Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1907, Nov. 3 | Born, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1928 | A.B., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass. |
| 1928-1941 | Lecturer, Hawken School, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1935 | Married Rachel Hutchinson Norris (divorced) |
| 1938 | M.A., Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1939-1941 | Lecturer in English, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio |
| 1942 | Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
| 1942-1944 | Professor of English, Women's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, N.C. |
| 1943 | Published By Nature Free. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill |
| 1944-1973 | Editor, American Scholar |
| 1944-1945 | Executive secretary, United Chapters, Phi Beta Kappa |
| 1945 | Married Mary Westcott Tuttle Published Manhattan Furlough. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill |
| 1945-1950 | Editor, Crown Publishers; editor-in-chief, 1948-1950 |
| 1947-1960 | Lecturer, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. |
| 1948 | Published The Time Is Noon. New York: Crown |
| 1950 | Published The Counter-Renaissance. New York: Scribner |
| 1950-1954 | Editor, Bobbs-Merrill Co. |
| 1955-1959 | Senior editor, Random House; editor-in-chief, 1956-1959 |
| 1959-1964 | Member, executive council, Atheneum |
| 1962 | Published The Hands of Esau. New York: Harper |
| 1964 | Fellow, Center for Advanced Studies, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. |
| 1964-1973 | Copublisher, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
| 1965-1966 | Professor of communications, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1966 | Professor of communications, Annenberg School of Communications, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1967 | Published Report from the Red Windmill. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World |
| 1973, Dec. 2 | Died, Philadelphia, Pa. |
| 1974 | Published posthumously Words & Faces. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |