Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970

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Birth 1907
Death 1970

Biographical notes:

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Journalist, editor, author, and educator. Barnes was editor and foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, 1931-1948, with the Office of War Information, 1941-1944, editor of the New York Star, 1948-1949, and a book editor at Simon and Schuster, Publishers, 1951-1970. He also translated several books by Russian and Franch authors.

From the guide to the Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970, (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Newspaperman.

From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Fels Barnes : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728550

Newspaper editor and author.

From the description of Papers of Joseph Barnes, 1930-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130939

Journalist, editor, author, and educator.

Barnes was editor and foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, 1931-1948, with the Office of War Information, 1941-1944, editor of the New York Star, 1948-1949, and a book editor at Simon and Schuster, Publishers, 1951-1970. He also translated several books by Russian and Franch authors.

From the description of Joseph Barnes papers, 1907-1970, 1923-1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 463434859

Biographical Note

1907, July 21 Born, Montclair, N.J. 1927 B.A., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. 1928 1931 With Chase National Bank and the Equitable Trust Co., New York, N.Y. 1931 1934 On staff, Institute of Pacific Relations in Russia, Manchuria, Japan, and China 1935 1939 Reporter, New York Herald Tribute, New York, N.Y. 1936 Married Elizabeth G. Brown 1940 1941 Foreign news editor, New York Herald Tribune, New York, N.Y. 1941 1944 Deputy director of overseas branch, Office of War Information 1942 Accompanied Wendell L. Willkie on trip to Russia and China 1944 1948 Foreign news editor, New York Herald Tribune, New York, N.Y. 1948 1949 Editor, New York Star, New York, N.Y. 1950 1970 Senior editor, Simon and Schuster, New York, N.Y. 1952 Published Willkie: The Events He Was Part of, the Ideas He Fought For. New York: Simon and Schuster 1970, Feb. 28 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Joseph Barnes Papers, 1930-1952, (bulk 1940-1952), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • International broadcasting
  • Journalism
  • Journalists
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • War correspondents
  • Authors
  • Authors
  • Authors, French
  • Editors
  • Foreign correspondents
  • Journalists
  • Lecturers
  • Public officers
  • Sovietologists
  • Translator

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