Exchange of correspondence between White and Abbe concerning Abbe's book, Plants of Virgil's Georgics, reviewed by White in her Onward and Upward in the Garden series. Correspondence also concerns an English version of The Georgics, illustrated and translated from the original Latin by Abbe, and White's purchase of a copy of the new publication.

Letter from Adams, one of White's New Yorker secretaries, regarding professional matters.

Letter from Adams, American writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding personal matters.

Letter from Alajalov, Russian-American artist and illustrator, with a hand painted drawing of a farewell bouquet on the occasion of White's permanent move from New York to Maine. Alajalov produced many covers for The New Yorker.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Arnaud regarding Arnaud becoming E. B. White's French agent (for French translations of his novels) after the death of his former French agent. Arnaud's letter mentions her connection with Janet Flanner.

Incoming correspondence from Balliett, New Yorker jazz critic and contributor, regarding professional and personal matters.

Letter from Barolini, Italian writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Barrows, White's fourth cousin, regarding Harold Ross' firing of New Yorker contributor, Richard Boyer.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Baumgarten, literary agent of Bessie Breuer and Mary McCarthy, regarding White's leaving her editorial position at The New Yorker and the status of Breuer's and McCarthy's work.

Incoming correspondence from Bechtel, American editor, author, and lecturer on children's literature, primarily regarding personal matters. Many of Bechtel's letters concern E. B. White's children's books and reviews. Bechtel's correspondence is also closely related to Katharine White's children's book reviews for The New Yorker and her later Onward and Upward in the Garden series.

Incoming correspondence from Behrman, American playwright and New Yorker contributor, regarding New Yorker-related matters, including the death of Wolcott Gibbs and Behrman's writing. Several letters concern Behrman's desire to write a collaborative biography on Harold Ross with White, both of whom believed that Ross was unfairly misrepresented in James Thurber's book, The Years With Ross. Behrman's letters mention Mollie Panter-Downes, Edmund Wilson, and Rebecca West.

Letter from Elza Behrman regarding the death of her husband.

Letter from Bemelmans, New Yorker contributor, regarding an unusual payment in Dunhill cigars for a New Yorker cover by Bemelmans and Bemelmans' writing progress.

Copies of two letters from Benet, American writer and editor, regarding Elinor Wylie, Benet's wife. Letters addressed to "Mrs. Angell", as they predate White's second marriage to E. B. White.

Incoming correspondence from Bergeret, New Yorker contributor, regarding her writing, the death of Gus Lobrano, White's leaving her editorial position, the death of Wolcott Gibbs, E. B. White's articles, and other New Yorker-related matters. Bergeret's letters primarily concern personal matters, such as her travels, visits to and from White, her professorship at Vassar College, and health problems. Bergeret's letters mention E. M. Forster and Mollie Panter-Downes.

Incoming correspondence from Bergman, book editor for The Evening and Sunday Bulletin, regarding personal matters.

Letter from Bernstein, New Yorker editor, regarding his book, Thurber: A Biography.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Bevington, American writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding professional and personal matters. One of Bevington's letters reads: "You found a remarkable way to say what was so very good to hear, and I know all over again the great editor and great friend you are."

Incoming correspondence from Morris Bishop's widow, Alison, and from his daughter, Alison Bishop Jolly, regarding Alison Bishop Jolly's collecting and editing her father's letters. The correspondence primarily concerns the death of Morris Bishop and KSW's assistance in accessing the Morris Bishop letters in The New Yorker's files and her personal letters from him at Bryn Mawr College.

Incoming correspondence from Bishop, American poet, writer, and New Yorker contributor, regarding her poetry, her travels and life in Brazil, her professorship at Harvard, and other personal matters. Bishop's letter of 14 April 1975 comments on Brendan Gill's book Here At the New Yorker. Bishop's letter of 12 Dec 1961 mentions Marianne Moore, Mary McCarthy, and the Lowells. White's outgoing correspondence conceners her poor health, Bishop's poetry, White's letter of 7 Dec 1955 concerns her leaving her editorial position at The New Yorker and turning Bishop's prose over to Gus Lobrano to edit. White's letter of 18 Feb 1972 concerns the death of Marianne Moore and White's relationship with Moore at The New Yorker and at Bryn Mawr College.

