Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1868, Feb. 10 | Born, Emporia, Kans. |
1884 | Graduated from El Dorado High School, El Dorado, Kans. |
1884-1886 | Attended College of Emporia, Emporia, Kans. |
1886-1890 | Attended University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kans. |
1890-1891 | Business manager, El Dorado Republican |
1891 | Editorial writer, Kansas City Journal |
1892-1895 | Editorial writer, Kansas City Star |
1893 | Married Sallie Lindsay |
1895-1944 | Editor and owner, Emporia Gazette |
1896, Aug. 15 | Published the editorial “What's the Matter With Kansas? |
1896 | Published The Real Issue. Chicago: Way and Williams |
1900-1913 | Regent, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kans. |
1909 | Published A Certain Rich Man. New York: Macmillan Co. |
1917 | Went to France as an observer for the American Red Cross |
1919 | United States delegate to Russian conference at Prinkipo |
1923 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for the editorial “To an Anxious Friend” |
1926-1944 | Member, board of judges, Book-of-the-Month Club |
1930 | Member, commission appointed by President Herbert Hoover to investigate conditions in Haiti |
1931 | Member, President's Organization for Unemployment Relief |
1939 | Chairman, Nonpartisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Act |
1940-1941 | Chairman, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies |
1944, Jan. 29 | Died, Emporia, Kans. |