Creel, George, 1876-1953

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Creel served as chairman of the United States Committee on Public Information.

From the description of Correspondence of George Creel [manuscript], 1917-1918. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647838807

Author, editor, and U.S. government official.

From the description of George Creel papers, 1857-1953 (bulk 1896-1953). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980042

Commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition.

From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1940-[1950?]. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122594964

American author and journalist; chairman, United States Committee on Public Information, 1917-1919; commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939-1940.

From the description of George Creel miscellaneous papers, 1899-1976. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868815

Biographical Note

  • 1876, Dec. 1: Born, Lafayette County, Mo.
  • 1899 - 1909 : Editor, Kansas City Independent
  • 1905: Appointed coal inspector, Kansas City, Mo.
  • 1907: Published Quatrains of Christ (Kansas City, Mo.: Independent Press)
  • 1909 - 1910 : Editorial writer, Denver Post
  • 1911 - 1913 : Editorial writer, Rocky Mountain News
  • 1912: Married Blanche Bates (died 1941)
  • 1912 - 1913 : Commissioner of police, Denver, Colo.
  • 1914: Published with Edwin Markham and Ben B. Lindsey Children in Bondage (New York: Hearst's International Library Co.)
  • 1916: Published Wilson and the Issues (New York: Century Co.)
  • 1917 - 1919 : Chairman, Committee on Public Information
  • 1919: Published Ireland's Fight for Freedom, Setting forth the Highlights of Irish History (New York and London: Harper & Brothers)
  • 1920: Published How We Advertised America (New York and London: Harper & Brothers)
  • 1923: Published Uncle Henry (New York: Reynolds Publishing Co.)
  • 1926: Published The People Next Door (New York: John Day Co.)
  • 1927: Published Sons of the Eagle (Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Co.)
  • 1928: Published Sam Houston, Colossus in Buckskin (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp.)
  • 1931: Published Tom Paine-Liberty Bell (New York: Sears Publishing Co.)
  • 1933 - 1934 : Regional director for California, Nevada, and Utah, National Recovery Administration Chairman, San Francisco Regional Labor Board
  • 1934: Defeated as candidate for Democratic Party nomination for governor of California
  • 1935: Chairman, National Advisory Board, Works Progress Administration; adviser to Harry Hopkins
  • 1937 - 1940 : United States Commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition, San Francisco, Calif.
  • 1940: Traveled to Mexico to help establish a Mexican Ministry of Public Information and Propaganda
  • 1942: Supported Earl Warren for governor of California
  • 1943: Married Alice May Rosseter (died 1948)
  • 1944: Published War Criminals and Punishment (New York: R.M. McBride & Co.)
  • 1947: Published Rebel at Large, Recollections of Fifty Crowded Years (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons)
  • 1949: Published with Ross T. McIntyre White House Physician (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons)
  • 1953, Oct. 2: Died, San Francisco, Calif.

From the guide to the George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Biographical Note

  • 1876 December 1: Born, Lafayette County, Missouri
  • 1899 - 1909 : Editor, Kansas City Independent
  • 1909 - 1910 : Editor, Denver Post
  • 1911 - 1913 : Editor, Rocky Mountain News
  • 1916: Author, Wilson and the Issues
  • 1917 - 1919 : Chairman, Committee on Public Information
  • 1919: Author, Ireland's Fight For Freedom
  • 1920: Author, How We Advertised America, and The War, The World and Wilson
  • 1926: Author, The People Next Door
  • 1927: Author, Sons of the Eagle
  • 1928: Author, Sam Houston, Colossus in Buckskin
  • 1932: Author, Tom Paine – Liberty Bell
  • 1933: Chairman, San Francisco Regional Labor Board
  • 1935: Chairman, National Advisory Board, Works Progress Administration
  • 1939: U.S. Commissioner, Golden Gate International Exposition
  • 1944: Author, War Criminals
  • 1947: Author, Rebel at Large: Recollections of Fifty Crowded Years
  • 1949: Author, Russia's Race for Asia
  • 1953 October 3: Died, San Francisco

From the guide to the George Creel Miscellaneous Papers, 1912-1972, (Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace)

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