Manuscripts Collection
Russell Fenimore Whitehead was born January 14, 1884, in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of William R. and Florence D. (Moore) Whitehead. He received a B.A. from Drexel Institute in 1903. After seven years as a draftsman, he was named editor of
In addition to Whitehead's correspondence as editor of
Accession number: 16,681
Processed by: David B. Peterson, September 2012.
Catalog ID number: 007564998
Principally letters sent and received by Whitehead concerning the promotion of white pine as a building material, the production and distribution of
Correspondence with recipients of the
Arranged alphabetically; includes some 170+ letters from architects throughout the United States, many discussing the use of pine as a building product or commenting on the White Pine series. Most of the letters are dated 1916-1923 and 1949-1952. A list of architect-correspondents is found in the first folder.
Covers the second, third, seventh, eighth, ninth, and 1916 competitions.
File includes advertisements, fliers, and pamphlets, including
Mainly unidentified notes.