Register of the William Henry Irwin papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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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

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

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 Includes typed and holograph manuscripts of published and unpublished titles, and drafts of fictional and other writings by W. H. Irwin.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

box 1

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.

box 1

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

box 2

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

box 3

Herbert Hoover - A Reminiscent Biography, 1929

First working draft

First draft, before Hoover revision, chapters 1-11

box 4

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

box 5

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

box 6

Chapters 9-30

box 6

MISCELLANEOUS, 1916-1926

Scope and Contents note

Two folders of clippings and memorabilia.

box 6

Clippings, 1916-1926

Memorabilia

PRINTED MATTER, 1896-1900

Scope and Contents note

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

box On shelf.

"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.