Creel, George, 1876-1953
Variant namesCreel 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
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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
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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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Person
Birth 1876-12-01
Death 1953-10-02
Male
