Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1878, Mar. 13 | Born, Baltimore, Md. |
1896 | Graduated, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
1899-1904 | Assistant instructor in history, Smith College, Northampton, Mass. |
1904-1911 | Professor of history and economics, University of the South, Sewanee, Tenn.; dean of arts and sciences, 1909-1911 |
1911-1917 | Professor of history, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. |
1917-1920 | Littlefield Professor of American history, Brown University, Providence, R.I. |
1920-1938 | Professor of American history, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. |
1934-1942 | Chairman, committee on the library, American Philosophical Society |
1938-1948 | Chief, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, and incumbent of Library's Chair of American History |
1938-1948 | Member, National Historical Publications Commission. |
1947-1950 | Vice president, American Philosophical Society |
1948-1960 | Honorary consultant in American historiography, Library of Congress |
1960, Aug. 31 | Died, Washington, D.C. |