Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958

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1958-05-18

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Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official.

From the description of Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957 (bulk 1946-1957). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986273

American journalist and author.

From the description of Then came war : 1939 : sound recording, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446694

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From the description of Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122451573 From the description of Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731742

Writer, news commentator.

From the description of Elmer Holmes Davis letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, [manuscript], 1928 Aug 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 247517754

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1890, Jan. 13 Born, Aurora, Ind. 1910 1911 A.B. and A.M., Franklin College, Franklin, Ind. 1912 1914 Rhodes Scholar, Queen's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1914 1924 Worked on staff of New York Times 1917 Married Florence MacMillan 1920 1935 Created and wrote for the character Godfrey G. Gloom, who was a columnist and political commentator 1939 1942 News analyst, Columbia Broadcasting Co. 1942 1945 Director, Office of War Information 1945 1954 Free-lance writer, radio commentator, and lecturer 1954 Published But We Were Born Free. Garden City, New York: Garden City Books 1955 Published Two Minutes Till Midnight, a sequel to But We Were Born Free. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill 1958, May 18 Died, Washington, D. C. From the guide to the Elmer Holmes Davis Papers, 1865-1957, (bulk 1946-1955), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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American journalist and author.

From the guide to the Elmer Holmes Davis sound recording : Then came war, 1939 December 1, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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