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 Descriptive Summary Ms. 56 White (Edward Lucas) l866-l934Papers l885-l934 White, Edward Lucas, 1866-1934 Johns Hopkins University. Special Collections 65 document boxes (27.l linear feet) English The papers span the period l885-l934 and fall into four major series: Correspondence, Writings, Printed Material, and Personal. Administrative Information Provenance

The papers in this collection are those considered by Edward Lucas White to be his literary papers. He named Louis H. Dielman his literary executor, and in a letter to Dielman dated March 27, l934 stated that his sister Ethel White was to turn over to Dielman "any and all of my manuscripts, letters, books and other papers not manifestly unliterary." A copy of this letter is in Box 25 of the collection. The letter also gives a detailed description of White's literary papers.

Dielman was at the time the Librarian of the Peabody Library which White believed was a suitable location for his literary output. It is not clear when the papers were given to the Milton S. Eisenhower Library.

There is an allied collection of White's papers at the Maryland Historical Society in the Edward Lucas White Manuscripts Ms. 892. Some of the papers of White's parents Thomas H.and Kate L. White and of his sister Ethel White are housed at the Maryland Historical Society in the Lucas-White Papers Ms.2277.

 Literary rights

The literary rights to Edward Lucas White's unpublished papers were retained by White's sister Ethel White (l868-l955). In her will (l949) Miss White left any royalties owed to her from the publication of Edward Lucas White's manuscripts to the Woodstock Theological Center in Washington, D.C. A copy of Miss White's will is in the Woodstock College Archives located at Georgetown University. Permission to publish material from this collection must be requested in writing from the Woodstock Theological Center and from the Manuscripts Librarian, Milton S. Eisenhower Library, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 2l2l8.

 Preferred Citation

Edward Lucas White Papers Ms. 56 Special CollectionsMilton S. Eisenhower LibraryThe Johns Hopkins University

Biographical Note

Edward Lucas White (l866-l934) was a classics teacher and author of historical romances, short stories and poetry. He was the son of Thomas Hurley White (l838-l902) and Kate Butler [Lucas] White.

White's early years were spent in Brooklyn and Ovid, New York. In l877 the White family took up permanent residence in Baltimore. Edward attended several schools finishing his secondary education at the University School for Boys (the Marston School) from l882-84. White then attended the Johns Hopkins University. He received his B.A. in l888 after taking one year off for travel to recover his health.

Edward Lucas White considered poetry his vocation, but realizing he could not support himself by poetry alone, he began studying for his doctorate in Romance Languages at Hopkins. He concentrated on Greek and Latin as a basis for later studies in romance languages. Again poor health, combined with financial problems, forced White to leave Hopkins before completing his doctorate. White then began his life-long career of teaching classics in Baltimore secondary schools. He taught at the Friends School (l892-95), the Boys Latin School (l899-l9l5), his alma mater the University School for Boys (l896-99, l9l6-30), and McDonogh School (l933-34).

While teaching paid the bills, White's first love was writing. He believed his poetry was his best writing but that to write good poetry one must not be distracted by day to day cares as he was. He instead "turned more and more to prose, which can be turned out in any mood in any brief interval of leisure." ("Edward Lucas White as Viewed by Himself," l9l9, p. 6, Box 65). White worked hard on his prose style, and in l903 wrote the first story he considered "not bad enough to burn." He wrote stories, many of which were published, for the next seven years and in l909 began what became his first romance El Supremo (l9l6). His other major works were The Unwilling Vestal (l9l8), The Song of the Sirens and Other Stories (l9l9), Andivius Hedulio (l92l), Helen (l925), Lukundoo and Other Stories (l927), Why Rome Fell (l927), and Matrimony (l932). His one volume of poetry Narrative Lyrics was published in l908.

In an autobiographical sketch White stated that "[t]he chief event in my life has been a singularly happy marriage." He married Agnes Gerry in l900, and his book Matrimony was inspired by their marriage. Agnes died in l927. White lived seven more years but after an unsuccessful attempt to begin a new teaching position at McDonogh School and with increasing financial difficulties, White committed suicide on March 30, l934.