Letter from Maxwell to Bishop regarding the translated work of a Brazilian writer being considered for publication in The New Yorker.

Incoming correspondence from Morris Bishop, American poet and New Yorker contributor, regarding personal matters, primarily family-related. One letter mentions celebrating Thanksgiving with Vladimir and Vera Nabokov. Bishop, also a professor of Romance Literature at Cornell University, was one of Nabokov's closest friends in the US, and it was Bishop who brought Nabokov into Cornell as a professor. White was Bishop's editor until 1955, when she left her position as fiction editor in order to take on more general responsibilities for the magazine.

Letter from Blackmur, American poet and early New Yorker contributor, regarding a wild flower catalog from Pearce Seeds, New Jersey and other personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Blanchard, editor for Little, Brown & Company Publishers, regarding professional matters.

Exchange regarding White's leaving her editorial position at The New Yorker and the publication of Bogan's writing in The New Yorker.

Incoming letter from Miller regarding chapters from her book to be published as short stories by The New Yorker. Copy of an outgoing letter from White to Miller contains a lengthy response to issues raised by Miller over a recent rejection of one of Miller's New Yorker submissions and Ms. Miller's criticisms of New Yorker fiction in general.

Incoming correspondence from Botsford, New Yorker editor, and his wife "Tassie" (Catherine Crittenden Botsford) regarding personal matters.

Letter from Braun, New Yorker secretary, regarding personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Brennan, Irish-American short story writer, journalist, and New Yorker contributor, regarding personal matters; correspondence postdates White's retirement from her editorial position at The New Yorker.

Early incoming correspondence from Breuer, New Yorker contributor and wife of Henry Varnum Poor, regarding her writing and personal matters. Breuer's later letters concern her poor health, the death of her husband, and other personal matters. Breuer's letters reference Carson McCullers, John Steinbeck, Roger Angell, and Janet Flanner.

Small collection of letters from Gladys Brooks, wife of Van Wyck Brooks and a literary writer in her own right. The correspondence is personal.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Brooks, American literary critic, regarding White's poor health and other personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Bruccoli, editor of Fitzgerald/Hemmingway Annual and English professor at the University of South Carolina, regarding Bruccoli's biography of John O'Hara. White's letter of 17 May 1971 is lengthy and contains descriptive information about John O'Hara's connection to The New Yorker.

Incoming correspondence from Cain, early managing editor for The New Yorker and American novelist, regarding personal matters.

Incoming letters from Canfield, editor for Harper & Brothers Publishers, regarding the publication of John Updike's first book, The Poor House Fair. KSW had originally sent Updike to Harper & Brothers to have his book published, but eventually Harper turned his first novel down.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Carroll, managing editor of Looking Glass Library Publishers, regarding an invitation from Looking Glass Library for White to edit a book titled The Looking Glass Book of Humor for children.

Letter from Carroll

Exchange of correspondence between White and Carson, American writer, environmental activist and New Yorker contributor, concerning Carson's "Silent Spring" articles published in The New Yorker. One letter from KSW to Carson states, "I really only wanted to say that in all my now nearly forty years as a New Yorker editor I've never been prouder of anything we published than of "Silent Spring."

Letters from Carver, a candidate for an editing position at The New Yorker, regarding her qualifications for the position.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Cerf, president of Random House, Inc. Publishers, regarding his book, An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor.

Incoming correspondence from Chappell, graphic artist and New Yorker contributor, regarding the Irvin type the New Yorker headlines are printed in, the connection of the typeset to Rea Irvin, and other issues concerning origins of the formatting of The New Yorker.

