SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES

H.L. and Sara Haardt Mencken Collection

An Inventory

Creator: Mencken, H.L.

Mencken, Sara Haardt
Title: H.L. and Sara Haardt Mencken Collection
Dates: 1886-1951, bulk 1920-1935
Abstract: Correspondence, typescripts and manuscripts, photographs, clippings, and other
materials record the life and work of H.L. Mencken, a prominent Baltimore
newspaper man and writer. The majority of the collection focuses on his
relationship with Sara Haardt Mencken, a Goucher graduate and notable writer
until her early death in 1935.
Extent: 6 Boxes and 7 bound volumes
Language: Materials are predominantly English, with some correspondence in German and
French.
Repository: Goucher College Special Collections and Archives
Call #: MS 0017

Biographical Sketch

Sara Haardt Mencken, born March 1, 1898 in Montgomery, Alabama, attended Margaret
Booth School, a college preparatory school for girls and later in 1920, Sara Haardt
graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in history from Goucher College in Baltimore. As
a student at Goucher College, she was editor of Kalends the literary magazine,
Donnybrook Fair the yearbook, and The Weekly newspaper. Not surprisingly for the
studious woman, Sara Haardt graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in History in 1920.
She returned to Goucher College in 1922 as a member of the faculty to teach English
composition and literature.

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 In May of 1923, Sara Haardt met H.L. Mencken at a Goucher College lecture. Mencken,
18 years her senior, born September 12, 1880, was already a prominent newspaperman
and writer when they met. At age 19, Mencken began writing for the Baltimore Morning
Herald, and his career flourished with popular short stories, novels, and articles. He and
Sara often exchanged letters about their writing and the publishing industry. As a
confirmed bachelor, Mencken spurned marriage and kept distant in his letters. However,
after seven years of courtship, H.L. Mencken and Sara married in 1930. Throughout their
courtship and continuing through their marriage, H.L. Mencken and Sara exchanged over
700 letters.

Sara’s health, precarious from a young age, gave her many difficulties. She suffered from
tuberculosis and spent many stays in a sanatorium, hoping to recover. Even through many
trips to the hospital, Sara continued writing, publishing numerous short stories, articles,
and a novel. She also sold the rights to a movie scenario to Hollywood, but the movie
was never produced. On May 31, 1935, Sara died from meningitis.

As a memorial to Sara’s life and writing, Mencken finished Southern Album, a collection
of short stories Sara had been working on when she died. Mencken continued his writing
career and lived until January 29, 1956.

Sources:

Rodgers, Marion Elizabeth, ed. Mencken & Sara: A Life in Letters. New York:
Doubleday, 1992.
Teachout, Terry. The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken. New York: Perennial, 2003.

Scope and Contents

The bulk of the Sara Haardt and H.L. Mencken Collection materials (1886-1951)
includes letters between Sara Haardt and Mencken as well as all of her published and
unpublished works and other materials related to her career. The series of correspondence
between Mencken and Sara (organized by sender, and then chronologically) records their
relationship, but also reflects Mencken’s opinions on writing, the film industry,
Baltimore, national and international events of the 1920s and 1930s.

The collection includes letters from Sara to Joseph Hergesheimer, a prominent writer, and
between Mencken and C.C. Hopper, which includes a card from Jefferson Davis and a
letter from Stonewall Jackson, both of which were given by Hopper to Mencken.

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 Correspondence also includes the condolence letters Mencken received after Sara’s
death, arranged alphabetically.

After Sara’s death, Mencken published Southern Album, which Sara had been working on
before she died. The correspondence concerning copyright permissions for this book,
correspondence with the publisher and from others concerning the book are also included
in the collection.

Mencken, before giving the collection to Goucher College, had decorative leather cases
made and bound many of the materials, including Sara’s college materials, typescripts
and manuscripts, clippings of published works, notes on Southern Album, and portraits
and photographs of Sara. These materials remain bound and in the order Mencken
provided.

The collection is arranged in eight series. Series I, II, III, and IV contain correspondence.
Series I is correspondence between H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt and is arranged into
subseries and arranged chronologically. Series II, Mixed Correspondence, contains letters
to Joseph Hergesheimer, correspondence concerning H.L. and Sara Haardt’s wedding,
letters from C.C. Hopper, and mixed correspondence. This series is arranged
chronologically within the subseries. The condolence correspondence, Series III, is
arranged alphabetically. After his wife’s death, Mencken published a Southern Album a
volume of her short stories. Series IV includes the correspondence concerning this
publication.

Series V is comprised of Sara Haardt’s typescripts and manuscripts, compiled and bound
by H.L. Mencken. They are kept in the original order and arranged into subseries by
type. Series VI contains clippings of Sara Haardt’s published works from magazines and
newspapers. They are arranged in a rough reverse chronological order by Mencken, who
had them bound. Series VII contains portraits and photographs of Sara Haardt. The bound
photographs are arranged in reverse chronological order. Series VIII contains mixed
materials, including date and memo books, a record of her efforts to be published and her
favorite music score.

Organization of the Collection

The series and subseries arrangement of the materials is as follows:

Series I. Correspondence between H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt, 1920-1935
Subseries A. Letters from H.L. Mencken to Sara Haardt, 1923-1935
Subseries B. Letters from Sara Haardt to H.L. Mencken, 1923-1935
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 Series II. Mixed Correspondence, 1886-1948
Subseries A. Letters from Sara Haardt to Joseph Hergesheimer, 1927-1934
Subseries B. Correspondence concerning the Wedding of H.L. and Sara
Haardt Mencken, 1930 August
Subseries C. Correspondence between H.L. Mencken and C.C. Hopper,
1886-1941
Subseries D. H.L. Mencken Correspondence Mixed, 1927-1948
Subseries E. Sara Haardt Correspondence Mixed, 1924-1935
Series III. Condolence Correspondence, 1935
Series IV. Correspondence concerning Southern Album, 1932-1951
Subseries A. Correspondence Concerning Copyright, 1935-1946
Subseries B. Correspondence with Harry E. Maude, 1932-1939
Subseries C. Correspondence concerning Southern Album, 1935-1951
Series V. Typescripts and Manuscripts by Sara Haardt Mencken, 1916-1935
Subseries A. College Materials, 1916-1920
Subseries B. Articles and Movie Scenarios, undated
Subseries C. Fiction, 1917-1935
Subseries D. Notes on Southern Album, 1927-1935
Series VI. Clippings of works by Sara Haardt, 1918-1936
Series VII. Portraits and Photographs, 1898-1937
Series VIII. Mixed Materials, 1916-1935

Restrictions

The Collection was opened to researchers in 1981, 25 years after H.L. Mencken’s death,
with permission of the chief librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, chief steward of
H.L. Mencken’s papers.

Index Terms
People
Bodine, A. Aubrey, 1906-1970 (lcnaf)
Fitzgerald, Frances Scott (lcnaf)
Hergesheimer, Joseph, 1880-1954 (lcnaf)
Hopper, C.C.
Maude, Henry Evans, 1906- (lcnaf)
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 (lcnaf)
Mencken, Sara Haardt, 1898-1935 (lcnaf)
Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951 (lcnaf)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 (lcnaf)
Organizations
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 American Mercury
Doubleday, Doran and Company (lcnaf)
College Humor
Home Magazine
Subjects
Love-letters--Women authors (lcsh)
American Literature--20th Century (lcsh)
Courtship (lcsh)
Fiction—Authorship (lcsh)
Short stories, American – 20th Century (lcsh)
Document Types
Personal correspondence (aat)
Photographs (aat)
Typescripts (aat)
Manuscripts (document genre) (aat)

Related Material

Materials relating to H.L. and Sara Haardt Mencken at Goucher College can be found in
the following collections:

Hans Froelicher Collection

Wagley-Mencken Collection

Other material relating to H.L. and Sara Haardt Mencken can be found in the following
collections:

