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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1956

Found in 2 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

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

Filtered By

  • Subject: Authors, American -- 20th century X
  • Subject: Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century X

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Artifacts 1
Bohemianism -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 1
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 1
Dramatists, American 1