Incoming correspondence from Cheever, American writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding his receipt of the National Book Award for The Wapshot Chronicle. Letters additionally concern other issues related to Cheever's writings.

Letter from Donaldson, English professor at the College of William and Mary, regarding his biography on John Cheever.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Clarke, consultant for the American Chemical Society and early New Yorker contributor, regarding professional matters. White's response letter references the Rachel Carson series on chemical poisons published in The New Yorker.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Clay, a New Yorker contributor of fiction, regarding professional matters, such as White's leaving her editorial position, the death of Gus Lobrano, and Clay's writing.

Incoming correspondence from Coates, American writer and New Yorker contributor , regarding Coates's writing, his move to New York City, White's health, and other personal matters. Coates's early letters mention James Thurber.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Collier, English writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding professional and personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Collinge, an actress and New Yorker contributor, regarding the death of Wolcott Gibbs and KSW leaving her position as Collinge's editor at The New Yorker. Exchange of correspondence later in date concerning the publication of Collinge's book, The Small Mosaics of Mr. and Mrs. Engel.

Letter from White regarding the death of Patricia Collinge.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Cooke, The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town" reporter, regarding New Yorker-related and personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Cooper, a New Yorker contributor, regarding personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence regarding Core's request, as editor of The Sewanee Review, that White review Louis Rubin's The Comic Imagination in American Literature and other New Yorker-related publications, all of which White declined, believing the publications to be inaccurate and inadequate representations of The New Yorker and because of her age.

Incoming correspondence from Coward, president of Coward-McCann, Inc. Book Publishers, regarding revisions and reprints of Whites' edited volume, A Subtreasury of American Humor.

Incoming correspondence from Cullinan, Irish American writer and New Yorker secretary and contributor, regarding New Yorker-related and personal matters.

Copies of incoming correspondence from Cuppy, American humorist and New Yorker contributor, regarding his writing, submissions to The New Yorker, and other professional matters. Outgoing correspondence from White to Cuppy regarding his writing and editorial matters. White's letters Many of White's letters contain pleas for submissions from Cuppy to The New Yorker. White's letter of 22 Sept 1936 reads: "Why don't you send us something funny? We need it, and where are the manuscripts you have been promising?"

Incoming correspondence from Cushman regarding personal matters.

Incoming letter from Davenport, American author, regarding praise for her writing received from White.

Letter from Day, American writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding his autobiographical book, Life With Father. The letter additionally concerns E. B. White's biography of Day written for the Book of the Month Club circular. A note written by White describes this letter as "a rare item," as the many letters written by Day to White were lost from the New Yorker files. Copies of outgoing correspondence from White to Day regarding Day's writing and editorial matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Day regarding personal matters.

Correspondence between White and Peg Day, wife of Clarence Day, regarding New Yorker-related and personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and De Kay regarding De Kay's biographical research on Ogden Nash. White's response letter of 8 Sept 1976 contains many details about Nash's connection to The New Yorker and White's editorial opinions about his writing.

Exchange of correspondence between White and de Miskey, an early cover artist for The New Yorker, regarding de Miskey's difficulties in obtaining employment outside of The New Yorker.

Exchange of correspondence between White and de Rocheville, editor-in-chief of Press Bureau Publishers, regarding White's inclusion in Press Bureau's volume, Women of Achievement, to which White declined.

Incoming letter from Deutsch, American poet and a New Yorker contributor, regarding White's retirement from her editorial position at The New Yorker.

Incoming letter from de Vries, American novelist and New Yorker editor, regarding praise from White for one of his recently published books.

Letter from Edman, New Yorker contributor, regarding his review of a book (title unspecified in the letter) written by E. B. White.

Exchange of correspondence with Espey, a New Yorker contributor, regarding personal matters. A second exchange of correspondence regarding a series of short stories written by Espey on his experiences growing up in China as the son of an American missionary and turned down by The New Yorker.