Aileen Pringle Papers, Yale University Library

Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records, New York Public Library
Alfred A. Knopf Personal Records, Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas
The Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana, University of Maryland
Baltimore News American Collection, University of Maryland
Frederic G. Melcher-Robert Frost Collection, University of Virginia
George H. Thompson Collection, Sheridan Libraries at Johns Hopkins
H.L. Mencken Collection, Enoch Pratt Free Library
H.L. Mencken Collection, Gettysburg College
H.L. Mencken Collection, Princeton University
H.L. Mencken Collection, University of Louisiana
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 H.L. Mencken Letters, Pennsylvania State University
H.L. Mencken Pamphlet Collection, San Diego State University
H.L. Mencken Papers, New York Public Library
H.L. and Sara Mencken Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Henry Louis Mencken Letters, Louisiana State University
Louise Pound Papers, Duke University
The Mencken Collection, Dartmouth College
Mencken-Malone Collection, Maryland Historical Society
Mencken-Boyd Collection, Georgetown University
Mencken-Wylie Letters, Loyola University, Louisiana
Mencken, Letters to Hilken, University of Chicago
Raymond Pearl Papers, American Philosophical Society Library
Robert A. Wilson Collection of H.L. Mencken, Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins
Robles Pazos (Jose) Papers, Johns Hopkins University
Stuart and Davenport Records, Temple University
William Cabell Greet Papers, Columbia University

Administrative Information

Acquisition
Donated by H.L. Mencken October 31, 1935

Processed by
Cassie Brand, 2009

Preferred Citation
H.L. and Sara Haardt Mencken Collection, 1886-1951. Goucher College Library.

Container List

Series I. Correspondence between H.L. Mencken and Sara Haardt Mencken, 1920-1935

Subseries A. Letters from H.L. Mencken to Sara Haardt Mencken, 1923-1935

*Unless otherwise noted, correspondence is typed.

