STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
s0455 WITMAN, ARTHUR (1902-1991), PAPERS, 1934-1978
s0541 WITMAN, ARTHUR (1902-1991), PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION
s0549 WITMAN, ARTHUR (1902-1991), 35mm PHOTOGRAPHS
s0665 WITMAN, ARTHUR (1902-1991), COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS
s0702 WITMAN, ARTHUR (1902-1991), ARCH CONSTRUCTION PHOTOGRAPHS
s0717 WITMAN, ARTHUR (1902-1991), PHOTOGRAPH ADDENDA
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Arthur Witman worked for the St. Louis Post Dispatch from October 1932 until his retirement in 1969. In addition to local news stories, Witman covered Winston Churchill’s “Iron Curtain” speech, and the presidential campaigns of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson for the Post. He also documented the construction of the St. Louis Arch from 1963 to 1967.
After his retirement Witman taught a photography class at Southern Illinois University and a workshop for the Winona School of Professional Photography. He also planned to publish a book using his photos of the St. Louis Arch. This project evolved into a panoramic book of St. Louis for Doubleday & Company publishers. Unfortunately he never finished the book. Witman did some freelance work in his retirement for Monsanto, the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Saturday Evening Post.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Arthur Witman Addenda includes documents, photographs and audio tapes spanning from 1954 to 1987. The documents include newspaper clippings, correspondence, and pamphlets from freelance work. Series 1 encompasses Witman’s personal files and correspondence. Series 2 contains records relating to the publication of the St. Louis Arch and St. Louis panoramic books. The photographs in the collection include professional work and personal photos. The collection also contains several pages of 35mm contact sheets of professional photographs. Series 3 contains all of these photographs. The audio tapes include lectures and interviews with Arthur Witman and various radio programs on photography. Series 4 contains all audio tapes
FOLDER LIST
SERIES 1 – FILES, 1954-1981, FOLDERS 1-9
1. Clips and Congratulations, 1954-1985
2. Freelance Work, 1962-1987
3. Freelance Work, 1970-1976
4. Journalism Week, 1963-1965
5. Mason Files, 1974-1981
6. Photography Equipment Records, 1957-1972
7. PSA (Photographic Society of America), PAofA (Photographers Association of
America) and Sigma Delta Chi, 1954-58
8. Retirement, 1969-1976
9. Southern Illinois University, 1957-1970
SERIES 2 – ARCH BOOK, 1962-1969, FOLDERS 10-13
10. Arch Documents, 1965-1967
11. Jefferson National Expansion Memorial 1962-1985
12. Publication of Arch Book, 1966-1967
13. St. Louis Panorama Book, 1967-1969
SERIES 3 – PHOTOGRAPHS, 1976-1981, FOLDERS 14-17
14. Contact Sheets, nd, 1976-1981
AAA Auto Club 1977 (3 sheets), (3 sheets of 120mm)
Abright Farm, Hannibal, MO. Bexton for Milo 6/26/80
African tribal musicians and dancers (5 sheets)
Badth Farm – Greenville, IL. 7/7/80
Blender – Hatfield, IN. Lindaur Farm Yield Test 10/5/78
Bob Berner Royalton Agriculture Service. Nancy? Office girl. 6/7/80
Bob Hoffman, Bond Co. F.S. (1-5) AND Dan Crawford on Barth Wheat 4/22/80
Buffalo and Bolivar MO. 4/25/78
Charles Mitroka and his son-in-law Steve Battaglia 6/7/80
Chester Herschbach 6/26/81
Chocolate Bayou 3/23/79 (7 sheets), (3 sheets of 120mm)
DOW 10/13/77-10/14/77(2 sheets)
DOW Ollie Smith 11/22/77
DOW Ollie Smith AND Sievers 10/22/77
DOW Sievers 10/22/77
Farmers with corn crops
Goldman Far Yield Hatfield, IN. 10/5/78
Harold Pope and son Kent. Harvel, IL. 11/2/76
Harvel, IL. 10/28/76 (3 sheets)
Hemming Hauf Farm Greenville IL. N-Serve 6/14/79
Hillsboro, IL. 5/16/79
IBM 8/23/76
Ice Storm Algentry – Debbi Columbo AND Camellias 1/3/79 (2 sheets)
Jack Smith Farm – Divernon, IL. Auburn IL F.S. 5/24/79
Jerry Johnston Macon, IL. 5/2/80
John Manns – Alton, IL. Applying Lorsban 6/4/80 (2 sheets)
Kaiser Farm – Jonesburg, MO with Larry Brattan and Weigh Wason 7/8/80
Kombrink – O’Fallon, IL. Vernon K. Gombine, Mrs. Steve Ausur. 7/6/80
Lee Roy Barth – Wheat (1-18) AND Donal Jenner – N. Serve 4/22/80
Lincoln, IL. 5/10/79 (2 sheets)
Litchfeld Airport 5/26/79 (2 sheets)
Lorsban – 15 G. AND Jerry Johnston – Macon, IL. 5/2/80
Lorsban treatments (2 sheets)
McDonnell Douglas Hornet aircraft launch 9/13/78 (6 sheets)
Meramec Float 6/12/81
Meyers – La Belle, MO. AND Mitrouica Royalton, IL.
