Background
Driggs, Howard Roscoe was born on August 8, 1873 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States. Son of Benjamin Woodbury and Rosalia Ellen (Cox) Driggs.
Driggs, Howard Roscoe was born on August 8, 1873 in Pleasant Grove, Utah, United States. Son of Benjamin Woodbury and Rosalia Ellen (Cox) Driggs.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Utah, 1908, Master of Arts from same University, 1918. Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1926.
Stepchildren—John Chilton Quarrier, II, Philip Harrington Quarrier, Camille Elizabeth Quarrier. Instructor in English, Branch Normal School, University of Utah, 1897-1905, assistant principal, 1904-1906. On leave, study University of Chicago, 1905-1906.
Supervisor of English, School of Education, University of Utah, 1906-1912, principal Secondary Training School, 1912-1914, professor of English Education, 1914-1923 (leave of absence 1918-1923, making a study of English teaching in the United States).
Visiting professor, New York University, 1923-1924, associate Professor of English education, 1924-1926, professor and head of department, 1927-1942. Professor emeritus of English education, since 1943.
Author: Wild Roses, 1915. The Art of Teaching, 1919. Our Living Language, 1920.
Jacko and the Dingo Boy, 1924. Covered Wagon Centennial, 1931. The Pony Express Goes Through, 1935.
Living English, 1935. Westward America, 1942. Ben the Wagon Boy, 1944.
The Master’s Art, 1946, Mormon Trail 1947. Timpanogos Town, 1948. New Light on Old Glory, 1950.
Pitch Pine Tales, 1951. Nick Wilson, Pioneer Boy, 1951. George, The Handcart Boy, 1952.
The Old West Speaks, 1956. When Grandfather Was a Boy, 1957. A Western Cowkid, 1957, Driggs Family Beginnings in America, 1959.
Money Rock, a Drama of the Pony Express, 1960. Co-author: White Indian Boy, 1919. Oxteam Days, 1922
Hidden Heroes of Rockies, 1923.
Frontier Law, 1924
Deadwood Gold, 1925. Texas Ranger, 1927
Red Feather, 1927. National Scales for Measuring Composition, 1927.
Pioneer Photographer, 1929. Rise of the Lone Star, 1936. Longhorn Cowboy, 1942.
This the West, 1957 (one of group selected authors-winner Spur award, League Western Writers 1957). Editor: American Trials Series. Editor and producer American Trails Films.
Chairman national essay contest of Veterans of Foreign Wars. Lecturer on English and history. Editor Utah Ednl. Review, 1917-1918.
Member National Education Association (v.
Married Eva Frampton, September 8, 1897. Children: Howard Wayne, Harold Perry, married second, Margaret Brazier Quarrier, September.