Gleason, Arthur, 1878-1923

Journalist, editor, and social reformer. Full name: Arthur Huntington Gleason.

From the description of Arthur Gleason papers, 1863-1931 (bulk 1900-1923). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979904

Biographical Note

• 1878, Dec. 14: Born, Newark, N.J.
• 1901: B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
• 1901 - 1903 : Reporter, New York Tribune
• 1903: Manuscript editor, Cosmopolitan
• 1904 - 1907 : Assistant editor, Country Life in America, The Survey
• 1908 - 1913 : Associate editor, Collier's Weekly
• 1912: Married Helen Hayes
• 1914 - 1915 : Red Cross worker, Hector Monro Ambulance Corps, Belgium
• 1916 - 1917 : European correspondent, New York Tribune and Century Magazine
• 1917: Writer, Publicity Department, YMCA, American Expeditionary Forces
• 1919: English correspondent, The Survey Awarded Mons Star and Ribbon by the British War Office Published with Paul U. Kellogg British Labor and the War. New York: Boni and Liveright
• 1920: Returned to the United States Published What the Workers Want. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Howe
• 1921: Published Workers' Education. New York: Bureau of Industrial Research
• 1921 - 1922 : Staff member, Bureau of Industrial Research Collaborated with John Brophy in advancing miners' plan for nationalization of the coal industry
• 1923: Moved to San Diego, Calif.
• 1923, Dec. 30: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Arthur Gleason Papers, 1863-1931, (bulk 1900-1923), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)