Monsanto P.R. 6/18/79
Morrisonville, IL. 5/24/79
N-Serve 5/12/77 (2 sheets)
N-Serve S.I.U. Experiment Station 7/27/78
N-Serve treatments (3 sheets)
15. Contact Sheets, nd, 1976-1981
Pawnee, IL. 5/16/79.
People visiting an exhibit.
Raber Farm Test Blairsville, IN. 9/29/78
Randolph Brothers Rockbridge Farm Replanting 5/26/79
Randolph Brothers, Jersey Co. 5/25/79 (3 sheets)
Regional Air Pollution Study ‘RAPS’ (3 sheets)
Ron Riffey farm. Virden, IL. 11/2/76 (2 sheets)
Royal Order of Night Riders 4/14/81
Sam Leake Ladonnia, MO. 7/17/81
Scientists performing animal tests in a laboratory (5 sheets)
St. Joseph institute for the deaf 4/5/77 (7 sheets)
Stockton, MO. 4/25/78
Sturgeon, MO 5/14/79
Taylorville, IL. N-Serve 5/3/79
Texas City 3/23/79 (4 sheets)
Triplett, MO 5/14/79
Two men examining (eggs?) with a microscope.
V. of MO test. Dr. Hansen – Jonesburg, MO. 7/8/80
Workers at a Monsanto factory producing Silicon Discs. (7 sheets)
Workers in a factory, several women and men (2 sheets)
Workers in a factory. Interior and Exterior views (20 sheets)
16. Photographs 794.1-794.24
17. Photo Negatives and Slide 794.28-794.54
Oversize Photographs (Located in Map Case):
794.25-794.27
SERIES 4 – TAPES
T 794.1 NPA Conference on improved photojournalism
T 794.2 “The Right Light” – Witman and Mohler
T 794.3 Conference on photography – Life Lab presentation
T 794.4 Stump the Experts – Photography
T 794.5 Photography conference – Abercrombie “The 35” and Al Westelin “Creative Freelance”
T 794.6 Creative Aging – Arthur Witman
T 794.7 Radio interview
T 794.8 KETC Camera Club
T 794.9 Creative Aging – Lois Witman
T 794.10 NPPA Art Witman “Shooting the Picture Story”
T 794.11 Lecture on camera technique
INDEX
St. Louis Arch, f. 1, 8, 10 - 13
Atkins, Ollie, f. 3
Cervantes, Alfonso, f. 8
Cronkite, Walter, f. 4
National Press Photographers Association (NPAA), f. 1
Mid-America Press Institute, f. 2
Missouri Botanical Garden, f. 3
Monsanto, f. 2, 14, 15
Photographic Society of America f. 7
Pulitzer, Joseph Jr., f. 8
Saturday Evening Post, f. 3
The Children’s Mercy Hospital, f. 3
The Daily Egyptian, f. 9
The Photographer’s Association of America f. 7
University of Missouri Columbia, f. 4
Wynona School of Professional Photography, f. 2