Research Catalog

Title

H.L. Mencken papers, 1905-1956.

Author

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

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Additional Authors

• Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946.
• Bradish, C.R.
• De Casseres, Benjamin, 1873-1945.
• Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.
• Dudek, J.B., 1890-1963.
• Hanes, Elizabeth Peck.
• Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954.
• Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956.
• Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.
• Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.
• McClure, John.
• Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.
• Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958.
• Pearl, Raymond F.
• Seamen, H.W.
• Sterling, George, 1869-1926.

Description

• 48 linear feet (120 boxes and 7 slipcases).
• 69 microfilm reels.

Summary

The bulk of the collection is Mencken's correspondence with a wide range of prominent people in the literary, artistic and political world of his time. Remaining papers are literary manuscripts by Mencken and others.

Uniform Title

• Baltimore Evening Sun.
• Musical smart set.
• American Mercury.

Subjects

• United States > Politics and government > 1901-1953
• Journalism > Editing
• Language and languages
• Mencken, H. L (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
• Journalism > United States
• Critics
• Arts and society
• Periodicals > United States
• Arts > Press coverage
• Journalists
• Reporters and reporting
• Authors
• Criticism
• United States > Social life and customs > 20th century

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Additional Formats (note)

• Collection available on microfilm;
• available on microfilm;

Terms of Use (note)

• Literary rights belong to the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland.

Source (note)

• Mencken, H.L.

Biography (note)

• H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, author and critic, worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 1906 to the end of his working career he was at the Baltimore Evening Sun where he wrote the column "Free Lance" in which he expressed his views on literature, politics and society. He was book review editor for the magazine Smart Set from 1908 to 1924 when he started a new magazine, American Mercury, a journal of sociology and politics. He retired from American Mercury in 1933 and concentrated on writing for the Baltimore Sun and encouraging young literary talent. He also wrote books and articles including his classic, The American Language, which he first published in 1918 and continued revising until 1948.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

MssCol 1962

OCLC

NYPW92-A213

Author

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

Title

H.L. Mencken papers, 1905-1956.

Additional Formats

Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Selected correspondence available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

J.B. Dudek correspondence, 1923-1956, available on microfilm; New York Public Library.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Terms Of Use

Literary rights belong to the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, Maryland.

Biography

H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, author and critic, worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 1906 to the end of his working career he was at the Baltimore Evening Sun where he wrote the column "Free Lance" in which he expressed his views on literature, politics and society. He was book review editor for the magazine Smart Set from 1908 to 1924 when he started a new magazine, American Mercury, a journal of sociology and politics. He retired from American Mercury in 1933 and concentrated on writing for the Baltimore Sun and encouraging young literary talent. He also wrote books and articles including his classic, The American Language, which he first published in 1918 and continued revising until 1948.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository.

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Finding Aid

Occupation

Journalists.

Critics.

Authors.

Added Author

Boyd, Ernest Augustus, 1887-1946.

Bradish, C.R.

De Casseres, Benjamin, 1873-1945.

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.

Dudek, J.B., 1890-1963.

Hanes, Elizabeth Peck.

Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954.

Keller, Albert Galloway, 1874-1956.

Knopf, Alfred A., 1892-1984.

Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951.

McClure, John.

Masters, Edgar Lee, 1868-1950.

Nathan, George Jean, 1882-1958.

Pearl, Raymond F.

Seamen, H.W.

Sterling, George, 1869-1926.

Added Title

Baltimore Evening Sun.

Musical smart set.

American Mercury.

Research Call Number

MssCol 1962