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Investigative journalist, publisher, editor. Spouse. Harriet Hurd (1883-1929; her death) Samuel Sidney McClure (February 17, 1857 – March 21, 1949) was an American publisher who became known as a key figure in investigative, or muckraking, journalism.
- Harriet Hurd (1883-1929; her death)
- Knox College
- March 21, 1949 (aged 92), New York City
S.S. McClure and the Birth of Muckraking. One of the all-time great editors, he made Galesburg an unlikely incubator for investigative journalism. Before electric media arrived on the scene, Americans relied solely on the printed page—books, newspapers and magazines–for information about their world.
May 23, 2018 · Samuel Sidney McClure (1857-1949) created the first literary syndicate and developed "muckraking," which established him as one of America's notable editors. Born in County Antrim, Ireland, on Feb. 17, 1857, S. S. McClure was taken to the United States as a boy.
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McClure, Samuel Sidney (1857-1949) (“S.S.”). Irish-born American publisher. McClure immigrated to the U.S. at age nine, living with his family in Indiana. Despite poverty and the limited education he had received in Ireland, he graduated from high school and then Knox College in Illinois. He then moved to Boston, MA, where from 1882 to 1884 ...
Cather first met Hattie McClure in 1903, when S.S. called her to New York to discuss her fiction and she was a guest in their home in Westchester County, NY. S.S. was notorious for both financial irresponsibility and marital infidelity, but Cather maintained cordial relations with both Hattie and S.S. even as others criticized both of them.
In this editorial preface to one of the most famous issues of his magazine, S. S. McClure appears to be a solid progressive who believes in the power of journalistic exposure and democracy to right the wrongs of modern industrial capitalism.
November 7, 1910. Place letter was written. New York, New York, United States. Location of original letter. McClure mss., 1865-1949 ( LMC 1687 ), Indiana University, Lilly Library, Bloomington, IN. Person Annotations. McClure, Samuel Sidney (1857-1949) (“S.S.”). Irish-born American publisher.
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