Henry Louis Mencken papers, 1901-1921 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Abstract:
- Journalist, drama critic, and critic of American society, from Baltimore, Maryland. Magazine articles and newspaper clippings, mainly relating to international theater, chiefly dating from 1905 to 1912, collected by Mencken as drama critic for The Baltimore Herald and The Baltimore Sun. Includes drama reviews, articles about the lives and works of major and minor playwrights of the era, and literary criticism. Subjects include Gabriele D'Annunzio, Gerhart Hauptmann, Maurice Maeterlinck, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Edmund Rostand, George Bernard Shaw, and English, German, and Irish national theaters. Other items pertain to women's suffrage, censorship, and other social issues of the times.
- Extent:
- 9 Linear Feet (5,433 items)
- Language:
- Material in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.00886
Background
- Scope and content:
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Magazine articles and newspaper clippings, mainly relating to world drama, chiefly dating from 1905 to 1912, collected by Mencken as drama critic for The Baltimore Herald and The Baltimore Sun. The folders are arranged by the last names of playwrights, but also includes subject files such as on the Comédie Française. Includes drama reviews, articles about the lives and works of major and minor playwrights of the era, and literary criticism. Subjects include Gabriele D'Annunzio, Gerhart Hauptmann, Maurice Maeterlinck, Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, Edmund Rostand, George Bernard Shaw, and the English, German, and Irish national theaters. Other items pertain to women's suffrage, censorship, and other social issues of the times.
The pictures, very few of which are actual photographs, are representations of certain playwrights. Other papers are composed of book orders and typed copies of columns to be printed, probably in the Sun. These papers usually relate to specific plays or are anecdotes concerning the plays, playwrights, and the stage. Throughout the collection, there are notes written in Mencken's hand.
- Acquisition information:
- The Henry Louis Mencken papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library in 1972; one item was added in 1974.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Rubenstein Library staff
Encoded by Paula Jeannet and Willeke Sandler, June 2014
Accession(s) described in this finding aid: from 1972 and 1974
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- Subjects:
- Dramatic criticism
Journalists -- Maryland -- Baltimore
Theater -- History -- 20th century - Names:
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
Hauptmann, Gerhart, 1862-1946
Rostand, Edmond, 1868-1918
D'Annunzio, Gabriele, 1863-1938
Pinero, Arthur Wing, Sir, 1855-1934
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949 - Places:
- United States -- Social conditions
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