Harris, Julian LaRose, 1874-1963

Julian LaRose Harris, journalist and editor, son of author Joel Chandler Harris, was born in Savannah, Georgia, 21 June 1974, and died in Atlanta, Georgia, 9 February 1963. He married Julia Florida Collier (1875-1967), an artist and writer, in 1897 and they wrote for and edited several newspapers in the South and elsewhere. Julian Harris was associated with the ATLANTA CONSTITUTION (1892-1907 and 1930-1935) and the CHATTANOOGA TIMES; he edited the UNCLE REMUS HOME MAGAZINE (1907-1912) and the Columbus, Georgia, ENQUIRER-SUN (1920-1929), for which he and his wife were awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1926) for their fight against the Ku Klux Klan; he was managing editor of the ATLANTA DAILY NEWS (1904-1905), and was also associated with the NEW YORK HERALD (1914-1919) and the NEW YORK TIMES (1942-1945). Julia C. Harris, who also did English translations of French literature, wrote LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS (1919), and JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS, EDITOR AND ESSAYIST (1931).

From the description of Julian LaRose Harris papers, 1890-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173863118