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Title: William Henry Irwin Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1890-1942.
Collection number: 48011
Creator:
Irwin, Will, 1873-1948.
Collection Size: 6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes (5.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and printed matter, relating to Herbert Hoover, and to political and social conditions in the U.S.
Includes drafts of fictional and other writings by W. H. Irwin, and correspondence with Herbert Hoover.
Language:
English.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], William Henry Irwin Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1948.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
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http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Journalism--United States.
United States--Politics and government.
Journalists.
| 1873, Sept. 14 | Born, Oneida, New York |
| 1899 | A.B., Stanford University |
| 1940 | Dr. Humane Letters, Knox College |
| 1896 | Editor-in-chief, Daily Palo Alto |
| 1900 | Editor, San Francisco Wave |
| 1902-1904 | Sunday editor, San Francisco Chronicle |
| 1906-1907 | Editor, McClure's Magazine |
| 1914-1915 | War correspondent, London Daily Mail |
| 1914-1915 | Member of executive committee, Commission for Relief in Belgium |
| 1916-1918 | War correspondent, Saturday Evening Post |
| 1918 | Chief Foreign Department, Committee on Public Information |
| 1914 | Author, BEATING BACK (With Al Jennings) |
| 1925 | Author, YOUTH RIDES WEST |
| 1927 | Author, HOW RED IS AMERICA? |
| 1927 | Author, HIGHLIGHTS OF MANHATTAN |
| 1929 | Author, HERBERT HOOVER --A REMINISCENT BIOGRAPHY |
| 1936 | Author, PROPAGANDA AND THE NEWS |
| 1940 | Author, SPY AND COUNTERSPY (With E. V. Voska) |
| 1942 | Author, THE MAKING OF A REPORTER |