Arthur Gleason

Arthur Huntington Gleason was an American journalist and author born in 1878 and died in 1923. He wrote across a wide range of subjects, from spiritual and domestic themes to war reporting and labor politics, and his books include Young Hilda at the Wars, Golden Lads, Inside the British Isles, British Labor and the War, What the Workers Want, and Workers' Education.

His work shows a clear fascination with public life and the pressures of the early twentieth century. The record of his papers describes editorial work for Cosmopolitan, The Survey, and Collier's Weekly, along with material tied to his experiences as a journalist and medic in World War I and to his involvement with labor causes, including the British labor movement and the Bureau of Industrial Research.

That mix of eyewitness reporting and social concern gives Gleason’s writing much of its character. Even when he was covering large events, he seems to have been interested in how those events shaped everyday lives.