Gerald Freund papers, 1952-1997, bulk 1975-1995

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Series VI: Whiting Foundation

This series documents Freund's work at the Whiting Foundation, as well as his role as the Director of the Whiting Writers' Awards. The Administrative Files and Whiting Writers' Awards Program Files, arranged chronologically, include correspondence, and information about nominees, nominators, panels, board meetings, and winners of the award. The Foundation Files, arranged alphabetically by organization, document collaboration with other philanthropic projects.

The files of the Whiting Foundation will be closed until 2049


Administrative Files



Box 47 Administrative File, 1985


Box 47 Administrative File, 1985-1986, 2 folders


Box 47 Administrative File, 1988, 2 folders


Box 47 Administrative File, 1989


Box 47 Administrative File, 1990, 2 folders


Box 47 Administrative File, 1992, 2 folders



Box 48 Administrative File, 1992, 2 folders


Box 48 Administrative File, 1992, 3 folders


Box 48 Administrative File, 1994


Box 48 Administrative File, 1995


Box 48 General Whiting Writing File, undated


Whiting Writers' Awards Program Files


Box 48 History and Press, 1984-1985 undated, 1984-1985, undated



Box 47 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1985-1986


Box 47 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1987


Box 47 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1988


Box 47 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1989


Box 47 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1990


Box 47 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1991


Box 47 Recipient Questionnaire, 1991 undated



Box 48 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1994


Box 48 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1995


Box 48 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1996


Box 48 Whiting Writers' Awards Program File, 1997



Box 45 Names and Nominations, undated


Whiting Foundation Files



Box 48 Center for Visual History, Voices and Visions, 1981-1985


Box 48 Suzanne Clerkin File, 1988



Box 45 Lynn Goldberg Communications, 1995



Box 48 Anne Burleigh Hansell File, 1995-1996


Box 48 Institute for Civil Justice, 1984-1985


Box 48 Kellye Rosenheim File, 1990



Box 45 Translation Project, 1993


Box 45 University Press Project, 1993


Box 45 University Press Roundtable Meeting, 1993



Box 48 Eudora Welty File, 1987 1992 undated, 1987, 1992 undated


Box 48 Whiting Foundation Documentary and Poetry Breaks, 1988


Box 48 Whiting Foundation Correspondence, 1997


Box 48 Whiting Foundation Interviews, 1993