Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander), 1879-

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From the description of E. Alexander Powell papers, 1893-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010081

E. Alexander Powell (1879-1957) was an American adventurer, writer and foreign correspondent, author of more than thirty books on travel and adventure. A graduate of Syracuse University and Oberlin College, he served in the American consular service, and with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. According to his obituary, over the course of his career he was "[h]eld up by bandits, challenged to a duel, pok[ed] into insurrection in Crete, witness[ed] the eruption of Vesuvius, and hobnobb[ed] with national leaders" but "progressed steadily around the world, surviving all disasters and busily producing copy for English and American publications."

From the guide to the E. Alexander Powell Letter, 1915, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Biographical Note

  • 1879, Aug. 16: Born, Syracuse, N.Y.
  • 1898 - 1899 : Worked for Syracuse Journal
  • 1902: Became editor of Craftsman
  • 1903 - 1904 : Advertising manager, Smith Premier Typewriter Company, London, England
  • 1905 - 1906 : Served in Near East as a correspondent for British and American publications
  • 1906 - 1909 : Consular official in Syria and Egypt
  • 1912: Published The Last Frontier. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
  • 1913 - 1955 : Traveled in Europe and Mexico Published books on World War I and on travel and adventure, including Brothers in Arms, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. (1917); Fighting in Flanders, New York, C. Scribner's Sons (1914); Thunder Over Europe, New York, I. Wishburn (1931)
  • 1957, Nov. 14: Died, Falls Village, Conn.

From the guide to the E. Alexander Powell Papers, 1893-1957, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Powell, Edward. OM80-70 Grandfather's Story of Old Brisbane Anecdote, 1934. Libraries Australia
creatorOf Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. The King and I / music by Richard Rodgers ; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2nd. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948. General Orders No. 38-A : France : DS, 1919. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf E. Alexander Powell Letter, 1915 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Spooner family. Papers, 1811-1867. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf E. Alexander Powell Papers, 1893-1957 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Adams family. Papers, 1798-1862, of the Adams family of Petersburg, Va. Virginia Historical Society Library
creatorOf Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948. General Orders No. 38-A : France : DS, 1919. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Sharrer, Wilfred H. Wilfred H. Sharrer scrapbooks, 1939-1940. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn E. Alexander Powell Papers, 1893-1957 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
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associatedWith Adams family. family
correspondedWith Bigelow, Poultney, b. 1855 person
correspondedWith Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925 person
correspondedWith Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923 person
associatedWith Houghton Mifflin Company. corporateBody
correspondedWith Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932 person
associatedWith Northrup family. family
associatedWith Northrup family. family
correspondedWith Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 person
correspondedWith Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander), 1879- person
associatedWith Powell family. family
associatedWith Powell family. family
correspondedWith Powell, Jessie Northrup person
correspondedWith Powell, Lucy person
correspondedWith Pulitzer, Ralph, 1879-1939 person
associatedWith Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. person
correspondedWith Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 person
correspondedWith Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960 person
associatedWith Sharrer, Wilfred H. person
associatedWith Spooner family. family
correspondedWith Wood, Leonard, 1860-1927 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
Foreign correspondents
Military history
Journalism
Journalists
Travel writing
Voyages and travels
World War, 1914-1918
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Authors
Foreign correspondents
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Birth 1879-08-16

Death 1957-11-13

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