H.L. (Henry Louis) Mencken letters, 1938-1955.

Newberry Library

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The Newberry was founded on July 1, 1887 and opened for business on September 6 of that year. The Newberry’s establishment came about because of a contingent provision in the will of Chicago businessman Walter L. Newberry (1804-68), which left what later amounted to approximately $2.2 million for the foundation of a “free, public” library on the north side of the Chicago River, if his two children died without issue. After the deaths of Mr. Newberry’s daughters and then, in 1885, of his widow, t...

Midwest manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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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...

McDavid, Raven Ioor

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Chicago, Ill. linguist. From the description of Papers, 1938-1985. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36097096 College professor, linguist and editor; b. Greenville, S.C., 1911; d. Chicago, Ill., 1984; B.A. English, 1931, from Furman University; M.A., 1933, and Ph.D., 1935, from Duke University. From the description of Raven Ioor McDavid papers, 1938-1988. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 28415711 ...