Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1876, Aug. 30 | Born, Horton, Kans. |
| 1897 | Graduated, Yakima High School, Yakima, Wash. |
| 1897-1899 | Elementary school teacher, various locations, Washington |
| 1899-1901 | School principal, Prosser, Wash. |
| 1900 | Attended Washington State College, Pullman, Wash. |
| 1901-1904 | Superintendent of schools, Georgetown, Wash. |
| 1903-1906 | Attended University of Washington, Seattle, Wash. |
| 1904-1906 | Principal, Green Lake School, Seattle Wash. |
| 1907-1911 | Assistant secretary, New York State Charities Aid Association |
| 1908 | B.S., Teachers College of Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1909 | Married Mabel Glass |
| 1910 | Organized Conference of Mayors of the State of New York |
| 1911-1914 | General director, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor |
| 1914-1918 | Commissioner of public charities, New York, N.Y. Ex-officio president, Board of Inebriety, New York, N.Y. Secretary, Board of Ambulance Service, New York, N.Y. Member, board of trustees, Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York, N.Y. |
| 1918 | Assistant director of general relief, American Red Cross, France |
| 1918-1919 | Director, Department of Citizenship, Young Men's Christian Association, Army Educational Commission, France |
| 1920 | Toured Serbia on behalf of Serbian Child Welfare Association of America |
| 1920-1921 | Consultant, Milbank Memorial Fund |
| 1921-1935 | Secretary, Milbank Memorial Fund Board member, New York Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor Member, executive committee, New York State Charities Aid Association Director, National Tuberculosis Association Director and chairman, executive committee, Serbian Child Welfare Association of America. Secretary, America-Yugoslav Society |
| 1931 | LL.D, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. |
| 1932 | Toured USSR |
| 1933 | Published with Sir Arthur Newsholme Red Medicine: Socialized Health in Soviet Russia (New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 324 pp.) Published Health in Handcuffs (New York: Modern Age Books. 210 pp.) |
| 1935-1939 | Administrative consultant to Harry Lloyd Hopkins, chief, Works Progress Administration Administrative consultant to Aubrey Williams, chief, National Youth Administration |
| 1939-1956 | Wrote and lectured on public health and welfare, American-Soviet and American-Yugoslav relations, and world peace |
| 1941 | Organized Russian War Relief |
| 1949-1956 | National chairman, Council of American-Soviet Friendship |
| 1950 | Attended Second World Peace Congress, Warsaw, Poland Toured USSR |
| 1951 | Attended World Peace Council, Vienna, Austria Toured USSR |
| 1952 | Toured People's Republic of China |
| 1954-1955 | Appeared before Subversive Activities Control Board |
| 1956, Aug. 3 | Died, New York, N.Y. |