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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.
BOX 1
f. 1 Photographs 836.1-836.9
f. 2 Photographs 836.10-836.21
f. 3 Photographs 836.22-836.34
f. 4 Photographs 836.35-836.54
f. 5 Photographs 836.55-836.68
f. 6 Photographs 836.69-836.79
f. 7 Photographs 836.80-836.87
f. 8 Photographs 836.88-836.102
f. 9 Photographs 836.103-836.116
f. 10 Photographs 836.117-836.140
f. 11 Photographs 836.141-836.163
f. 12 Photographs 836.164-836.181
f. 13 Photographs 836.182-836.201
f. 14 Photographs 836.202-836.207
BOX 2
f. 15 Photographs 836.208-836.220
f. 16 Photographs 836.221-836.225
Photographs 836.226-836.255 were contact sheets removed from the collection.
f. 17 Photographs 836.256.
f. 18 Photographs 836.257
f. 19 Photographs 836.258-836.264
f. 20 Photographs 836.265-836.281
f. 21 Photographs 836.282-836.290
f. 22 Photographs 836.291
f. 23 Photographs 836.292-836.293
folders 24 through 27 containing photographs 836.294-836.354(contact sheets) removed from collection)
f. 28 Photographs 836.355-836.358
f. 29 Photographs 836.359-836.370
f. 30 Photographs 836.371-836.394
f. 31 Photographs 836.395-836.418
f.32 Photographs 836.419-836.446
BOX 3
f. 33 Photographs 836.447-836.457
f. 34 Photographs 836.458-836.481
f. 35 Photographs 836.482-836.493
f. 36 Photographs 836.494-836.516
f. 37 Photographs 836.517-836.544
f. 38 Photographs 836.545-836.554
f. 39 Photographs 836.555-836.559
f. 40 Photographs 836.560-836.575
f. 41 Photographs 836.576-836.587
f. 42 Photographs 836.588-836.615
f. 43 Photographs 836.616-836.660
f. 44 Photographs 836.661-836.665
f. 45 Photographs 836.666-836.699
BOX 4
f. 46 Photographs 836.700-836.747
f. 47 folder and contents removed 836.748-836.765 contact prints.
f. 48 Photographs 836.766-836.789
f. 49 Photographs 836.790-836.955
f. 50 Photographs 836.956-836.992
f. 51 Photographs 836.993-836.1017
f. 52 Photographs 836.1018-836.1039
f. 53 Photographs 836.1040-836.1063
BOX 5
f. 54 Photographs 836.1064-836.1096
f. 55 Photographs 836.1097-836.1110
f. 56 Photographs 836.1111-836.1139
f. 57 Photographs 836.1140-836.1156
f. 58 Photographs 836.1157-836.1175
f. 59 Photographs 836.1176-836.1210
f. 60 Photographs 836.1211-836.1249
f. 61 Photographs 836.1250-836.1271
f. 62 Photographs 836.1272-836.1290
BOX 6
f. 63 Photographs 836.1291-836.1336
f. 64 Photographs 836.1337-836.1361
f. 65 Photographs 836.1362-836.1393
f. 66 Photographs 836.1394-836.1395
f. 67 Photographs 836.1396-836.1445
f. 68 Photographs 836.1446-836.1454
f. 69 Photographs 836.1455-836.1456
f. 70 Photographs 836.1457-836.1468
f. 71 Photographs 836.1469-836.1471
f. 72 Photographs 836.1472-836.1477
f. 73 Photographs 836.1478-836.1487
f. 74 Photographs 836.1488-836.1513
f. 75 Photographs 836.1514-836.1526
BOX 7
f. 76 Photographs 836.1527-836.1547
f. 77 Photographs 836.1548-836.1570
f. 78 Photographs 836.1571-836.1595
f. 79 Photographs 836.1596-836.1608
f. 80 Photographs 836.1609-836.1630
f. 81 Photographs 836.1631-836.1640
f. 82 Photographs 836.1641-836.1663
f. 83 Photographs 836.1664-836.1676
f. 84 Photographs 836.1677-836.1689
f. 85 Photographs 836.1690-836.1695
f. 86 Photographs 836.1696-836.1716
f. 87 Photographs 836.1717-836.1747
BOX 8
f. 88 Photographs 836.1748-836.1763
f. 89 Photographs 836.1764-836.1787
f. 90 Photographs 836.1788-836.1806
f. 91 Photographs 836.1807-836.1876
f. 92 Photographs 836.1877-836.1927
f. 93 Photographs 836.1928-836.1958
f. 94 Photographs 836.1959-836.1971