Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1890-01-13
Death 1958-05-18
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

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

Writer.

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

Biographical Note

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)

Biographical/Historical Note

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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Subjects:

  • Authors
  • Journalism
  • Literature
  • Manuscripts
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World politics
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Journalists
  • News analysts
  • Public officials

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • France (as recorded)
  • Madison (Ind.) (as recorded)

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