Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901, May 12 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1901-circa 1915 | Lived in Europe and Japan |
| 1915 | Returned to New York from Russia |
| circa 1918 | Expelled from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1919 | Expelled from Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1920 | Expelled from Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. Inherited fortune upon death of father |
| 1920-1923 | Held positions in the banking, tobacco, retail, locomotive works, and message-exchange industries |
| 1922 | Married Grace Abrams (divorced 1923) |
| 1923 | Stock clerk, Alfred A. Knopf publishing firm; left Knopf to join Boni and Liveright publishing firm as an assistant |
| 1925 | Invested in Boni and Liveright; became first vice-president Married Evelyn Johnson (divorced 1929) |
| 1927 | Arrested in Boston, Mass., on charges of selling an obscene book to undercover police agents |
| 1928 | Withdrew investment in Boni and Liveright and left the firm Formed the publishing firm of Covici, Friede, Inc., in partnership with Pascal Covici |
| 1930 | Married Anna Fleischer (divorced 1936) |
| 1936-1937 | Story editor, Zeppo Marx Agency |
| circa 1937 | Covici, Friede, Inc., declared bankrupt in New York |
| circa 1938 | Married Carol Zerbe (divorced 1943) |
| 1940 | Authored newspaper column about books for The Hollywood Reporter |
| 1940-1942 | Story editor, Myron Selznick and Co. |
| 1942-1943 | Served in United States Army in air corps and as intelligence officer |
| 1943-1947 | Story editor, A & S Lyons |
| 1945 | Married Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher (divorced 1951) |
| 1947 | Coauthored with H. Bedford-Jones (pseud. Donald F. Bedford) John Barry, New York: Creative Age Press |
| 1947-1948 | Story editor, Ralph Blum Corp. |
| 1948 | Published memoir, The Mechanical Angel: His Adventures and Enterprises in the Glittering 1920's, New York: A. A. Knopf |
| 1950-1951 | Literary agent for AFG Literary Agency; hosted television show about books |
| 1951 | Married Eleanor Kask |
| 1952-1953 | Coordinated "Centennial Editions" project for the Literary Guild Editor, World Publishing Co. |
| 1963 | Senior editor, Prentice-Hall |
| 1964 | Senior editor, Doubleday and Co. |
| 1965, May 30 | Died, Bridgehampton, Long Island, N.Y. |