box 2, Folders 8-16) available on microfilm.
Cite As:
Helen Magill White papers, #4107. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
SERIES LIST
[Series I. Correspondence and Papers](s1)
Box 1-28
[Series II. Diaries and Cambridge correspondence on Microfilm](s2)
Reels 1-4 (positive)
[Series III. Museum items](s3)
CONTAINER LIST
Series I. Correspondence and Papers
1
1
1867Correspondence
1
2
1868
Correspondence
1
3
1868
To Helen Magill from Eva Channing
1
4
1869
Helen Magill to Eva Channing
1
5
Jan. 1870 - Apr. 1870
Helen Magill - Eva Channing
1
6
May 1870 - June 1870
Helen Magill - Eva Channing
1
7
July 1870
Helen Magill - Eva Channing
1
8
Aug. 1870 - Sept. 1870
Helen Magill - Eva Channing
1
9
Oct. 1870 - Dec. 1870
To Helen Magill from Eva Channing
1
10
Jan. 1871 - June 1871
Correspondence
1
11
July 1871 - Dec. 1871
Correspondence
1
12
Jan. 1872 - Feb. 1872
Correspondence
1
13
Mar. 1872 - Apr. 1872
Correspondence
1
14
May 1872 - June 1872
Correspondence
1
15
July 1872 - Aug. 1872
Correspondence
1
16
Sept. 1872 - Oct. 1872
Correspondence
1
17
Nov. 1872 - Dec. 1872
Correspondence
1
18
1873
Correspondence
1
19
Jan. 1873 - Feb. 1873
Correspondence
1
20
Mar. 1873 - Apr. 1873
Correspondence
1
21
May 1873 - June 1873
Correspondence
1
22
July 1873 - Aug. 1873
Correspondence
1
23
Sept. 1873 - Oct. 1873
Correspondence
1
24
Nov. 1873 - Dec. 1873
Correspondence
1
25
1874
Correspondence
1
26
Jan. 1874 - June 1874
Correspondence
1
27
July 1874 - Sept. 1874
Correspondence
1
28
Oct. 1874 - Dec. 1874
Correspondence
2
1
1875
Correspondence
2
2
Jan. 1875 - Feb. 1875
Helen Magill - Eva Channing
2
3
Mar. 1875 - May 1875
Correspondence
2
4
June 1875 - July 1875Helen Magill to Eva Channing
2
5
Aug. 1875 - Nov. 1875
Helen Magill to Eva Channing
2
6
1876Correspondence
2
7
1876
Helen Magill - Eva Channing
2
8-9
1877
Correspondence
2
10-11
1878
Correspondence
2
12-13
1879
Correspondence
2
14
1880
Correspondence
2
15
Jan. 1881 - Apr. 1881
Correspondence
2
16
May 1881 - Dec. 1881
Correspondence
2
17
1881
Correspondence
2
18
Jan. 1882 - Apr. 1882
Correspondence
2
19
May 1882 - Oct. 1882
Correspondence
2
20
1882
Correspondence
2
21
1882
Correspondence fragments
2
22
Jan. 1883 - June 1883
Correspondence
2
23
July 1883 - Dec. 1883
Correspondence
3
1
Jan. 1884 - Mar. 1884
Correspondence
3
2
Apr. 1884 - June 1884
Correspondence
3
3
July 1884 - Dec. 1884
Correspondence
3
4
1884
Correspondence
3
5
Jan. 1885 - June 1885
Correspondence
3
6
July 1885 - Dec. 1885
Correspondence
3
7
1885
Correspondence
3
8
Jan. 1886 - June 1886
Correspondence
3
9
July 1886 - Dec. 1886
Correspondence
3
10
1886
Correspondence
3
11
1886Correspondence fragments
3
12
Jan. 1887 - Feb. 1887
Correspondence
3
13
Mar. 1887 - Apr. 1887
Correspondence
3
14
May 1887 - July 1887
Correspondence
4
1
Aug. 1887 - Oct. 1887
Correspondence
4
2
Nov. 1887 - Dec. 1887
Correspondence
4
3
1887
Correspondence
4
4
1887
Correspondence fragments
4
5
Jan. 1888 - Feb. 1888
Correspondence
4
6
Mar. 1888 - Apr. 1888
Correspondence
4
7
May 1888 - June 1888
Correspondence
4
8
July 1888 - Aug. 1888
Correspondence
4
9
Sept. 1888 - Oct. 1888
Correspondence
4
10
Nov. 1888 - Dec. 1888
Correspondence
4
11
1888
Correspondence
5
1