A biography of Edward Lucas White was written by George T. Wetzel and serialized in three parts in Fantasy Commentator beginning in l980. Copies of the first two parts are in the biographical file in Box 65. White wrote two autobiographical sketches (l9l9, l925) for publication and these along with "How One Historical Novelist Collects His Material" (l925) are in Box 65. Some biographical material is also available in Matrimony.

Description of Series/Container List Correspondence: Incoming Correspondence: Incoming, l90l-34 15 boxes

The correspondence consists of original incoming letters and carbon copies of White's replies. The incoming letters are arranged alphabetically by author of letter and are in boxes 1-15. White's outgoing letters were separated by him into seven categories: Family, Personal, Literary, Business, School, Agents, and Publishers. White filed the carbons of these outgoing letters according to category in chronological order, and bound them in notebooks. These notebooks are in boxes 16-28.

The only exception to this filing system is White's correspondence with RUdyard Kipling. The carbon copies of White's letters to Kipling are bound in a notebook with Kipling's letters to White. The Kipling letters are typed transcripts only, and there is nothing to indicate what became of the original letters. The Kipling-White correspondence is in Box 9.

The correspondence has not been completely analyzed, but among the interesting letters are those from friends living or traveling abroad. Lisette Conner wrote from Japan (1922-34) as did Shosuke Sato (1914-32). Hannah Parker wrote from Portugal (1903-1919) and James Loe from China 1923-33.

