Author and journalist.
From the description of Papers of Irving Brant, 1962-1972. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233110940
Brant was a newspaper editor whose interest in conservation led him to become a consultant to the Public Works Administration. Brant died in 1976.
From the description of Papers, 1926-1954. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83481623
Author, historian, and newspaper editor. Full name: Irving Newton Brant.
From the description of Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 (bulk 1938-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71014521
Biographical Note
1885, Jan. 17
Born, Walker, Iowa
1909
A.B., University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
1909
1914
Reporter, later managing editor, Iowa City Republican
1913
Married Hazeldean Toof
1914
1915
Editor, Clinton Herald, Clinton, Iowa
1915
1918
Associate editor, Des Moines Register and Tribune
1918
1923
Editorial writer and editor, editorial page, St. Louis Star
1930
1938
Editor, editorial page, St. Louis Star-Times
1930
1962
Treasurer, Emergency Conservation Committee, New York,
N.Y.
1935
1944
Director, National Public Housing Conference, New York,
N.Y.
1936
Published Storm Over the Constitution. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill
1938
1940
Consultant to Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes and speech
writer for President Franklin D. Roosevelt
1938
1941
Contributing editor, St. Louis Star-Times
1941
1943
Editorial writer, Chicago Sun
1941
1961
Published James Madison. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. 6 vols.
1945
Foreign correspondent
1959
1962
Member, Council of Institute of Early American History and
Culture
1963
1964
Member, Advisory Board, James Madison Papers, University of
Chicago, Chicago, Ill.
Visiting scholar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
Va.
1965
Published of Bill of Rights: Its Origin and Meaning. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill
1966
Visiting professor of history, University of Oregon,
Corvallis, Ore.
1972
Published Impeachment: Trials and Errors. New York: Alfred A. Knopf
1976, Sept. 18
Died, Eugene, Ore.
From the guide to the Irving Brant Papers, 1910-1977, (bulk 1938-1975), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)