Jan. 1889 - Feb. 1889
Correspondence
5
2
Mar. 1889 - Apr. 1889
Correspondence
5
3
May 1889 - June 1889
Correspondence
5
4
July 1889 - Aug. 1889
Correspondence
5
5
Sept. 1889 - Oct. 1889
Correspondence
5
6
Nov. 1889 - Dec. 1889
Correspondence
5
7
1889
Correspondence
5
8
Jan. 1890 - Feb. 1890
Correspondence
5
9
Mar. 1890 - Apr. 1890
Correspondence
5
10
May 1890 - June 1890
Correspondence
5
11
July 1890 - Aug. 1890
Correspondence
5
12
Sept. 1890 - Oct. 1890
Correspondence
5
13
Nov. 1890 - Dec. 1890
Correspondence
5
14
1890
Correspondence
5
15
1890
Correspondence fragment, letter missing page
6
1
Jan. 1891 - Feb. 1891
Correspondence
6
2
Mar. 1891 - Apr. 1891
Correspondence
6
3
May 1891 - July 1891
Correspondence
6
4
Aug. 1891 - Sept. 1891
Correspondence
6
5
Oct. 1891 - Dec. 1891
Correspondence
6
6
1891
Correspondence fragments
6
7
Jan. 1892 - Mar. 1892
Correspondence
6
8
Apr. 1892 - May 1892
Correspondence
6
9
June 1892 - July 1892
Correspondence
6
10
Aug. 1892
Correspondence
6
11
Sept. 1892 - Dec. 1892
Correspondence
6
12
1892
Correspondence
6
13
Jan. 1893 - Apr. 1893
Correspondence
6
14
May 1893 - July 1893
Correspondence
6
15
Aug. 1893 - Oct. 1893
Correspondence
6
16
Nov. 1893 - Dec. 1893
Correspondence
6
17
1893
Correspondence fragments
6
18
Jan. 1894 - Mar. 1894
Correspondence
6
19
Apr. 1894 - Aug. 1894
Correspondence
6
20
Sept. 1894 - Dec. 1894
Correspondence
6
21
1894
Correspondence fragments
7
1
Jan. 1895 - Mar. 1895
Correspondence
7
2
Apr. 1895 - June 1895
Correspondence
7
3
July 1895
Correspondence
7
4
Aug. 1895
Correspondence
7
5
Sept. 1895
Correspondence
7
6
Oct. 1895 - Dec. 1895
Correspondence
7
7
1895
Correspondence fragments
7
8
Jan. 1896 - Mar. 1896
Correspondence
7
9
Apr. 1896 - July 1896
Correspondence
7
10
Aug. 1896 - Sept. 1896
Correspondence
7
11
Oct. 1896
Correspondence
7
12
Nov. 1896
Correspondence
7
13
Dec. 1896
Correspondence
7
14
1896
Correspondence fragments
7
15
Jan. 1897
Correspondence
7
16
Feb. 1897
Correspondence
7
17
Mar. 1897
Correspondence
8
1
Apr. 1897
Correspondence
8
2
May 1897 - Dec. 1897
Correspondence
8
3
1897
Correspondence fragments
8
4
Jan. 1898 - Mar. 1898
Correspondence
8
5
Apr. 1898 - July 1898
Correspondence
8
6
Aug. 1898 - Sept. 1898
Correspondence
8
7
Oct. 1898 - Nov. 1898
Correspondence
8
8
1898
Correspondence
8
9
Jan. 1899 - Sept. 1899
Correspondence
8
10
Oct. 1899 - Dec. 1899
Correspondence
8
11
1899
Correspondence fragments
8
12
Jan. 1900 - Dec. 1900
Correspondence
8
13
May 1900 - June 1900
Correspondence
8
14
July 1900 - Aug. 1900
Correspondence
8
15
Sept. 1900 - Dec. 1900
8
16
1900
Fragments
8
17
Jan. 1901 - July 1901
Correspondence
8
18
Aug. 1901 - Sept. 1901
Correspondence
8
19
Oct. 1901
Correspondence
9
1
Nov. 1901
Correspondence
9
2
Dec. 1901
Correspondence
9
3
1901
Fragments
9
4
Jan. 1902 - Feb. 1902
Correspondence
9
5
Mar. 1902 - May 1902
Correspondence
9
6
June 1902 - Dec. 1902
Correspondence
9
7
1902
Correspondence
9
8
Jan. 1903 - Feb. 1903
Correspondence
9
9
Mar. 1903 - Apr. 1903
Correspondence
9
10
May 1903 - July 1903
Correspondence
9
11
Aug. 1903 - Dec. 1903
Correspondence
9
12
1903
Correspondence
9
13
Jan. 1904 - Mar. 1904
Correspondence
9
14
Apr. 1904
Correspondence
9
15
May 1904 - June 1904
