Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1849, May 3 | Born, Ribe, Denmark |
1860s | Educated in private Latin schools, Ribe, Denmark |
1870 | Immigrated to the United States |
1874 | Began work for the South Brooklyn News, a weekly newspaper operated by the local Democratic Party |
1876 | Married Elisabeth D. Nielsen (died 1905) |
1877-1888 | Police reporter, New York Tribune |
1888-1899 | Police reporter, New York Evening Sun; began lecturing on life in the slums |
1890 | Published How the Other Half Lives. New York: Charles Scribner’s sons |
1892 | Published The Children of the Poor. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons |
1897 | Secretary, New York Small Parks Commission |
1901 | Published The Making of an American. New York: Macmillan Co. |
1902 | Published The Battle with the Slum. New York: Macmillian Co. |
1903 | Published Children of the Tenements. New York: Macmillian Co. |
1904 | Published Theodore Roosevelt, The Citizen. New York: Outlook Co. |
1907 | Married Mary Phillips |
1910 | Published Hero Tales of the Far North. New York: Macmillian Co. |
1914, May 26 | Died, Barre, Mass. |