Free, James

  1. Free, James
  2. Detailed View

Name Entries

Information

person

Name Entries *

Free, James

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Free, James


Cite

Free, James S.

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Free, James S.


Cite

Free, James S. 1908-1996

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Free, James S. 1908-1996


Cite

Free, James S. 1908-1996 (James Stillman),

Computed Name Heading

Name Components

Name :

Free, James S. 1908-1996 (James Stillman),


Cite

Genders

Exist Dates

Exist Dates - Date Range

1908-11-05

1908-11-05

Birth

1996-04-03

1996-04-03

Death

Show Fuzzy Range Fields

Cite

Biographical History

Biographical Note

1908, Nov. 5 Born, Gordo, Ala. 1929 B.A., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala. Attended Theodora Duncan School of Theater, New York, N.Y. Starred in vaudeville productions, "What Women Want" and "Cradle of the Deep" 1930 B.L., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Reporter, Tuscaloosa News, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1931 Circulation supervisor, New York Times, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1931 1932 Associate editor, Tennis magazine circa 1931 Insurance salesman, Yazoo and Mississippi Railroad Co. 1932 Worked for L. Ron Hubbard aboard schooner in Carribbean 1932 1933 Editor, Tuscaloosa Weekly Warrior, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1933 Visited Central America Edited English-language newspaper in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Assisted in campaign for reelection, Richmond Pearson Hobson, Jr., circuit court clerk of Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1934 Conducted Works Progress Administration project, Suburban Subsistence Living Conducted Tennessee Valley Authority research project, Gorgas, Ala. 1935 1937 Reporter, Birmingham News, Birmingham, Ala. 1937 1939 Reporter, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Va. 1939 1941 Reporter, Evening Star, Washington, D.C. 1941 1946 Reporter, Chicago Sun (later Sun-Times), Washington, D.C., with a two-year absence from 1943-1944 1942 1945 Private, United States Army Air Force; officer, United States Navy 1946 1947 Reporter, Raleigh News and Observer and Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, Washington, D.C. 1947 1979 Reporter, Birmingham News, Washington, D.C. 1949 1968 Public information officer, United States Navy Reserve 1950 Married Ann Cottrell 1954 Special citation for exceptional Washington reporting, Raymond Clapper Award Committee 1960 Chairman, Standing Committee of Correspondents of the Congressional Press Galleries 1963 Nominated for Pulitzer Prize in journalism 1969 Elected to Gridiron Club (historian, 1979-1991) 1979 Relinquished full duties as Washington correspondent of the Birmingham News and entered semi-retirement 1985 Published The First 100 Years!: A Casual Chronicle of the Gridiron Club. Washington, D.C.: The Club 1989 Elected to Society of Professional Journalists Hall of Fame 1996, Apr. 3 Died, Washington, D.C. From the guide to the James Free Papers, 1929-1996, (bulk 1951-1979), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

eng

Latn


Cite

External Related CPF

https://viaf.org/viaf/70369266


Cite

https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85-184140


Cite

https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85184140


Cite

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6142632


Cite

Other Entity IDs (Same As)

Sources

Loading ...

Resource Relations

Loading ...

Internal CPF Relations

Loading ...

Languages Used

Subjects

African Americans


Cite

Nationalities

Activities

Occupations

Journalists


Cite

Legal Statuses

Places

Convention Declarations

<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>


Cite

General Contexts

Structure or Genealogies

Mandates

Options

Information
Collection Locations Basic View Similarity Assertions 1 Revision History Source Summary
Visualizations
Connection Graph Radial Graph
Export As
JSON EAC-CPF XML

Identity Constellation Identifier(s)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6n99d6w

w6n99d6w

74608512