This hard-cover exhibit book provides a brief biographical background on Louise Herreshoff, as well as image plates of her paintings displayed at a 1976 exhibit of her work at Washington and Lee University.

This biography of Louise Herreshoff by James Whitehead was created using personal correspondence, and regularly cites her letters. It depicts her life, familial ties, influences, time in Paris, period of art creation, china collecting, her two marriages, and her relationship with Washington and Lee University.

This box contains two photo albums, an exhibit book from Louise Herreshoff's 1976 show at Washington and Lee University, and a copy of "A Fragile Union" by James W. Whitehead.