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By Barbara O'Brien
Collection Overview
Abstract
This collection of ten books was put together by the Archives. All but one were in the circulating collection until 2008. Three Mencken books were donated by Gretta Smith – Happy Days: 1880-1892, Newspaper Days; 1899-1906, and Christmas Story. Each of these books is inscribed to Gretta Smith by Mencken. The other seven books are from the library of Estelle Williams and were purchased by the college’s librarian, Elizabeth Simkins, after Estelle’s death in 1954. Six of these books are by Mencken – Treatise on Right and Wrong and the first five volumes on Prejudices. Each of the Prejudices has a personal inscription to “Gloom” from Mencken and so does the ninth book in this collection – The Man Mencken: A Biographical and Critical Survey by Isaac Goldberg. The tenth book ‘Gloom’ A Case for Stella by R. Bryce Workman was purchased through the Historical Society of Carroll County. ‘Gloom’ is a brief biography of Estelle Williams
Administrative Information
Repository:
McDaniel College
Accruals:
Short biography of Estelle Williams purchased for the collection in 2008.
Access Restrictions:
Non-circulating
Use Restrictions:
Copyright: McDaniel College may hold copyright to sections of this material.
McDaniel College makes no representation that it is the owner of any copyright or other literary property in the materials contained in its archives and special collections, (b) that in providing access to or permitting the reproduction of any such materials, McDaniel Archives does not assume any responsibility for obtaining or granting any permission to publish or use the same, and (c) that the responsibility (i) for determining the nature of any rights, and the ownership or interest therein, and for obtaining the appropriate permissions to publish or use and (ii) for determining the nature of any liabilities (including liabilities for defamation and invasion of privacy or publicity) that may arise from any publication or use, rest entirely with the researcher.
Copying: Papers may be copied in accordance with the Archives' usual procedures.
Acquisition Source:
Gift and purchase
Acquisition Method:
Three books were a gift from Gretta Smith, six books were purchased from New Windsor Library (MD).
Preferred Citation:
H. L. Mencken Collection, SpC2008.65, McDaniel College Archives
Other URL:
http://hoover.mcdaniel.edu/archives/H. L. Mencken.pdf
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
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Box 1],
[
Box 2: Series 3 continued],
[All]
- Box 1
- Series 1: Books signed by H. L. Mencken to Gretta Smith, 1940-1946
- Item 1: Happy Days: 1880-1892, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1940, 1940
- Item 2: Newspaper Days: 1899-1906, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1941, 1941
- Item 3: Christmas Story, H. L. Mencken, illus. by Bill Crawford, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1946, 1946
- Series 2
- Item 1: ‘Gloom:’ A Case for Stella, R. Bryce Workman, Fountain Publication, New Windsor, 2007, 2007
- Item 2: "Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review", Summer, 1993
- Periodical
- Creators:
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Stevens, H. Ray (Harold Ray) (1939-)
- Item 3: "Menckeniana: A Quarterly Review", Winter 1994
- Creators:
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Stevens, H. Ray (Harold Ray) (1939-)
- Series 3: Books From Estelle Williams' Library
- Item 1: Treatise on Right and Wrong, H. L. Mencken. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1934, 1934
- Unsigned volume.
- Box 2: Series 3 continued
- Item 2: Prejudice: First Series, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1919, 1919
- Signed: "Dear Gloom . . . Yours HLM"
- Item 3: Prejudice: Second Series, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1920, 1920
- Signed: "To Gloom as ever HLM"
- Item 4: Prejudice: Third Series, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1922, 1922
- Signed: "Dear Gloom: Once again! HLM"
- Item 5: Prejudice: Fourth Series, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1924, 1924
- Signed: "For Estelle Williams . . . H. L. Mencken"
- Item 6: Prejudice: Fifth Series, H. L. Mencken, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1926, 1926
- Signed: Dear Gloom: . . . H. L. Mencken
- Item 7: The Man Mencken: A Biographical and Critical Survey, Isaac Goldberg, Simon and Schuster, 1925, 1925
- Signed: "Dear Gloom: . . HLM"
