Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950

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Contains correspondence from Irita Van Doren, wife of Carl Van Doren.

From the description of Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1927-1934. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155895031

American editor, author, and professor at Columbia University.

From the description of Typed letters signed (4) : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1935-1943. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270868256

  • 1885: Born in Hope, Illinois
  • 1907: A.B. Illinois
  • 1911: Ph.D. Columbia
  • 1911 - 1930 : professor, English Dept., Columbia University
  • 1917 - 1921 : managing editor of The Cambridge History of American Literature
  • 1919 - 1922 : literary editor of The Nation
  • 1922 - 1925 : literary editor of The Century Magazine
  • 1926 - 1934 : editor of The Literary Guild
  • 1921: The American Novel
  • 1922: Contemporary American Novelists, 1900-1920
  • 1923: The Roving Critic
  • 1924: Many Minds
  • 1925: Other Provinces and American and British Literature Since 1890 (with Mark Van Doren)
  • 1926: The Ninth Wave
  • 1930: Swift
  • 1933: Sinclair Lewis and American Literature: An Introduction
  • undated: American Literature: An Introduction
  • 1935: And Anthology of World Prose (editor)
  • 1936: Three Worlds (autobiography)
  • 1938: Benjamin Franklin (Pulitzer Prize for American biography, 1939)
  • 1939: An Illinois Boyhood
  • 1941: Secret History of the American Revolution
  • 1943: Mutiny in January
  • 1946: American Scriptures (with Carl Carmer)
  • 1948: The Great Rehearsal
  • 1950: Jane Mecom, the Favorite Sister of Benjamin Franklin

Van Doren Family

Parents: Dr. and Mrs. C. L. Van Doren

Brothers: Frank, Guy, Mark, Paul

Marriages: Irita

daughters: Anne (Mrs. Jerome D. Ross), Barbara (Mrs. Spencer Klaw), Margaret (Mrs. Tom Bevans), Jean (Wright)

From the guide to the Carl Van Doren Papers, 1900-1950, (Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections)

