Janney-White family papers
Scope and Contents
The Janney-White family papers primarily contain material related to Richard Janney White (1867-1929), his parents Jane Janney and Francis White (1825-1904), and their immediate and extended families. This includes correspondence between family members, photographs, Richard Janney White and Janet MacLaren's marriage announcement, photocopies of family trees, etc. A large amount of material comes from or relates to Janet Halstead MacLaren White (Richard Janney White's wife) and her extended family. This includes travel diaries and correspondence with Janet's aunt, Mary Halstead, correspondence with Janet's mother, Esther Halstead MacLaren, and photographs of several of her aunts, uncles, and cousins. The collection mostly dates from the mid-to-late 19th and early 20th centuries, though there is one document from 1796, a stock share from the Bank of Alexandria, Virginia.
Dates
- Creation: 1796, 1840s-1942
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Collection is open for use.
Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.
Biographical note
The Janney family settled in the Mid-Atlantic region of the American colonies (later the United States) and were the maternal ancestors and relatives of Johns Hopkins, whose mother was born Hannah Janney. Johns Hopkins's sister, Sarah Hopkins (1799-1879), married Richard Janney, a distant maternal cousin, and had a daughter, Jane Eliza Janney, in 1831.
Jane Janney married Francis White, a Baltimore businessman from another Quaker family with origins in North Carolina, in 1854. Francis White was the son of Miles White and the stepson of Margaret Hopkins White, another one of Johns Hopkins's sisters. Johns Hopkins named Francis White as one of the original trustees of both the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Hospital, a position he occupied until his death in 1904. White also served as an executor of Hopkins's will.
Jane Janney White and Francis White had three sons, Miles White, Jr., Francis Albertson White, and Richard Janney White. Richard Janney White (1867-1929) married Janet Halstead MacLaren, the daughter of Robert and Esther Halstead MacLaren of New York, NY, in 1912. Like his father Francis, Richard served as a trustee of the Johns Hopkins Hospital until his death in 1929.
Sources:
"Death of Johns Hopkins: His Last illness Life and Character His Career as a Merchant and Banker His Benevolent Enterprises Monuments of Learning and Charity,&c," Baltimore Sun, Dec 25, 1873, republished in the Johns Hopkins Gazette, January 4, 1999. https://pages.jh.edu/gazette/1999/jan0499/obit.html, accessed February 28, 2023.
"Geneological information on ancestors of Richard Janney White and his Children, related material" 1916-1917, approximately 1930s, Box 1, Folder 1, Janney-White family papers, MS-0572, Special Collections, The Johns Hopkins University.
"Joseph Janney (1675-1729) Descendants," WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hopkins-12859, accessed February 28, 2023.
"Richard Janney White," FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234220502/richard-janney-white, accessed February 28, 2023.
Extent
1.1 Cubic Feet (3 boxes [1 letter size document box, 1 legal size document box, 1 letter size half document box] and one oversized folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Janney-White family papers primarily contain material related to Johns Hopkins's great-nephew Richard Janney White (1867-1929), his parents Jane Janney and Francis White (1825-1904), and their immediate and extended families.
Custodial History
The papers were donated by Betsy Baker in August 2011.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by Betsy Baker in August 2011. Later additions to this collection were likely donated in 2012 or 2013.
Accruals
2016-17.MS.045 (now Box 3 of this collection)
Bibliography
- "Death of Johns Hopkins: His Last illness Life and Character His Career as a Merchant and Banker His Benevolent Enterprises Monuments of Learning and Charity,&c," Baltimore Sun, Dec 25, 1873, republished in the Johns Hopkins Gazette, January 4, 1999. https://pages.jh.edu/gazette/1999/jan0499/obit.html, accessed February 28, 2023.
- "Geneological information on ancestors of Richard Janney White and his Children, related material" 1916-1917, approximately 1930s, Box 1, Folder 1, Janney-White family papers, MS-0572, Special Collections, The Johns Hopkins University.
- "Joseph Janney (1675-1729) Descendants," WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hopkins-12859, accessed February 28, 2023.
- "Richard Janney White," FindAGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234220502/richard-janney-white, accessed February 28, 2023.
Processing Information
Processed by Archives staff, 2011-2017, and originally titled the Janney family papers. Reprocessed by Liz Beckman in February 2023.
- Title
- Guide to the Janney-White family papers
- Author
- Jordon Steele, revised by Elizabeth Beckman
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
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