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Irita Bradford Van Doren (March 16, 1891 – December 18, 1966) was an American literary figure and editor of the New York Herald Tribune book review for 37 years. Biography. Born Irita Bradford in Birmingham, Alabama, she moved with her family to Tallahassee, Florida, when she was four. Her father owned and operated a sawmill there.
Van Doren, Irita (1891–1966)American editor. Born Irita Bradford in Birmingham, Alabama, on March 16, 1891; died on December 18, 1966; daughter of John Taylor Bradford (a merchant and owner of a sawmill) and Ida Henley (Brooks) Bradford (an accomplished musician); graduated from Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee, 1908; Columbia ...
The papers of Irita Van Doren (1891-1966) span the years 1920-1967. The collection consists of correspondence, originals of writings by various authors, and a large file of material relating to Wendell L. Willkie, especially his 1942 world tour and drafts of his book, One World.
Mark’s brother, Carl Van Doren 1911GSAS, was a literary critic and Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer; Carl’s wife, Irita Bradford Van Doren, was the books editor of the New York Herald Tribune; Mark’s wife, Dorothy Graffe Van Doren ’18BC, was a novelist and, like several other Van Dorens, an editor at the Nation.
Irita Bradford Van Doren (born March 16, 1891 in Birmingham; died December 18, 1966 in New York, New York) was the book editor for the New York Herald Tribune for 37 years. Irita was the daughter of John Taylor and Ida Brooks Bradford.
While married to Edith, he enjoyed an intimate relationship with Irita Bradford Van Doren (1891–1966), book review editor of the New York Herald Tribune and ex-wife of Carl Van Doren (1885–1950), a literary scholar and Pulitzer-Prize-winning biographer of Benjamin Franklin.
Irita Bradford. 1891–1966. Marriage: 23 August 1912. Spouse and Children. Carl Clinton Van Doren. 1885–1950 • Male. Irita Bradford. 1891–1966 • Female. View All. Parents and Siblings. John Taylor Bradford. 1860–1900 • Male. Ida Henley Brooks. 1863–1929 • Female. Siblings. (5) Irita Bradford. 1891–1966 • Female. William Brooks Bradford.