Correspondence
9
16
July 1904 - Sept. 1904
Correspondence
9
17
Oct. 1904 - Dec. 1904
Correspondence
9
18
1904
Correspondence
10
1
Jan. 1905 - Feb. 1905
Correspondence
10
2
Mar. 1905
Correspondence
10
3
Apr. 1905
Correspondence
10
4
May 1905
Correspondence
10
5
June 1905
Correspondence
10
6
July 1905 - Aug. 1905
Correspondence
10
7
Sept. 1905 - Oct. 1905
Correspondence
10
8
Nov. 1905 - Dec. 1905
Correspondence
10
9
1905
Correspondence
10
10
Jan. 1906
Correspondence
10
11
Feb. 1906
Correspondence
10
12
Mar. 1906 - Apr. 1906
Correspondence
10
13
May 1906
Correspondence
10
14
June 1906 - July 1906
Correspondence
10
15
Aug. 1906
Correspondence
10
16
Sept. 1906 - Oct. 1906
Correspondence
10
17
Nov. 1906
Correspondence
10
18
Dec. 1906
Correspondence
10
19
1906
Correspondence
10
20
Jan. 1907
Correspondence
10
21
Feb. 1907
Correspondence
10
22
Mar. 1907
Correspondence
10
23
Apr. 1907 - July 1907
Correspondence
11
1
Sept. 1907 - Oct. 1907
Correspondence
11
2
Nov. 1907 - Dec. 1907
Correspondence
11
3
1907
Correspondence
11
4
Jan. 1908
Correspondence
11
5
Feb. 1908 - Mar. 1908
Correspondence
11
6
Apr. 1908 - June 1908
Correspondence
11
7
Aug. 1908
Correspondence
11
8
Sept. 1908
Correspondence
11
9
Oct. 1908
Correspondence
11
10
Nov. 1908
Correspondence
11
11
Dec. 1908
Correspondence
11
12
1908
Correspondence
11
13
Jan. 1909 - Mar. 1909
Correspondence
11
14
May 1909 - Aug. 1909
Correspondence
11
15
Oct. 1909 - Dec. 1909
Correspondence
11
16
1909
Correspondence
11
17
Edith Roosevelt & Hiram Corson letters
11
18
1909Fragments
11
19
Jan. 1910
Correspondence
11
20
Feb. 1910
Correspondence
11
21
Mar. 1910
Correspondence
12
1
Apr. 1910
Correspondence
12
2
May 1910
Correspondence
12
3
June 1910
Correspondence
12
4
July 1910
Correspondence
12
5
July 28, 1910Titchener letters
12
6
Aug. 1910
Correspondence
12
7
Sept. 1910
Correspondence
12
8
Oct. 1910
Correspondence
12
9
Nov. 1910
Correspondence
12
10
Dec. 1910
Correspondence
12
11
1910
Correspondence
12
12
1910
Fragments
12
13
Jan. 1911 - Mar. 1911
Correspondence
12
14
Apr. 1911 - July 1911
Correspondence
12
15
Aug. 1911
Correspondence
12
16
Sept. 1911 - Dec. 1911
Correspondence
12
17-18
1911
Correspondence
12
19
Aug. 28, 1911Damaged letter
12
20
Jan. 1912 - Dec. 1912
Correspondence
12
21
Jan. 1913 - June 1913
12
22
July 1913 - Oct. 1913
Correspondence
12
23
Nov. 1913 - Dec. 1913
Correspondence
12
24
1913
Correspondence
12
25
1913
Fragments
12
26
Jan. 1914 - Dec. 1914
Correspondence
12
27
Jan. 1915 - July 1915
Correspondence
12
28
Aug. 1915 - Dec. 1915
Correspondence
12
29
1915Drafts of letters
12
30
1915 - 1917A. D. White drafts
13
1
Jan. 1916 - Mar. 1916
Correspondence
13
2
Apr. 1916 - Dec. 1916
Correspondence
13
3
1916
Correspondence
13
4
1916
Drafts and letters
13
5
1917
Correspondence
13
6
Jan. 1917 - May 1917A. D. White letters (drafts)
13
7
June 1917 - Dec. 1917Drafts of letters
13
8
Jan. 1918 - Dec. 1918
Correspondence
13
9
1918
Correspondence
13
10
1918A. D. White drafts
13
11
1918
Condolences - telegrams
13
12
1918Condolences
13
13
1918-1921
To A. D. White & Helen Magill White about Ruth White Ferry
13
14
1922-1923Documents Ruth White Ferry
13
15
Feb. 1919 - June 1919
Correspondence
13
16
July 1919 - Dec. 1919
