Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1862, May 18 | Born, Washington, N.C. |
| 1880-1893 | Newspaper editor, Wilson, Kinston, and Raleigh, N.C. |
| 1885 | Attended summer law school, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C.; passed bar examination (never practiced) |
| 1888 | Married Adelaide Worth Bagley (died 1943) |
| 1893-1895 | Chief, Appointment Division, United States Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. |
| 1894-1913 | Editor, Raleigh News and Observer |
| 1898 | Published The First Fallen Hero, A Biographical Sketch of Worth Bagley. Ensign, U.S.N. Norfolk, Va.: S. W. Bowman |
| 1905 | Completed purchase of the controlling interest in the Raleigh News and Observer |
| 1912 | Chief, Publicity Bureau, presidential campaign of Woodrow Wilson |
| 1913-1921 | Secretary of the navy |
| 1919 | Published The Navy and the Nation: War-Time Addresses. New York: G. H. Doran Co. |
| 1921-1933 | Edited Raleigh News and Observer |
| 1922 | Published Our Navy at War. Washington, D.C.: Pictorial Bureau |
| 1924 | Published The Life of Woodrow Wilson, 1856-1924. Philadelphia: J. C. Winston Co. |
| 1933-1941 | Ambassador to Mexico |
| 1939-1947 | Published Tar Heel Editor. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press |
| 1942-1948 | Editor, News and Observer |
| 1944 | Published The Wilson Era; Years of Peace, 1910-1917. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press |
| 1946 | Published The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917-1923. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press |
| 1948, Jan. 15 | Died, Raleigh, N.C. |