Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1885 | Born, Oxford Junction, Iowa |
1905 | B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, La. |
1905-1908 | Graduate work at Tulane University, New Orleans, La; taught English, history and math, New Orleans, La., high school |
1908-1909 | American scholar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
1909 | M.A., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis. |
1909-1913 | Taught high school English, Portland, Oreg.; worked in lumber camps in Oregon and in lead and silver mines in Idaho. |
1916 | LLB., Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass. |
1917-1919 | Admitted to the bar and practiced law, Pittsburgh., Pa. |
1918 | Present at the Czech Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, Pa.; organized the Czech Relief Fund; did Americanization work for the Council of National Defense |
1919-1923 | Practiced law in partnership with W. E. Crow and S. Ray Shelby, Uniontown, Pa. |
1923-1948 | Practiced law, Pittsburgh, Pa. |
1929 | Received Order of the Revolutionary Medal from the Republic of Czechoslovakia |
1929 | Traveled to Europe |
1932 | Participated in a debate on “Revision on the Treaty of Trianon,” Williamstown, Conn. |
1937 | Received the Order of the White Lion from the Republic of Czechoslovakia |
1937-1938 | Organizer and chairman, Masaryk Institute |
1927-1944 | Organizer, Masaryk Birthday Dinners |
1937-1938 | Organizer, American relief to Czechoslovakia |
1944-1948 | Organizer, American relief to Czechoslovakia |
1948 | Died |