Brant, Irving, 1885-1976

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)