Inventories : of books, 1949-1957.

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Inventories : of books, 1949-1957.

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Typescripts (carbons, photostats, mimeographs, and originals): volume 1 is dated "Baltimore, November 29, 1949" and headed "Books and pamphlets dealing with the American language presented to the Enoch Pratt Free Library by H.L. Mencken"; volume 2 is headed "Books Presented to the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 1953, by H.L. Mencken" (inventory contains appraised values for each volume) and includes a copy of a letter dated "July 25, 1949" to the Internal Revenue Service; volume 3 contains several inventories, including a checklist prepared by the Enoch Free Public Library in 1957.

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt 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...