Box Contents 1 A - AD 1 AI - AP 1 Anderson, Harry B. 1 Appleby and Company, J.L. 1 AR - AV 1 Atlantic Monthly 1 Authors Clipping Bureau 1 Authors Club Carnegie Fund 1 BA 1 Baltimore News 1 Banks, Algernon Polon 1923-1933 1 BE 1 Belknap, P.H. 1 Bennett, Jesse Lee 1 BI - BJ 1 Bill, Florence H. Box Contents 2 BL - BO 2 Boone, Camilla 2 Boutell, Robert 2 BRA - BU 2 Brandt and Brandt 1923-1933 2 Braunlich, Alice 2 Brown, Arthur Lee 2 Browne, Helen Gagen 2 Browne, Harriet S. 2 Browne, William Hand 2 Bruen, Elizabeth 2 Burgess, Lily Early 2 Buxton, Richard E. Box Contents 3 CA -CE 3 Carter, Alice Neill 3 Canby, Henry Seidel 3 Cautley, John R. (and family) 3 CH 3 Chambers, D. Laurence 3 Chang, Hsin-Hai 3 Christy, J.S. 3 Chu, Jennings P. 3 CL -CO 3 Clark, John D., Jr. 3 Clayville-Smith, Beata 3 Connor, Lisette L. 1922-1934 3 CR - CU 3 Cypriano, Dom Box Contents 4 DA - DE 4 Dean, Mildred 4 DeGournay, Blanche 4 Derby, Richard C. 4 Desond, Shaw 4 Devecman, W.C. 4 DI - DO 4 Dielman, Louis H. 4 Doran Company, George H. 1918-1928 4 Downes, William E. D. 4 Dreiser, Theodore 4 DR - DU 4 Dunham, Matilda L. Box Contents 5 E. P. Dutton and Company l9l4-1934 Box Contents 6 EA - EV 6 Early, Eveline 6 Easby, Gertrude K. 6 Ebeling, Flora A. 6 Ensor, W. L. 6 Evans, Harry R. 6 FA - FE 6 Ferris, Cornelius, Jr. 6 FI 6 FO 6 Forber, Elizabeth 6 Fowler, Louisa McE. 6 Fowler, Susan 6 Frank, Tnney, 6 Franklin, Fabian 6 FR - FU 6 Frick, Helen C. 6 GA 6 Garrison, Wendel Phillips Box Contents 7 GE - GI 7 Gerald, Kathleen Fullerton 7 Gerry, Charles F. 7 Gerry, Clarence 7 Gerry, Elbridge 7 Gerry, Elizabeth 7 Gerry, James L. 7 Gerry, Lily 7 Gerry, Margarita 7 Gerry (various) 7 Gieske, Elise and Alfred W. 7 Gilbert, Anne K. 7 Gildersleeve, Basil Lanneau 7 GIldersleeve, Basil Lanneau: photostats of notebooks 7 GO 7 Gould, Kenneth M. 7 GR - GU Box Contents 8 HA 8 Hancock, Alice P. 8 Hanway, John 8 Harper and Brothers, 1909-1934 8 Harre, T. Everett 8 Harwood, Mary E. 8 Hassencamp, Paul R. 8 Hawes, Mabel C. 8 HE - HI 8 Hill, Lucien 8 Hiss, Alger 8 HO 8 Hollander, Jacob H. 8 Howe, A. de Wolf 8 Hoye, Stephen M. 8 Huber, Frederick R. 8 HU - HY 8 Hutton, Mary and Augusta 8 Hillbourne, Stephen Douglas 8 I 8 J 8 Jackson, Luis 8 Jelleso, Harold B. 8 Jones, Beatrice Box Contents 9 K 9 Kelsey, Francis W. 9 Kilborn, Charles M. 9 King, Elizabeth Miner 9 Kipling, Rudyard (includes outgoing letter E. L. White to Kipling) 9 Kipling, Rudyard (duplicates) 9 Kipling, Rudyard: Newsclippigns and correspondence, E. L. White and P. F. Madigan re: Kipling 9 Knapp, Charles 9 LA - LE 9 Lafferty, Samuel E. 9 Lamborn, Louis E. 9 Lamont, Hammond 9 Lemperly, Paul 1901-1925 9 Leses, Oscar and Annette 9 LI - LU 9 Lind, W. Murdoch 9 Linn, James Ussher 9 Low, Jamie Y. 9 Lodge, Gonzalea 9 Lou, Kwang L. 9 Lucas, William F. Box Contents 10 MA 10 Mabie, Hamilton Wright, 10 MacDonald, F. C., 10 Mackall, Leonard L., 10 MacLean, Charles Agnew, 10 MacMechan, Archibald, 10 Magoffin, R.V. D., 10 Marbury, Fendell, 10 Mather, Frank Jewett, 10 MC -MI, 10 McCarthy, John 10 McDonogh School 10 McGilvra, Kitty Scott 10 Mencken, Henry L. 10 Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 10 Miller, Mrs. A Harold 10 MO - MY 10 Moulniear, Edward P. 10 Mustrad, Wilfred P. 10 N 10 Napper, Laura L. 10 Nicholson, Meredith 10 Norman, Grace Gore 10 Nyburg, Sidney L. Box