Register of the William Henry Irwin papers
1873, Sept. 14 | Born, Oneida, New York |
1899 | A.B., Stanford University |
1940 | Dr. Humane Letters, Knox College |
1896 | Editor-in-chief, Daily Palo Alto |
1900 | Editor, San Francisco Wave |
1902-1904 | Sunday editor, San Francisco Chronicle |
1906-1907 | Editor, McClure's Magazine |
1914-1915 | War correspondent, London Daily Mail |
1914-1915 | Member of executive committee, Commission for Relief in Belgium |
1916-1918 | War correspondent, Saturday Evening Post |
1918 | Chief Foreign Department, Committee on Public Information |
1914 | Author, BEATING BACK (With Al Jennings) |
1925 | Author, YOUTH RIDES WEST |
1927 | Author, HOW RED IS AMERICA? |
1927 | Author, HIGHLIGHTS OF MANHATTAN |
1929 | Author, HERBERT HOOVER --A REMINISCENT BIOGRAPHY |
1936 | Author, PROPAGANDA AND THE NEWS |
1940 | Author, SPY AND COUNTERSPY (With E. V. Voska) |
1942 | Author, THE MAKING OF A REPORTER |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Twenty-eight and a half letters received from Herbert Hoover, 1927-1940
MANUSCRIPTS AND RELATED MATERIAL, 1890-1942
Articles and essays
High school essays, ca. 1890
My Religion
The Passing of the Hick
How to Talk to Politicians
Stop Tinkering with the Movies
County Jail - Alias School for Crime
Five Coast Guard Articles - synopsis
The Royal Giver
Kingfish over the White House
The Rise of the C.I.O.
If Washington had Said "Yes"
Crime-crazy
Exit the Bank Robber
Men See without Eyes
Landon of Kansas
All Primed for Prohibition
Dubinsky Goes on Strike
Ten Years of Movie Control
Our Adolescent Joiners
A Set-back for C.I.O.
Catching Up with China
We Are Advertised by Our Loving Friends
Can They Stand the Gaff
Child Health Article
Savage America
Savage America - (2nd article, "They Lynched the Wrong Man")
Is Edgar Hoover on the Spot?
Will You Loose Your Birthday?
Lewis for President?
A Hundred Billions for Pensions?
Interview with Herbert Hoover
Where Character Education Shows Results
Let's Not Be Suckers Again
Letters received, January 11, 1940, Brandt Publishers to Will Irwin concerning manuscripts of published articles
Books and serializations
Beating Back, 1914. With Al J. Jennings
Source material for Beating Back
Colonel Charles R. Forbes, 1924
Youth Rides West, 1925
How Red Is America, 1927
Highlights of Manhattan, 1927
Holograph draft, incomplete; typed draft, incomplete
Herbert Hoover - A Reminiscent Biography, 1929
First working draft
First draft, before Hoover revision, chapters 1-11
First draft, before Hoover revision, chapters 12-23
First draft rewritten, chapters 6-11
Final draft, chapters 8-22
Final draft rewritten, chapters 9-21
Two telegrams concerning manuscript
Honors and degrees of Herbert Hoover
Published and unpublished reports on U.S. Department of Commerce studies, 1928-1932
Letter from Will Irwin to Ruth E. Gosnell, Sept. 2, 1933
Propaganda and the News, 1936
Chapters 1-24, complete
Chapters 20-24, copy
Spy and Counterspy, 1940. With E. V. Voska
Complete Draft
Correction and inserts
Statement about Dr. Albert's portfolio
Making of a Reporter, 1942
Synopsis, chapters III to 1933
Chapters 1-8
Chapters 9-30
Clippings, 1916-1926
Memorabilia
"Daily Palo Alto" (Stanford, California), Vols. 8-12 (1896-1900) in one bound volume. Marked portions between September 4, 1896 and December 16, 1896 indicate Irwin authorship
"The Wave" (San Francisco, California), Vols. 20-21 (1899-1900) in one bound volume. Marked portions indicate Irwin authorship.