Box Folder
1 1 1923 May 29, handwritten

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 1923 June 5
1923 July 10
1923 July 26
1923 August 17
1923 August 24
1923 September 9
1923 September 17
1923 September 18
1923 September 24
1923 September 25
1923 September 27
1923 October 8
1923 October 10
1923 October 16
1923 October 18
1923 October 23, handwritten
1923 October 26
2 1923 November 1 (2)
1923 November 3
1923 November 6
1923 November 12
1923 November 15
1923 November 26
1923 November 28
1923 December 3
1923 December 6
1923 December 6, handwritten
1923 December 9
1923 December 12, handwritten
1923 December 14
1923 December 18
1923 December 23, handwritten
1923 December 27, handwritten
1923 December 31
3 1924 January 2
1924 January 4
1924 January 9
1924 January 15
1924 January 18
1924 January 20
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 1924 January 21, handwritten
1924 January 23, telegram
1924 January 23, handwritten (2)
1924 January 29
1924 February 6
1924 February 8
1924 February 12
1924 February 18
1924 February 23
1924 February 25
1924 February 27, handwritten
1924 February 28
4 1924 March 3
1924 March 5
1924 March 7
1924 March 8
1924 March 13
1924 March 17
1924 March 18
1924 March 21
1924 March 27, handwritten
1924 March 28
1924 March 31
1924 April 5
1924 April 9
1924 April 10
1924 April 12
1924 April 14
1924 April 16
1924 April 17
1924 April 22, handwritten
1924 April 25
1924 April 26, postcard
1924 April 28
5 1924 May 1
1924 May 2, postcard
1924 May 6
1924 May 9
1924 May 12
1924 May 13
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 1924 May 15
1924 May [16]
1924 May 17
1924 May 19, handwritten
1924 May 22, handwritten (2)
1924 May 24
1924 May 27
1924 May 29
1924 May 30
1924 June 2
1924 June 3
1924 June 4
1924 June 7
1924 June 9
1924 June 18 (2)
1924 June 20
1924 June 22, handwritten
1924 June 25, handwritten
1924 June 26
1924 June 27, handwritten
6 1924 July 2, handwritten
1924 July 5, handwritten
1924 July 8
1924 July 10
1924 July 13
1924 July 16
1924 July 18
1924 July 19
1924 July 21, with letter from E.G. Saxton to Sara
1924 July 25
1924 July 30, handwritten
1924 July 31, handwritten
1924 August 6
1924 August 8
1924 August 11
1924 August 14
1924 August 17
1924 August 20
1924 August 22
1924 August 25, handwritten
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 1924 August 27, handwritten
1924 August 30
1924 August 31
7 1924 September 3
1924 September 4
1924 September 5
1924 September 6 (2)
1924 September 15
1924 September 16
1924 September 19
1924 September 20, handwritten
1924 September 24
1924 September 30
1924 October 2
1924 October 4
1924 October 6
1924 October 9
1924 October 13
1924 October 14
1924 October 18
1924 October 19
1924 October 23, handwritten
1924 October 28
1924 October 29
8 1924 November 1
1924 November 4
1924 November 5
1924 November 6
1924 November 10, handwritten
1924 November 13
1924 November 14
1924 November 15
1924 November 16
1924 November 18
1924 November 20
1924 November 22, with clipping enclosed
1924 November 28
1924 December 1
1924 December 5
1924 December 8
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 1924 December 11
1924 December 17, handwritten
1924 December 19
1924 December 22
1924 December 25
1924 December 29 (2)
9 1925 January 1
1925 January 3
1925 January 6
1925 January 10, handwritten
1925 January 14, handwritten
1925 January 16
1925 January 21
1925 January 22
1925 January 27, handwritten
1925 January 30
1925 February 6
1925 February 12
1925 February 14
1925 February 18
1925 February 19
1925 February 25
10 1925 March 2
1925 March 4
1925 March 5
1925 March 11
1925 March 25
1925 March 27
1925 April 1
1925 April 2
1925 April 4
1925 April 5
1925 April 9
1925 April 11
1925 April 14
1925 April 18 (2)
1925 April 20
1925 April 23, handwritten
1925 April 25
11 1925 May 8
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 1925 May 14
1925 May 20, handwritten
1925 May 27
1925 May 31
1925 June 5
1925 June 9
1925 June 11
1925 June 15
1925 June 17
1925 June 24, handwritten
12 1925 July 2
1925 July 3
1925 July 8
1925 July 9
1925 July 14
1925 July 17
1925 July 19, with clipping attached
1925 July 27
1925 August 4
1925 August 10
1925 August 14
1925 August 17
1925 August 31
1925 September 3
1925 September 5
1925 September 11, handwritten
1925 September 18
1925 September 19
1925 September 26, handwritten
1925 September 30
13 1925 October 3
1925 October 5
1925 October 11
1925 October 16
1925 October 26
1925 October 28
1925 November 7
1925 November 13
1925 November 19
1925 November 28
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 1925 December 2
1925 December 11 (2)
1925 December 13, handwritten
1925 December 16, handwritten
1925 December 17
1925 December 26, handwritten
14 1926 January 2
1926 January 7
1926 January 8, with clipping attached
1926 January 12
1926 January 14
1926 January 23
1926 January 27
1926 January 30
1926 February 5
1926 February 7
1926 February 9
1926 February 27
1926 March 2
1926 March 3
1926 March 6
1926 March 11
1926 March 13
1926 March 22
1926 March 27
1926 April 2
1926 April 8
1926 April 11
1926 April 19
1926 April 28
15 1926 May 3
1926 May 5
1926 May 8
1926 May 10
1926 May 12
1926 May 21
1926 May 25
1926 May 27
1926 May 30
1926 June 2
13
 1926 June 4
1926 June 6
1926 June 10
1926 June 14
1926 June 15
1926 June 16
1926 June 18
1926 June 21
1926 June 24
1926 June 25
1926 June 27
1926 June 29
16 1926 July
1926 July 3
1926 July 8
1926 July 13
1926 July 14
1926 July 17
1926 July 19
1926 July 22
1926 July 24
1926 July 27
1926 July 29
1926 August 2
1926 August 5
1926 August 13
1926 August 16
1926 August 18
1926 August 21
1926 August 24
1926 August 26
1926 August 30, handwritten
1926 August 31
17 1926 September 3
1926 September 4
1926 September 8
1926 September 12
1926 September 15
1926 September 21
1926 September 23
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 1926 September 27
1926 September 30
1926 October 9
1926 October 13,
1926 October 19
1926 October 22
1926 October 30
1926 October 31
1926 November 5
1926 November 11, picture enclosed
1926 November 16
1926 November 18
1926 December 1, handwritten
1926 December 5
1926 December 17
1926 December 20
1926 December 21
1926 December 23
1926 December 24, telegram
1926 December 28
18 1927 January 2, with clipping attached
1927 January 4
1927 January 10
1927 January 11
1927 January 12
1927 January 13, handwritten
1927 January 19
1927 January 29
1927 January 30
1927 January 31
1927 February 10
1927 February 13
1927 February 18
1927 February 25
1927 February 26
1927 February 28 (2)
1927 March 3
1927 March 6 handwritten
1927 March 7, handwritten
1927 March 10, telegram
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 1927 March 11
1927 March 16
1927 March 21, handwritten
1927 March 22
1927 March 26
1927 March 28
19 1927 April 1
1927 April 5
1927 April 7
1927 April 11
1927 April 17
1927 April 19
1927 April 27, handwritten
1927 April 28
1927 May 5
1927 May 8
1927 May 10
1927 May 12
1927 May 19
1927 May 23
1927 June 3
1927 June 13
1927 June 15
1927 June 18
1927 June 21
1927 June 24
1927 June 26
1927 June 27
20 1927 July 1
1927 July 9
1927 July 13
1927 July 14
1927 July 17
1927 July 20, handwritten
1927 July 21, telegram
1927 July 22
1927 July 26
1927 August 1, handwritten
1927 August 3, handwritten
1927 August 4
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 1927 August 6
1927 August 14
1927 August 27, handwritten
1927 August 29, handwritten
1927 August 30, handwritten
1927 September 6
1927 September 11
1927 September 13, handwritten
1927 September 16
1927 September 22
1927 September 29
1927 September 30
1927 September 30, telegram
21 1927 October 2, telegram
1927 October 4 handwritten
1927 October 5
1927 October 6
1927 October 8
1927 October 10
1927 October 11
1927 October 12
1927 October 13
1927 October 14
1927 October 15, postcard (2)
1927 October 15
1927 October 17
1927 October 19
1927 October 20
1927 October 21
1927 October 22, postcard
1927 October 24, telegram
1927 October 25
1927 October 26, telegram (2)
1927 October 26 (2)
1927 October 26, handwritten
1927 October 27, telegram
1927 October 27
1927 October 28
1927 October 29
1927 October 31
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22 1927 November 1
1927 November 3
1927 November 5
1927 November 5, telegram
1927 November 6, telegram
1927 November 7, telegram
1927 November 7
1927 November 8, telegram (2)
1927 November 11
1927 November 12
1927 November 13
1927 November 13, telegram
1927 November 14, telegram (2)
1927 November 15
1927 November 16, telegram
1927 November 17
1927 November 18 (2)
1927 November 20, postcard
1927 November 23
1927 November 24
1927 November 24, telegram
1927 November 25 (2)
1927 November 26, telegram
1927 November 29 (2)
1927 November 29, handwritten (2)
23 1927 December 1, with clipping attached
1927 December 2
1927 December 3
1927 December 5, telegram
1927 December 5
1927 December 6, telegram (2)
1927 December 6
1927 December 7
1927 December 8 (2)
1927 December 9 (2)
1927 December 10
1927 December 11
1927 December 12
1927 December 13
1927 December 14
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 1927 December 15 (2)
1927 December 17
1927 December 20, telegram
1927 December 20, handwritten
1927 December 21, telegram
1927 December 21, handwritten (2)
1927 December 22, telegram
1927 December 22
1927 December 23, telegram
1927 December 23
1927 December 24
1927 December 26, telegram
1927 December 26
1927 December 27, telegram
1927 December 27
24 1928 January 3 (2)
1928 January 5
1928 January 17, handwritten
1928 January 20 (2)
1928 January 22
1928 January 23, telegram
1928 January 30
1928 February 2
1928 February 9
1928 February 13
1928 February 14
1928 February 15 (2)
1928 February 22
1928 March 1
1928 March 3
1928 March 5, telegram
1928 March 6
1928 March 8
1928 March 9
1928 March 13
1928 March 14, note attached to letter from Jim Tully to H.L.
1928 March 16
1928 March 21
1928 March 23
1928 March 25
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 1928 March 27, handwritten
1928 March 30, telegram
1928 March 31
25 1928 April 2, handwritten
1928 April 3
1928 April 6
1928 April 12
1928 April 13
1928 April 14
1928 April 17
1928 April 21
1928 April 24, postcard
1928 May 9
1928 May 10
1928 May 12, postcard
1928 May 16, handwritten
1928 May 18
1928 May 23
1928 May 29
1928 June 3
1928 June 4
1928 June 8, handwritten
1928 June 11, handwritten
1928 June 13, handwritten (2)
1928 June 14
1928 June 18
1928 June 19, postcard
1928 June 22
1928 June 23
1928 June 26, postcard
1928 June 27, handwritten
1928 June 28, telegram
1928 June 28
2 1 1928 July 4
1928 July 7
1928 July 12
1928 July 17
1928 July 22
1928 July 26
1928 August 2
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 1928 August 4
1928 August 16
1928 August 17
1928 August 19
1928 August 24
1928 August 29, handwritten
1928 September 4
1928 September 5
1928 September 10
1928 September 14 (2)
1928 September 18
1928 September 20, handwritten
1928 September 21
1928 September 26
1928 September 26, with copy of letter to Dorothy Hergesheimer
1928 September 28
2 1928 October 5, handwritten
1928 October 8
1928 October 12, telegram
1928 October 12
1928 October 13 telegram
1928 October 15, postcard
1928 October 18
1928 October 19, telegram
1928 October 22
1928 October 29
1928 October 30
1928 October 31
1928 November 2
1928 November 3
1928 November 6
1928 November 7, handwritten
1928 November 9
1928 November 16
1928 November 17, postcard
1928 November 25
1928 December 3
1928 December 9
1928 December 17
1928 December 26
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 1928, calling card with note
3 1929 January 13
1929 January 14
1929 January 15
1929 January 20, handwritten
1929 January 23
1929 February 9
1929 February 13, handwritten
1929 February 16
1929 February 17
1929 February 22, with telegram from Hergesheimer attached
1929 February 23
1929 March 5, handwritten
1929 March 6, telegram
1929 March 6, handwritten
1929 March 10
1929 March 14, with letter from W.F. Bigelow to Sara enclosed
1929 March 22
1929 April 6
1929 April 16, handwritten
1929 April 30
4 1929 May 15, telegram
1929 May 20, telegram
1929 May 22 (2)
1929 May 26
1929 May 31
1929 June 5
1929 June 13
1929 June 17
1929 June 20
1929 June 26
1929 June 28
1929 July 2
1929 July 30, handwritten
1929 August 14
1929 August 18
1929 August 22
1929 August 28
1929 August [?]
August 29, telegram
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 1929 September 14
1929 September 20, with note from Paul de Kruif enclosed
5 1929 October 14, handwritten
1929 October 17, handwritten
1929 October 21
1929 October 22
1929 October 23
1929 October 28
1929 October 29
1929 November 29, telegram
1929 December 3
1929 December 18
1929 December 27, handwritten
1929 December 30, telegram
6 1930 January 1
1930 January 4, telegram
1930 January 5
1930 January 10 (2)
1930 January 12, telegram
1930 January 13
1930 January 16
1930 January 19, handwritten
1930 January 20
1930 January 23, telegram
1930 January 25
1930 January 25, telegram
1930 January 27, cable
1930 January 30
7 1930 February 3
1930 February 5, telegram
1930 February 6
1930 February 9, telegram
1930 April 2, handwritten
1930 April 9, handwritten
1930 April 20, handwritten
1930 April 21, with telegram from Ogden Nash enclosed
1930 April 23
1930 April 24
1930 April 25 (2)
1930 April 28, handwritten
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 1930 April 30, handwritten
8 1930 May, handwritten (3)
1930 May 1, handwritten
1930 May 1
1930 May 3
1930 May 5 (2)
1930 May 6
1930 May 8, telegram
1930 May 8
1930 May 9
1930 May 12
1930 June handwritten (3)
1930 August 13, telegram
1930 November 5, handwritten
9 1931 March 10, telegram
1931 March 11 telegram
1931 April, handwritten (2)
1931 April 23, telegram
1931 April 25, telegram
1931 April 28, telegram
1931 May 15, telegram
1931 May 15, handwritten
1931 May 17, telegram
1931 May 17, handwritten
1931 May 19, postcard
1931 October 28, telegram
10 1932 March, birthday card
1932 May 10, postcard
1932 June, handwritten (2)
1932 June (13)
1932 June 13, postcard (2)
1932 June 16, telegram
1932 June 16
1932 June 30, telegram
11 July 1932
1932 July 2, telegram
1932 September, handwritten (4)
1932 September 21, telegram
1932 September 22, telegram
1932 October 20, telegram
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 12 1933 January 11, telegram
1933 March 23, telegram
1933 June 15, telegram
1933 September 28, telegram
1933 October 18, telegram
1933 October 19, telegram
1933 December 29, telegram
1934 (2)
1934, handwritten
1934 July, handwritten
1934 August
1934 September
1934 September 2
1934 September [3]
1934 September 6
1934 September 7 (2)
1934 September 10 (2)
1934 September 12
1934 September 13
1934 September 14, telegram
1934 September 14 (2)
1934 October, handwritten
1934 December, handwritten
1934 December 5, telegram
13 1935 January 25, telegram
1935 March 1, telegram
1935 April 1
1935 April
1935

