Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1922, Mar. 1 | Born, Bay City, Michigan |
| 1942-1946 | Served with the U.S. Army Field Artillery Corp. |
| 1949 | Founding member of Walden Records with Peter Bartok |
| 1950 | Graduated from the New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. |
| 1958 | Published with Lawrence D. Stewart The Gershwin Years. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
| 1961 | Published Harold Arlen: Happy With the Blues. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
| 1962 | Published George Gershwin. New York: Putnam |
| 1965-1980 | Focused research on aviation history and published over 10 books on the subject |
| 1981 | Published Encyclopedia of American Music. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday |
| 1987 | Published Gershwin. New York: Doubleday |
| 1989, Jan. 11 | Received the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Gershwin |
| 1992 | Published Gershwin Remembered. Portland, Or.: Amadeus Press |
| 1996 | Published Alan Jay Lerner: A Biography. New York: H. Holt Published Harold Arlen: Rhythm, Rainbows, and Blues. Boston: Northeastern University Press |
| 1999 | Published Irving Berlin: American Troubadour. New York: Henry Holt |
| 2004, Feb. 10 | Died of heart failure in Manhattan |