Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1890, Jan. 13 | Born, Aurora, Ind. |
1910-1911 | A.B. and A.M., Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. |
1912-1914 | Rhodes Scholar, Queen's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England |
1914-1924 | Worked on staff of New York Times |
1917 | Married Florence MacMillan |
1920-1935 | Created and wrote for the character Godfrey G. Gloom, who was a columnist and political commentator |
1939-1942 | News analyst, Columbia Broadcasting Co. |
1942-1945 | Director, Office of War Information |
1945-1954 | Free-lance writer, radio commentator, and lecturer |
1954 | Published But We Were Born Free. Garden City, New York: Garden City Books |
1955 | Published Two Minutes Till Midnight, a sequel to But We Were Born Free. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill |
1958, May 18 | Died, Washington, D. C. |