Subseries B: Letters from Sara Haardt to H.L. Mencken, 1923-1935

2 14 1923 May 20
1923 May 26, handwritten
1923 June 2
1923 June 24
1923 July 27
1923 July 23
1923 August 13
1923 August 22
25
 1923 September 5
1923 September 13
1923 September 19
1923 September 25, handwritten
1923 September 26, handwritten
1923 October 7
1923 October 9
1923 October 17
1923 October 18
15 [1927?] March 22, with bibliography
[1927?] April 27
16 1927 October 18
1927 October 19
1927 October 20
1927 October 21
1927 October 25
[1927]
1927 October 26, telegram
1927 October 26 (2)
[1927]
1927 October 27
1927 October 29
17 1927 November 1
1927 November 1, handwritten
1927 November 2, handwritten
1927 November 3
1927 November 5, telegram
1927 November 6
1927 November 8, telegram
1927 November 8
1927 November 9
1927 November 12, telegram
1927 November 14, telegram
1927 November 14
1927 November 16, telegram
1927 November 18
1927 November 19
[1927]
1927 November 22
1927 November 23 (2)
26
 1927 November 23, handwritten
1927 November 25
1927 November 26
1927 November 28
1927 November 29
18 1927 December 1
1927 December 3
1927 December 4, handwritten
1927 December 5
1927 December 6, handwritten
1927 December 8, telegram
1927 December 8
1927 December 9
19 1930 January 8, handwritten
1930 April 20, handwritten
1930 April 21, handwritten
1930 April 22, handwritten
1930 April 23, handwritten
1930 April 26, handwritten (3)
1930 April 29, handwritten
1930 April 30, handwritten
1930 May 1, handwritten
1930 May 3, handwritten
1930 May 5, handwritten
1930 May 7, handwritten (2)
1930 May 11, handwritten
1930 May 12, postcard
1930 May 13, telegram
1930 June 10, handwritten
1930 August 12, handwritten
20 Undated, handwritten note
1931 Sunday, handwritten
1931 Tuesday, handwritten
1931 Thursday, handwritten
1931 Friday, handwritten
1931 Monday, handwritten
21 1932 June 11, handwritten
1932 June 12, handwritten
1932 June 13, handwritten
1932 June 15, handwritten
27
 1932 June 16, handwritten
1932 June 21, handwritten
1932 June 22, handwritten
1932 June 23, handwritten
1932 June 24, telegram
1932 June 24, handwritten
1932 June 26, handwritten
1932 June 28, handwritten (2)
1932 June 29, handwritten
1932 June 30, handwritten
1932 August 23, handwritten
1932 August 27, card with poem
1932 August 27, handwritten
1932 September 13, handwritten
1932 September 20, handwritten
1932 October 17, handwritten
22 1934 February 14, valentine
1934 July 18, handwritten
1934 July 19, handwritten
1934 September 3, telegram
1934 September 5, handwritten (2)
1934 September 7, handwritten
1934 September 8, handwritten
1934 September 11, handwritten (2)
1934 September 12, birthday card
1934 October 7, handwritten
1934 October 8, handwritten
1934 October 9, handwritten
1934, memo
23 1935 March 21, handwritten
1935 April 2, handwritten
1935 April 29, memo
1935 April 30, telegram
24 March 10, handwritten
August 2, handwritten
November 4, handwritten
November 25, handwritten
Sunday, handwritten

Series II: Mixed Correspondence, 1886-1948

28
 Subseries A. Sara Haardt letters to Joseph Hergesheimer, 1927-1934

2 25 1927 January 27
1928 January 8
1928 January 26
1928 February 13
1928 April 21
1928 April 24
1928 April 26
1928 May 1
1928 May 3
1928 May 8
1928 May 16
1928 May 20
1928 June 12
1928 June 16
1928 June 25
1928 June 28
26 1928 July 3
1928 July 10
1928 August 19
1928 September 2
1928 October 12
1929 July 9
1929 December 31
1930 August 1
1932 January 12
1932August 2
1932 August 14
1932 August 16
1932 December 11
1934 January 4

Subseries B. Correspondence Concerning the Wedding, 1930

2 27 Herbert Parrish, 1930 August 5

Herbert Parrish, 1930 August 8
M.L. St John, 1930 August 13, telegram
Herbert Parrish, 1930 August 14
29
 Herbert Parrish, 1930 August 19
Sheppard Butler, 1930 August 29, telegram
Herbert Parrish, 1930 August 25
Herbert Parrish, 1930 August 23
At Home Card
Hotel Bills from honeymoon

Subseries C. Correspondence between H.L. Mencken and C.C. Hopper, 1886-1941

2 28 1886 May 21, Card from Jefferson Davis to Hopper

188? September 16, note from Stonewall Jackson to Miss Fairfield
1904 July 1, Letter from Mencken to Hopper
1906 June 17, Letter of recommendation from Mencken
1906 June 23, Handwritten letter from Mencken to Hopper
1906 October 4, Letter from Hawks, Jr. to Hopper
1906 November 27, Letter from Mencken to Hopper
1915 May 3, Letter from Ellen Glasgow to Katherine Hopper
1919 January 31, Letter from Mencken to Hopper
1930 August 30, Letter from Mencken to Hopper
1935 June 5, Letter from Mencken to Hopper
1941 October 15, Letter from Mencken to Hopper, with note from
Katherine Hopper

Subseries D. H.L. Mencken Mixed Correspondence, 1927-1948

29 1927 December 11, G.C. Hall

1930 August 3, United Press telegram
[1930 August 3], Copy of response to United Press
1930 August 5, John W. Abercrombie
1934 February 3, Copy of letter to Collector of Internal Revenue
[1935] May 24, Copy of letter to Miss Jones
[1935] May 25, Copy of letter to Mr. Laggett
1935 May 28, Herbert R. Leggett
1935 June 4, H.H. Runkles
[1935] June 6, Copy of response to Runkles
1935 June 7, John Hall Haardt
1935 June 12, John Hall Haardt
1935 June 14, Unsigned
1935 September 4, Emily
1935 December 17, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
30
 1935 December 20, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 February 13, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 February 20, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 March 26, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 March 28, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 April 9, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 April 20, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 April 23, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1936 May 2, Copy of letter to Miss Mullen
1946 March 25, Xenophon P. Smith
1946 April 3, Clarence E. Sherman
1948 February 17, Carrie Mae Probst

Subseries E. Sara Haardt Mixed Correspondence, 1927-1935

2 30 1924 June 24, Lilian Welsh

1928 July 13, Letter to Miss McCleary
1928 July 24, W.F. Bigelow
1930 November 8, Letter to Dorothy Hergesheimer
1931 September 9, Letter to Mrs. Lindsay
1932 February 21, Letter to Blanche
1932 March 16, Letter to Blanche
1932 April 24, Letter to Alfred
1932 July 15, Letter to Blanche
1932 September 17, Letter to Blanche
1932 December 25, Letter to Blanche
1933 December 19, Letter to Blanche
1933 December 19, Letter to Alfred
1935 May 14, Herbert R. Leggett
1935 May 16, Harriet D. Jones
1935 May 23, Herbert R. Leggett
1935 May 29, Harriet D. Jones
1935 August 20, Harry Leach

