Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966

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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)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945. Papers of Ellen Glasgow [manuscript], 1880-1963. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson papers, circa 1850-2005, 1900-1976 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1927-1934. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1904-1962. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Hawkins, Arthur. Papers of Arthur Hawkins [manuscript], 1929-1970. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Lechlitner, Ruth, 1901-1989. Papers of Ruth Lechlitner, 1919-1988. University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Pynson Printers records, 1927-1933. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Pynson Printers records, 1927-1933 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Balch, Edwin Swift, 1856-1927,. Papers of the Balch family, 1760-1955. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Papers of James Southall Wilson [manuscript], 1908-1936. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Powell, Thomas Reed, 1880-1955. Papers, 1905-1955 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. Correspondence relating to the Southern Writers Convention sponsored by the "Virginia Quarterly Review" at the University of Virginia, October 23-24, 1931 [manuscript], 1931-1932. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Irita Taylor Van Doren Papers, 1920-1967 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982. Papers of Stringfellow Barr, 1927-1968. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Joseph Barnes Papers, 1930-1952, (bulk 1940-1952) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966. Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1951. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Irita, 1891-1966. Letters, 1927-1931, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Van Doren, Irita. Letter, 1926 Apr. 21, New York, to Warner Rice, Cambridge, Mass. University of Michigan
referencedIn Reid Family Fapers, 1795-1970, (bulk 1869-1970) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Beall, Jack. Correspondence : with Theodore Dreiser, 1926-1938. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Women's National Book Association. Women's National Book Association records, 1917-1989. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn American Scholar, Records, 1926-2006, (bulk 1944-2005) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
correspondedWith Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958 person
correspondedWith American Scholar corporateBody
correspondedWith Barnes, Joseph, 1907-1970. person
associatedWith Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982. person
correspondedWith Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 person
correspondedWith Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 person
correspondedWith Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 person
correspondedWith Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 person
correspondedWith Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 person
correspondedWith De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 person
correspondedWith Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 person
correspondedWith Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 person
correspondedWith Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970 person
associatedWith Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945. person
associatedWith Hawkins, Arthur. person
associatedWith Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. person
associatedWith Lechlitner, Ruth, 1901-1989. person
correspondedWith Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 person
correspondedWith Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965 person
associatedWith Powell, Thomas Reed, 1880-1955. person
associatedWith Pynson Printers corporateBody
associatedWith Pynson Printers (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Reid family family
correspondedWith Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970 person
associatedWith Rice, Warner Grenelle, 1899- person
correspondedWith Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926 person
associatedWith Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950. person
correspondedWith White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985 person
associatedWith Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944. person
associatedWith Wilson, James Southall, 1880-1963. person
associatedWith Women's National Book Association. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
Subject
American newspapers
American newspapers
Books
Literature
Poetry
Voyages around the world
World War, 1939-1945
Occupation
Editors
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Birth 1891

Death 1966

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