William Allen White
William Allen White was an American politician, journalist, writer, editor and screenwriter (1868–1944). He was born at Emporia.
William Allen White in brief
- Born
- 1868
- Died
- 1944
- Known for
- politician, journalist, writer, editor, screenwriter, editing staff and biographer
- Place of birth
- Emporia
Contents
Recognition and collections
William Allen White received Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing and Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards.
Catalogued works
48 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1860 to 1977.
Theodore Roosevelt. To an Anxious Friend. What's the Matter with Kansas? The Mercy of Death. Short Stories of America. How free is our press? Face to face with hard facts. Fifty years before and after. The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II. The real issue. A Certain Rich Man. Mr White's Wilson. Croker. Tales from McClure's. Tales from McClure's : Humor. Certain Rich Man, the Martial Adventures of Henry and Me, in the Heart of a Fool (Three Novels). Martial Adventures of Henry and Me. The Real Issue - A Book of Kansas Stories. Masks in a Pageant. Certain Rich Man. The Court Of Boyville. Real Issue : a Book of Kansas Stories, by William Allen White. In the Heart of a Fool (1918). by: William Allen White : (Original Classics). The old order changeth. Stratagems And Spoils. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me. In the Heart of a Fool. God's Puppets(1916). by: William Allen White : (Original Classics). Boys Then and Now. A Puritan in Babylon,. A Certain Rich Man by White, William Allen. Woodrow Wilson - The Man, His Times And His Task. Mass Media. A Puritan In Babylon The Story Of Calvin Coolidge. Old Order Changeth : a View of American Democracy . : By. God's Puppets. Harvest Talk, dated 1953, charcoal, wolff's carbon drawing pencil, and graphite, with stumping and erasing, on ivory wood pulp laminate board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.126. This, My Brother, dated 1942, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1999.224. Sketchbook, dated 1937–42, charcoal, pastel, ink, graphite, pen and inks and watercolor on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2006.259. Portrait of a Woman, dated 1950, charcoal, with smudging, erasing and scratching, on tan wove paper, laid down, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1991.899. Love Letter III, dated 1977, color lithograph cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2017.291. The story of a great delusion in a series of matter-of-fact chapters / [William White]., dated 1885, held by Wellcome Collection. The story of a great delusion in a series of matter-of-fact chapters / by William White., dated 1885, held by Wellcome Collection. Sir Lyon Playfair taken to pieces and disposed of : likewise Sir Charles W. Dilke, bart., being a dissection of their speeches in the House of Commons, on 19th June, 1883, in defence of compulsory vaccination / by William White., dated 1884, held by Wellcome Collection. Sir Lyon Playfair taken to pieces and disposed of, likewise Sir Charles W. Dilke : being a dissection of their speeches in the House of Commons, on 19th June, 1883, in defence of compulsory vaccination / by William White., dated 1884, held by Wellcome Collection. ‘Visit of Duchess of Gloucester to Invalid Kitchens. Lord Mayor, Lady Glenconnor and Dr White also in it', dated c.1940s, held by Wellcome Collection. Thirteenth annual report of the Massachusetts School for Idiotic and Feeble-Minded Youth to the corporation and the legislature., dated 1860, held by Wellcome Collection. Reviews, 161-180, dated 1955, held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.
The Art Institute of Chicago: 5 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 137 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
<i>Selected Letters of William Allen White</i>. William Allen White , Walter Johnson, Ethics, 1947. William Allen White, Public Persons, 2017. The Short Fiction of William Allen White. WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, Newsmen Speak, 1954. White, William Allen (10 February 1868–29 January 1944), journalist and author, American National Biography Online, 2000. What influences public support for plastic waste control policies and green consumption? Evidence from a multilevel analysis of survey data from 27 European countries, Online Media and Global Communication, 2023. News bylines and perceived AI authorship: Effects on source and message credibility, Computers in Human Behavior: Artificial Humans, 2024. A Discursive Evolution: Trade Publications Explain News Deserts to United States Journalists, Media and Communication, 2023. International migrants and coronavirus disease 2019 vaccinations: Social Media, motivated information management, and vaccination willingness, Digital Health, 2022. Digital Diplomacy via Social Networks: A Cross-National Analysis of Governmental Usage of Facebook and Twitter for Digital Engagement, Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 2019. Analysis of public opinion polls about COVID-19 vaccines: Theoretical and policy implications for vaccine communication and campaigns to address vaccine hesitancy, Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2024. #Scamdemic, #Plandemic, or #Scaredemic: What Parler Social Media Platform Tells Us about COVID-19 Vaccine, Vaccines, 2021. Walking the party line: The growing role of political ideology in shaping health behavior in the United States, SSM: Population Health, 2021.
Digitised editions and texts
12 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.
The Autobiography of William Allen White (1946) — Internet Archive. Calvin Coolidge : The Man Who is President (1925) — Internet Archive. what it's all about (1936) — Internet Archive. The Court of Boyville (1917) — Internet Archive. In our town (1906) — Internet Archive. A PURITAN IN BABYLON (1938) — Internet Archive. A Certain Rich Man (1909) — Internet Archive. Masks in a Pageant (1929) — Internet Archive. A Puritan in Babylon, The Story of Calvin Coolidge by William Allen White (2001-12-01) (1938) — Internet Archive. Forty Years on Main Street (1937) — Internet Archive. The Martial Adventures of Henry and Me — Project Gutenberg. In the Heart of a Fool — Project Gutenberg.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 10 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
William Allen White studied at University of Kansas and College of Emporia. the recorded working language is English.
The field of work recorded is politics and journalism.
Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Works named in the authority record are What's the Matter with Kansas?
Distinctions recorded are Pulitzer Prize for Biography, Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing and Pulitzer Prize Special Citations and Awards.
Chronology
- 1868William Allen White born at Emporia.
- 1906In our town digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1917The Court of Boyville digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1925Calvin Coolidge : The Man Who is President digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1936what it's all about digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1938A PURITAN IN BABYLON digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1944William Allen White died at Emporia.
- 1946The Autobiography of William Allen White digitised by Internet Archive.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“William Allen White”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q2577838: William Allen White
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