H. L. Mencken papers, 1927-1970 [manuscript].

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H. L. Mencken papers, 1927-1970 [manuscript].

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The collection contains about 500 letters from Mencken to Elizabeth Peck Hanes and Frederic Moir Hanes of Winston-Salem, N.C., and some other items. Mencken's letters concern mutual friends, travels, Mencken's visits to the Haneses' house, politics and public figures, Mencken's writing, food and drink, the health of Mencken and his wife Sara Haardt Mencken, and other matters. Other items include 27 letters from Sara Haardt Mencken.

About 535 items (0.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7137282

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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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...

Haardt, Sara, 1898-1935

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Hanes, Elizabeth Peck.

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Hanes, Frederic M. (Frederic Moir), 1883-1946

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Chair of the Department of Medicine at Duke University (1933-1946). Pathologist and neurologist (1931-1946). From the description of Frederic Moir Hanes papers, 1927-1968. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 57559276 ...