Arthur Pound

Born: 06/01/1884   Pontiac , MI
Died: 01/14/1966
Parents: John and Elizabeth Pound
Spouse: Mary Madelon
Children: 4 daughters

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Only Thing Worth Finding , The Life and Legacies of George Gough Booth Biography Adult Detroit : Wayne State University Press 1964
The Automobile and An American City Non Fiction , Michigan Adult Detroit] : Published for the Detroit Historical Soceity, by Wayne State University Press 1962
Transportation progress; a story of self-propelled vehicles from earliest times down to the automobile, reprinted from "The turning wheel", the story of General motors through twenty-five years, 1908-1933 History Adult Detroit : General motors corporation 1946
Lake Ontario
- The American lakes series
Non Fiction Adult Indianapolis, New York: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1945
Detroit: Dynamic City Michigan History Adult New York, London, D. Appleton-Century company, incorporated 1940
Salt of the Earth; The Story of Captain J. B. Ford and Michigan Alkali Company, 1890-1940
- Wyandotte Chemicals Corporation (Wyandotte, Mich.)
Michigan History Adult Boston, Altantic monthly company 1940
Hawk of Detroit, a Novel
- Fictional biography of Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac, 1658-1730
Historical Fiction , Michigan Adult New York, Reynal & Hitchcock 1939
Industrial America, Its Way of Work and Thought
- A study of the operations and policies of twelve large American corporations.
Non Fiction Adult Boston, Little, Brown, and Company, 1936
Second Growth; A Novel
- Sequel to Once a wilderness. Continuation of family chronicle from 1913 to the 1930's.
Fiction , Historical Fiction , Michigan Adult New York, Reynal & Hitchcock 1935
The Golden Earth; the story of Manhattan's landed wealth
- "Throughout this work I have been ably assisted by Philip Huffman, who conducted the research on land and lot prices, title, etc." - Pref.
Non Fiction , History Adult New York, Macmillan and Company 1935
Once a Wilderness: a novel Fiction Adult New York, Reynal & Hitchcock 1934
The Turning Wheel; the story of General Motors through twenty-five years, 1908-1933 History Adult Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1934
Around the Corner Non Fiction Adult New York, Sears Publishing Company 1933
Mountain Morning, and Other Poems Poetry Adult Albany, N.Y. : Argus Press 1932
The Penns of Pennsylvania and England Biography , History Adult New York, The Macmillan Company 1932
Washington, Freeman of Albany, June 27, 1782 Biography , History Adult Albany, N.Y. : Albany Institute of History and Art 1932
Native Stock ; The Rise of the American Spirit Seen in Six Lives Biography Adult New York, The Macmillan Company 1931
Building on Faith in Flint Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Flint, Mich. : Union Industrial Trust and Savings Bank 1930
Johnson of the Mohawks; a biography of Sir William Johnson, Irish immigrant, Mohawk war chief, American soldier, empire builder
- Biogrpahy of Sir William Johnson, Irish Immigran, Mohawk War Chief, American
Biography , History Adult New York, Macmillan 1930
The Telephone Idea; Fifty Years After Non Fiction , History Adult New York : Greenberg, Publisher 1926
The Iron Man in Industry : An Outline of the social Significances of Automatic Machinery Non Fiction Adult Boston, Atlantic Monthly Press 1922

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- music
Western Michigan University Kalamazoo , MI 1950

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Official Historian(for 4 years) State of New York Albany 1940 -1944
Research Professor University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh 1935 -1936
Associate editor The Independent 1924 -1927
Editorial positions The New York Evening Post, New York Herald, Pontiac Press, Grand Rapids Press, New York Telegram 1913 -1940
Associate editor and editor Atlantic Monthly Boston
Founder and first president Society for Colonial History

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Arthur Pound Papers, 1928-1968, are housed at the Bently Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

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