Correspondence
13
17
1919
Correspondence
14
1
Jan. 1920 - Dec. 1920
Correspondence
14
2
1920
Correspondence
14
3
Jan. 1921 - July 1921
Correspondence
14
4
Aug. 1921 - Dec. 1921
Correspondence
14
5
1921
Correspondence
14
6
Jan. 1922 - July 1922
Correspondence
14
7
Aug. 1922 - Dec. 1922
Correspondence
14
8
1922
Correspondence
14
9
Jan. 193 - Dec. 1923
Correspondence
14
10
1923
Correspondence
14
11
1935
Correspondence
14
12
1936Correspondence
14
13
1937
Correspondence
14
14
1937Birthday letters to Helen Magill White
14
15
1938
Correspondence
14
16
Letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White & Karin White in
will
14
17
1882-1901
Fragments
14
18
1890s
Fragments
14
19
May 27, 1902Damaged letter
14
20
1907-1908
Fragments
14
21
1910 - 1922Fragments
14
22
Undated
Fragments
14
23
Undated Correspondence from Karin
14
24
UndatedCorrespondence from Helen Magill to Eva Channing
14
25
Titled "Autographs"
14
26
From rolled letters
14
27
Undated
Correspondence Helen Magill White
14
28
Undated
Correspondence
15
1
1933-1934Birthday and Christmas cards
15
2-3
1934Helen Magill White - Christmas cards
15
4
1936Helen Magill White birthday cards
15
5
Photographic cards
15
6
Handpainted Christmas card by "Miss Bryant"
15
7-8
1936
Christmas cards to Karin at Belleayre, Ithaca,
15
9
1937
Helen Magill White birthday cards
15
10
1933
Christmas cards, notes & telegrams
15
11
1936
Helen Magill White birthday telegrams
15
12
1937
Christmas calendar
15
13-14
1937-1938
Christmas cards to Helen and Karin
15
15
1937-1938
Cards to Helen Magill White and Karin White
15
16
1937
Damaged cards
15
17
1938
Christmas cards to Helen and Karin
15
18
Undated
Christmas cards to Karin
15
19
Undated
Christmas cards to Karin and Helen Magill White
15
20-27
Christmas cards
16
1
Berlin Club address, etc.
16
2
1872
Capital Punishment Helen Magill White
16
3
Helen Magill White - a reply to "Women's Book of Wages"
16
4
Manuscript by Helen Magill White
16
5
Manuscripts
16
6
Writings
16
7
Draft of a paper on learning Latin, undated
16
8
Helen Magill manuscript on birds
16
9
1877
Manuscript writings by Helen Magill
16
10
Writings by Helen Magill
16
11
Writings by Helen Magill White
16
12
Manuscript writings by Helen Magill White and others
16
13
Helen G. Ferry paper
16
14
Diary notes
16
15
1922
Helen Magill White diary
16
16
Helen Magill - information about other colleges
16
17-18
1882
Helen Magill notes - postgraduate study
16
19
Helen Magill White notes
16
20
Helen Magill White notes
17
1
Helen Magill White notes
17
2-4
Helen Magill White notes
17
5
Notes, miscellaneous
17
6-10
Notes & fragments
17
11
Miscellaneous, notes & clippings
17
12
Miscellaneous, notebooks
18
1-3
Invitations & menus
18
4-6
Programs
18
7
1916-1918
A. D. White - miscellaneous
18
8
1865
Testimony Battle of Chancellorville
18
9
Pattern
19
1
1884-1885
Edward Magill - bills
19
2
1908-1909
Karin White
19
3
1910-1911
Karin White
19
4-6
Bills & receipts
19
7
Howard Institute
19
8
1883-1887
Howard Institute
19
9
1871
Account book
19
10
1777
Document
19
11
Legal documents
19
12
Passports
19
13
Louis Agassiz Fuertes (watercolor)
19
14
1902
19
15
Sketches
19
16
Photographs
19
17
Recipes
19
18-20
Pamphlets, brochures, etc.
