Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1889, June 21 | Born, Cherokee, Iowa |
1910 | Married Mary Greenacre (died 1972) |
1911 | B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. Reporter, Louisville Courier-Journal Reporter, Detroit News |
1912-1917 | Drama editor, Kansas City Star |
1917-1918 | Washington staff writer, New Republic |
1918-1919 | Washington correspondent, New York Tribune |
1919-1922 | Associate editor, Goldwyn Picture Corp. |
1926-1927 | Editor-in-chief, Paramount-Famous Players-Lasky Corp. |
1927-1928 | Associate producer, Pathe Studios |
1929 | Producer, Fox Film Corp. |
1929-1937 | Freelance screenwriter, Beverly Hills, Calif., and Europe |
1932-1935 | President, Screen Writers' Guild |
1939 | Awarded Oscar for Motion Picture Relief Fund activities |
1940 | Secretary, Hollywood for Roosevelt campaign drive |
1942 | Assistant regional director, Federal Ninth Civilian Defense Region, San Francisco, Calif. |
1943-1945 | General representative, Office of War Information, India |
1945-1946 | Chief Public Affairs Officer, American Mission, India |
1946 | Awarded Medal of Freedom for outstanding service, 1943-1945 |
1954-1960 | Special advisor to director, Information Center Service Chief, Bibliographic Division, United States Information Agency |
1960-1963 | Book reviewer, Washington Post |
1974, Jan. 2 | Died, Washington, D.C. |