Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901 March 17 | Born in New Haven, Connecticut |
| 1914 | Earned scholarship in piano performance at the von Ende School of Music, New York |
| 1920 | Served as music director for the George White Scandals |
| 1930 | Invited by Irving Berlin to conduct Reaching for the Moon, Newman's Hollywood debut |
| 1931 | Composed music for his first complete large-scale work, Street Scene |
| 1933 | Composed the 20th Century Fox Fanfare to accompany the studio logo as movies begin |
| 1937 | Composed score for The Prisoner of Zenda, a segment of which became the theme for Selznick International Pictures |
| 1938 | Received first Academy Award for Alexander's Ragtime Band |
| 1939 | Composed music for Wuthering Heights |
| 1940-1960 | Head of 20th Century Fox music department, where he developed the "Newman System," a method for syncing music to film |
| 1940 | Received Academy Award for Tin Pan Alley |
| 1943 | Received Academy Award for The Song of Bernadette |
| 1947 | Received Academy Award for Mother Wore Tights |
| 1952 | Received Academy Award for With a Song in My Heart Orchestrated and conducted music for Sousa biopic Stars and Stripes Forever |
| 1953 | Received Academy Award for Call Me Madam Composed music for The Robe, his first work in Cinemascope |
| 1955 | Received Academy Award for Love is a Many-Splendored Thing |
| 1956 | Received Academy Award for The King and I |
| 1967 | Received Academy Award for Camelot |
| 1959 | Composed score for The Diary of Anne Frank Composed score for The Best of Everything, his final work with Fox |
| 1962 | Composed score for How the West Was Won |
| 1970 | Composed score for Airport, his final work |
| 1970 February 17 | Died in Los Angeles, California |