Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958

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Author, journalist, news analyst, and government official.

From the description of Elmer Holmes Davis papers, 1865-1957 (bulk 1946-1957). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 74986273

American journalist and author.

From the description of Then came war : 1939 : sound recording, 1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122446694

Writer.

From the description of Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122451573

From the description of Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309731742

Writer, news commentator.

From the description of Elmer Holmes Davis letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, [manuscript], 1928 Aug 17. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 247517754

Biographical Note

  • 1890, Jan. 13: Born, Aurora, Ind.
  • 1910 - 1911 : A.B. and A.M., Franklin College, Franklin, Ind.
  • 1912 - 1914 : Rhodes Scholar, Queen's College, Oxford University, Oxford, England
  • 1914 - 1924 : Worked on staff of New York Times
  • 1917: Married Florence MacMillan
  • 1920 - 1935 : Created and wrote for the character Godfrey G. Gloom, who was a columnist and political commentator
  • 1939 - 1942 : News analyst, Columbia Broadcasting Co.
  • 1942 - 1945 : Director, Office of War Information
  • 1945 - 1954 : Free-lance writer, radio commentator, and lecturer
  • 1954: Published But We Were Born Free. Garden City, New York: Garden City Books
  • 1955: Published Two Minutes Till Midnight, a sequel to But We Were Born Free. Indianapolis, Indiana: Bobbs-Merrill
  • 1958, May 18: Died, Washington, D. C.

From the guide to the Elmer Holmes Davis Papers, 1865-1957, (bulk 1946-1955), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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American journalist and author.

From the guide to the Elmer Holmes Davis sound recording : Then came war, 1939 December 1, (Hoover Institution Archives)
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referencedIn Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Davis, Elmer. [Letter], 1945. Indiana State Library - ISL
referencedIn De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955. Bernard De Voto papers, 1918-1955 (bulk 1944-1951). Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Edward P. Lilly Papers. 1928 - 1978. Photographs Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Baker Street Irregulars (Organization : U.S.) archive, 1923-2007. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Then came war : 1939 : sound recording, 1939. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series III., Blanche W. Knopf, 1918-1966 (bulk 1940-1966). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Kennedy, Sinclair, 1875-1947. Papers, 1905-1946 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Pike, Burlyn. Papers. 4 March - 13 April 1943. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Wright, Austin Tappan, 1883-1931. Papers, 1901-1958. Houghton Library
creatorOf Dorothy Lockhart papers, ca. 1922-1957. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn American Scholar, Records, 1926-2006, (bulk 1944-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Michael Ponce de Leon papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series VII., Other Department Files, 1916-1996 (bulk 1943-1969). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Letter, 1946, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. Nolan, Norton & Company, Incorporated
referencedIn Robert E. Sherwood papers, 1917-1968 (inclusive), 1934-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn T. Swann Harding Papers, 1918-1963 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series II., Alfred A. Knopf Personal, 1874-1984 (bulk 1953-1984). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers, 1884-1972 (inclusive), 1920-1961 (bulk). State Library of Ohio
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Letter : New York, to J.K., 1928 Oct. 5. Texas Christian University
referencedIn Benham, F. Darius, 1896-1960. Papers, 1915-1960. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Letter, 1957 October 7, Washington, D.C. [to] Roger [Douglas Branigin] / E.D. [Elmer Davis]. Franklin College, Hamilton Library
creatorOf United States. Office of War Information. Letters, 1942-1946, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn White mss., 1932-1969 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Davis, Elmer. Letter [typescript] : 1943 January 30, Office of War Information, Washington [to] Archibald MacLeish, [Washington, DC] Greenfield Community College, Nahman-Watson Library
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Letter to George Sylvester Viereck. New York, NY. 1932 July 9. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Dorothy Lockhart papers, ca. 1922-1957 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Elmer Holmes Davis sound recording : Then came war, 1939 December 1 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn William Proxmire papers, 1938-2004 (bulk 1957-1980) Wisconsin Historical Society Archives
referencedIn Sheldon Glueck papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Letter : New York, to J.K., 1928 Oct. 5. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Elmer Holmes Davis Papers, 1865-1957, (bulk 1946-1955) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series I., General Correspondence, 1922-1977 (bulk 1946-1966). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. Papers of Richard B. Glaenzer [manuscript], 1885-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Burlingame Family Papers, 1856-1967 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967,. Elmer Rice letters from various correspondents, 1915-1967. Houghton Library
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1918-1926. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Baker Street Irregulars (Organization : U.S.) archive, 1923-2007. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Fetter, Frank A. (Frank Albert), 1863-1949. Fetter mss., 1875-1988. Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn Arthur Bliss Lane papers, 1904-1957 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Authors' League of America. Letter, 1939, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Bernard Augustine De Voto Papers, 1918-1955 (inclusive), 1944-1951 (bulk) Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. Papers, 1884-1972. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Correspondence, 1946, from Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Blair Moody Papers, 1928-1954, 1934-1952 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Childs, Marquis William, 1903-. Papers, 1919-1967. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Jones Studio (Boulder, Colo.) (Photographer). Elmer Davis portrait, [undated]. Boulder Public Library
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Elmer Holmes Davis letter to Glen Walton Blodgett, [manuscript], 1928 Aug 17. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Parsons, Geoffrey, 1879-1956. Papers, ca.1919-1959. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Donald S. Leonard Papers, 1925-1966 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Thurber, James, 1894-1961. James Thurber papers, 1884-1972 [microform]. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Flagg, Mildred Buchanan, 1886-1980. Papers, 1876-1955 (inclusive), 1900-1955 (bulk). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Information Agency. 1900 - 2003. Biographic Files National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Davis, Elmer. Studio one-- "The road to Jericho" / by Elmer Davis. Bowling Green State University, BGSU Libraries
referencedIn Yaddo records, 1870-1980 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Davis, Elmer Holmes, 1890-1958. Reminiscences of Elmer Holmes Davis : oral history, 1955. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Page, Arthur W. (Arthur Wilson), 1883-1960. Papers, 1908-1960. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
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Death 1958-05-18

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