White, William Allen, 1868-1944

American journalist known as the "Sage of Emporia"; owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette."

From the description of Papers of William Allen White, 1890-1940 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837106

Journalist.

From the description of Letters, 1889-1945. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122644557

Pulitzer Prize-winning Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author.

From the description of William Allen White letters, 1896-1898. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 71831151

William Allen White (1868-1944) was a newspaper editor for Emporia Gazette of Kansas, politician, author, and leader of the Progressive movement.

From the guide to the William Allen White Letter, 1920, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.)

Editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kan.)

From the description of William Allen White correspondence [microform], 1899-1939. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 55473358

From the description of Letters to Dan Casement [microform], 1927-1943. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 56342683

William Allen White was born at Emporia, Kansas, on February 10, 1868. After attending the University of Kansas, he pursued newspaper work, and in 1895 purchased the Emporia Gazette where his grassroots editorials gained him national prominence. White also wrote widely-published poems, articles, and books, and was influential in state and national politics through the early years of World War II. In May 1940, he co-founded a national political action committee, called the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, which lobbied for U.S. aid to Great Britain and America's West European allies in their defense against Adolf Hitler. White died on January 29, 1944 at Emporia.

From the guide to the Letters to Robert Sherwood, July 26, 1940 and August 7, 1940;, photograph dated July 4, 1939, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

Editor and publisher of the Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kan.).

From the description of William A. White papers, 1899-1961. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 667274086

William Allen White was born at Emporia, Kansas, on February 10, 1868. He attended the University of Kansas and later moved to Emporia, where his grassroots editorials as owner of the Emporia Gazette gained him national prominence. In addition to his editorials, White wrote many widely-published poems, articles, and books, and was influential in Kansas and national politics. He died on January 29, 1944 at Emporia.

From the guide to the Letter to Senator George Moses, July 8, 1936, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

William Allen White was an editor and writer, known as an influential voice for middle America. Born and raised in Kansas, he spent four years at the University of Kansas but left without taking a degree to continue his work as a journalist. After years as a journalist, he bought his failing hometown newspaper, The Emporia Gazette, and turned it into a success with his business sense and journalistic skill. Influenced by his friend Theodore Roosevelt, White became a nationally-known spokesman for the Republican Party, and was active during both world wars. In his long and productive life, he also wrote non-fiction, novels, and short stories, ran for Governor of Kansas, was a founding editor of The American Magazine and The Book of the Month Club, and, dubbed The Sage of Emporia by H.L. Mencken, an enormous influence on middlebrow values. He won a 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing, and a posthumous Pulitzer in 1947 for his autobiography.

From the description of W.A. White letter to My dear Mr. Masters, 1916 September 30. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 226376618

William Allen White was born at Emporia, Kansas, on February 10, 1868. He attended the University of Kansas and later moved to Emporia, where his grassroots editorials as owner of the Emporia Gazette gained him national prominence. In addition to his editorials, White wrote many widely-published poems, articles, and books. He died on January 29, 1944 at Emporia.

From the guide to the Letters to Paul S. Seybolt, December 28, 1936 and January 25, 1937, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

From the guide to the Letters to Sarah Martin, May 18, 1932 and December 22, 1933, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

From the guide to the Letter to Rose Edington, December 22, 1919, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

From the guide to the Letters to Minnie Hite Moody, 1937-1938, 1941, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection)

Newspaper editor.

From the description of William Allen White papers, 1859-1944 (bulk 1899-1944). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 741106712

American newspaper editor and author who is best known as a "voice from Main Street America." He was the winner of two Pulitzer prizes.

From the description of The country editor, 1915. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122699437

William Allen White, (1868-1944), was the owner and editor of the "Emporia Gazette" in Emporia, Kansas in the late 1890's and early 1900's. He was an important figure in the political, social and literary history of the United States and Kansas.

From the description of A collection of William Allen White letters. 1896-1937. (Wichita State University). WorldCat record id: 18799465

Editor, newspaper publisher, author, lecturer.

White was editor and publisher of the EMPORIA (KANSAS) GAZETTE.

From the description of Letters, 1909-1939. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122571546

Biographical Note

• 1868, Feb. 10: Born, Emporia, Kans.
• 1884: Graduated from El Dorado High School, El Dorado, Kans.
• 1884 - 1886 : Attended College of Emporia, Emporia, Kans.
• 1886 - 1890 : Attended Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans.
• 1890 - 1891 : Business manager, El Dorado Republican
• 1891: Editorial writer, Kansas City Journal
• 1892 - 1895 : Editorial writer, Kansas City Star
• 1893: Married Sallie Lindsay
• 1895 - 1944 : Editor and owner, Emporia Gazette
• 1896, Aug. 15: Published the editorial “What's the Matter With Kansas?
• 1896: Published The Real Issue. Chicago: Way and Williams
• 1900 - 1913 : Regent, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans.
• 1909: Published A Certain Rich Man. New York: Macmillan Co.
• 1917: Went to France as an observer for the American Red Cross
• 1919: United States delegate to Russian conference at Prinkipo
• 1923: Awarded Pulitzer Prize for the editorial “To an Anxious Friend”
• 1926 - 1944 : Member, board of judges, Book-of-the-Month Club
• 1930: Member, commission appointed by President Herbert Hoover to investigate conditions in Haiti
• 1931: Member, President's Organization for Unemployment Relief
• 1939: Chairman, Nonpartisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Act
• 1940 - 1941 : Chairman, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies
• 1944, Jan. 29: Died, Emporia, Kans.

From the guide to the William Allen White Papers, 1859-1944, (bulk 1899-1944), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biography

William Allen White was a journalist.

From the guide to the William Allen White Letters, 1889-1945, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.)