Contents 11 O 11 Ormond, T.S. 11 Orr, Oliver 11 Orth, Grover C. 11 PA - PE 11 Parker, Hannah and Adelaide 11 Parr, McKew 11 Pesseles, C. 11 PH - PI 11 Phelps, William Lyon 11 Phillips, Esther B. 11 Phillips, Sally C. 11 Philpot, Hamlet 11 PL - PR 11 Plunkett, Frank 11 Powys, Llewelyn 11 Preston, James H. 11 Price, Eldgridge C. 11 G. P. Putnam's Sons 11 Q Box Contents 12 RA 12 RE 12 Rede, Kenneth 12 Rede, Wyllys 12 Reese, Lizette Woodworth 12 Reeves, William Peters 12 Remington, Stanley G. 12 Reynolds, Minna D. 12 Reynolds, Paul R. 1905-1933 Box Contents 13 RH - RI 13 Richman, Irving B. 13 Roberts, Dane E. 13 Roberts, Emma 13 RO - RY 13 Robinson, Paschal 13 Roulston, Robert B. 13 Rudmore-Brown, Thomas B. 13 SA - SE 13 Saintsbury, George 13 Sato, Shosuke 13 Saxton, Eugene F. 13 Charles Scribner's Sons 13 SH - SI - SK 13 SL -SP 13 Smith, C. Alphonso 13 Smith, Kirby Flower 13 Snibbe, George W. 13 Sonneborn, Hilton B. 13 ST, 13 Stedman, Edmund C. 13 Stieff, Claire M. 13 Strachey, J. St. Loe 13 Stuart, Margaret 13 SU - SW 13 Surratt, William H. 13 Swift, Henry J. Box Contents 14 TA - TE 14 Taney, Joseph A. 14 TH - 14 Thomas, Edward M. 14 Thomson, William 14 TO - 14 TR - TU 14 Turnbull, Grace 14 Tyrell, Roberta 14 U 14 V 14 WA - WE 14 Ward, Frank A. 14 Watts, Augusta Tucker and Donald 14 Webster, Minnie Elizabeth 14 Wells, H. G. 14 Wells, James B., Pauline, Joseph K., and Zoe 14 West, Rebecca Box Contents 15 WH - WI 15 Whicher, George M. 15 White, Agnes Gerry 15 White, Edward H. 15 White, Edward H., Jr. 15 White, Ethel 15 White, Joseph A. 15 Willcox, J. Taney and Fielding 15 Willcox, Kate T. and Louise 15 Williams, Anne 15 Williams, Jay Jerome 15 Wisner, J. Ward 15 Woo, S.M. 15 WO - WR 15 Wright, Walter T. 15 Wrothe, Lawrence C. 15 Y 15 Unidentified Box Contents 16 Outgoing family correspondence, 1902-1922 (including to James B. Wells) Box Contents 17 Outgoing family correspondence l923-1934 Box Contents 18 Outgoing personal correspondence, 1903-1919 Box Contents 19 Outgoing personal correspondence 1920-1929, including to Mary Wickliffe Hyatt Lee Box Contents 20 Outgoing personal correspondence 1930-1934 (including to Mary Wickliffe Hyatt Lee Box Contents 21 Outgoing literary correspondence 1902-1916 (including to Baltimore News) Box Contents 22 Outgoing literary correspondence 1917-1923 Box Contents 23 Outgoing literary correspondence l924-1934 Box Contents 24 Outgoing business correspondence l902-1921 Box Contents 25 Outgoing business correspondence, 1922-1934 Box Contents 26 Outgoing school correspondence, l904-1934 26 Outgoing agents correspondence (Paul R. Reynolds), 1905-1934 Box Contents 27 Outgoing publishers correspondence, Brandt and Brandt, 1923-1934 27 Outgoing publishers correspondence, Doran, l924-1934 27 Publishers' incoming letters (George H. Doran Company) l92l-27 27 Outgoing publishers correspondence, Harper and Bros., 1926-1932 27 Outgoing publishers correspondence, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1902-1912 Box Contents 28 Outgoing publishers correspondence, Dutton, 1914-1934 28 Dutton royalty statements for Andivius Hedulio 28 Dutton royalty statements for Song of the Sirens l926-32 28 Dutton royalty statements for El Supremo 28 Dutton royalty statements for The Unwilling Vestal 28 Dutton bills Writings Series Writings Series, l885-l934 Boxes 29-56

