John H. White Jr.

John H. White, Jr.
Born	(1933-11-10) November 10, 1933 Cincinnati, Ohio
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Miami University
Scientific career
Fields	History
Institutions	Smithsonian Institution, Department of Science and Technology Division of Transportation Museum of History and Technology

John Henry White, Jr. (born November 10, 1933) is an American historian and museum curator.

Biography

White was born in 1933 at Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1958, he graduated with bachelor's degree from Miami University. As soon as he graduated he got a job as an associate curator for the Smithsonian Institution, for such organizations as Department of Science and Technology, Division of Transportation, and the Museum of History and Technology. From 1961 till 1966 he was an associate curator of the Division, later he became the curator of the same position from 1967–1985, and after it, got a position of senior historian that he kept from 1986 till 1989.

White has authored a rich series of books on the history of American railroad development. These carefully researched and well documented works are valuable for all students and enthusiasts of transportation history.

Work

Title	Publication date	Pages	Notes
Early American Locomotives (Trains)	Jun 1, 1972	142	Dover; 19th Century engravings, with brief history
Horsecars, Cable Cars and Omnibuses	Jun 1, 1974	107	Dover; images, with brief history
A History of the American Locomotive: Its Development, 1830–1880	January 1, 1980	528
The John Bull: 150 Years a Locomotive	October 1, 1981	144
The American Railroad Passenger Car	March 1, 1985	704
'The Great Yellow Fleet: A History of American Railroad Refrigerator Cars	December 1, 1986	186
The American Railroad Freight Car: From the Wood-Car Era to the Coming of Steel	October 1, 1993	656
American Locomotives: An Engineering History, 1830-1880	December 11, 1997	624
The Island Queen: Cincinnati's Excursion Steamer(with Robert J. White, Sr.)	March 1, 2001	115
Cincinnati: City of Seven Hills (Ohio)(History)	2001	128
On the Right Track: Some Historic Cincinnati Railroads	2003	160
Wet Britches and Muddy Boots: A History of Travel in Victorian America	November 22, 2012	544	Indiana University Press - Series: Railroads Past and Present