INTRODUCTION
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Revised: June 12, 2007 HISTORICAL NOTE
John H. White, Jr., (1933- ), historian and museum curator, was born at
Cincinnati, Ohio. He graduated with a B.A. in history from Miami University,
Ohio, in 1958. Shortly after receiving his degree, White joined the staff of
the Smithsonian Institution as Assistant Curator for the Division of
Transportation, Department of Science and Technology, in the Museum of History
and Technology. White later became Associate Curator of the Division,
1961-1966, Curator, 1967-1985, and Senior Historian, 1986-1989. During these
years the Division of Transportation was under the Department of Industries,
1969-1977, and the Department of the History of Technology, 1978-1979, in the
National Museum of History and Technology; and part of the Department of the
History of Science and Technology, National Museum of American History, after
1980. White specialized in land transportation, particularly the history of
railroads.
DESCRIPTIVE ENTRY
These papers consist mainly of correspondence that documents activities of John
H. White, Jr., as Curator and Senior Historian of the Division of
Transportation, and includes some correspondence documenting the years White
was editor of Railroad History. In addition are desk calendars noting important
meetings and various other agendas.
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