Manuscripts of White's earliest writings, mostly poetry, were bound together by him and entitled "Writings of Edward Lucas White" Volume I (l885-92), Volume II (l892-97), Volume III (l897- l907) and "Writings of Edward Lucas White: Smiles and Similes" (l886-l905). These are found in Boxes 54 and 55.

For his later works dating from about l904 White kept drafts, original typescripts and carbon copies. Included in this collection are one or all three types of manuscripts for Andivius Hedulio, El Supremo, Why Rome Fell, Matrimony, The Unwilling Vestal, and Helen.

This series also has the original lead pencil manuscript of what White considered his magnum opus. Entitled "Plus Ultra" it is a utopian novel of life in 50,000 A.D. George Wetzel discussed and printed parts of "Plus Ultra" in his biography of White in Fantansy Commentator (l980?). The typescript of "Plus Ultra" is owned by the Maryland Historical Society in the Edward Lucas White Manuscripts Ms. 892.

Original typescripts and carbon copies of many of White's stories and poems are also in this series in Boxes 50-54. Copies of several of White's essays on writing of English verse as well as a play entitled "Ecclesiazusae" are found in Box 55.

Box 56 contains carbons of poems, articles and lectures by White.

Box Contents 29 "Andivius Hedulio" original lead pencil manuscript: Foreword, Books l-20 Box Contents 30 "Andivius Hedulio" original lead pencil manuscript: Books 21-40, Afterword Box Contents 31 "Andivius Hedulio" original lead pencil manuscript: bibliography, carbon copy typescript Box Contents 32 "El Supremo" original lead pencil manuscript: Books l-20 Box Contents 33 "El Supremo" original lead pencil manuscript: Books 21-30 Box Contents 34 "El Supremo" original lead pencil manuscript: Books 31-48 Box Contents 35 "El Supremo" original lead pencil manuscript: carbon copy typescript Box Contents 36 "El Supremo" original lead pencil manuscript: original typescript Box Contents 37 "Plus Ultra" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 38 "Plus Ultra" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 39 "Plus Ultra" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 40 "Plus Ultra" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 41 "Plus Ultra" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 42 "Plus Ultra" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 43 "Why Rome Fell" original lead pencil manuscript: Books l-21 Box Contents 44 "Why Rome Fell" original lead pencil manuscript: Books 22-29; Afterword; Chronology; Notes Box Contents 45 "Why Rome Fell" carbon copy typescript 45 "Matrimony" original typescript; carbon copy typescript Box Contents 46 "Matrimony" original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 47 [The Unwilling Vestal] notes, Books 1-25 Box Contents 48 "The Unwilling Vestal" notes, Books 26-28; Preface; original lead pencil manuscript Box Contents 49 "The Unwilling Vestal" original typescript; carbon copy typescript 49 "Helen" original lead pencil manuscript; Books 1-9; REx Nemorensis, Aphidnai, Gytheon, Kranae, The Pinnacle (2), Deiphobus, Menelaus Box Contents 50 "After the Lynching", typescript 50 "The Ballade", typescript 50 "Buying a Husband," typescript 50 "Cat and Beefsteak," typescript 50 "A Clearing Bridal," typescript 50 "The Death Rattle," typescript 50 "Duck a la Nelson," typescript 50 "The Encounter," typescript 50 "The Fighting Parson," typescript 50 "Five Colloquies," typescript 50 "The Four Sides of a Square," typescript 50 "The Front Steps," typescript 50 "Gertrude," typescript 50 "The Grin of the Bulldog," typescript 50 "The Hammerhead," typescript 50 "A Home-Coming," typescript 50 "Linthicum's Horse Deal," typescript 50 "Mandola," typescript 50 "The Peasel-Tree Sermon," typescript 50 "The Pianist Preaches," typescript 50 "The Postage Stamps," typescript 50 "The Serge Coat," typescript 50 "Sister Mary and the North German Lloyd," typescript 50 "The Startling Blonde," typescript 50 "The Unforseen Test," typescript 50 "The Voices," typescript 50 "A Wedding Reception," typescript 50 Tales, Volume 1: 50 "The Stirrup Iron" 50 "Gertrude" 50 "Pollice Verso" 50 "The Talisman and the Jelly" 50 Tales, Volume III: 50 "The Yellow Belt" 50 "The Serge Coat" 50 Lists of Stories Box Contents 51 "The Azores," typescript 51 "Barbara North," typescript 51 "Canea," typescript 51 "The Chute, " typescript 51 "The Escape," typescript 51 "The Latch-Key," typescript 51 "Mrs. Berry and the School Board," typescript 51 "An Ovine Misogynist," typescript 51 "The Release Card," typescript 51 "The Revelation," typescript 51 "The Salute," typescript 51 "Sesta," typescript 51 "Shoula Rayfield," typescript 51 "The Tooth, " typescript 51 "The Untryst," typescript 51 "The Velorio," typescript 51 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol. I, Nos. 1-13 51 Carbon copies of Short Stories, Vol. II, Nos. 14-24 Box Contents 52 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol. 3, nos. 25-35 52 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol.4, nox. 36-48 52 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol. 5, nos. 49-58 52 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol. 6, nos. 59-61 52 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol.7, nos. 63-70 52 Carbon Copies of Short Stories, Vol. 8, nos. 76-83 Box Contents 53 "The Baltimore Fire," typescript 53 "Constrasts," typescript 53 "Leon," typescript 53 "The Measure of the Sword," original lead pencil manuscript 53 "Poems in the Rhythms of Horace's Meters," typescript 53 "Smiles and Similies," carbon typescript 53 "The Tuning of the Lyre," typescript 53 "Volume III," typescript 53 Carbons of various poems [Miss Lennox] 53 Duplicates of poems, carbon typescripts Box Contents 54 "Interpretations," typescript, 54 "Lyrical Inspirations," Part I, Sections I, II, III and IV, typescript 54 "Lyrical Inspirations," Part II, Section V, typescript 54 "Lyrical Inspirations," Part III, Sections VI, VII and VIII 54 "Smiles and Similes," original pen and ink manuscript 54 "Smiles and Similes," typescript Box Contents 55 "On the Study of English Verse," typescript with duplicate copy 55 "On the Science and Art of English Verse,"

