Bryson, Lyman
Variant namesEducator.
From the description of Reminiscences of Lyman Lloyd Bryson : oral history, 1951. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86131513
Radio and television broadcaster, author, and educator. Full name: Lyman Lloyd Bryson.
From the description of Lyman Bryson papers, 1893-1978 (bulk 1917-1959). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980008
Biographical Note
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1888, July 12:
Born, Valentine, Nebr. -
1910:
A.B., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. -
1912:
Married Hope Mersereau (died 1944) -
1913 -1917 :Instructor in rhetoric and journalism, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. -
1915:
M.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. -
1916:
Published Smokey Roses. New York: Putnam & Sons -
1917 -1918 :Publicity staff, American National Red Cross, national headquarters, Washington, D.C. -
1919:
Publicity staff, American National Red Cross, European headquarters, Paris, France Associate director, American Junior Red Cross Foreign Program -
1920 -1922 :Director, Junior Red Cross Division, League of Red Cross Societies -
1923 -1924 :Director of Publications, League of Red Cross Societies -
1925 -1932 :Lecturer, University of California, Extension Division, Berkeley, Calif. -
1928 -1930 :Director, San Diego Museum of Anthropology, San Diego, Calif. Professor of Anthropology, San Diego State College, San Diego, Calif. -
1929 -1932 :Director, California Association for Adult Education -
1932 -1934 :Leader, Public School Forum, Des Moines, Iowa -
1934 -1953 :Professor of Education and Director of the Readability Laboratory, Columbia University, Teachers College, New York, N.Y. -
1936:
Published Adult Education. New York: American Book Co. -
1938 -1942 :Chairman, Adult Education Board, Columbia Broadcasting System -
1938 -1944 :Moderated The People's Platform, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program -
1939:
Published Which Way America? Communism, Fascism, Democracy. New York: Macmillan & Co. Edited The People's Library. New York: Macmillan & Co. -
1941:
Published The New Prometheus. New York: Macmillan & Co. -
1941 -1943 :Headed Department X, a committee studying potential postwar issues, Columbia Broadcasting System -
1942 -1943 :Chief, Bureau of Special Operations, Office of War Information -
1942 -1945 :Director of Education, Columbia Broadcasting System -
1944 -1946 :President, American Association for Adult Education -
1945:
Married Katherine McGrattan -
1945 -1947 :Moderated Problems of the Peace, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program (Time for Reason after March 1946) -
1946 -1947 :Moderated Time for Reason About Radio, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program -
1946 -1959 :Permanent moderator, Invitation to Learning, Columbia Broadcasting System radio program -
1947:
Appointed Counselor on Public Affairs, Columbia Broadcasting System Published Science and Freedom. New York: Columbia University Press -
1950 -1951 :Moderated We Take Your Word, Columbia Broadcasting System radio and television program -
1950 -1959 :Moderated Lamp Unto My Feet, Columbia Broadcasting System television program -
1952:
Published The Next America, Prophecy and Faith. New York: Harper & Brothers -
1954:
Published The Drive Toward Reason, In the Service of a Free People. New York: Harper & Brothers -
1959, Nov. 24:
Died, New York, N.Y. -
1960:
Published posthumously An Outline of Man's Knowledge of the Modern World. New York: McGraw-Hill
From the guide to the Lyman Bryson Papers, 1893-1978, (bulk 1917-1959), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
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associatedWith | Alexander N. Charters Library of Resources for Educators of Adults |
correspondedWith | Aly, Bower, 1903- |
associatedWith | American Junior Red Cross. |
associatedWith | American National Red Cross. |
associatedWith | Blakely, Robert J. |
correspondedWith | Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 |
correspondedWith | Brown, John Mason, 1900-1969 |
correspondedWith | Brunner, Edmund de S. (Edmund de Schweinitz), 1889-1973 |
correspondedWith | Buchanan, Scott Millross, 1895-1968 |
correspondedWith | Bye, George T. |
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