Irita Taylor Van Doren appears in the following:
Leo Rosten, Catherine Bowen, and Averell Harriman
Monday, November 30, 1959
Fannie Hurst, Vladimir Nabokov, and Agnes DeMille
Monday, October 27, 1958
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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 - ...
Vance Packard, Mary Margaret McBride, and Henry Kissinger
Monday, January 13, 1958
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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 ...
James Michener, Laura Fermi, and Gilbert Highet
Tuesday, March 19, 1957
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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Leslie Clark Stevens, Mari Sandoz, and Chester Bowles
Thursday, January 21, 1954
James Michener, Agnes E. Meyer, and Will Durant
Wednesday, October 07, 1953
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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 ...
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 ...