Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1874, Mar. 15 | Born, Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pa. |
| 1897 | A.B., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1897-1900 | Newspaper reporter, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1905 | Managed the mayoral campaign of John Maynard Harlan, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1907 | J.D., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. Began private law practice |
| 1911 | Married Anna Wilmarth Thompson (died 1935) Managed the mayoral campaign of Charles E. Merriam, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1912-1916 | Active in the Progressive Party |
| 1918-1919 | Worked with the Y.M.C.A. in France, attached to the Thirty- Fifth Division, American Expeditionary Forces |
| 1922 | President, People's Protective League |
| 1924 | Illinois campaign manager, Hiram Johnson's campaign for the Republican Party presidential nomination |
| 1926 | Managed the senatorial campaign of Hugh S. Magill of Illinois |
| 1929-1930 | Director, People's Traction League |
| 1933-1946 | Secretary of the interior |
| 1933-1939 | Administrator of the Public Works Administration |
| 1934 | Published The New Democracy. New York: W.W. Norton |
| 1935 | Published Back to Work. New York: Macmillan |
| 1938 | Married Jane Dahlman |
| 1939 | Published America's House of Lords. New York: Harcourt, Brace |
| 1941 | Published Freedom of the Press Today. New York: Vanguard Press |
| 1941-1946 | Solid Fuels Administrator and Petroleum Administrator for War |
| 1943 | Published Fightin' Oil. New York: Alfred A. Knopf |
| 1943 | Published The Autobiography of a Curmudgeon. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock |
| 1945 | Chairman, American delegation, Anglo-American Oil Treaty negotiations |
| 1952, Feb. 3 | Died, Washington, D.C. |