Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958

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Journalist and noted biographer of Al Smith, Theodore Roosvelt and William Howard Taft.

From the description of Letter to Lola L. Kovener, 1939 November 27. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 71842402

Journalist, historian, and government official.

From the description of Papers of Henry F. Pringle, 1932-1957 (bulk 1939-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068960

Biographical Note

  • 1897, Aug. 23: Born, New York, N.Y.
  • 1920: B.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
  • 1922 - 1924 : Reporter, New York Globe
  • 1924 - 1927 : Reporter, New York World
  • 1926: Married Helena Huntington Smith (divorced 1944)
  • 1927: Published Alfred E. Smith, a Critical Study. New York: Macy-Masius
  • 1927 - 1931 : Associate editor, The Outlook 1931 Published Theodore Roosevelt, a Biography. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1932 Awarded Pulitzer Prize
  • 1932 - 1936 : Associate in and professor of journalism, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
  • 1939: Published The Life and Times of William Howard Taft. New York: Farrar & Rinehart. 2 vols
  • 1942 - 1943 : Chief, production and publication divisions of the Office of Facts and Figures and Office of War Information
  • 1944: Married Katharine Douglas
  • 1944: Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship D.C.
  • 1945 - 1946 : Consultant to United States Army Air Force and to secretary of war
  • 1958, Apr. 7: Died, Washington, DC

From the guide to the Henry F. Pringle Papers, 1932-1957, (bulk 1939-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn New Yorker records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Fuess, Claude Moore, 1885-1963. Claude Moore Fuess letter to Alfred R. Hussey [manuscript], 1947 May 7. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Robert A. Taft Papers, 1885-1980, (bulk 1938-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Records, 1918-1957 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958. Letter to Wayne Gard. New York, NY. 1933 Mar. 15. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958. Letter to Lola L. Kovener, 1939 November 27. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Abbott, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Fraser), 1859-1933. Theodore Roosevelt Collection: ancillary archival resources, 18-- -19--. Houghton Library
creatorOf Henry F. Pringle Papers, 1932-1957, (bulk 1939-1946) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Pringle, Henry F. (Henry Fowles), 1897-1958. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1940. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Burlingame Family Papers, 1856-1967 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Theodore Roosevelt Collection: Books, pamphlets, periodicals, 18-- - <ongoing> Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943. person
associatedWith Burlingame family. family
associatedWith Bush, Vannevar, 1890-1974. person
associatedWith Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998. person
associatedWith Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963. person
associatedWith Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969. person
associatedWith Farrar, John Chipman, 1896-1974. person
associatedWith Fuess, Claude Moore, 1885-1963. person
associatedWith Gard, Wayne, 1899-, person
associatedWith Halder, Franz, 1884-1972. person
associatedWith Hamburger, Philip. person
associatedWith Hamburger, Philip. person
associatedWith Hassett, William D., 1880-1965. person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
associatedWith Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948. person
associatedWith Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952. person
associatedWith Kovener, Lola L., person
associatedWith MacKaye, Milton, 1901-. person
associatedWith MacLeish, Archibald, 1892-1982. person
associatedWith Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971. person
associatedWith New England Watch and Ward Society corporateBody
correspondedWith New Yorker Magazine, Inc corporateBody
associatedWith Owen, Chandler. person
associatedWith Palmer, Paul, 1900- person
associatedWith Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945. person
associatedWith Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1917- person
associatedWith Shaplen, Robert, 1917- person
associatedWith Sommer, Martin. person
associatedWith Sommer, Martin. person
associatedWith Taft, Horace Dutton, 1861-1943. person
associatedWith Taft, Robert A. (Robert Alphonso), 1889-1953. person
associatedWith Taft, William H. (William Howard), 1857-1930. person
associatedWith United States. Air Force corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of Facts and Figures. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Office of War Information. corporateBody
associatedWith White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. person
associatedWith White, William Allen, 1868-1944. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
Soldiers
Soldiers
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Historians
Public officials
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Birth 1897-08-23

Death 1958-04-07

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