Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1897, Aug. 23 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1920 | B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. |
| 1922-1924 | Reporter, New York Globe |
| 1924-1927 | Reporter, New York World |
| 1926 | Married Helena Huntington Smith (divorced 1944) |
| 1927 | Published Alfred E. Smith, a Critical Study. New York: Macy-Masius |
| 1927-1931 | Associate editor, The Outlook 1931 Published Theodore Roosevelt, a Biography. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1932 Awarded Pulitzer Prize |
| 1932-1936 | Associate in and professor of journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1939 | Published The Life and Times of William Howard Taft. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. 2 vols |
| 1942-1943 | Chief, production and publication divisions of the Office of Facts and Figures and Office of War Information |
| 1944 | Married Katharine Douglas |
| 1944 | Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship D.C. |
| 1945-1946 | Consultant to United States Army Air Force and to secretary of war |
| 1958, Apr. 7 | Died, Washington, DC |