Finding Aid for the Lynn Townsend White papers, 1937-1985 LSC.1541
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé, 1998.
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Title: Lynn Townsend White papers
Creator:
White, Lynn Townsend, 1907-
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1541
Physical Description:
9 oversize_boxes
Date (inclusive): 1937-1985
Abstract: Lynn Townsend White, Jr. (1907- ) was a professor of history at UCLA (1958-72), and Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies (1964-70). The collection consists of teaching and research material related to Lynn White's career
as a history professor.
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Gift of Maude White, 1987.
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Biography
Lynn Townsend White, Jr. was born in San Francisco, California, April 29, 1907; BA, Stanford University (1928), MA, Union
Theological Seminary (1929), Harvard University (1930), Ph.D, Harvard University (1934); history instructor, Princeton University
(1933-37); assistant professor (1937-40) and professor (1940-43) of history at Stanford University; President, Mills College
(1943-58); professor of history, UCLA (1958-72); Director of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (1964-70);
recipient of numerous honorary degrees, awards and decorations; various publications include:
Educating our daughters: a challenge to the colleges (1950),
Frontiers of knowledge in the study of man (1956),
Medieval technology and social change (1962),
Medieval religion and technology (1978).
Scope and Content
Collection consists of teaching and research material related to the career of history professor Lynn White. Includes exams,
lecture notes, publications, correspondence, manuscripts, bibliographic files, and photographs for publications.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Teaching materials (Boxes 1-4).
- Research materials and publications (Boxes 5-11).
- Correspondence files (Boxes 12-15).
- Bibliographical files (Boxes 16-22).
- Photographs used in Lynn White's publications (Boxes 23-24).
Related Material
Subjects and Indexing Terms
College teachers -- California -- Archives.
Historians -- California -- Archives.
History teachers -- California -- Archives.
White, Lynn Townsend, 1907- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of History--Faculty -- Archives
box 1, folder 2
History 121A,
1962-66, n.d.
box 1, folder 5
M.A. Examinations,
1959-1970.
box 1, folder 6
Ph.D. Examinations,
1959-1970.
box 1, folder 7
History 11,
1940-43, n.d.
box 3, folder 1
History 253AB,
1973-74, n.d.
Research Materials and Publications
box 5, folder 1
Action Curves and Clockwork Geniuses (article by C. Marchetti): reprint,
1984.
box 5, folder 2
Agricultural Innovation in the Early Islamic World (article by A. Watson) - Review by Professor White,
1984.
box 5, folder 3
Anthropogenic Ecosystem and Soil Biodynamics (article by F.W. Pauli),
n.d.
box 5, folder 4
Appeal from the Consumer,
1984.
box 5, folder 5
L'ascendant technologique de 1'Occident Medievale (article by P. Ashtor),
1983.
box 5, folder 6
Bagnara,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
box 5, folder 7
Basilian Houses of Sicily,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript.
box 5, folder 8
Beyond the Ordinary Dimension,
1967
Scope and Contents note
Offprint.
box 5, folder 9
British Brodcasting Corporation/Courses by Newspaper,
1977-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and correspondence concerning courses on technology.
box 5, folder 10
Canons Regular in Norman Sicily,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten draft.
box 5, folder 11
The Changing Middle Ages,
1976.
Scope and Contents note
Typewritten draft.
box 5, folder 12
Christians and Nature - article in
Pacific Theological Review,
1975.
box 5, folder 13
The Day the Universe Changed (TV Series),
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Program summaries.
box 5, folder 15
Differing Attitudes Toward Technological Innovation in Ancient Rome, Islam, Byzantium, and the Medieval West,
1985.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts and correspondence.
box 5, folder 16
The Diffusion of the Lateen Sail,
1973-1974.
