John Clement Fitzpatrick papers, 1927-1941

Biographical Note

Date	Event
1876, Aug. 10	Born, Washington, D.C.
1894	Graduated,Washington High School, Washington, D.C.
1897	Joined staff of Library of Congress and began work in the Manuscript Division
1913	Published Notes on the Care, Cataloguing and Arranging of Manuscripts. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office
1918	Edited The Autobiography of Martin Van Buren (issued as vol. 2 of 1918 Annual Report of the American Association. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1920)
1924	Published The Spirit of the Revolution: New Light from Some of the Original Sources of American History. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co.
1926	Awarded honorary degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
1927	Published George Washington, Colonial Traveller, 1732-1799. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co. Promoted to acting chief, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
1928	Resigned from Library of Congress and assumed editorship for the George Washington Bicentennial Commission of the Writings of George Washington, 39 vols.
1928-1929	President, American Catholic Historical Association
1929	Published The George Washington Scandals, Washington Society of Alexandria, bulletin no. 1
1931	Published Washington as a Religious Man. Washington, D.C.: George Washington Bicentennial Commission
1939	Published Some Historic Houses, Their Builders and Their Plans. New York: The Macmillan Co.
1940, Feb. 10	Died, Washington, D.C.