Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966

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Dates:
Birth 1891
Death 1966

Biographical notes:

Editor, New York Herald Tribune Book Review.

From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1951. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122690978

Literary editor.

From the description of Irita Taylor Van Doren papers, 1920-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71063846

Biographical Note

1891, Mar. 16 Born, Birmingham, Ala. 1908 A.B., Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee, Fla. 1909 A.M., Florida State College for Women, Tallahassee, Fla. 1909 1912 Graduate student, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1912 Married Carl Van Doren (divorced 1935) 1919 1922 On editorial staff, The Nation 1923 1924 Literary editor, The Nation 1924 1926 Assistant to Stuart Pratt Sherman, literary editor of the New York Herald Tribune 1926 1963 Literary editor, New York Herald Tribune 1955 Honorary Litt. D., Smith College, Northampton, Mass. 1959 Honorary Litt. D., Wheaton College, Norton, Mass. 1963 1966 Literary consultant to William Morrow & Co. 1966, Dec. 18 Died, New York, N.Y.

From the guide to the Irita Taylor Van Doren Papers, 1920-1967, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • American newspapers
  • American newspapers
  • Books
  • Literature
  • Poetry
  • Voyages around the world
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Editors

Places:

  • New York (State)--New York (as recorded)

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