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript, typescript and correspondence.
box 5, folder 17
Diffusion vs. Independent Invention ...,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript.
box 5, folder 18
The Early History of the Cam,
1960-1964, n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Manuscript, notes, correspondence.
box 5, folder 19
The Ecology of Our Science,
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Critiques, page-proofs and correspondence.
box 5, folder 20
The Economic History of Europe (Book to which Professor White was a contributor),
1969-1971.
Scope and Contents note
Proofs and correspondence.
box 6, folder 1
Education at the End of the Occident,
1958.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and correspondence.
box 6, folder 2
Elixir Vitae,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten draft.
box 6, folder 3
The Embryology of Columbus' Discovery,
1976.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint.
box 6, folder 4
Energy and the Way We Live,
1979.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts and correspondence.
box 6, folder 5
Essays in Honor of Lynn White. Jr.,
1975.
Scope and Contents note
(Book which was co-authored by two of Professor White's students)
Abstracts of articles and correspondence.
box 6, folder 6
The Eurasian Context of Medieval Europe,
1979-1981.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts and reprint.
box 6, folder 7
The Excitement of Thinking,
1956.
Scope and Contents note
Typed drafts and correspondence.
box 6, folder 8
The Expansion of Technology, 500-1500,
1969.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of pamphlet.
box 6, folder 9
The Feel of the Road,
1959.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts of commencement address given at Bakersfield College.
box 6, folder 10
The Flower of Early Renaissance Technology,
1972.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint.
box 6, folder 11
Food and History,
1976.
Scope and Contents note
Typed drafts, notes.
box 6, folder 12
Further Essays on Medieval Technology and Science,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
box 6, folder 13
Giovanni Portinari ... ,
1965-1975.
Scope and Contents note
Notes, drafts and correspondence.
box 6, folder 14
Greek Documents in Bibl. Com. Palermo [word illegible] H 237,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
box 6, folder 15
History and Horseshoe Nails,
1970.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint.
box 6, folder 16
The History of Mathematics from Antiquity to the Present - (J. Dauben),
1985.
box 6, folder 17
How Do We Get Original Ideas?
1959.
Scope and Contents note
Handwritten draft and notes.
box 6, folder 18
The Iconography of Temperance,
1966-1968.
Scope and Contents note
Typed drafts; photos (24); negatives (7).
box 6, folder 19
Indic Elements in the Iconography of Petrarch's Trionfo della Morte,
1974.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint and correspondence.
box 7, folder 1
The Inventor of the Crankshaft: Guido da Vigevano,
1982.
Scope and Contents note
Typed draft.
box 7, folder 2
Jacopo Aconcio,
1961-1965.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and correspondence.
box 7, folder 3
The Legacy of the Middle Ages in the American Wild West,
1964.
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
box 7, folder 4
The Liberation of Nature: Lynn White's Challenge Anew (article by H. Paul Santmire).
box 7, folder 5
Machina ex Deo,
1969-1974.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence with publisher and translator.
Manuscripts - Tentative,
v.d.
box 7, folder 6
The California Mentality,
n.d.
box 7, folder 7
Faculty Attitudes ...,
1967.
box 7, folder 8
The Mood of the Good Life,
1964.
box 7, folder 9
Reflections on Urbanization ...,
n.d.
box 7, folder 10
Religion and the Disciplined Mind,
1961.
box 7, folder 11
Religion and Technology,
1962.
box 7, folder 12
Two Shapers of World Views,
n.d.
box 7, folder 13
Medicine and History of Exploration of Matter,
1956.
Scope and Contents note
Draft of speech.
box 7, folder 14
Medieval Borrowings from Further Asia,
1971.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint.
box 7, folder 15
The Medieval Castle: Romance and Reality,
n.d.
General Physical Description note: Photocopy.
Scope and Contents note
Chapter written by Bernard S. Bachrach (one of Professor White's students).
box 7, folder 16
Medieval Europe Foresaw Planes, Cars, Submarines,
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Draft of article for
Scientific American.
Also, correspondence.
box 7, folder 17
Medieval Meeting of East and West,
1972.
