Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
---|---|
1893, Nov. 25 | Born, Knoxville, Tenn. |
1915 | B.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. |
1916 | M.A., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1917 | Instructor of English, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1918 | United States Army Psychological Corps |
1919-1920 | Cutting travel fellow |
1920-1923 | Associate professor of English, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N.Y. |
1923 | Married Marcelle Legula |
1924 | Ph.D., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1924-1925 | Special lecturer in English, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. |
1924-1932 | Drama critic and associate editor, Nation magazine |
1925 | Associate professor, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1929 | PublishedThe Modern Temper. New York: Harcourt, Brace |
1930-1931 | Guggenheim fellowship |
1931-1935 | Lecturer, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. |
1932-1937 | Member, editorial board, Nation |
1937 | Returned as drama critic, Nation |
1937-1943 | Professor of English, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1940-1941 | President, New York Drama Critics Circle |
1943-1952 | Brander Matthews professor of dramatic literature, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. |
1944 | Published Samuel Johnson. New York: H. Holt |
1948 | PublishedHenry David Thoreau.New York: W. Sloane Associates |
1953 | PublishedThe Best of Two Worlds. New York: W. Sloane Associates President, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tuscon, Ariz. Awarded Burroughs Medal for mature writing |
1954 | PublishedThe Measure of Man. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill |
1955 | Awarded National Book Award |
1955-1970 | Contributing editor,American Scholar |
1961 | PublishedThe Forgotten Peninsula.New York: W. Sloane Associates |
1962 | PublishedMore Lives Than One. New York: W. Sloane Associates |
1964 | Awarded Richard Prentice Ettinger Medal and Award PublishedIf You Don't Mind My Saying So . . . .New York: W. Sloane Associates |
1970, May 23 | Died, Tucson, Ariz. |