Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1903, June 9 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
| 1915-1923 | Educated at Friends School, Philadelphia, Pa.; Shipley School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.; and received B.A. from Grenoble University, Grenoble, France |
| 1923 | Married Frank D. Clarke (divorced 1924) |
| 1924-1928 | Advertising copy writer, New York, N.Y. |
| 1928-1931 | Editorial staff, The New Yorker |
| 1929 | Married Russell W. Davenport (divorced 1946) |
| 1932 | Published Mozart. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1934-1939 | Music critic, Stage Magazine |
| 1936 | Published Of Lena Geyer. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1936-1937 | Commentator, Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts |
| 1940 | Active in presidential campaign of Wendell L. Willkie |
| 1941-1945 | Active in relief work for Czechoslovakia |
| 1942 | Published Valley of Decision. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1945-1948 | Lived in Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1947 | Published East Side, West Side. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1950- | Lived alternately in Europe, chiefly Italy, and New York, N.Y. |
| 1954 | Published My Brother's Keeper. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1957 | Published Garibaldi: Father of Modern Italy. New York, N.Y.: Random House |
| 1960 | Published The Constant Image. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1967 | Published Too Strong for Fantasy. New York, N.Y.: Scribner |
| 1991 | Published Jan Masaryk: Last Portrait. Panorama |
| 1996, Jan. 16 | Died, Monterey, Calif. |