Gleason, Arthur Huntington (1878-1923)

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World War One (1914-1918)

Arthur Gleason to Leila Seward Gleason, May 4, 1906

Arthur Huntington Gleason to Jane Addams, December 30, 1909

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Robert Weeks DeForest, July 29, 1918

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, September 29, 1919

The Irish Committee at Work, November 10, 1920

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, November 11, 1921

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Lita Keller, January 2, 1924

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 31, 1925

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Birth Date

1878-12-14

Death Date

1923-12-30

Birthplace

Newark, NJ

Biographical Text

Arthur H. Gleason attended Yale University, graduating in 1901. He was a journalist for the New York Tribune and other publications, best known for his reporting from Belgium in the early days of World War I. Gleason also served as an ambulance driver for the Belgian army and was captured by the Germans, but managed to escape and report on the German invasion of Belgium. When he returned to the United States, he worked for the Bureau of Industrial Research and for John Brophy of the United Mine Workers. He wrote What the Workers Want in 1921. Gleason also wrote "The Darker Side," a collection of personal reflections on a personal crisis of his.

Gleason was married to Helen Hayes Johnson. Gleason died of spinal meningitis in 1923.

Occupation

Journalist

War correspondent

Source

Picture: The Survey, July 1, 1924, p. 429.

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Huntley, Kyle

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1909

Bibliography and Links

Arthur H. Gleason Dead, Baltimore Sun, December 31, 1923, p. 2.

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War Correspondent Who First Told of German Atrocities Dies, Chicago Daily Tribune, December 31, 1923, p. 3.

Citation

“Gleason, Arthur Huntington (1878-1923),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/4042.