Buck, Solon Justus, 1884-1962

Historian, archivist.

From the description of Reminiscences of Solon Justus Buck : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731781

Biographical Note

• 1884, Aug. 16: Born, Berlin, Wis.
• 1900 - 1906 : A.B. and A.M., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.
• 1908 - 1909 : Instructor in history, University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind.
• 1910 - 1914 : Research associate in history, University of Illinois, Champagne-Urbana, Ill.
• 1911: Ph.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
• 1913: Published The Granger Movement. Cambridge: Harvard University Press
• 1917 - 1931 : Assistant professor, associate professor, and professor of history, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn.
• 1919: Married Elizabeth Hawthorn
• 1920: Published The Agrarian Crusade. New Haven: Yale University Press
• 1925: Published Stories of Early Minnesota. New York: Macmillan Co.
• 1931 - 1935 : Professor of history, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.
• 1935 - 1941 : Director of research, National Archives Secretary, National Historical Publications Commission
• 1941 - 1948 : Archivist of the United States
• 1948 - 1951 : Chief, Division of Manuscripts, Library of Congress
• 1951 - 1954 : Assistant librarian of Congress
• 1962, May 25: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Solon J. Buck Papers, 1778-1962, (bulk 1934-1957), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)