Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1871, Feb. 24 | Born, Mankato, Minn. |
| 1891 | Married Nellie Josephine Higgins |
| 1896 | Member, International Molders' Union of North America, Worcester, Mass. |
| 1899 | Vice president, Massachusetts Federation of Labor |
| 1900 | Vice president, International Molders' Union of North America |
| 1903-1927 | Editor,International Molders' Journal |
| 1907 | Special lecturer on economic and trade-union topics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill. |
| 1909 | Fraternal delegate to the British Trade Union Congress |
| 1909-1927 | Secretary, Committee on Resolutions at American Federation of Labor conventions |
| 1914-1915 | Labor member, commission of three appointed to study scientific management and Labor |
| 1917-1921 | President, Board of Education, Norwood, Ohio |
| 1918 | Member, first and second labor mission sent to Allied countries under authorization of President Woodrow Wilson and under direction of American Federation of Labor |
| 1919 | Chairman, Special Committee on Reconstruction |
| 1921 | Delegate, Pan American Federation of Labor convention, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1922-1928 | Labor member, Federal Commission Investigating Scientific Management Chairman of the board, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. |
| 1923-1928 | Member, Executive Board, Workers Educational Bureau |
| 1924 | Delegate, Pan American Federation of Labor convention, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1924-1928 | Member, Permanent Committee on Education, American Federation of Labor President, Ohio State Federation of Labor |
| 1927 | Labor advisor and expert to United States Delegation, International Economic Conference, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1927-1934 | Secretary-treasurer, Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor |
| 1928 | Commissioned lieutenant colonel, Specialist Reserves, United States Army Lecturer, Army War College and Army Industrial College |
| 1934-1950 | President, Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor |
| 1950 | Retired President emeritus, Metal Trades Department, American Federation of Labor |
| 1957, Nov. 29 | Died, Washington, D.C. |