Papers regarding Henry Louis Mencken [manuscript] 1935-70.

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Papers regarding Henry Louis Mencken [manuscript] 1935-70.

The collection contains letters to, from and about Mencken, particularly regarding the phrase "start-naked" and the phrase "son of a bitch," some clippings regarding Mencken, a rejoinder to a Mencken essay lampooning schools of journalism and The Mencken-Hench correspondence, 1970, ed. by Sharon Vandercook. Ralph Happel is a correspondent.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7930443

University of Virginia. 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...

Vandercook, Sharon.

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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...

Happel, Ralph

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Park historian, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park. From the description of Papers of Ralph Happel [manuscript], 1838-1948. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816440 ...