Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1868, June 12 | Born, Portageville, N.Y. |
| 1890 | Litt. B., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. |
| 1892-1893 | Honorary fellow, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., studying at Göttingen University, Göttingen, Germany, and Bern University, Bern, Switzerland |
| 1893-1897 | High school principal and superintendent, Minnesota |
| 1897-1898 | Fellow, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1899-1900 | President, Insular Board of Education, Puerto Rico |
| 1900 | Director of public instruction, Puerto Rico Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1902-1906 | Investigated tropical labor conditions, U. S. Bureau of Labor |
| 1906 | Published The Labour Movement in Australasia: A Study in Social Democracy. New York: H. Holt & Co. |
| 1906-circa 1915 | Head, Division of Manufactures and Economic History, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, D.C. |
| 1910 | In charge of census, Hawaii (Ter.) |
| 1910-1913 | Commissioner, Board of Immigration, Labor and Statistics, Hawaii (Ter.) |
| 1916 | Published History of Manufactures in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1917-1919 | Director, Enemy Press Bureau, National Board for Historical Service |
| 1917-1929 | Member, Board of Research Associates in American Economic History, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
| 1918-1929 | Director, Brookings Institution Survey of Puerto Rico |
| 1920-1928 | Editor, The Living Age |
| 1926-1944 | Trustee, Institute of Current World Affairs, Washington, D.C. |
| 1927-1932 | Arbitrator, U. S. Board of Mediation |
| 1930 | Published with others, Porto Rico and Its Problems. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institute |
| 1929-1940 | Consultant in economics, Library of Congress |
| 1941-1946 | Honorary consultant in economics, Library of Congress |
| 1946, Mar. 30 | Died, Washington, D.C. |