19
21
Advertisement brochures, handouts, broadsides
19
22-23
Miscellaneous clippings & articles
19
24
Typescript article
19
25
Reprint on flowers
19
26
1916-1917
Red Cross Stamps, 1 stamp
19
27
Postcards
19
28
NYC maps, ship layouts
19
29-30
Business cards and calling cards
20
1-6
Miscellaneous papers
20
7
Draft of a talk
21
1
Notebook
21
2-4
2 notebooks
21
5-8
Notebook
22
1
2 notebooks
22
2
Book - Iliad
22
2
10 volumes of notebooks
23
1
2 books
23
1
15 volumes of notebooks
24
1
2 notebooks of dried plants
24
2
3 notebooks
24
2
Notebook
24
2
2 briefcases
25
1
1890Letter to Helen Magill White from Emmy Garrison
25
2
1892
Letter from Helen Magill White to A. D. White,
25
3
1893
10 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White, 1 letter to A. D.
White
25
4
1893
22 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
5
1893
13 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White, 1 letter from Helen
Magill White
25
6
1894
11 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White, 3 letters from
others
25
7
1894
20 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
8
1894
14 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
9
1894
9 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White, 1 letter from Helen
Magill White
25
10
1894
11 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
11
1894
3 letters and 1 telegram from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
12
1895
1 letter from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
13
1896
12 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
14
1896
14 letters to A. D. White to Helen Magill White, 1 fragment to A. D.
White
25
15
1896
8 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White, 1 letter to Helen
Magill White from Frederick White,
25
16
1896
8 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White
25
17
1896
19 letters from A. D. White to Helen Magill White (including 2 dictated
by A. D. White), 1 letter from Frederick White
25
18
1898(?)-1899
Notebook of A. D. White
26
1
1865, 1875, 1877
Magill family correspondence
26
2
1879
Magill family correspondence
26
3
1880
8 letters from Helen
26
4
1883
Magill family correspondence
26
5
1884
Magill family correspondence
26
6
1886-1887
7 letters from Helen
26
7
1888
Magill family
26
8
1890
Magill family (mostly Helen)
26
9
Magill family undated and fragments (10 pieces)
26
10
33 clippings re White-Magill marriage
26
11
Poetry
26
12
5 photographs - unidentified, poor condition
27
1
1913
10 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
2
1913
8 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
3
1914
11 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
4
1914
11 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
5
1914 Helen Magill White to Karin White, (8
fragments)
27
6
1915
7 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
7
1915
11 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
8
1916
8 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
9
1916
16 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
10
1917
3 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
11
5 letters from Helen Magill White to Karin White
27
12
Helen Magill White to Karin White (12 fragments)
28
1907-1923
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Hélène Magill. Paris, France
1
21868
Hélène Magill. Paris, France
1
31868
Hélène Magill in Europe
1
41873-1875
Helen Magill - Swarthmore, Pa.
1
51875-1877
Helen Magill, Diary of
1
61877-1879
Helen Magill, Private Notes III
1
7May-December, 1878
Diary
2
81880-1882
Diary
2
91882
Standard Diary
2
101913-1917
"A Line A Day" Book
2
11 1916
Daily Reminder
2
121917-1918
Diary
2
131918
Agenda
2
141918-1922
Perpetual Year Book
2
151919-1922
Diary
2
161923-1924, 1933
Perpetual Date Book
3
17
Agenda Ripalta per il 1926
3
181927
Excelsior Diary
3
19 1896
Karin Andreevna White - Essay by Beatrice Magill
4
Cambridge correspondence
Series III. Museum Objects
29
MU-2395
Hand-painted silk and mother of pearl fan
30
MU-2396
Hand-painted black fan