Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1884, Aug. 16 | Born, Berlin, Wis. |
| 1900-1906 | A.B. and A.M., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
| 1908-1909 | Instructor in history, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind. |
| 1910-1914 | Research associate in history, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Ill. |
| 1911 | Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1913 | Published The Granger Movement. Cambridge: Harvard University Press |
| 1917-1931 | Assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of history, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1919 | Married Elizabeth Hawthorn |
| 1920 | Published The Agrarian Crusade. New Haven: Yale University Press |
| 1925 | Published Stories of Early Minnesota. New York: Macmillan Co. |
| 1931-1935 | Professor of history, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 1935-1941 | Director of research, National Archives Secretary, National Historical Publications Commission |
| 1941-1948 | Archivist of the United States |
| 1948-1951 | Chief, Division of Manuscripts, Library of Congress |
| 1951-1954 | Assistant librarian of Congress |
| 1962, May 25 | Died, Washington, D.C. |