Correspondence from James E. Scanlon and Betty Adler concerning Henry Louis Mencken [manuscript] 1962-65.

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...

Adler, Betty, 1918-....

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Biographical Note: Betty Adler was an author and lecturer. She was born in Havana in 1918 and came to Baltimore in 1933 as a student at Goucher College. Miss Adler was nationally known for her work on the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Mencken collection. She published "H.L.M.: The Mencken Bibliography" in 1961. She was the originator and editor of "Menckeniana," published by the Pratt Library in Baltimore (Md.). Miss Adler died in 1973. From the description of Betty Adler collection, 19...

Hench, Atcheson Laughlin, 1891-1974

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Professor of English at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter of Atcheson Laughlin Hench to Dr. and Mrs. Edward Harper Rynearson [manuscript], 1950 October 26. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821141 Professor of English at the University of Virginia, 1922-1962. From the description of Oral history interview of Atcheson L. Hench by Ann L.S. Southwell [manuscript], March 15, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 6...

Scanlon, James Edward

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