Scope and Contents note
Copy of article.
box 7, folder 18
Medieval Religion and Technology,
1977-1982.
Scope and Contents note
Draft of introduction and correspondence.
box 8, folder 1
Medieval Technology and Social Change,
1956-1960.
Scope and Contents note
Notes for chapters 1 and 3.
box 8, folder 2
Medieval Technology and Social Change,
1947-1950.
Scope and Contents note
Notes for chapter 2.
box 8, folder 3
Medieval Technology: Transfers and Spinoffs,
1984.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint.
box 8, folder 4
Medieval Uses of Air - Article in
Scientific American,
1970.
box 8, folder 5
On Time and Crime (article by C. Marcetti),
1985.
box 8, folder 6
The Origins of the Coach,
1970.
Scope and Contents note
Draft and correspondence.
box 8, folder 7
The Pattern of Medieval Christianity,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Offprint.
box 8, folder 8
Pietro Rambulo da Messina,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes and bibliography.
box 8, folder 9
Pietro Ransano,
1984.
Scope and Contents note
Bibliography and correspondence.
box 8, folder 10
The Quest for Uncertainty,
1954.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts of speech given at the University of Illinois.
box 8, folder 11
Religion and Culture in Our Time,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts of chapters.
box 9, folder 4
Rethinking Science for a Rethought World,
n.d.
box 9, folder 5
Reticences of the Middle Ages,
1970.
Scope and Contents note
Offprint.
box 9, folder 6
Review of J. Needham's
Science and Traditional China,
1983.
box 10, folder 1
Richard Lectures, University of Virginia,
1957.
Scope and Contents note
(These lectures were published in 1962 under the title
Medieval Technology and Social Change)
Correspondence.
box 10, folder 2
Science and a Sense of Self,
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts and correspondence.
box 10, folder 3
Sources for the History of Technology,
1961-1967.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence.
box 10, folder 4
Stanford University Alumni Association,
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Itineraries for travel/study program in Guatamala.
box 10, folder 5
Technological Assesment ...,
1974.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and reprint.
box 10, folder 6
Technological Development in the Transition ...,
1979-1980.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts.
box 10, folder 7
Technology - article in
Dictionary of the Middle Ages,
1981.
Scope and Contents note
Drafts.
box 11, folder 1
Technology and the Future of Compassion,
1978.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reprint.
box 11, folder 2
Theophilus Presbyter and Rupert of Deutz ... (article by J. Van Engen),
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Reprint.
box 11, folder 3
Three Biblical Songs [poems by Lynn White],
1956.
box 11, folder 4
Tools and Civilization,
1975.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, corrected copy.
box 11, folder 5
The Transformation of the Roman World: Gibbon's Problem After Two Centuries,
1965-1973.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, reviews.
box 11, folder 6
Tribal Space, Civic Space and the Megalopolis - copy of article by Frank J. Frost,
n.d.
box 11, folder 7
Two Past Energy Crunches,
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Draft.
box 11, folder 8
Two Sicilian Rescripts,
n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Notes.
box 11, folder 9
Viator (Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies journal) - review by R.H. Robbins,
1979.
box 11, folder 10
Notes for unidentified projects.
box 11, folder 11
Bibliography,
1957-71, n.d.
Scope and Contents note
Yearly lists of Professor White's publications, lectures, courses taught, etc.
box 11, folder 12
Reports of Professor White on manuscripts submitted for publication,
1971-1983.
box 12, folder 1
Academie internationale d'Histoire des Sciences,
1963-1978.
box 12, folder 2
American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
1971-1979.
box 12, folder 3
American Association for the Advancement of Science,
1975.
box 12, folder 4
American Council of Learned Societies,
1970.
box 12, folder 5
American Philosophical Society,
1968-1971.
box 12, folder 6
Bernard Bachrach,
1971-1980.
box 12, folder 7
California Council for Humanities in Public Policy,
n.d.
box 12, folder 8
Committee on Public Ceremonies,
1984-1985.
