Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1860, Sept. 25 | Born, Davenport, Iowa |
| 1881 | Graduated, St. Johnsbury Academy, Vermont |
| 1881-1883 | Reporter, Davenport Gazette |
| 1884 | Married Abby Osborne Rust (died 1901) |
| 1883-1894 | Reporter, editor, and freelancer, Minneapolis, Minn., Detroit, Mich., and New York, N.Y. |
| 1894-1897 | City editor, New York World |
| 1897-1899 | Managing editor, New York American |
| 1900-1902 | Publisher, Chicago American |
| 1908 | Joined Socialist Party |
| 1909 | Married Theresa Hirschl |
| 1910 | Socialist candidate for governor, New York |
| 1912 | Socialist candidate for governor, New York |
| 1913 | Socialist candidate for mayor, New York, N.Y. |
| 1914 | Socialist candidate for senator from New York |
| 1917 | Member, Root Commission to Russia |
| 1918 | Commissioner to Great Britain for U.S. Committee on Public Information |
| 1919 | Member, President's Industrial Commission |
| 1928 | Received Pulitzer Prize for biography, The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas |
| 1932-1933 | President, U.S. Civil Legion |
| 1941, Apr. 23 | Died, Washington, D.C. |