Series III: Condolence Correspondence, 1935

Box Folder
3 1 Abban, William
Abramson, S.H.
Aikman, Duncan
31
 Alexander, Holmes
Alfsen, F.A.M.
Alter, Nicholas M.
Altfeld, E. Milton
Anderson, Nettie
Anderson, Stuart H.
Andrews, O.B.
Andrews, O.B. Jr. (2)
Androva, Adah (2)
Angoff, Charles
Asner, Norton
Ayd, Joseph J. SJ
Aylesworth, M.H.
2 Bach, M.J.
Baetjer, Mr. & Mrs. Charles H.
Baker, Benjamin M.
Baker, Gladys
Baker, Harry T.
Baker-Crothers, Hayes
Baird, Caroline R.D.
Baird, Edwin
Balassa, J.
Balch, Emily
Balch, Mrs. Gordon H. (Jean) (2)
Baldwin, Harold
Ballard, Caroline
Bangs, Howard L.
Barker, Howard J.
Barker, Lewellys F.
Barnes, Harry Elmer
Bornschein, Franz
Barry, Jack and Alice
Bartosz, Adam
Baughman, Col. E. Austin
3 Beardsley, Wilfred A.
Beckley, Zoë
Beirne, Frank F.
Benét, William Rose
Bennet, James M.
Bennett, Ralph F.
32
 Bickel, Mr. & Mrs. Karl A.
Biscoe, Howard S.
Black
Black, Constance
Black, John
Blanck, Dick
Bloede, Victor and Elisa
Bloede, Ilse
Blogg, Percy T.
Blondell, Ida
Bodine, A. Aubrey
Bolling, Bertha
Bouton, S. Miles
Bowie, Helen Richardson
Boyd, Ernest
Boyd, Madeleine
Bradford, Roark and Mary Rose
Breslander, Martin
Broderick, Henry
Brodney, Spencer
Brooke, Bissell (?)
Brooks, Van Wyck
Brown, Warren (?)
Browne, Reverend
Buckheister, Mary H.
Buismauger, Augustus
Burns, Major E.L.M.
Burroughs, W. Dwight
Burton, Harry Payne
Buselmeier, Karl
Butcher, Fanny
4 Cabell, James Branch
Cahn, Mr. & Mrs. Frank B.
Cain, J.M. (2)
Cafrey, Jonathan
Cajetan, Brother
Callahan, P.H.
Calvert, Catherine
Cannon, James and Helen
Carruthers, Donald W.
33
 Case, Bertha and Frank
Case, Frank
Cathcart, Maxwell
Cautela, Giuseppe
Cermak, Mr. and Mrs. James, Jr.
Chandler, Col. DeF.
Chapin, W.W.
Chappell, Mrs. Ralph R. (Naomi)
Chasins, Abram
Chatham, Lucy and Thurmond
Chesney, Alan Max
Chisum, Melvin J.
Clark, Alice
Clarke, Commander Charles W.
5 Clending, Logan
Cleveland, Jennifer M.
Cleveland, Richard
Clugston, W.G.
Cobb, Margaret
Coffin, Howard E.
Comandini, Adele
Combs, Josiah
Conklin, Groff (3)
Conn, Edith Stowe
Conradi, Austin and Edna
Cook, Irene
Cooke, Robert A.
Coplan, Kate
Corry, Harry
Craig, Lillian
Craigen, Emily Williams
Crawford, Gilbert H.
Crawford, Nelson Antrim
Croessman, H.K.
Crowninshield, Frank (2)
Cullen, Thomas
Cuthbert, Margaret
6 Dabney, Virginius (2)
Daly, T.A.
Darrow, Ruby and Clarence
34
 Dashiell, Alfred
Dashiell, Mrs. Charles W.
Davidson, Eugene
Davis, Robert H.
Dawson, Edgar R.
Dawson, Mrs. I.L. and family
Dean, Tunis F.
DeCasseres, Benjamin
DeFord, Miriam Allan
De Kruif, Rhea and Paul
DePuej, Blanche H.
DeSanchez, J.A.M.
Desch, George R.
DeVenish, O.W.
Dodd, Martha
Dohme, Alfred R.L.
Donoghue, George A.
Dos Passos, john
Douglas, W.A.S.
Dreiser, Theodore (2)
Drummie, T.F.
Dudek, Monsignor J.B. (2)
Duncan, William and Mona
Dunne, Brian Born
Dunton, William Rush, Jr.
Dupont, Marcella (2)
7 Ebeling, Flora A.
Eichenberg, Harry
Elgstrom, Anne
Ellison, Daniel
Emery, Mr. & Mrs. John Ralph
Emmart, A.W.
Ernhaus, Mrs. B.W.
Erskine, John
Essary, J. Fred
Essary, Fred and Helen
Eusis (?)
8 Falkenberg, F. Von
Fante, John
Fegan, F.J.
35
 Feleky, Antoinette
Fenhagen, J.C.
Fenlon, John F.
Fiery, Marion
Finney, Mary G.
Fisher, Charles August
Fiske, Charles
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (3)
Flagel, Clarissa
Fleck, Mr. & Mrs. Carl
Fletcher, D. Watson
Fletcher, Henry P. (2)
Flom, George T.
Flynn, Daniel H.
Foley, Martha
Fontaine, E. Clark
Forbus, Mrs. Wiley D. (Elizabeth Burger)
Ford, Kathryn Shilling
France, Joseph Irwin
Frank, Mr. & Mrs. Eli, Jr.
Frank, Sadie H.
Freeman, Douglas Southall
9 Gantt, Dr. & Mrs. William A. Horsley
Gantt, William A. Horsley
Garner, Helen Gregg
Gault, H. Matthew
Gay, Leslie Newton
Geddes, Alexander (3)
Gilfond, Mrs. Duff
Gilkyson, Bernice Kenyon (2)
Gillilan, Strickland
Gish, Lillian
Glasgow, Ellen (2)
Goetz, Ruth and Gus
Goldberg, Isaac
Goochman, Florence
Goodbody, Kate H.
Goodman, Daniel Carson
Goodman, Phil and Lily (3)
Goodwin, Harold S.
36
 Gossman, A. Jay
Gordon, William
Gottlies, Mark J.
Grafton, Samuel
Greil, Mrs. Nathan (Anna Roman)
Griffith, Raymond
Gruening, Ernest
Guthrie, Mrs. Maude
10 Haardt, Ida (2)
Haardt, John H. (from Mencken)
Haardt, Mrs. John Hall
Haardt, Philippa
Hacker, John G.
Hall, Grover C. (2)
Hall, Julian
Hamburger, Ida
Hamburger, Philip
Hamilton, Rosalie (2)
Hand, Charlotte Oatman
Handy, E.
Hanes, Mrs. Fred M. (Betty) (2)
Hanes, DeWitt C.
Hanes, Fred
Hanes, Jim and Molly
Hanes, Mildren and Rob
Hanney, Cora E.
Harker, Evelyne
Harris, Julia and Julian
Harriss, R.P.
Haskin, Frederic J.
Hawks, Arthur W., Jr.
Hawks, Rachel M.
Hawks, Wells
Hayden, Elsa G. (2)
Hazlehurst, Frank
Hazlitt, Henry
11 Heaphy, William V.
Heath, Marcia
Hefferman, Mary Wiley
Heimberger, Emil
37
 Hemberger, Thedor and Emma
Hemphill, John
Hemsley, Elizabeth Tilghman
Henderson, Herbert C.
Henkle, Henry
Henry, Daniel M.
Hepbron, James M.
Herford, Mabel
Hergesheimer, Dorothy (2)
Hergesheimer, Joseph
Hess, I.S.
Higgins, Leo C.
Hildebrandt, Anna W.
Hildebrandt, Carolyn
Hill, F.
Hipple, James B.
Hirshberg, Leonard Keene
12 Hoffman, Helene
Hofmann, Adèle
Hogan, Frank J.
Holden, W.S.
Holsey, A.L.
Hood, Gretchen
Hooper, Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Hamill
Hopper, Charles C.
Hough, Walter R.
Howard, W.T.
Howe, Gene
Howland, Hewitt H.
Huber, Frederick R.
Hudnut, R.A.
Hudson, R.F.
Hughes, Natalie
Hulsteÿn, J.C. von
Huneker, Mrs. James Gibbons (2)
Hungerford, Ed
Hurley, Frank and Josephine
Hurtman, C.
Hussey, Virginia
Hutzler, Mr. & Mrs. Albert D.
38
 Hyde, Henry M.
13 Ireton, Rt. Rev. Peter L.
Jackson, Howard W.
James, Emma
James, Macgill and Bruce
Janvier, Meredith (2)
Jardine, W.N.
Jenkins, George T.
Jenkins, John Wilber
Jones, Alice E.
Jones, Ashton B.
Jones, Carter Brooke
Jones Harriet D.
Jones, J.
14 Kadison, Alexander
Kahn, Max
Kallen, H.M.
Katz, Joseph
Kauffman, Reginald Wright
Kean, Edith Lustgarten
Keating, George T.
Keller, Marie de Ford
Kelley, Bishop
Kelly, Howard A.
King, Marion
Kinsolving, Sally B.
Kirsch, Adolph
Klinefelter, Harry F.
Knopf, Mrs. Alfred A. (telegram from Mencken)
Knopf, Alfred A. (5)
Knopf, Blanche (2)
Knopf, Lillie H.
Knopf, Pat
Koch, William
Koffel, H.
Kohn, Leon A.
Krantz, George B., Jr.
Kriton, T.D.
Krug, Mrs. E. Clark
Krutch, Joseph Wood
39
 Kubler, George and Elsa
Kurtz, Lewis
15 Lagemann, Eric (2)
Laib, M. Harry
Laithe, Mrs. Henry Merritt
Laithe, Mr. Henry Merritt
Lake, Charles Stewart
Lake, Paul S.
Lambert, Robert A.
Lang, john L.
Lane, William P., Jr.
Lappier, M. Redding
Lazarou, M.
Leach, Henry
Lee, Lawrence
Leeds, Stanton
Lehmayer, Martin
