Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, June 9 | Born Peru, Indiana, to Kate Cole and Samuel Fenwick Porter |
| 1905-1909 | Attended Worcester Academy, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1909-1913 | Attended Yale College |
| 1913, Nov. 26 | The Pot of Gold performed at Delta Kappa Epsilon |
| 1913-1915 | Attended Harvard University, transferred from the Law School to the School of Music autumn 1914 |
| 1916, Mar. 28 | See America First opened at the Maxine Elliott Theatre, New York |
| 1917 | Studied music in New York with Petro Yon |
| 1918, Apr. 20 | Enlisted in the First Foreign Regiment (Foreign Legion) |
| 1919, Aug. 18 | First performance of Hitchy-Koo of 1919, Atlantic City |
| 1919, Dec. 18 | Married Linda Lee Thomas in Paris |
| 1920 | Studied counterpoint, harmony and orchestration at the Schola Cantorum, Paris |
| 1922, Oct. 10 | Hitchy-Koo of 1922 opened at the Shubert Theatre, Philadelphia |
| 1923, Oct. 25 | World premiere of ballet Within the Quota, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris |
| 1928, Oct. 3 | Paris opened at the Music Box Theatre, New York |
| 1929, Mar. 27 | Wake Up and Dream opened at the London Pavilion |
| 1929, Nov. 27 | Fifty Million Frenchmen opened at the Lyric Theatre, New York |
| 1929, Dec. 30 | Wake Up and Dream opened at the Selwyn Theatre, New York |
| 1930, Dec. 8 | The New Yorkers opened at B. S. Moss's Broadway Theatre, New York |
| 1930, Dec. 8 | Gay Divorce opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York |
| 1933, Oct. 6 | Nymph Errant opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London |
| 1934, Nov. 21 | Anything Goes opened at the Alvin Theatre, New York |
| 1935, Oct. 12 | Jubilee opened at the Imperial Theatre, New York |
| 1936, Oct. 29 | Red, Hot and Blue opened at the Alvin Theatre, New York |
| 1936 Nov. | Born to Dance (film) released |
| 1937, Oct. 24 | Suffered crippling riding accident in which both of his legs were crushed |
| 1937 Dec. | Rosalie (film) released |
| 1938, Sept. 21 | You Never Know opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York |
| 1938, Nov. 9 | Leave it to Me opened at the Imperial Theatre, New York |
| 1939, Dec. 6 | Du Barry Was a Lady opened at the 46th Street Theatre, New York |
| 1940 Feb. | Broadway Melody of 1940 (film) released |
| 1940, Oct. 30 | Panama Hattie opened at the 46th Street Theatre, New York |
| 1941 Oct. | You'll Never Get Rich (film) released |
| 1941, Oct. 29 | Let's Face It opened at the Imperial Theatre, New York |
| 1943, Jan. 7 | Something for the Boys opened at the Alvin Theatre, New York |
| 1944, Jan. 28 | Mexican Hayride opened at the Winter Garden Theatre, New York |
| 1944, Dec. 7 | Seven Lively Arts opened at the Ziegfeld Theatre, New York |
| 1946, May 31 | Around the World in Eighty Days opened at the Adlephi Theatre, New York |
| 1948 June | The Pirate (film) released |
| 1948, Dec. 30 | Kiss Me Kate opened at the New Century Theatre, New York |
| 1950, Dec. 21 | Out of this World opened at the New Century Theatre, New York |
| 1953, May 7 | Can-Can opened at the Shubert Theatre, New York |
| 1954, May 20 | Linda Porter died |
| 1955, Feb. 24 | Stilk Stockings opened at the Imperial Theatre, New York |
| 1956 Oct. | High Society (film) released |
| 1957 July | Silk Stockings (film) released |
| 1957 Nov. | Les Girls (film) released |
| 1958, Feb. 21 | Aladdin shown on CBS-TV |
| 1958, Apr. 3 | Right leg was amputated |
| 1964, Oct. 15 | Died in Santa Monica, California |