doi:10.7916/d8-zc1t-1w95Reminiscences of Schuyler Garrison Chapin, 1977Chapin, Schuyleroral historiesmixed materialOpera--New York (State)World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, AmericanChapin, SchuylerHeifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsNational Broadcasting CompanyColumbia Artists Management, IncNBC Television NetworkFamily background; aviation cadet, China-Burma theater, 1943-45; NBC radio, TV, 1947-51; general manager, Tex and Jinx McCrary, 1950-52; booking director, Columbia Artists' Management; tour manager for Jascha Heifetz, 1952-56; Community Concert Subscription system, NBC Opera Co., 1959-63; Vice-President, programming at Lincoln Center, 1964-69; executive producer, Amberson Enterprises, 1969-71; Goeran Gentele's death; acting general manager, Metropolitan Opera, 1972-73, general manager, 1973-75; impressions of past and present Metropolitan directors, performers' temperaments, structures and conflicts of artistic administration; productions, daily schedule, fund-raising; labor negotiations. Impressions of performers, impresarios, particularly Leonard Bernstein, Herbert Von Karajan, Rudolph Bing, Franco Corelli, Anthony Bliss