Ray Stannard Baker

Born: 1870   Lansing , MI
Died: 1946
Parents: Joseph Stannard and Alice Baker
Spouse: Jessie Irene Beal
Children: James, Roger, Rachel, Alice
Address(es):
Burial:
Wildwood Cemetery
Amherst , MA

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Following the color line; American Negro citizenship in the progressive era. Introd. and notes to the Torchbook ed. by Dewey W. Grantham, Jr.
- Chapters 1-8, 10-14, with slight revisions, originally appeared in the American magazine, Apr. 1907-Sept. 1908.
Non Fiction Adult New York: Harper & Row 1964
American Chronicle
- Autobiography.
Non Fiction , Biography Adult Charles Scribner's & Sons 1945
Under My Elm, Country Discoveries and Reflections
- Author's pseud., David Grayson, at head of title.
Non Fiction , Biography Adult Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. 1942
Native American; the book of my youth Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York, Charles Scribner's & Sons 1941
The capture, death and burial of J. Wilkes Booth
- Reproduced from McClure's magazine, May, 1897.
Non Fiction Adult Chicago, The Poor Richard press 1940
The Countryman's Year
- As David Grayson.
Non Fiction Adult Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. 1936
Red Brother and Other Stories
- A fictionalized story for boys of Alexander Henry's travels and the Indian massacre at Old Fort Mackinaw in 1763.
Fiction Children Ann Arbor, MI: G. Wahr 1927
Adventures in Understanding Non Fiction Adult Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page & company 1925
The Adventures of David Grayson
- Contents: Adventures in contentment -- Adventures in friendship -- The friendly road.
Non Fiction , Biography Adult , Children , Teen Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1925
The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
- Authorized ed. edited by Ray Stannard Baker and William E. Dodd.
Non Fiction Adult New York and London, Harper and Brothers 1925 -1927
An American pioneer in science; the life and service of William James Beal
- with Jessie Beal Baker
Biography Adult Amherst, Mass., Priv. print. 1925
Woodrow Wilson and world settlement, written from his unpublished and personal material Non Fiction Adult Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Company 1922
The new industrial unrest: reasons and remedies Non Fiction Adult Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page 1920
What Wilson Did in Paris Non Fiction Adult Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page 1919
Great Possessions, a New Series of Adventures
- As David Grayson. Publication years: 1917, 1932.
Non Fiction , History Adult Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page 1917
Hempfield : an American novel
- As David Grayson.
Fiction Adult Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page & Company 1915
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment
- As David Grayson. Publication years: 1913, 1924, 1933.
Non Fiction Children Garden City, New York, Doubleday 1913
A Day of Pleasant Bread
- As David Grayson. Publication years: 1910, 1926, 1941, 1948.
Non Fiction Children Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran and Co. 1910
Adventures in Friendship
- As David Grayson.
Non Fiction Adult New York : Doubleday, Page 1910
The Spiritual Unrest Non Fiction Adult New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company 1910
Adventures in Contentment
- As David Grayson.
Non Fiction Adult New York : Doubleday, Page 1909
New ideals in healing
- An account of the Emmanuel movement of Boston and the Social Service Department at the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Non Fiction Adult New York : F. A. Stokes 1909
Following the Color Line; an Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy
- (Publication Years: 1908, 1922)
Non Fiction Adult New York, Doubleday, Page & company 1908
Boy's Second Book of Inventions
- 1st ed published in 1899
Non Fiction Children New York : McClure, Phillips & co. 1903
Seen in Germany
- Publication years: 1901, 1909.
Non Fiction Adult New York : Doubleday, Page 1901
The boy's book of inventions; stories of the wonders of modern science Non Fiction Children New York, Doubleday & McClure co. 1899
Shop Talks on the Wonders of the Crafts
- Compilation of colums written for publication in the Chicago Record.
Non Fiction Adult Chicago : Chicago Record 1895
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "He believed, 'When men come really to understand one another-if that time ever comes-war will end, poverty will end, tyranny will end, and this under almost any sort of government, almost any economic system.' The Detroit News, December 22, 1941." Baker became acquainted with Woodrow Wilson while editor and part owner of American Magazine. This friendship resulted in his being designated to edit the President's papers. Wilson said, "I would rather have your interpretation than that of anyone else I know."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Other - Journalist

Awards:

Name Date
Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame
- Inducted 1986
1986
Pulitzer Prize for Biography, for "Woodrow Wilson: Life and Letters" 1940

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Ink Trails II by Dave and Jack Dempsey 2015
Michigan Authors, 1st ed., 2nd ed., 3rd ed.
- Listed in the following editions: 1960, 1980, 1993
1960
American Literary Yearbook
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Contemporary American Literature
Current Biography
Dictionary of American Authors
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography
Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
Twentieth Century Authors
Twentieth Century Writing
Webster's American Biographies
Who Was Who among North American Authors
Who Was Who in America

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Studied Law and Literature University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1891
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) State Agricultural College (now Michigan State University) East Lansing , MI 1889

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Technical Adviser Twentieth Century Fox (film "Wilson") Las Angeles 1944
Special commissioner U.S. State Department Washington, D.C. 1918
Editor and Part owner
- Ray Stannard Baker, Lincoln Steffens and Ida M. Tarbell left McClure's to help create American Magazine. Baker contributed articles using the pseudonym David Grayson.
American Magazine New York 1906 -1915
Associate Editor McClure Syndicate New York City 1898 -1905
Reporter Chicago News Record Chicago 1892 -1897
Author and Historian

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