Irita Taylor Van Doren

Irita Taylor Van Doren appears in the following:

Leo Rosten, Catherine Bowen, and Averell Harriman

Monday, November 30, 1959

In this Books and Authors Luncheon, hosted by Maurice Dolbier, humorist Leo Rosten speaks on comedy and free societies, biographer Catherine D. Bowen discusses her research prob...

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Fannie Hurst, Vladimir Nabokov, and Agnes DeMille

Monday, October 27, 1958

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Three writers speak about themselves and their latest books.
Fannie Hurst discusses her autobiography "Anatomy of Me." She talks about the kinds of questions audiences ask about her book - ...

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Vance Packard, Mary Margaret McBride, and Henry Kissinger

Monday, January 13, 1958

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Van Doren introduces Packard, who talks about his book about advertising and motivation research, "The Hidden Persuaders."


Van Doren introduces McBride, who talks about "Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking."


Van ...

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James Michener, Laura Fermi, and Gilbert Highet

Tuesday, March 19, 1957

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Irita Van Doren, emcee for the event, introduces James Michener, author of "Bridge at Andau ". She describes his book and the about the plight of Hungarians during the invasion of ...

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Jacques Barzun, Richard Lockridge, and Heinrich Harrer

Thursday, June 24, 1954

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Irita Van Doren introduces Barzun, who talks about his book "God's Country and Mine."

Irita Van Doren introduces mystery writer Richard Lockridge, who talks about the books he ...

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Elmer Davis, Barbara Ward, Bernard Baruch, Jim Bishop, and Chester Bowles

Sunday, March 28, 1954

Book and Author Luncheon host Irita Van Doren gives introductions to authors Elmer Davis, Barbara Ward, Bernard Baruch, Jim Bishop, and Chester Bowles.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150720
Municipal archives id: LT7354

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Leslie Clark Stevens, Mari Sandoz, and Chester Bowles

Thursday, January 21, 1954

The plight of the Northern Cheyenne exposed.

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James Michener, Agnes E. Meyer, and Will Durant

Wednesday, October 07, 1953

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Irita Van Doren introduces Luncheon speakers James Michener, Agnes E. Meyer and Will Durant.

James Michener discusses his novel, "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" and the relationship between the ...

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Harold Medina

Thursday, October 30, 1952

Famous jurist Harold Medina discusses the recently published biography of him, written by Hawthorne Daniels, and a pair of cases that defined him and made him the judge he is today.
A second author, Mary Borden, is introduced. Her speech, however, is missing.


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Thor Heyerdahl, Santha Rama Rau, Angela Calomiris, and Harry Overstreet

Tuesday, November 28, 1950

After a discussion of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki (he was a last minute cancellation), Santha Rama Rau discusses her book about traveling in East Asia as a young woman East of home. Angela Calomiris talks about her book Red Masquerade, in which she recounts her time spying on the Communist Party ...

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Billy Rose and Robert Sherwood

Tuesday, October 26, 1948

Rose on Wine, Women and Words...Sherwood on FDR

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