Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1907-1954, n.d.

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Correspondence with Theodore and Helen Dreiser, 1907-1954, n.d.

Some letters from Dreiser to Mencken are photostatic copies presented to the library by H. L. Mencken. Contains correspondence to H. L. Mencken from Lorna Smith as well.

1274 items (2134 leaves + 2 reprints).

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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...

Smith, Lorna D. (Lorna Dysart), 1897-1981.

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Lorna Dysart Smith was born in Centralia, Washington, 1897. She worked as a student nurse and as a researcher for novelist Theodore Dreiser (1938-1945), but is noted as a civil rights and social reform worker. She died in San Jose, California, January 11, 1981. From the description of Lorna D. Smith papers, 1930-1981 (inclusive), 1965-1975 (bulk). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500024 Includes some items of correspondence to W. A. Swanberg from Bernice Smith, daughter-in-...