Irita Taylor Van Doren papers, 1920-1967.
- 4,000 items. 25 2 containers plus oversize. 9.8 linear feet.
- Arranged in 6 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1920-1966; Series 2: Special Correspondence; Series 3: Speech, Article, Poetry, and Book Review File; Series 4: Wendell L. Willkie File; Series 5: Miscellany; and Series 6: Oversize.
Open to research.
Correspondence; speeches, articles, poems, and book reviews by various authors; photographs; and other papers relating to Van Doren's work as editor of the New York Herald Tribune's Sunday book review section. Includes a file of speeches and articles by Wendell L. Willkie, papers relating to his world tour during World War II, and drafts of his book, One World (1943). Correspondents include Samuel Hopkins Adams, Stephen Vincent Benét, Van Wyck Brooks, Witter Bynner, James Branch Cabell, Willa Cather, Walter de la Mare, John Dos Passos, Theodore Dreiser, E.M. Forster, Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow, Sinclair Lewis, W. Somerset Maugham, Erich Maria Remarque, Stuart Pratt Sherman, and E.B. White.
Audio and video recordings Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division. transferred to Inscribed books Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division. transferred to Some photographs Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. transferred to
Literary editor.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011149
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Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958 --Correspondence. Benét, Stephen Vincent, 1898-1943 --Correspondence. Brooks, Van Wyck, 1886-1963 --Correspondence. Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968 --Correspondence. Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958 --Correspondence. Cather, Willa, 1873-1947 --Correspondence. De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 --Correspondence. Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 --Correspondence. Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945 --Correspondence. Forster, E. M. 1879-1970 --Correspondence. Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945 --Correspondence. Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 --Correspondence. Maugham, W. Somerset 1874-1965 --Correspondence. Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-1970 --Correspondence. Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926 --Correspondence. White, E. B. 1899-1985 --Correspondence.
New York herald tribune.
American newspapers--New York (State)--New York. Books--Reviews. Literature. Poetry. Voyages around the world. World War, 1939-1945.