Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1850, 21 June | Born, Cincinnati, Ohio |
1880-1884 | Student, Art Students League, New York, N.Y. |
1882 | Published What To Do and How To Do It. The American Boys Handy Book. New York: C. Scribner's Sons |
1889 | Illustrated first edition of Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
1893-1900 | Taught, New York School of Applied Design for Woman, New York, N.Y. |
1894 | Married Beatrice Alice Jackson |
1905 | Founded Sons of Daniel Boone |
1905-1906 | Editor, Recreation magazine |
1910 | Cofounder, Boy Scouts of America |
1910-1941 | National scout commissioner and member of the executive board, Boy Scouts of America |
1911-1915 | Organized and directed Department of Woodcraft, Culver Military Academy, Culver, Ind. |
1915 | Established Dan Beard Outdoor School for Boys |
1939 | Published Hardly a Man Is Now Alive. New York: Doubleday, Doran |
1941, 11 June | Died, Suffern, N.Y. |