Brant, Irving, 1885-1976

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1885-01-17
Death 1976
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

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)

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Subjects:

  • American literature
  • Suffrage
  • Suffrage
  • Authors, American
  • American drama
  • American newspapers
  • American newspapers
  • Civil rights
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Conservation of natural resources
  • Constitutional history
  • Constitutional history
  • Environmental protection
  • Filibusters (Political science)
  • Filibusters (Political science)
  • National parks and reserves
  • National parks and reserves
  • National parks and reserves
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Playwriting
  • Poll tax
  • Poll tax

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Consultants
  • Editors
  • Historians

Places:

  • Washington (D.C.) (as recorded)
  • Olympic Peninsula (Wash.) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Olympic National Park (Wash.) (as recorded)
  • Olympic Peninsula (Wash.) (as recorded)
  • Iowa (as recorded)
  • Olympic National Park (Wash.) (as recorded)
  • Missouri--St. Louis (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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