Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1913, Sept. 16 | Born, Huntington, N.Y. |
| 1929-1932 | Attended St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H. |
| 1936 | B.A., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Published These Are the Days. New Haven: Yale Daily News |
| 1939 | M.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1939-1941 | Instructor in government, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1941 | Married Claude Chevreux |
| 1942-1945 | Intelligence service (civilian), Office of Strategic Services |
| 1946-1948 | Editor, Auburn Citizen Advertiser, Auburn, N.Y. |
| 1947 | Published A Pattern of Politics. New York: Reynal and Hitchcock |
| 1948-1956 | Editorial writer, New York Herald Tribune, New York, N.Y.; chief editorial writer, 1952-1956 |
| 1956 | Edited The Politics of Woodrow Wilson. New York: Harper |
| 1956-1967 | Director, Twentieth Century Fund, New York, N.Y. |
| 1957 | Published with Raymond Aron Diversity of Worlds. New York: Reynal |
| 1962 | Published The Public Happiness, New York: Atheneum |
| 1962-1964 | Special consultant on the arts to President John F. Kennedy |
| 1963-1964 | Moderator, “Books for Our Time,” television program |
| 1967-1973 | Parks commissioner and Administrator of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, New York, N.Y. |
| 1974 | Published Alive in the City: Memoirs of an Ex-Commissioner. New York: Scribner |
| 1978 | Published with Phyllis Robinson Open Spaces: The Life of American Cities, New York: Harper and Row and When LaGuardia Was Mayor: New York's Legendary Years. New York: Norton |
| 1991 | Published Woodrow Wilson. New York: Scribner |
| 1997, Apr. 5 | Died, New York, N.Y. |