File 108 - Letters from Richard Alan White

2.4 cm of textual records

File consists of approximately 38 letters, as well as, typescripts and blank postcards. This correspondence occurred between July 15, 1972 and June 30, 2006. A chronological list and description follows:

• a 9-page hand-written letter from Nouwen, undated but mentions that Nouwen is flying to San Francisco. Letter is written on 19.7 (7 3/4 ") x 14.8 cm (5 13/16") creamy beige paper.
• 1 page (both sides) typed letter dated July 15, 1972 on Instituto de Idiomas | Padres de Maryknoll letterhead.
• 1 page (both sides) typed letter dated July 22, 1972 on Instituto de Idiomas letterhead.
• 1 page typed letter dated July 24, 1972 on Instituto de Idiomas letterhead.
• 1 page (both sides) typed letter dated July 29, 1972 on Instituto de Idiomas letterhead.
• 1 page typed letter dated August 12 (presumably 1972) on Insinuator de Idiomas letterhead.
• 1 page hand-written letter (undated) addressed by Nouwen as "For Richard, Nanci, Lou Suzanne".
• 1 page (both sides) typed letter dated [May? "mei"] 20, 1973. Nouwen says he is writing from Holland.
• 1 page (both sides) hand-written letter dated July 19, 1974. Letter written on Abbey of the Genesee letter head and is 21.6 cm (8 1/2") x 14 cm (5 1/2 ").
• 5 page (single side) hand-written letter dated September 1, 1974. Letter written on Abbey of the Genesee letter head and is 21.6 cm (8 1/2") x 14 cm (5 1/2 ").
• 9 page (single side) hand-written letter dated October 14 [annotation by RAW may be '74].
• 1 page (double sided) typed letter dated August [28?], 1975.
• 1 'Giant Post Card' of the Abbey of the Genesee dated March 18, 1979 measuring 22.7cm (8 15/16 ") x 17.1cm (6 3/4").
• 2 page (single sided) hand-written letter dated September 15, 1979 on Abbey of the Genesee letter head measuring 21.6 cm (8 1/2") x 14 cm (5 1/2 ").
• 1 page (single sided) handwritten letter dated December 16, 1974(1979?) on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• A copy of a 2-page typed letter dated September 24, 1974 from RAW.
• 2 page (single sided) hand-written letter dated December 14, 1974 on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• 2 page (double-sided) magazine article by William Sloane Coffin, "Coffin on Leave: An activist chaplain spends a pacific year away from Yale". Nouwen has annotated this article "Yale Alumni Magazine December 1974".
• 1 page hand-written letter (single side) dated December 6, 1974 on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• 1 page hand-written letter (single sided) dated December [5? 8?] 1974 on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• 1 page hand-written letter (single sided) dated November 26, 1974 on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• 1 page handwritten letter (single sided) dated November 18, 1974 on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• 2 page handwritten letter (single sided) dated November 1, 1974 on "Our Lady of the Genesee Abbey" letterhead.
• 1 page (single sided) typed letter dated July 28, 1975 on Yale University letterhead measuring 14 cm (5 1/2") x 21.6 cm (8 1/2").
• 2 page (one double-sided) typed letter dated September 5, 1975 on Yale University letterhead measuring 14 cm (5 1/2 ") x 21.5 cm (8 1/2 ")
• Photocopy of a newspaper article regarding the death of 23-year old jockey Elizabeth Anne Canning.
• 1 page typed letter (double-sided) dated [April? September?] 3, 1979 on Yale University letterhead.
• 1 page typed letter (single sided) dated June 30, 2006 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• 1 page typed letter (single sided) dated September 10, 1993 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• 1 page typed letter (single sided) dated October 19, 1993 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• 1 page typed letter (single sided) dated November 10, 1993 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• Pages 2-6 of a hand-written letter (single sided) of unknown date. This letter is missing its first page.
• A 2 page (single-sided) typed letter dated January 17, 1994 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• 1 page (single-sided) typed letter dated June 15, 1994 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• 1 page (single-sided) typed letter dated June 21, 1994 on L'Arche Daybreak letterhead.
• 1 page (single-sided) typed letter dated October 21, 1994 on "L'Arche Daybreak 1969-1994" letterhead.
• 2 page (single-sided) typed letter dated December 15, 1994 on "L'Arche Daybreak 1969-1994" .
• 1 page (single-spaced) typed letter dated March 21, 1995 on "L'Arche Daybreak 1969-1994" letterhead.
• 1 page (single-spaced) typed letter dated May 16, 1995 on "L'Arche Daybreak 1969-1994" letterhead.
• 2 page (single-spaced) typed letter dated January 13, 1995 on "L'Arche Daybreak 1969-1994" letterhead.
• 3 page hand-written letter (single-spaced) dated February 10, 1996 on heavily water-damaged paper.
• Copy of Nouwen's 27 page (single-sided) typescript "Compassion: a study inspired by the life and the works of Vincent Van Gogh. December 16 - January 3. 1975-76" annotated "For Richard with love from Henri". [Only photocopied first page as rest of typescript is un annotated by either RAW or HN].
• 25 page typed copy of RAW's third chapter (of his thesis?) "Nuclear Man: In Search For Liberation". Unannotated.
• Copy of newspaper articles on the death of Elizabeth Anne Canning [Elizabeth Canning Healy], a professional jockey. Page leaf measures 21.5 cm (8 1/5 ") x 14.9 cm (5 7/8").
• 3 blank postcards from The Abbey of the Genesee
• 1 empty air mail envelope addressed to RAW, postmarked December 31,1973. Nouwen's return address is a Dutch address.
• A copy of "Daybreak Newsbreak" newsletter for Winter 1994.
• Empty business-sized envelope from L'Arche Daybreak post-marked June 30, 1993.
• An empty manilla envelope addressed to RAW from HN at the Abbey of the Genesee , postmarked October 17, 1974.
• An empty airmail envelope addressed to RAW from HN at the Abbey of the Genesee postmarked September 3, 1974.

File is restricted by donor agreement

Title based on contents of the file.
See also the Oral History Project fonds, file 99, for Richard Alan White's interview on Henri Nouwen.
For additional materials regarding the correspondence of Richard Alan White see also the General Files 2387, 2392, 2658, 3686, 4347, 4718, 5116, 5560b, 6017, 6574, 7102, 7698, 8511, 9373, 9374, 10259, 10670, 11143, 11602.
White sent the original correspondence and the archives photocopied the material, as the donor wished for the material to be returned to him.

Added by T Wong, 23 August 2021