Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1888, July 12 | Born, Valentine, Nebr. |
| 1910 | A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1912 | Married Hope Mersereau (died 1944) |
| 1913-1917 | Instructor in rhetoric and journalism, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1915 | M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. |
| 1916 | Published Smokey Roses. New York: Putnam & Sons |
| 1917-1918 | Publicity staff, American National Red Cross, national headquarters, Washington, D.C. |
| 1919 | Publicity staff, American National Red Cross, European headquarters, Paris, France Associate director, American Junior Red Cross Foreign Program |
| 1920-1922 | Director, Junior Red Cross Division, League of Red Cross Societies |
| 1923-1924 | Director of Publications, League of Red Cross Societies |
| 1925-1932 | Lecturer, University of California, Extension Division, Berkeley, Calif. |
| 1928-1930 | Director, San Diego Museum of Anthropology, San Diego, Calif. Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State College, San Diego, Calif. |
| 1929-1932 | Director, California Association for Adult Education |
| 1932-1934 | Leader, Public School Forum, Des Moines, Iowa |
| 1934-1953 | Professor of Education and Director of the Readability Laboratory, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, N.Y. |
| 1936 | Published Adult Education. New York: American Book Co. |
| 1938-1942 | Chairman, Adult Education Board, Columbia Broadcasting System |
| 1938-1944 | Moderated The People's Platform, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program |
| 1939 | Published Which Way America? Communism, Fascism, Democracy. New York: Macmillan & Co. Edited The People's Library. New York: Macmillan & Co. |
| 1941 | Published The New Prometheus. New York: Macmillan & Co. |
| 1941-1943 | Headed Department X, a committee studying potential postwar issues, Columbia Broadcasting System |
| 1942-1943 | Chief, Bureau of Special Operations, Office of War Information |
| 1942-1945 | Director of Education, Columbia Broadcasting System |
| 1944-1946 | President, American Association for Adult Education |
| 1945 | Married Katherine McGrattan |
| 1945-1947 | Moderated Problems of the Peace, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program (Time for Reason after March 1946) |
| 1946-1947 | Moderated Time for Reason About Radio, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program |
| 1946-1959 | Permanent moderator, Invitation to Learning, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program |
| 1947 | Appointed Counselor on Public Affairs, Columbia Broadcasting System Published Science and Freedom. New York: Columbia University Press |
| 1950-1951 | Moderated We Take Your Word, Columbia Broadcasting System radio and television program |
| 1950-1959 | Moderated Lamp Unto My Feet, Columbia Broadcasting System television program |
| 1952 | Published The Next America, Prophecy and Faith. New York: Harper & Brothers |
| 1954 | Published The Drive Toward Reason, In the Service of a Free People. New York: Harper & Brothers |
| 1959, Nov. 24 | Died, New York, N.Y. |
| 1960 | Published posthumously An Outline of Man's Knowledge of the Modern World. New York: McGraw-Hill |