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Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1956

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Hecht papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Hecht
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of novelist, playwright, and screenwriter Ben Hecht, and also papers of his wife Rose Caylor Hecht (novelist) and daughter Jenny Hecht (actress).

Dates: 1879-1983

Elmo Scott Watson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ayer-Modern-MS-Watson
Abstract

Personal papers of journalist, professor of journalism, and western / frontier historian Elmo Scott Watson, consisting mainly of topical files on western subjects and journalism. Also included are Watson's manuscripts and published writings, and his correspondence and teaching-related files.

Dates: 1816-1951; Majority of material found within 1920-1951

Eunice Tietjens papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Tietjens
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Eunice Tietjens, Chicago poet, novelist, lecturer and associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. The bulk of the correspondence is incoming.

Dates: 1898-1944

Fanny Butcher papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Butcher
Abstract

Correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, photographs, and memorabilia relating to the life and work of Chicago literary critic and author, Fanny Butcher.

Dates: 1830-1984; Majority of material found within 1910 - 1984

Floyd Dell papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Dell
Abstract

Correspondence, works and miscellaneous material relating to Floyd Dell, novelist, poet, playwright, newspaperman, literary editor and social and political critic.

Dates: 1908-1969

H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-140
Abstract

Correspondence from Baltimore journalist, critic, essayist and author H.L. Mencken, largely concerning supplements to his book The American Language. Eighty short letters are mainly addressed to Raven McDavid and several other linguists, while the last twenty, written after his stroke in November 1948, are written by his secretary.

Dates: 1938-1955

Jack Conroy papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Conroy
Abstract

Works, correspondence, and papers of American novelist, folklorist, and editor Jack Conroy. Conroy's novel The Disinherited, published in 1933, is considered a classic in proletarian literature and depicted in gritty detail the realities of the Great Depression. Conroy also edited radical journals The Rebel Poet, The Anvil, and The New Anvil.

Dates: 1864-1991

Lloyd Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lewis
Abstract

Correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, personal materials, and photographs of Chicago journalist and historian Lloyd Lewis.

Dates: 1886-1985; Majority of material found within 1905-1949

Ring Lardner papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Lardner
Abstract

Correspondence and writings of journalist and humorist author Ring Lardner. Also estate papers, including royalty records through 2003, biographical materials, publicity and reviews, adaptations of writings, and a few photographs.

Dates: 1805-2003; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1987

Sherwood Anderson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Anderson
Abstract

Correspondence, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, audiovisual material, royalty statements, personal financial records, artifacts, miscellaneous ephemera, autographed works, and literary manuscripts (many unpublished; also fragments, notes, and tentative sketches for short stories) of Chicago Literary Renaissance novelist and poet best known for his 1919 novel, Winesburg, Ohio.

Dates: 1872-1992

Wallace Rice Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Midwest-MS-Rice
Abstract

Correspondence, almost all addressed to Chicago author, anthologist and lecturer Wallace Rice with a few outgoing letters; also many examples of his works, and a miscellany of associated material including a small collection of photographs.

Dates: 1779-1939; Majority of material found within 1885 - 1935

Additional filters:

Subject
Manuscripts, American 6
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 5
Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 4
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 4
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
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Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Photographs 4
American literature -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Authors, American -- 20th century 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 3
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 3
Photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Scrapbooks 3
Artifacts 2
Chicago (Ill.) -- Newspapers 2
Clippings -- 1901-1950 2
Clippings -- 1951-2000 2
Dramatists, American 2
Moving images 2
Periodical editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 2
Photographs -- 1951-2000 2
Poets, American -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 2
Sound recordings 2
American literature -- 20th century 1
American literature -- New York (State) -- Long Island 1
American literature -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Anthologies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Authors, American 1
Baseball -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Book editors -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Book reviewing 1
Bookstores 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1851-1900 1
Cabinet photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- Sources 1
Clippings -- West (U.S.) 1
Copyright -- Royalties -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Correspondence -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- 1951-2000 1
Correspondence -- United States -- 1901-1950 1
Cowboys -- West (U.S.) 1
Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Critics -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Doodles -- 1901-1950 1
English language -- United States 1
Engravings 1
Explorers -- West (U.S.) 1
Farm life -- Indiana 1
Feminist theory 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) 1
Historians -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Historical biographies 1
Humorists, American 1
Indians of North America -- Portraits 1
Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- Wars -- 1866-1895 1
Journalism -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History 1
Journalism -- Study and teaching -- Illinois 1
Journalists -- New York (State) -- Long Island 1
Journalists -- United States 1
Journalists -- United States -- Correspondence 1
Journalists -- West (U.S.) 1
Linguistics -- United States -- History 1
Lithographs 1
Love-letters -- United States 1
Lyricists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Lyricists -- New York (State) -- Long Island 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 1
Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. American Language 1
Mother and child -- Correspondence 1
New Left -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Newspaper editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Newspapers -- Sections, columns, etc. 1
Newspapers -- West (U.S.) 1
Novelists, American -- New York (State) 1
Outlaws -- West (U.S.) 1
Periodical editors -- United States 1
Photographers -- West (U.S.) 1
Photographs -- West (U.S.) 1
Pioneers -- West (U.S.) 1
Poems -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1851-1900 1
Poems -- Illinois -- Chicago -- 1901-1950 1
Publicity photographs -- 1901-1950 1
Publicity photographs -- 1951-2000 1
Quakers -- Indiana 1
Radicalism -- Middle West -- 20th century 1
Radicalism in literature 1
Radicals -- Middle West -- 20th century 1
Screenplays 1
Screenwriters -- United States 1
Sheep ranches -- West (U.S.) 1
Socialists -- New York (State) -- New York 1
Spanish-American War, 1898 1
West (U.S.) -- History -- Sources 1
Women critics -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Women editors -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Women journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Women novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
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