Letter from Fish, a children's books editor of Frederick A. Stokes Company, Inc. publishers, regarding White's children's books review in the 6 Dec 1941 issue of The New Yorker.

Letter from Fisher regarding her review of gardening books mentioned in White's first Onward and Upward in the Garden article.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Flack, an early New Yorker contributor, primarily regarding gardening and White's Onward and Upward in the Garden series. Flack was a faithful reader of White's gardening articles and an avid gardener himself.

Incoming correspondence from Flanner, American writer, journalist, and New Yorker contributor, regarding professional and personal matters, including her writing for The New Yorker, her travels, and living in Paris. Several of Flanner's letters concern her life in Paris during World War II. Flanner's letters reference Ernest Hemmingway, Tennessee Williams, Carson McCullers, Bessie Breuer, Wolcott Gibbs, and St. Clair McKelway, Rebecca West, Jean Stafford, and J. D. Salinger.

Incoming correspondence from Fleichmann, president of The New Yorker, regarding primarily professional matters and some personal matters. Several of Fleichmann's letters to White concern issues related to her New Yorker stock holdings.

Incoming correspondence from Ford, a New Yorker contributor, regarding correspondence between Ford and E. B. White concerning the deaths of their respective dachshunds. Ford's letters also concern her new book. White's letter concerns the death of John McNulty.

Letter from E. B. White, regarding the death of his dachshund, Fred.

Exchange of correspondence with Ford regarding his book, The Time of Laughter, which featured The New Yorker. White's response letter mentions Harold Ross, Robert Coates John O'Hara, John Cheever, J. F. Powers, John Updike, Peter De Vries, Frank O'Conner, William Maxwell, Wolcott Gibbs, Frank Sullivan, Ogden Nash, and S. J. Perelman.

Incoming correspondence from Forster, Harold Ross' top record keeper at The New Yorker, regarding professional and personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Frank, a New Yorker contributor, regarding Frank's book The Deed.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Gallant, a New Yorker writer, regarding Gallant's back operation, one that White underwent years earlier and shared sympathy and encouragement about to Gallant.

Incoming correspondence from Geraghty, art editor of The New Yorker, regarding personal matters and the 50th Anniversary New Yorker Album compiled by Geraghty.

Incoming correspondence from Gibbs, American humorist and New Yorker editor and contributor, regarding professional matters and A Subtreasury of American Humor, a book compiled and edited by the Whites.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Van Leeuwen, a journalism student, regarding a term paper about Wolcott Gibbs.

Incoming letter from Gill, New Yorker contributor and theater critic, praising one of White's Onward and Upward in the Garden articles. Exchange of correspondence between White and Gill regarding the death of John O'Hara and O'Hara's New Yorker obituary, written by Gill. One letter contains Gill's approval to be included in the New Yorker correspondence White bequeathed to Bryn Mawr College.

Incoming correspondence from Goodwillie, White's private New Yorker secretary, regarding Goodwillie leaving The New Yorker to get married and other personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Gordimer, South African writer and New Yorker contributor, regarding her travels in Europe, living in South Africa, the progress of her writing, and personal matters. Gordimer's letters frequently mention her friend Jean Stafford.

Incoming correspondence from Gorman, head New Yorker Fiction Department secretary, primarily regarding professional matters. The Gorman correspondence dates to the late 50s and early 60s, when White was beginning to pull out of her editorial position to live in Maine. Gorman kept track of manuscripts sent to White, forwarded them to her, and updated her on office news from the Fiction Department.

Exchange of correspondence with Grant, first wife of Harold Ross, regarding her request to White and E. B. White to assist her in editing her book about The New Yorker.

Exchange of correspondence with Greenslet, chief editor of Houghton Mifflin, on the subject of White's being a judge of the Special Houghton Mifflin Prize for poetry given in 1945. Elizabeth Bishop's book of poetry won the prize, which led to her recognition as one of The New Yorker's major poets.