typescript

 55 "On the Science and Art of English Verse," contents,

original typescripts

 55 "Sulpicia,"

original pen and ink manuscript

 55 "Ecclesiazusae,"

original pen and ink manuscript

 55 Errata and alterations in "Narrative Lyrics,"

typescript

 55 Possible Sonnet Forms

original pen and ink manuscript

 55 Writings of Edward Lucas White, Volume I, poems, original pen and ink manuscripts 55 Writings of Edward Lucas White, Volume II, poems, original pen and ink manuscripts 55 Writings of Edward Lucas White, Volume III, poems, original pen and ink manuscripts Box Contents 56 Poetry, 3 folders 56 Verse Jottings, fragments in lead pencil 56 Verse not by Edward Lucas White, typescripts 56 Articles by Edward Lucas White, 1905-1923, typescript 56 Lectures by Edward Lucas White, 1929-1930, typescript Printed Material Series Printed Material Series, l900-34 Boxes 57-58

This series contains newspaper clippings of reviews of White's writings, newspaper and magazine articles written by and about White, poems and stories by White which appeared in various publications, and White's "Memoir of Marguerite E. Easter (1893-1894)."

Box Contents 57 Reviews of "Andivius Hedulio" 57 Reviews of "Helen" 57 Reviews of "Lukundoo" 57 "Reviews of "Matrimony" 57 Reviews of "Narrative Lyrics" 57 Reviews of "The Song of the Siren" 57 Reviews of "El Supremo" 57 Reviews of "The Unwilling Vestal" 57 Reviews of "Why Rome Fell" 57 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings re: Edward Lucas White and his writings, 65 pp. 57 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings re: Edward Lucas White and his writings, 153 pp. 57 Reviews of other authors' works collected by Edward Lucas White 58 Memoir of Marguerite E. Easter, 58 Newspaper articles by Edward Lucas White, 1908-1931 58 Poems by Edward Lucas White published in various periodicals, 58 Stories by Edward Lucas White published in various periodicals, Series IV: Personal Series IV: Personal, 1888-1934 1.5 boxes

Biographical data about Edward Lucas and his father, Thomas H. White, are filed in Box 59. In addition, there are bibliographies, book sales, obituaries collected by White, and publicity for his books. Also in box 59 are testimonials and letters of recommendation written for White, and his B.A. degree from Johns Hopkins University (1888). Box 60 contains receipted household bills for the years 1926-1934. These are arranged alphabetically by name of tradesman.

Box Contents 58 Bibliographies 58 Biographic Data 58 Book sales 58 General information collected by White 58 Notes 58 Obituaries collected by White 58 Obituary of Thomas H. White 58 Book Publicity 58 Recommended reading 58 Testimonials and letters of recommendations 58 Instructions to his secretary Box Contents 59 BA, JHU Box Contents 60 Receipted household bills, 1926-1934