Papers of H. L. Mencken [manuscript] 1912-1949.

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Papers of H. L. Mencken [manuscript] 1912-1949.

The collection consists chiefly of letters from Mencken to Louis Untermeyer. Other correspondents and recipients include H. W. Archer, Dorothea Brande, [Clifton?] Fadiman, Louis C. Greene, Walt[er Hugh?] McDougall, [Christopher?] Morley, Captain Pleadwell, Anna M. Sloan, and William Woods.

ca. 230 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7934304

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...

Archer, H. W.,

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Pleadwell, F. L. (Frank Lester), 1872-1957

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U.S. naval surgeon and medical historian. From the description of Papers, 1910-1953 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35253597 ...

Sloan, Anna M.,

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Morley, Christopher, 1890-1957

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American author and journalist. From the description of Letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript], 1940 October 25. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647810653 Christopher Morley was an American editor, an author, and a Rhodes scholar. Morley was one of the founders of the "Saturday Review of Literature," of which he was an editor from 1924 to 1940. A prolific author, he wrote more than 50 books. His novels include PANASSUS ON WHEELS (1917), THE HAUNTED BOOKS...

Fadiman, Clifton, 1904-1999

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Translator, anthologist, author, and radio and TV entertainer. Full name Clifton Paul Fadiman. From the description of Papers of Clifton Fadiman, 1952-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71068775 Author, literary critic. From the description of Reminiscences of Clifton Fadiman : oral history, 1955. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122411663 Writer, editor. Fadiman worked on many projects for the...

Woods, William Seaver, 1872-1962

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Brande, Dorothea, 1893-1948

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McDougall, Walter Hugh, 1858-1938

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Artist and newspaper cartoonist. From the description of Correspondence, 1924-1925, with Perry Walton. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 184904232 Artist and author. From the description of Letter of Walter Hugh McDougall, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454509 ...

Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977

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Louis Untermeyer was a noted author, editor, and translator. His tastes were eclectic, and his friendships many; he produced more than one hundred books, and volumes of letters. His numerous poetry anthologies have helped introduce verse to generations of schoolchildren. From the description of Heinrich Heine, paradox and poet, 1936. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550722 From the description of Louis Untermeyer letter to Judith Wright McKinn...