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creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Typed letters signed (4) : New York, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1935-1943. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Embry, Jacqueline. Jacqueline Embry Papers, 1918-1953. The Filson Historical Society
creatorOf Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. The will of Benjamin Franklin, 1757. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Henderson, Alice Corbin, 1881-1949. Papers, 1861-1987 (bulk 1920-1949). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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creatorOf Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964. Correspondence, 1872-1964. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Carpenter, Margaret Haley. Papers of Margaret Haley Carpenter [manuscript], 1898-1985, bulk 1953-1985. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. Correspondence with Carl Van Doren and F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920-1926. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Letter to Wayne Gard. Grand Rapids, MI. 1931 Oct. 17. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. Scrapbooks of James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1886-1958 (bulk 1904-1926). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Letter, 1947 February 25, New York, to Sanborn C. Brown. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1919-1945. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Edwin Arlington Robinson collection, 1896-1984. Houghton Library
referencedIn Fannia M. Cohn papers, 1914-1962 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn ILGWU. Education Department. Fannia Cohn papers, 1918-1962 Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
referencedIn Guide to the Rand School of Social Science Records, 1905-1962 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Millay, Edna St. Vincent, 1892-1950. Papers of Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1897-1955. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Glaenzer, Richard Butler, 1876-1937. Papers of Richard B. Glaenzer [manuscript], 1885-1936. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Correspondence with Van Wyck Brooks, 1920-1944. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Quotation [manuscript] 1924 May 27. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Letters to Rabbi Solomon Goldman, Jan.-Sept. 1946. Drew University Library, Rose Memorial Library
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referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
referencedIn Samson Raphaelson Papers, 1916-1982 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1927-1934. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Raphaelson, Samson, 1896-1983. Papers, 1916-1982. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1908-1936. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn Robert Haven Schauffler Correspondence, TXRC96-A17., 1872-1964 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986. Papers of Dumas Malone [manuscript], 1913-1986. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Owens, Claire Myers. Claire Myers Owens collection, 1868-1983. Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library
referencedIn Robinson, Geroid Tanquary, 1892-1971. Papers, 1915-1965. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. Educational Dept. Executive Secretary. ILGWU. Education Department. Fannia Cohn papers, 1918-1962. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Barnes, Djuna. Papers. University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries
referencedIn Frederic Dannay Papers, ca.1920-1982. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf National War Fund (U.S.). Correspondence with Wanda Gág, 1943-1944. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Vassar College. Autograph file: S-Z, [ca. 1800]-1983. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series II., Alfred A. Knopf Personal, 1874-1984 (bulk 1953-1984). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939. Papers, ca.1800-1941. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Adams, J. Donald (James Donald), 1891-1968. The writer and his craft : being the Hopwood lectures, 1932-1953. 1934- University of Michigan
referencedIn Gale, Zona, 1874-1938. Papers, 1838-1970. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Letter to Frank Luther Mott. New York, NY. 1938 Dec. 5. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series VII., Other Department Files, 1916-1996 (bulk 1943-1969). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
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creatorOf Jackson, Joseph Henry, 1894-1955. Joseph Henry Jackson papers, circa 1931-1955. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Isa Glenn and Bayard Schindel papers, 1898-1936 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Alice Corbin Henderson Collection TXRC92-A24., 1861-1987 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. Papers of James Branch Cabell, 1919-1954. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Merle Antony Tuve Papers, 1901-1982, (bulk 1941-1966) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. Papers of James Branch Cabell, 1912-1925. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Barrett Harper Clark papers, 1912-1937 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Verner Winslow Crane Papers, 1911-1974 Bentley Historical Library
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creatorOf Doty, Douglas Zabriskie, 1874-1935. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1899-1925. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Jay B. Hubbell Papers, 1816-1998 and undated, bulk 1920-1979 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Evelyn Scott Collection TXRC98-A5., 1894-1952 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Adamic, Louis, 1899-1951,. Letters to Alfred Kreymborg [manuscript], 1921-1956. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Dondore, Dorothy Anne, 1894-1946. Dorothy Anne Dondore papers, 1930-1945. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Letter to Benjamin Shambaugh. New York, NY. 1939 Augt. 14. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Mary Hunter Austin Collection Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
creatorOf Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Papers of William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite [manuscript] 1904-1935 (1958). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hires, Harrison Streeter, 1887-1962,. Letters. : Additions. Haverford College Library
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referencedIn Harry Weinberger papers, 1915-1944 Yale University Library
referencedIn George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956 Houghton Library
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creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series III., Blanche W. Knopf, 1918-1966 (bulk 1940-1966). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Macy, George. George Macy papers, 1916-1970. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Gannett, Lewis, 1891-1966. Papers, 1681-1966 (bulk 1900-1960) Houghton Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Letter to [Henry James] Forman. New York, NY. 1924 Apr. 6. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Doris Ulmann Photograph Collection, ca. 1910-1934 New-York Historical Society
referencedIn World Government News, Inc. records, 1943-1952, 1946-1951 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Letters to Lewis Gannett from various correspondents, 1936-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Vanguard Press Records, ca.1925-ca.1985 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Crane, Verner Winslow, 1889-. Verner Winslow Crane papers, 1911-1974. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Hawkins, Arthur. Papers of Arthur Hawkins [manuscript], 1929-1970. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Letter, 1946, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. Millicent Todd Bingham papers, 1865-1968 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Barrows family papers, 1861-1931. Houghton Library
referencedIn Foerster, Norman, 1887-1972. Norman Foerster papers, 1907-1965. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Gypsy Rose Lee papers, 1910-1970 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
creatorOf Hopwood Awards Collection, 1930- University of Michigan
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creatorOf Scott, Evelyn, 1893-1963. Evelyn Scott Collection, 1894-1952. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Edward A Ross papers Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Dannay, Frederic, 1905-1982. Papers, ca.1920-1982. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Correspondence file, 1928-1929, from Horace Liveright, Inc. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Carl Van Doren Papers, 1900-1950 Princeton University. Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
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Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
Subject
American literature
Authors, American
Brothers
Copyright infringement
Radio programs
Treason
Writing, Invisible
Occupation
Novelists, American
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Person

Birth 1885-09-10

Death 1950-07-18

Americans

English

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