Sources

University of Wisconsin Archives

Thanks is given to the Archives for their permission to reprint the Frontiers and Sifting texts. The Archives holds the following series of documents relating to Helen and her role at the University:

• series 7/10/20 Helen C. White papers 25.6 cubic feet (cf)
• series 7/10/20/0/1 recording
• series 7/10/20/3 English department records (1955-8, 1961-5) 4.6cf
• Accession 1985/072 English WWII files of Helen C. White (1938-1945)
  unprocessed 1cf
• six folders and one binder in biographical file (main office)
• photographs are located at Steenbock Repository

Images included in this site are courtesy of the UW Archives. For online photos of Ms. White, visit the White Gallery in the Wisconsin Electronic Reader photo gallery.

Articles/Books About Helen C. White

• “Helen Constance White.” Demcourier 12, no. 2 (Mar 1942); chapters by Margaret Thoma, Mark Schorer, August Derleth, Harold S. Latham. Historical Society Library Pamphlet Collection 56-753.
• Agard, Joan. Biography of Helen Constance White 1896-1967, Wisconsin Historical Society Archives — manuscript
• McNaron, Toni A.H. “The Purple Goddess: A Memoir of Helen Constance White” Working Paper Series/Women’s Studies Research Center-UW Madison 12 (1985); (also appears in: Women’s Studies Quarterly 14 (1986): 44-7; and 22 (1994): 42-50)
• Roberts, Audrey. “Helen C. White” in University Women: A Series of Essays vol 1. Madison, WI : Office of Women, c1980-. UW Digital Collections
• Famous Wisconsin Women. Madison: Women’s Auxiliary, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1971-. College Library Main Collection HQ1438 W5 W5
• McGrath, Hazel. “Helen C. White” in Wisconsin Women: A Gifted Heritage, ed. Andrea Bletzinger and Anne Short. Amherst, Wisconsin: Palmer Publications, c1982. College Library Women’s Collection HQ1438 W5 W58 4

Reference Resources with Entries About Helen C. White

• American Authors and Books: 1640 to the Present Day. Third revised edition. By W.J. Burke and Will D. Howe. Revised by Irving Weiss and Anne Weiss. NewYork: Crown Publishers, 1972. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z1224 B87 1972
• American National Biography. 24 volumes. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. Memorial Library Reference Stacks CT213 A68 1999
• American Novelists of Today. By Harry R. Warfel. New York: American Book Co., 1951. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PS379 W3
• American Women Writers. A critical reference guide from Colonial times to the present. Four volumes. Edited by Lina Mainiero. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1979-1982. Memorial Library Reference Collection PS147 A4
• Biography Index. Volume 1: January, 1946-July, 1949. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1949. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 2: August, 1949-August, 1952. New York: H.W. Wilson Co.,1953. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 4: September, 1955-August, 1958. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1960. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 9: September, 1970-August, 1973. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1974. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 12: September, 1979-August, 1982. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1983. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 15: September, 1986-August, 1988. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1988. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 20: September, 1994-August, 1995. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1995. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• Biography Index. Volume 22: September, 1996-August 1997. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1997. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z5301 B5
• The Book of Catholic Authors. Informal self-portraits of famous modern Catholic writers. Third series. Edited by Walter Romig. Detroit: Walter Romig & Co., 1945. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PS153 C3 B6
• Catholic Authors: Contemporary biographical sketches. First volume: 1930-1947. Edited by Matthew Hoehn. Newark, NJ: St. Mary’s Abbey, 1948. Reprint. Detroit: Gale Research, 1981. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PN485 H6
• Contemporary American Authors. By Fred B. Millett. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1940. Reprint. New York: AMS Press, 1970. Biographies begin on page 207. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PS221 M5
• 200 Contemporary Authors. Volumes 5-8, 1st revision. Detroit: Gale Research, 1969. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PN771 H28 (also online)
• Current Biography Yearbook. “1945.” New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1945. Memorial Library Reference Stacks CT100 C8 (also online)
• Index to Women of the World from Ancient to Modern Times. By Norma Olin Ireland. Westwood, MA: F.W. Faxon Co., 1970. Verona Shelving Facility HQ1123 P451 1970
• The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 53. New York: James T. White & Co., 1972. Memorial Library Reference Stacks E176 N28
• Notable American Women: the Modern Period. A biographical dictionary. Edited by Barbara Sicherman and Carol Hurd Green. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Belknap Press, 1980. Memorial Library Reference Stacks CT3260 N573 
• Twentieth Century Authors. A biographical dictionary of modern literature. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft. Wilson Authors Series. NewYork: H.W. Wilson Co., 1942. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PN771 K86
• Twentieth Century Authors. A biographical dictionary of modern literature. First Supplement. Edited by Stanley J. Kunitz. Wilson Authors Series. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1955. Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving PN771 K86 Supp
• Who’s Who in America 1944-5. Verona Shelving Facility E663 W562 Index
• Who Was Who in America. A component volume of “Who’s Who in American History.” Volume 4, 1961-1968. Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, 1968. Memorial Library Reference Stacks E176 W64
• Who Was Who among North American Authors, 1921-1939. Compiled from “Who’s Who Among North American Authors,” Volumes 1-7, 1921-1939. Gale Composite Biographical Dictionary Series, Number 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1976. Memorial Library Reference Stacks Z1224 W615 1976
• World Authors. “1900-1950.” Four volumes. Edited by Martin Seymour-Smith and Andrew C. Kimmens. Wilson Authors Series. New York: H.W. Wilson Co., 1996. Memorial Library Reference Stacks PN451 W674 1996
• Who Was Who in Literature, 1906-1934. Gale Composite Biographical Dictionary Series, Number 5. Detroit: Gale Research, 1979. Memorial Library Reference Stacks PR106 W5
• Who’s Who of American Women. First edition, 1958-1959.
• Who’s Who of American Women. Second edition, 1961-1962.
• Who’s Who of American Women. Third edition, 1964-1965.
• Who’s Who of American Women. Fourth edition, 1966-1967.
• Who’s Who of American Women. Fifth edition, 1968-1969.