Register of the William Henry Irwin papers

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Title: William Henry Irwin papers
Date (inclusive): 1890-1942
Collection Number: 48011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes (5.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, and printed matter, relating to Herbert Hoover, and to political and social conditions in the U.S. Includes drafts of fictional and other writings by W. H. Irwin, and correspondence with Herbert Hoover.
Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
Creator: Irwin, Will, 1873-1948
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1948.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William Henry Irwin Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note.

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

Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence, writings, and printed matter relating to Herbert Hoover, and to political and social conditions in the United States. Includes typed and holograph manuscripts of published and unpublished titles, and drafts of fictional and other writings by W. H. Irwin. Also includes correspondence with Herbert Hoover.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Journalists
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Journalism -- United States

 

LETTERS RECEIVED, 1927-1940

Scope and Contents note

Letters recieved from Herbert Hoover, arranged chronologically.
box 1

Twenty-eight and a half letters received from Herbert Hoover, 1927-1940

 

MANUSCRIPTS AND RELATED MATERIAL, 1890-1942

Scope and Contents note

Typed and holograph manuscripts of published and unpublished titles by Will Irwin, arranged in two groups (articles/essays and books/serializatons) and thereunder chronologically. Related material, such as correspondence and source data, follows the pertinent manuscript.
 

Articles and essays

box 1

High school essays, ca. 1890

box 1

My Religion

box 1

The Passing of the Hick

box 1

How to Talk to Politicians

box 1

Stop Tinkering with the Movies

box 1

County Jail - Alias School for Crime

box 1

Five Coast Guard Articles - synopsis

box 1

The Royal Giver

box 1

Kingfish over the White House

box 1

The Rise of the C.I.O.

box 1

If Washington had Said "Yes"

box 1

Crime-crazy

box 1

Exit the Bank Robber

box 1

Men See without Eyes

box 1

Landon of Kansas

box 1

All Primed for Prohibition

box 1

Dubinsky Goes on Strike

box 1

Ten Years of Movie Control

box 1

Our Adolescent Joiners

box 1

A Set-back for C.I.O.

box 1

Catching Up with China

box 1

We Are Advertised by Our Loving Friends

box 1

Can They Stand the Gaff

box 1

Child Health Article

box 1

Savage America

box 1

Savage America - (2nd article, "They Lynched the Wrong Man")

box 1

Is Edgar Hoover on the Spot?

box 1

Will You Loose Your Birthday?

box 1

Lewis for President?

box 1

A Hundred Billions for Pensions?

box 1

Interview with Herbert Hoover

box 1

Where Character Education Shows Results

box 1

Let's Not Be Suckers Again

box 1

Letters received, January 11, 1940, Brandt Publishers to Will Irwin concerning manuscripts of published articles

 

Books and serializations

box 1

Beating Back, 1914. With Al J. Jennings

box 2

Source material for Beating Back

box 2

Colonel Charles R. Forbes, 1924

box 2

Youth Rides West, 1925

box 2

How Red Is America, 1927

 

Highlights of Manhattan, 1927

box 2

Holograph draft, incomplete; typed draft, incomplete

 

Herbert Hoover - A Reminiscent Biography, 1929

box 3

First working draft

box 3

First draft, before Hoover revision, chapters 1-11

box 4

First draft, before Hoover revision, chapters 12-23

box 4

First draft rewritten, chapters 6-11

box 4

Final draft, chapters 8-22

box 4

Final draft rewritten, chapters 9-21

box 4

Two telegrams concerning manuscript

box 4

Honors and degrees of Herbert Hoover

box 4

Published and unpublished reports on U.S. Department of Commerce studies, 1928-1932

box 4

Letter from Will Irwin to Ruth E. Gosnell, Sept. 2, 1933

 

Propaganda and the News, 1936

box 5

Chapters 1-24, complete

box 5

Chapters 20-24, copy

 

Spy and Counterspy, 1940. With E. V. Voska

box 5

Complete Draft

box 5

Correction and inserts

box 5

Statement about Dr. Albert's portfolio

 

Making of a Reporter, 1942

box 5

Synopsis, chapters III to 1933

box 5

Chapters 1-8

box 6

Chapters 9-30

 

MISCELLANEOUS, 1916-1926

Scope and Contents note

Two folders of clippings and memorabilia.
box 6

Clippings, 1916-1926

box 6

Memorabilia

 

PRINTED MATTER, 1896-1900

Scope and Contents note

Two bound volumes of newspapers, portions of which apparently are marked for Irwin authorship.
box 7

"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

box 8

"The Wave" (San Francisco, California), Vols. 20-21 (1899-1900) in one bound volume. Marked portions indicate Irwin authorship.