Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954

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From the description of Papers, 1899-1980 (bulk 1930-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816454

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  • 1899, July 12: Born, South Bethlehem, Pa.
  • 1917: Graduated Thacher School, Ojai, Calif. Private, American Ambulance Service, 41st French Division
  • 1923: B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
  • 1924: Reporter, Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.
  • 1929: Married Marcia Gluck Zimbalist Clarke (divorced 1946)
  • 1930: Published Through-Traffic (New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. 307 pp.) Published The Abominable Branch (London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 286 pp.) British version of Through-Traffic
  • 1930 - 1937 : Staff writer, Fortune magazine
  • 1931: Published "California Spring," American Caravan, Vol. IV, pp. 336-343
  • 1937 - 1940 : Managing editor, Fortune magazine
  • 1940: Coordinator and speech writer, Wendell Willkie presidential campaign
  • 1941 - 1944 : Chairman, board of editors, Fortune magazine
  • 1942 - 1944 : Chief editorial writer, Life magazine
  • 1944: Published My Country (New York: Simon and Schuster. 62 pp.)
  • 1945: War correspondent with 11th Armored Division, U. S. Army, in Germany
  • 1947: Director, Experimental Magazine Division, Time, Inc. Consultant, Columbia Broadcasting System
  • 1948 - 1949 : Editor and moderator, Life magazine round tables
  • 1949 - 1951 : Special projects editor, Fortune magazine
  • 1950: Founded Institute For Creative Research, New York, N.Y.
  • 1951: Editor in charge, U.S.A., The Permanent Revolution (New York: Prentice-Hall. 267 pp.), originally published as special issue of Fortune, Feb. 1940
  • 1952: Executive director, Institute For Creative Research, New York, N.Y. Married Natalie Potter Ladd
  • 1954, Apr. 19: Died, New York, N.Y.
  • 1955: Published posthumously The Dignity of Man (New York: Harper and Brothers. 338 pp.)

From the guide to the Russell Wheeler Davenport Papers, 1899-1980, (bulk 1930-1954), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Raymond Leslie Buell Papers, 1915-1984, (bulk 1920-1946) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Halsman, Philippe. Photographs by Philippe Halsman of Yale-affiliated individuals, 1946-1967 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Papers, 1870-1969 Houghton Library
referencedIn Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. Houghton Library
referencedIn Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers, 1897-1930 Houghton Library
creatorOf Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954. Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1944. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Witter Bynner papers, 1829-1965. Houghton Library
creatorOf Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954. Papers, 1899-1980 (bulk 1930-1954). Library of Congress
referencedIn Archibald MacLeish Papers, 1907-1981, (bulk 1925-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Russell Wheeler Davenport Papers, 1899-1980, (bulk 1930-1954) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Davenport, Russell W. (Russell Wheeler), 1899-1954. Letters, 1932-1940, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Joseph N. Scanlon Papers University of Pittsburgh
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Bates, Robert Chapman, 1901-1942 person
correspondedWith Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 person
correspondedWith Buell, Raymond Leslie, 1896-1946 person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
associatedWith Corsi, Edward, 1896-1965. person
correspondedWith Cowles, Harriet person
correspondedWith Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 person
correspondedWith Davenport, Cornelia Whipple, 1865-1946 person
correspondedWith Davenport, Marcia, 1903-1996 person
correspondedWith Davenport, Natalie Potter person
correspondedWith Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 person
associatedWith Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 person
associatedWith Halsman, Philippe. person
correspondedWith Hodgins, Eric, 1899-1971 person
correspondedWith Hoffman, Paul G. (Paul Gray), 1891-1974 person
correspondedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 person
correspondedWith Hopkins, Harry L. (Harry Lloyd), 1890-1946 person
associatedWith Institute for Creative Research (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Johnson, Robert L. (Robert Livingston), 1894-1966 person
correspondedWith Kennedy, Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick), 1888-1969 person
correspondedWith Lippmann, Walter, 1889-1974 person
correspondedWith Lloyd-Smith, Parker person
correspondedWith Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902-1985 person
correspondedWith Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987 person
correspondedWith Luce, Henry Robinson, 1898-1967 person
correspondedWith MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. person
associatedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
correspondedWith Poor, Henry V. person
correspondedWith Putnam, Phelps, 1894-1948 person
associatedWith Republican Advance (Organization) corporateBody
associatedWith Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) corporateBody
correspondedWith Rockefeller, John D., Jr. (John Davison), 1874-1960 person
correspondedWith Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979 person
correspondedWith Roper, Elmo, 1900-1971 person
associatedWith Scanlon, Joseph N. (Joseph Norbert), 1899-1956. person
correspondedWith Schlamm, William S. (William Siegmund), 1904-1978 person
correspondedWith Scribner, Joseph M., 1897-1979 person
correspondedWith Simon and Schuster, inc. corporateBody
correspondedWith Smith, Blackwell, 1904- person
correspondedWith Thacher School (Ojai, Calif.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Walker, Adelaide person
associatedWith Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944 person
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United States
New York (State)--New York
Connecticut
California
Great Britain
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Agriculture
American periodicals
Anti-communist movements
Anti-fascist movements
Astrology
Astrology and business
Astrology and politics
Business
Democracy
Housing
Industrial relations
Industry
International organization
International relations
Liberty
Mayors
Medical care
Military readiness
Peace
Political planning
Presidents
Psychoanalysis
Social security
Taxation
Tuberculosis
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
War correspondents
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Birth 1899

Death 1954

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