Lengel, Nelle and Bill
Leopold, Elizabeth C.
Levy, Oscar
Lewis, Dorothy
Lewis, Sinclair
Lindsey, R.A.
Linke, Marion Miller
Lobsenz, Jacob Munter
Logan, Alice
Lohrfinck, Mrs. John W.
Lonn, Ella
Loos, Anita
Lovette
Lowman, J.J.
Lucas, Vernon Arthur
Luckett, Anne
Lundell, William
Lundbergh, Holger
16 Malone, Dudley Field
Malone, Mr. and Mrs. Kemp
Malone, Kemp
Maloy, Mrs. William Milnes
Maloy, Mr. William Milnes
40
 Marbury, Jane
Marks, Lewis H.
Martin, Wiley-Gayle
Masters, Edgar L. (2)
Masters, Ellen
Maule, Harry E. (2)
Maxson, Charles W.
Maxwell, Celeste K.
Mayer, Ann Louise and Clinton
Mayfield, Sara (3)
Maynard, Theodore
Mayo, March C.
Mayo, M.
Mays, Bessie
Meade, Julian R.
Meekins, Katharine W.
Meier, M.W.
Mencke, Anna
Mencken, H.P.
Mencken, Louise
Mencken, Raymond H.
Mencken, Virginia
Merritt, Mr. & Mrs. James Miller
Mettig, Marie
Meyer, Carl L.W.
17 Michand, Jane
Miles, E.W.
Milholland, Edward
Miller, Hettie E.
Miller, Natalie E.
Miller, Walter W.
Milton, George Fort
Mitchell, Broadus
Mixdorf, Henry
Mock, A.J.
Moffett, Edward
Moneta, C.A.
Morgan, Edwin F.A.
Morris, Gerald Vincent
Morris, Ruth and Gouverneur
41
 Morris, Ruth
Morrissey, M.A.
Moser, Charles
Mountcastle, May and Kenneth
Muller, E. Lester
Mungal, Mr. & Mrs.
Murphy, Charles
Murphy, Julia A.
Murtagh, Dick
Muschenheim, Elsa
Musgrave, G.W.
Muto, Tony
18 McArthur, Lucile
McCardle, Battle
McClellan, Mrs. T.M., Jr. (telegram from Mencken)
McClellan, Tom, Polly, and Yutch
McClellan, Yutch
McConlogue, Nancy
McConlogue, Neil
McDannald, A.H. (note from H.L.M.)
McDannald, A.H. (4)
McFarlane, Leslie
Mcintosh, Kenneth
McKinney, F.
McNelis, Catherine
MacTavish, Mrs. R.C.
McQuaid, Eleanor O’Neill
19 Nabers, Charles Haddon
Nathan, George Jean (2)
Neilson, Alice T.
Nelson, Freddie
Neuhausen, Nellie
Newbold, David
Nice, Harry and Edna
Nice, Harry W.
Nickerson, Hoffman
Nicolson, Marjorie (5)
Niemeyer, Harry
Niezychowski, Alfred and Nanine
Nitze, Carl L.
42
 Norris, Charles G.
Novak, Emile
20 O’Day, J. Christopher
ODunne, Eugene
Oelrichs, Hermann and Dorothy
Oelrichs, Hermann
O’Mara, Pat
O’Neill, Gordon
Osborne, May Allison
Ottenheimer, Moses
Oursler, Grace and Fulton
Oursler, Fulton
Oursler, Grace
Overfield, Virginia
Owens, Hamilton
Owens, John Whitefield (2)
21 Page, Mr. & Mrs. William Carter
Palmer, Paul (3)
Parker, Dorothy
Parmenter, Mary
Parrish, Rev. Dr. Herbert (letter from Mencken)
Parrish, Herbert
Parshley, Howard M.
Patterson
Peacock, Roscoe
Pearl, Maud
Pekor, Charles F., Jr.
Perlman, Philip B.
Pollock, Anna and Channing
Pollock, Channing (2)
Porter, Bessie Browne
Powers, H.G.
Pratt, Theodore
Preston, James H.
Priest, Jane
Pringle, Aileen
Purdy, C.M.
22 Quayle, John A.
Rabbe, Conrad C.
Radcliffe, George L.
43
 Radcliffe, S.K.
Reed, James A.
Raymod, Samuel
Reese, Lizette Woodworth
Reilly, Edward, Jr.
Requart, John
Reynolds, Elizabeth Dillard
Rhodes, June Hamilton
Rice, Julie and Hilton (2)
Rice, C. Hilton
Richards, C. Victor
Richardson, W.G. and family
Rickel, Harry
Rifkind, Emilie Michel
Ritchie, Helen C.
23 Robb, Walter
Roberts, E.
Roberts, Roy
Robertson, David A.
Robertson, T.A.
Robinson, Edward L.
Rogan, Tom
Rogers, Bessie
Rogers, Caroline Rose
Rogers, Mary and Ned
Rogers, Mary M.
Rohn, Max and family
Rollman, Frank E.
Rooney, Alicia L.
Roosevelt, Theodore
Roschen, Hermann D., Jr.
Rosenberg, James N.
Ross, Charles
Rowland, J.M.H.
Royal, John F.
Rubenstein, C.K.
Ryder, David Warren
4 1 Salkin, Celia
Samuels, Arthur H. (2)
Saner, Ella F.
44
 Sayre, Gertrude
Scanlon, Edward
Scarpello, Charles A.
Schaefer, Estelle Mencken
Schaefer, Otto
Schafer-Pfaff Cigar Co.
Schapiro, Herman
Schoff, Harrison Hale
Scheer, George F.
Scheffauer, Ethel Talbot
Schellhase, Mr. & Mrs. Otto
Schoenberg, Dr. & Mrs. Albert
Schoenrich, Otto
Scholtz, Karl A.M.
Schradieck, Claire Strube
Schuette, Oswald F.
Schuster, M. Lincoln
Schuyler, George S.
Seaman, H.W.
Search, Mabel
Selwyn, Edgar
Semmes, John E.
Sener, Mandel
Senykoff, Serge
Sham, Sally
Shanklin, Edward M.
Shaw, Charles G.
Sherwood, Harry
Shirletz, Marjorie Hathaway
Short, Carlton
2 Sieve, Myriam
Sigmund, Jay G.
Simmons, Paul (The Associated Press)
Skilling, Mrs. John Kane
Smeaton, Hugh Weir
Smith, Goldie B.
Smith, Henry Lee
Smith, S.W.
Smith, T.R.
Sobeih, Aly
45
 Spencer, Anne
Spencer, Hazelton
Spivak, Lawrence E. (2)
Spohn, Howard L.
Stahlman, Jim
Starr, Elizabeth Ellen
Stayton, W.H.
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur
Steiner, Katharine and Bob
Stern, B.H.
Steuart, Mr. & Mrs. Richard Dennis
Stuart, Dick
Stevens, James
Stevenson, Mrs. Haardt (telegrams from Mencken) (2)
Stevenson, C. Wycliffe
Stockton, Hortense and Dick
Stolberg, Benjamin
Stone, William A.
Stricker, Margaret D.
Stricker, Reverend William Francis
Strehlan, F.W.
Strode, Hudson
Strube, Gustav
Sullivan, Frank
Sulzer, William
Supplee, J. Frank, Jr.
Swope, Herbert Bayard
3 Taylor, Dorothy
Taylor, J. Howard
Terry, Rebecca
Thack, Nelly S.
Thayer, John Adams
Thigpen, Mrs. Charles A.
Thomas, Charles C.
Thomas, Josephine E.
Thompson, A.H.
Timberlake, Gideon
Tinzmann
Todd, M.
Tompkins, Raymond
46
 Torousky, Adolph
Torrence, Helen
Treide, Henry
Troll, Walter
Trowbridge, Pauline Mencken
Trussell, Peck
Tully, Jim (2)
Tumulty, Joseph P.
Turner, Arthur G.
Tydings, Millard E.
4 Ulman, Joseph N.
Ulman, Katharine Cary
Untermeyer, Louis and Esther
Untermeyer, Louis
Upshaw, William D.
Vanderburgh, Florence Herrick
Van Doren, J.
Van Loom, Hendrik William (2)
Van Mons, Charles H.
Van Vechten, Carl
Van Pelt, Mary K.
Vietu, Armando
Villards, Donald G.
5 Washame, Gordon
Wanger, Justine and Walter
Warburg, Pamela deBayon
Warfield, Elizabeth Polk
Warner, Henry Edward
Wassermann, Edward
Watkins, Charles
Watson, J.P.
Watson, Mark S.
Way, Norma
Weglein, David E.
Weinberg, Leonard
Welburn, William D., Jr.
Wells, Marie A.
West, Harold E.
West, Mable M.
Wheeler, John N.
47
 White, J.C.
White, Katharine S.
White, W.A.
White, Walter
Whitehead, Mr. & Mrs. John Roswell
6 Wiesel, Henri J. (2)
Wilhelm, C.L.
Wilhelm, Henry G.
Wilkins, Roy
Willard, Daniel
Williams, Mrs. A.P.
Williams, Marguerite Clark
Williams, Raymond S.
Willson, Charlotte M.
Wilson, Dallett H.
Wing, Frank
Winslow, Ola E.
Winslow, Thyra Samter
Winston-Ellett, Kathleen
Wirtz, Lily
Wolf, Edwin J.
Wolf, Harry B.
Wolman, Samuel
Wolwerton, Charles
Wood, Clotilde
Wood, Prunella
Woods, Alan C.
Woollcott, Marie
Wright, Alice
Wright, Claire and Willard H.
Wright, S. Dickinson
Wright, Willard Huntington
7 Yartin, Joseph and family
Zeisberg, F.J.
Ziegler, Edward
Zucker, A.E.
8 Anne (letter addressed to Miss Winslow)
Elly
Vivian and Arthur
[Unknown]
48
 Newspaper notice

