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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1880 - 1956

Found in 8 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

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

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personal financial records, artifacts, miscellaneous ephemera, autographed works, and literary manuscripts (many unpublished; also fragments, notes, and tentative sketches for short stories) of Chicago Literary Renaissance novelist and poet best known for his 1919 novel, Winesburg,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

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Chicago (Ill.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century 4
Correspondence -- 1901-1950 4
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Novelists, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 4
Photographs 4
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Authors, American -- 20th century 3
Clippings (information artifacts) 3
Correspondence -- 1851-1900 3
Correspondence -- 1951-2000 3
Manuscripts, American 3
Photographs -- 1851-1900 3
Photographs -- 1901-1950 3
Scrapbooks 3
Artifacts 2
Clippings -- 1901-1950 2
Clippings -- 1951-2000 2
Journalists -- Illinois -- Chicago 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 -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Anthologies -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Authors, American 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.) -- Newspapers 1
Clippings -- West (U.S.) 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
Dramatists, American 1
Engravings 1
Explorers -- West (U.S.) 1
Farm life -- Indiana 1
Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) 1
Historians -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Historical biographies 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 -- West (U.S.) 1
Lithographs 1
Lyricists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- 20th century -- Sources 1
Manuscripts, American -- Illinois 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
Outlaws -- West (U.S.) 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
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
Women poets, American -- Illinois -- Chicago 1
Working class authors -- United States 1
Working class writings, American -- History and criticism 1
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aftermath -- Germany -- Berlin 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Palestine 1
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