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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