Van Doren, Irita Taylor, 1891-1966

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)