Incoming correspondence from Greenstein, vice president and assistant secretary of The New Yorker, regarding professional and personal matters. A later exchange of correspondence between White and Greenstein concerns the reproduction of portions of the Irvin masthead for a bookplate for White's New Yorker books bequeathed to Bryn Mawr College.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Hahn, American journalist and New Yorker contributor, regarding Hahn's trip to South Africa, White visiting Hahn during a trip to Europe, and other personal matters. Hahn's letters mention Nadine Gordimer.

Incoming correspondence from Hale concerned with the possibility of her writing something for the Dictionary of American Biography about KSW's sister Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant.

Letter from Hale, politician and New Yorker contributor, regarding Hale's book, "Cushing's Island: Two Memoirs," and personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Hamburger, American journalist and New Yorker contributor and staff member, regarding one of his New Yorker articles and personal matters.

Letter from Hamilton, managing director of Hamish Hamilton Ltd. Publishers, regarding personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Hardewick, wife of Robert Lowell, regarding Hardewick's writing and personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Harris, second husband of Jane Grant and owner of White Flower Farm, regarding personal matters. The letter of 17 May 1965 is a response to White's review of Harris's White Flower Farm seed catalog written under the pseudonym "Amos Pettingill" in an Onward and Upward in the Garden article.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Hart, associate editor at the Macmillan Company Publishers, regarding Macmillan's invitation for White to edit an anthology titled "But You Don't Have to Live With Him," to which White responded no.

Incoming letters from Haupt, an assistant secretary at The New Yorker, regarding professional matters

Exchange of correspondence between White and Haviland, chairman of the Children's Library Association, regarding an invitation for White to be a guest speaker at the Children's Library Association July 1954 conference, which White declined.

Incoming letter from Hayden regarding personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Hellman, American humorist and New Yorker staff writer, regarding primarily personal matters. Many of Hellman's letters concern White's Onward and Upward in the Garden series.

Incoming correspondence from Henderson, a New Yorker editor, regarding primarily professional and editorial matters. Henderson's later letters concern personal matters. Henderson's correspondence references the writings of Vladimir Nabokov, Christine Weston, Saul Bellow, Ida Treat, May Sarton, Elizabeth Bishop, and Phyllis McGinley.

Incoming correspondence from Heslin, a close doctor friend of Frank Sullivan's, regarding Sullivan's poor health and death.

Incoming letter from Hillyer, American poet and New Yorker contributor, regarding White's heath and other personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Hofeller, a New Yorker editor, regarding professional and personal matters.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Parker and Shaw regarding the estate of Helen Hokinson, New Yorker cartoonist and cover artist, and White's purchase of original artwork by Hokinson.

Exchange of correspondence between White and Fort, an early New Yorker contributor, regarding professional and personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Hollingsworth, a garden writer and Bryn Mawr alumna, regarding primarily gardening topics, White's Onward and Upward in the Garden series, and other personal matters. Hollingsworth was a devoted fan of White's articles and reviews of gardening and gardening publications.

Incoming correspondence from Honeycutt, never on the New Yorker staff but closely associated with the magazine, regarding the death of Dorothy Parker and other personal matters. Honeycutt's letters mention Jean Stafford, Frank Sullivan, Harold Ross, and Lillian Hellman.

Letter from Howe regarding personal matters.

Letter from Humphries, American poet, critic, and translator, regarding personal matters.

Letter from Hunter, New Yorker contributor, regarding a literary piece she submitted to The New Yorker.

Incoming correspondence from Iglauer, New Yorker contributor, regarding her Ungava Eskimo piece, her book, New People, White's Onward and Upward in the Garden series, and personal matters.

Incoming correspondence from Ingersoll, American journalist, regarding an inaccurate reference to White's divorce from her first husband in Ingersoll's book of memoirs, and other personal and professional matters.

Letter from Jackson, editor for Harper's Magazine, regarding Jackson's invitation for White to write a children's book list for the Christmas edition of Harper's Magazine.

Letter from Johnson regarding White's poor health and other personal matters.