Series IV: Correspondence Concerning Southern Album, 1932-1951

Subseries A. Correspondence concerning copyright, 1935-1946

4 9 Note from H.L.M. concerning the following correspondence

1935 August 24, Copy of letter to American Mercury
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Emily Swift Balch
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Home Magazine
1935 August 26, Marie L. Featherstone, Home Magazine
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to North American Review
1935 August 26, John Pull, North American Review
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Scribner’s Magazine
1935 August 27, Alfred S. Dashiell, Scribner’s Magazine
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Household Magazine
1935 August 27 Kathleen Rogan Ashton, Household Magazine
1935 August 27, Household Magazine copyright transfer
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Harper’s Bazaar
1935 August 27, Kathryn Bourne, Harper’s Bazaar
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Woman’s Home Companion
1935 August 27, Mildred S. Burton, Woman’s Home Companion
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Delineator
1935 August 28, Oscar Graeve, Delineator
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Forum
1935 August 29, D.P. Page, Forum
1935 August 24, Copy of letter to Story
1935 August 30, Martha Foley, Story (2)
1935 September 3, Copy of letter to D. Appleton-Century Co.
1935 September 4, J.W. Sanders, D. Appleton-Century Co.
1935 September 7, Copy of letter to Southwest Review
1936 June 20, Harold F. Schory
1936 August 10, Harold F. Schory
1938 June 17, L.M. Kerihan, Scribner’s Magazine
1939 May 9, Margaret Bland Sewell
1939 May 19, Margaret Bland Sewell
1940 February 2, Alice Graham Kaestner, Goucher Kalends
1946August 27, Ken McCormick, Doubleday & Company, Inc.

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 Subseries B. Letters to H.L.M. from Harry E. Maude, Doubleday, Doran and
Company, 1932-1939

4 10 1932 January 2, royalty statement

1932 July 1, royalty statement
1933 January 2, royalty statement
1933 July 1, royalty statement
1935 August 26
1935 September 26
1935 October 2
1935 November 27
1935 December 9
1936 January 9
1936 February 4
1936 February 10
1936 February 21
1936 April 16
1936 April 21, with list attached
1936 April 29
1937 January 2, royalty statement
1937 July 1, royalty statement
1937 October 8
1937 October 21
1937 October 26
1937 October 29
1937 November 1, royalty statement
1937 November 8
1937 November 11
1937 November 27
1938 March 2
1938 May 2, royalty statement
1938 July 14
1938 November 1, royalty statement
1939 May 1, royalty statement

Subseries C. Correspondence concerning Southern Album, 1935-1951

4 11 1935, Elise G. Faff

1936 January 28, James J. Geller
1936 August 22, Mrs. A. Stacey Gifford
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 1936 May 27, W.A. Marsden
1936 March 31, Mary Bake
1936 March 19, Mrs. Joseph D. Grigsby
1937, Edith Johnson
1937 February, 12, Matilda B. Resting
1937 October 13, Marie C. Loscalzo
1937 December 23, James H. Hewlett
1938 March 28, Anna Pollock
1938 April 1, Anna Pollock
1938 August 4, William L. Neely
1951 July 18, Copy of letter to Mrs. Crawford
1951 July 12, Mrs. Glenn Crawford

Series V. Typescripts and Manuscripts by Sara Haardt Mencken, 1916-1935

*Materials bound by H.L. Mencken

Subseries A. College Materials, 1916-1920

Class notes
Donnybrook Fair 1919
Donnybrook Fair 1920

Subseries B. Articles and Movie Scenarios, Undated

Prefatory note by H.L.M.
“Priscilla Cabell”
“Zelda Fitzgerald”
“Heart of Hollywood”
Letter to Mrs. Meloney
“Elizabeth Blackwell”, with Lilian Welsh
“Goucher”
“Southern Souvenir”
“A Lady’s Library”
“The First Reader”
“Ellen Glasgow”
Fragment, Untitled
Untitled
“The New Freedom”

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 “Women as Diplomats”
“Maid of Democracy”
“The Young Hopefuls”
“Mister Mac”
“No Ladies Allowed”
“No Ladies Allowed” Manuscript fragment
Note by H.L.M.
“The Holiday Soldier” Manuscript, written on back “The Lady of Auburn”
“Dear Life”
“The Holiday Soldier”
“Way Down South”
“The Promised Land” Walter Woods
“Way Down South”
“Way Down South”
“Good Intentions”
“Mardi Gras”
“King of the Jellies”

