Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1859, Sept. 19 | Born, Somerville, Mass. |
| 1879 | B.A., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. |
| 1879-1880 | Teacher, Worcester High School, Worcester, Mass. |
| 1882 | Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. (first Ph.D. in history awarded by Johns Hopkins) |
| 1882-1888 | Assistant and associate professor of history, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md. |
| 1884 | Co-founded the American Historical Association |
| 1887 | Published William Usselinx, Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies. New York: Putnam's |
| 1888-1901 | Professor of history, Brown University, Providence, R.I. |
| 1889 | Edited Essays in the Constitutional History of the United States in the Formative Period, 1775-1789. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
| 1891 | Published The History of Historical Writing in America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin |
| 1893 | Married Sara Elizabeth Elwell |
| 1894 | Published Dictionary of United States History, 1492-1894. Boston: Puritan Publishing Co. |
| 1895-1901 | First managing editor, American Historical Review |
| 1895-1899 | Chairman, Historical Manuscripts Commission, American Historical Association |
| 1900 | Edited Correspondence of John C. Calhoun, vol. 2 of American Historical Association's Annual Report of 1899. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office |
| 1901-1905 | Chairman, history department, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1905-1928 | Director, Department of Historical Research, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C. |
| 1905-1928 | Managing editor, American Historical Review |
| 1906-1917 | Editor, Original Narratives of Early American History, vols. 1-19. New York: Scribners |
| 1907 | President, American Historical Association |
| 1923 | Editor, Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period. New York: Macmillan |
| 1926 | Published The American Revolution Considered as a Social Movement. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press |
| 1928-1937 | Chief, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| 1937, Sept. 28 | Died, Washington, D.C. |