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Repository: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Subject: Person: Mencken, H.L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
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1931-1972
(Bulk: 1940-1961)
Creator:
Mencken, August, 1889-1967
Extent: 0.33 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder)
August Mencken (1889-1967) was an American civil engineer and author. This collection comprises August Mencken’s correspondence
regarding his brother, H.L. Mencken, his research and work on a scale model of the Confederate cruiser Alabama, and miscellaneous
collected writings from friends and colleagues.
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1890-1957
(Bulk: 1920-1957)
Creator:
Rascoe, Burton, 1892-1957
Extent: 20 linear feet (27 boxes)
Burton Rascoe (1892-1957) was an American literary critic, journalist, editor, and author working in the first half of the
20th century. His confrontational style stirred up much debate and helped generate interest in up-and-coming writers that
Rascoe believed showed promise; most notably, Rascoe was an early champion of writers such as James Branch Cabell, Theodore
Dreiser, and H. L. Mencken. The collection consists of his correspondence, including some with famous literary figures; writings
by Rascoe in draft and published form; papers relating to a lawsuit with Max Annenberg; diaries and notebooks; photographs;
and clippings.
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1708-1955
(Bulk: 1923-1955)
Creator:
Weisberger, Siegfried, 1896-1984, Author
Extent: 4 linear feet (4 boxes)
This collection includes material collected by Siegfried Weisbeger (1896-1984), proprietor of the Peabody Book Shop in Baltimore
Maryland and confidante of H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), a noted writer, editor, and social provocateur, famous for his disdain
for common morals and received wisdom. The collection contains correspondence between the two men and other correspondents
of the Peabody Book Shop, manuscripts and published writings by and about Mencken (many of them signed), and autobiographical
writings and poems written by Weisberger.
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