Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970

BIOGHIST REQUIRED Journalist, editor, author, and educator. Barnes was editor and foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, 1931-1948, with the Office of War Information, 1941-1944, editor of the New York Star, 1948-1949, and a book editor at Simon and Schuster, Publishers, 1951-1970. He also translated several books by Russian and Franch authors.

From the guide to the Joseph Barnes Papers, 1923-1970, (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, )

Newspaperman.

From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Fels Barnes : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309728550

Newspaper editor and author.

From the description of Papers of Joseph Barnes, 1930-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130939

Journalist, editor, author, and educator.

Barnes was editor and foreign correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune, 1931-1948, with the Office of War Information, 1941-1944, editor of the New York Star, 1948-1949, and a book editor at Simon and Schuster, Publishers, 1951-1970. He also translated several books by Russian and Franch authors.

From the description of Joseph Barnes papers, 1907-1970, 1923-1970. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 463434859

Biographical Note

• 1907, July 21: Born, Montclair, N.J.
• 1927: B.A., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1928 - 1931 : With Chase National Bank and the Equitable Trust Co., New York, N.Y.
• 1931 - 1934 : On staff, Institute of Pacific Relations in Russia, Manchuria, Japan, and China
• 1935 - 1939 : Reporter, New York Herald Tribute, New York, N.Y.
• 1936: Married Elizabeth G. Brown
• 1940 - 1941 : Foreign news editor, New York Herald Tribune, New York, N.Y.
• 1941 - 1944 : Deputy director of overseas branch, Office of War Information
• 1942: Accompanied Wendell L. Willkie on trip to Russia and China
• 1944 - 1948 : Foreign news editor, New York Herald Tribune, New York, N.Y.
• 1948 - 1949 : Editor, New York Star, New York, N.Y.
• 1950 - 1970 : Senior editor, Simon and Schuster, New York, N.Y.
• 1952: Published Willkie: The Events He Was Part of, the Ideas He Fought For. New York: Simon and Schuster
• 1970, Feb. 28: Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Joseph Barnes Papers, 1930-1952, (bulk 1940-1952), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)