| LC control no. | n 50031972 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Ickes, Harold L. (Harold LeClair), 1874-1952 |
| Variant(s) | Ickes, Harold LeClair, 1874-1952 Ickes, Harold Le Claire, 1874-1952 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Chicago (Ill.) Washington (D.C.) |
| Located | Olney (Md.) |
| Birth date | 1874-03-15 |
| Death date | 1952-02-03 |
| Place of birth | Pennsylvania |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Field of activity | Law Journalism Political science Public administration |
| Affiliation | YMCA of the USA People's Protective League (Illinois) United States. Department of the Interior |
| Profession or occupation | Reporters and reporting Lawyers Cabinet officers |
| Found in | His The new democracy ... c1934. Lear, L.J. Harold L. Ickes, 1982: title page (Harold L. Ickes) preface (Harold LeClair Ickes) Webster's Amer. biog., 1979 (Ickes, Harold LeClair (1874-1952)) Who was who in America, 1951-1960: (Ickes, Harold L.; lawyer, writer; born Frankstown Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1874; died February 3, 1952; A.B., University of Chicago, 1897; J.D., 1907; began career as a reporter with Chicago newspapers, 1897-1900; began law practice, Chicago, 1907; became active in municipal reform politics, Chicago, in 1897, working in various capacities in state and local politics; worked with Y.M.C.A in France with 35th Division, A.E.F., April 1918-January 1919; president, People's Protective League, 1922; Secretary of Interior in cabinet of Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, 1933-1946; resigned February 15, 1946; also administrator of public works, 1933-1939, and oil administrator under NRA; became solid fuels administrator for war, November 1941-February 1946; also coordinator of fisheries, July 1942-February 1946; also petroleum administrator, May 1941-February 1946; coal mines administrator, 1943-1944; home: Headwaters Farm, Olney, Md.) Findagrave.com, searched April 15, 2020: (Harold LeClair Ickes; born 15 March 1874 in Chester County, Pa.; died 3 Feb. 1952, Washington, District of Columbia; born on a farm in Pennsylvania) <https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15205478/harold-leclair-ickes> |
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