Correspondence, (1920-1929).

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Correspondence, (1920-1929).

Over five hundred letters addressed to John Stahl concerning the Society of Midland Authors and the Allied Arts Association--two literary societies Stahl formed. The letters, written largely in the 1920s, discuss social and literary gatherings, meetings of the associations, and publishing. Prominent correspondents include Richard Ely, Zona Gale, Sheldon Charles Monroe, Harriet Monroe, H.L. Mencken, Lily Augusta Long, and John Herbert Quick.

2.4 c.f. (6 archives boxes).

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Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

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Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January 29, 1956), was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of American life and culture, and a student of American English. Mencken, known as the "Sage of Baltimore", is regarded as one of the most influential American writers and prose stylists of the first half of the 20th century. Mencken worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 190...

Quick, Herbert, 1861-1925

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Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936

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Poet and founding editor of Poetry: a Magazine of Verse. From the description of Papers, 1873-1944 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 56101856 American editor, critic, and poet. Harriet Monroe was born in Chicago in 1860, and she remained identified all her life with the city. After gaining some local recognition as a poet, a newspaper critic and a lecturer on poetry, Monroe's literary reputation was based on her concep...

Ely, Richard T. (Richard Theodore), 1854-1943

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Epithet: American economist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000980.0x000366 Richard T. Ely received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his doctorate in economics from the University of Heidelberg. He held the professorship of economics at Johns Hopkins University from 1881 to 1892, and was subsequently professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ely took an active part in t...

Long, Lily A. (Lily Augusta), 1862-1927

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Stahl, John Meloy, 1860-1944

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John Stahl, an economist, writer and farmer, was born in Illinois andbecame the owner of THE ILLINOIS FARMER and the FARMER'S CALL from 1883 and 1916. During this time, Stahl travelled abroad to study agriculture and economic conditions, and he also served as president of the Farmers National Congress between 1905 and 1908. Stahl founded The Society of Midland Authors in 1919 and the Allied Arts Association in 1923. His publications included "The Real Farmer" (1908), "Ju...

Allied Arts Association.

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Monroe, Sheldon Charles.

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The Society of Midland Authors.

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Gale, Zona, 1874-1938

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Zona Gale was a prominent writer and political activist born in Portage, Wisconsin. Gale attended the University of Wisconsin and worked as a reporter in Milwaukee. Gale, a lifelong friend of Jane Addams, became involved in the fight for the women's vote and eventually went to work for the writer Edmund Clarence Stedman. Her novel, "Miss Lulu Bett" was successfully adapted for the theater. From the description of Correspondence, 1907-1929. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat reco...