box 12, folder 9
Conference on pornography and obscenity,
1971-1972.
box 12, folder 11
Emeriti Association, UCLA,
1977.
box 12, folder 12
Faculty Honors Committee,
1974.
box 12, folder 13
Faculty Research Lectureship Committee,
1984.
box 12, folder 14
Foreign Contacts,
1962-1980.
box 13, folder 1
Friends of the Graphic Arts, UCLA,
1975.
box 13, folder 2
Future Publications,
1970-1983.
box 13, folder 5
History of Science Society,
1980-1982.
box 13, folder 7
Mautner Memorial Lectures Committee,
1984.
box 13, folder 8
Medieval Academy of America,
1963-1979.
box 13, folder 9
Medieval Academy of America,
1980-1985.
box 13, folder 10
National Humanities Center,
1977.
box 13, folder 11
Newcomb Award Selection Committee,
1983.
box 13, folder 12
Ordine al Merito della Repubblica,
1971.
box 13, folder 13
Phi Beta Kappa,
1980-1981.
box 13, folder 14
Publishers (invitations to write),
1959-1971.
box 14, folder 4
Royal Society of Arts,
1963.
box 14, folder 5
Society for the History of Discovery,
1971.
box 14, folder 6
Society for the History of Technology,
1962-1983.
box 14, folder 7
Society for Italian Historical Studies,
n.d.
box 14, folder 8
UCLA Administration,
1957-1982.
box 14, folder 9
University Professorship,
1980.
box 14, folder 10
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
1974.
box 15, folder 1
Fellowship Data,
1978-1984.
Letters of Recommendation
box 15, folder 5
(Graduate Students),
1964-1972.
box 15, folder 6
(Graduate Students),
1973-1977.
box 15, folder 7
(Graduate Students),
1978-1985.
Bibliographical Files
General note
[Boxes 16-22 are card index boxes]
box 16, box 17
Bibliographies - general,
n.d.
box 18
Bibliographies - general: arranged alphabetically and by subject,
n.d.
box 19, box 20
Bibliographies - general: arranged by subject,
n.d.
box 21, box 22
Bibliographies for book,
Medieval Technology and Social Change,
n.d.
Photographs Used in Lynn White's Publications
box 23, folder 1
British Museum Horleian manuscript. 328 leaves fol. 48v,
n.d.
box 23, folder 2
Photos used in book,
Essays in Medieval Religion and Technology,
n.d.
box 23, folder 4
Photos used in article Indic Influences on the Iconography of Petrarch's `Trionfo della Morta',
n.d.
box 23, folder 5
Leiden manuscript Pereizone[?] f.17,
n.d.
box 23, folder 6
Photos used in book,
Medieval Technology and Social Change,
n.d.
box 23, folder 7
Norman building in Cambridgeshire, England.
1979, n.d.
box 23, folder 9
Petrore Pictures (guillotine, gypsies, f-shaped belt drive),
n.d.
box 23, folder 10
Scientific American article photos,
1970.
box 23, folder 11
Smithsonian Book of Invention,
1979.
box 24
Oversize photo - unidentified.
box 24
Celebration for Walter Horn and Ernest Born,
May 8, 1980.
box 25, folder 1
The hardware of mathematics.
box 25, folder 6
Buffaloes and death - Correspondence and research material.
box 25, folder 7
Medical astrologers - Correspondence and research material.
box 25, folder 8
Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.
box 25, folder 9
The medieval English longbow: characteristics and origin.
box 25, folder 10
International Academy of the History of Science.
box 25, folder 11
Society for the History of Discoveries.
box 25, folder 12
Sons of Toil - Bohemian Club.
box 27, folder 2-6
UCLA student term papers.
box 27, folder 7
Photographs and negatives.
box 27, folder 8
Articles by Cesare Marchetti.
box 27, folder 9
International Secretariat for Research on the History of Agricultural Implements.
box 27, folder 10
Technics and civilization, by Lewis Mumford.
