Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1907, Feb. 3 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1929 | B.A., Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. |
| 1931-1933 | Studied at University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, Scotland, and traveled in Europe |
| 1933-1936 | Teacher, George School, Newtown, Pa. |
| 1935 | Married Patti Koon (divorced 1948) |
| 1936-1939 | Associate professor, Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo. |
| 1937 | M. A., Colorado State College of Education, Greeley, Colo. |
| 1939-1940 | Visiting professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1941-1949 | Associate editor, Macmillan Co., New York, N.Y. |
| 1944-1946 | Active duty, United States Naval Reserve in the South Pacific |
| 1947 | Published Tales of the South Pacific (New York: The Macmillan Co. 326 pp.) |
| 1948 | Married Vange Nord (divorced 1955) |
| 1948 | Awarded Pulitzer Prize for fiction for 1947 for Tales of the South Pacific |
| 1953 | Published The Bridges at Toko-Ri ([New York]: Random House. 146 pp.) |
| 1953 | President, Asia Foundation |
| 1955 | Married Mari Yoriko Sabusawa (died 1994) |
| 1957 | Member, United States Advisory Committee on the Arts Published Rascals in Paradise, with A. Grove Day (New York: Random House. 374 pp.) |
| 1959 | Published Hawaii (New York: Random House. 937 pp.) |
| 1960 | Campaigned for John F. Kennedy for president |
| 1962 | Unsuccessful campaign for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania |
| 1965 | Published The Source (New York: Random House. 909 pp.) |
| 1967-1968 | Delegate, Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention |
| 1970-1976 | Member, United States Advisory Commission on Information |
| 1971 | Published Kent State: What Happened and Why (New York: Random House. 559 pp.) |
| 1972 | Member of the press covering Richard Nixon's visit to China |
| 1974 | Published Centennial (New York: Random House. 909 pp.) |
| 1977 | Awarded the Medal of Freedom |
| 1982 | Published Space (New York: Random House. 622 pp.) |
| 1983 | Published Poland (New York: Random House. 556 pp.) |
| 1983-1989 | Member, United States Board for International Broadcasting |
| 1986 | Published Texas (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press. 918 pp.) |
| 1992 | Published The World Was My Home (New York: Random House. 519 pp.) |
| 1997, Oct. 16 | Died, Austin, Tex. |