Mark Sullivan papers, 1883-1952

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952
Abstract:
Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to journalism and to social, political, and economic developments in the United States.
Extent:
66 manuscript boxes, 10 scrapbooks, 1 oversize folder, 3 envelopes (35.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark Sullivan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
10 September 1874
Born, Avondale, Pennsylvania
1891
Newspaper reporter for the West Chester, Pennsylvania
1896
Entered Harvard University
1900
A.B., Harvard University
1903
LL.B., Harvard University
31 October 1907
Married Marie McMechan Buchanon
1912
Editor, Collier's Weekly
1919
Reporter for the New York Evening Post
1923-1952
Columnist for the New York Herald-Tribune
1924-1935
Author, Our Times - The United States, 6 volumes, 1900-1925
1927
Honorary Litt. D., Brown University
1928
Honorary Litt. D., Dartmouth University
1928
Overseer, Harvard University
1929
Bromley Lecturer, Yale University
1929
Board Visitors, U.S. Naval Academy
1933
Colonel, U.S.M.C. Reserve
1933
Honorary member, Phi Beta Kappa
1936
LL.D., Washington and Lee College
1936
LL.D., Bates College
1937
LL.D., St. John's College
1938
Author, The Education of an American (autobiography)
13 August 1952
Died, Avondale, Pennsylvania
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1955.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark Sullivan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563