Subseries C. Fiction, 1917-1935

Volume 1
Note from H.L.M.
“The Rattlesnake”
“Fight” fragment
“Once in a Thousand Years”
“The Smartest Girl in Town”
“Green Gold”
“Feathers”
“Feathers” with Anne Perkins Ellis
“The Shifter”
“Trifles”
“Mrs. Mardi Gras Jones”
“Pet”
“Alabama April”
“Mrs. Washburn Kills Herself”
“When a Lady Doesn’t Marry”
“Souvenirs”
“Last of the Beaux”
“Southern Town”
“Solitaire”
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 “Rumor Has It”
“Afternoon of Youth”
“Birthday”
“The Charm String”
“Everybody’s Brother”
“Evergreen”

Volume 2
“Little Lady”
“Social Peanut”
“Ask for Miss Myrtle”
“Miss Eutopia”
“The Price o’ Cotton”
“Local Girl” manuscript
Untitled
“Whiskey Straight”
“The Manor”
“Garden Flower”
“Twilight of Chivalry”
“Each in her Own Day”
“Ladies and Lovers”
“A Redbird and a Wish”
“Clinging Vine”
“No Poppa, No Momma”
“Baby Chile”
“Career”
“Lovin’ Fool”
“Hot Heaven!”
“Roll On, Sweet Sisters!”
“Ole Sugar Moon”
“Anywhere but South America!”
“Church is Out!”
“Datin’ Fool”
“Kiss ‘em or Kill ‘em”
“Ramblin’ Wreck”
“Sea-Goin’ Fool”
“Nothin’ Like That!”
“Old Lovers are Hard to Down”
“You’re the Sweetest One!”

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 Subseries D. Notes about Southern Album, 1927-1935

Volume of notes bound by H.L. Mencken

Series VI. Clippings of Published Short Stories and Articles, 1918-1936

*Materials bound by H.L. Mencken

Volume 1
Prefatory Note by H.L.M.
“A Little Girl Grows Up”
“Whiskey Straight” College Humor, 1936 February
“Baby Chile” Harper’s Bazaar, 1935 July
“Solitaire” Harper’s Bazaar, 1934 August
“Roll on, Sweet Sisters!” College Humor
“Sara Haardt, the wife of H.L. Mencken, Conquers Tuberculosis Four
Times” The Fluoroscope, 1935 May
“Beer Evening” Formal, 1934 October
“Literary Life in the Cotton Belt” Brentano’s Book Chat
“Are Doctors People?” Hygeia, 1934 June
“A New Program for Women’s Clubs” Household Magazine, 1934 May
“Hollywood Stars Have Their Hobbies”
“My Doctor Told me the Truth!” Home Magazine, 1934 May
“Little White Girl” Scribner’s Magazine, 1934 April
“Dear Life” Story, 1934 September
“A Redbird and a Wish” Household Magazine, 1934 March
“Old New Orleans” New York Herald Tribune
“Portrait of a Jellybean” New York Herald Tribune
“The First Lady of the Confederacy” New York Herald Tribune
“Souvenirs” Household Magazine, 1932 March
“Clinging Vine” Harper’s Bazaar, 1934 April
“Sissy” New Current Digest, 1934 February
“Youth in the Cotton Belt” Brentano’s Book Chat
“Treasure Trove in the Attic” New York Herald Tribune, 1934 January 7
“Don’t be a Teacher” Household Magazine, 1934 September
“Good-bye” Scribner’s Magazine, 1934 December
“Prizes from Junk Shops”
“Bargains in Young Antiques” New York Herald Tribune, 1933 July 9
“Ladies and Lovers”
“Each” The Delineator, 1933 October
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 “In Her Own Day” The Delineator, 1933 October
“Sissy” Harper’s Bazaar, 1933 November
“Southern Belle” The Household Magazine, 1933 June
“Bargains in Young Antiques” Hobbies, 1933 November
“Twilight of Chivalry” Harper’s Bazaar, 1933 June
“Tomboy” Woman’s Home Companion, 1933 March
“Love Letters of Long Ago” Country Life, 1933 February
“Birthday” Harper’s Bazaar, 1933 April
“The First Reader” New York World-Telegram, 1932 August 24
“The Rose of Dixie” New York Herald Tribune, 1932 October 9
“Tea on the Terrace” Life, 1933 September
“Glass Bells of Days Gone By” Country Life, 1932 October
“Goucher” College Humor, 1932 November
“Shells of Fond Memory” Country Life, 1932 November
“The New Wives’ Tale” The Household Magazine, 1932 October
“Aunt Annie Lee” Harper’s Bazaar, 1932 August
“The Last of the Beaux”
“Absolutely Perfect” Woman’s Home Companion, 1932 June
“Miss Lizzie Carey” (Souvenirs), Household Magazine, 1932 March
“Garden Flower” Woman’s Home Companion, 1932 October
“It’s Quite an Experience” New Yorker, 1932 June 25
“The Manor” North American Review, 1932 February
“Mister Mac” Household Magazine, 1931 September
“Southern Credo” American Mercury, 1930 May

Volume 2
“Southern Town” North American Review, 1931 October
“The South’s Queen Varina” New York Herald Tribune, 1931 December
13
“The First Reader” New York Herald Tribune, 1931 September 5
“The Dark and Bloody Ground” New York Herald Tribune, 1931 January
4
“Famous Old Virginia Breads” Woman’s World, 1930 February
“Old Country” New York Herald Tribune, 1930 November 30
“South Still Gives Pickett the Glory that Belongs to other Men”
Milwaukee Journal, 1930 June 3
“Charleston and the New South” New York Herald Tribune, 1929
February 3
“Grown-Up” The Household Magazine, 1929

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“At Last They Come to the Defense of Slave Owners” Milwaukee Journal,
1929 May 13
“Old Baltimore” New York Herald Tribune, 1929
“Joseph Hergesheimer’s Methods” Bookman, 1929 June
“The Etiquette of Slavery” American Mercury, 1929 May
“Ellen Glasgow and the South” Bookman, 1929
“A Hollywood Classic” Haldeman-Julius Quarterly, 1929 Jan/Feb/March
“King of the Jellies” College Humor, 1928 November
“The Fire” Haldeman-Julius Quarterly, 1928 April/May/June
“Bits of Alabama Life” Haldeman-Julius Quarterly, 1928 July/Aug/Sep
“Alabama April” American Mercury, circa 1928
“A New Path to Glory” Haldeman-Julius Monthly, 1926 November
“Old Maid” Haldeman-Julius Quarterly, 1927 July/Aug/Sept
“Hot Heaven” College Humor, 1928
“Speaking of Gold Diggers” College Humor, 1927 February
“Lovin’ Fool” College Humor, 1928
“Licked” American Mercury, 1927 September
“The First Wild Oat” McClure’s, 1927 January
“Jim Tully” American Mercury, 1928 May
“Governor Brandon Accepts an Invitation” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926
December 31
“What Price Federation?” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 October 26
“At the Sign of the Three Balls” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 November
23
“The New Evangelism” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 October
“Little New York of the Adirondacks” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926
August 13
“Sisters Under the Skin” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 July 28
“The Southern Lady Says Grace” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 July 7
“The Uplift Blues” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 June 18
“The Spirit of the South” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 June 2
“The Renaissance Comes In” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 April 30
“A Recipe for Success” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 March 24
“Etiquette: American Style” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1926 January 15
“Our Social Revolution” Virginia Quarterly Review, 1926 October
“Commencement” American Mercury, 1926 August
“All in the Family” The Century, 1926 March
“The Rush-Hour” San Francisco Review, 1926 March
“A Mendelian Dominant” American Mercury, 1926 March
“Paradox” The Reviewer, 1926 January
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 “Jackson, Tennessee” Carolina Magazine, 1926 October
“Jackson, Tennessee” Carolina Magazine, 1926 November
“Strictly Southern” The Reviewer, 1922 July
“The South Washes Its Hands” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1925 August
“The Youth Movement in the Cotton Belt” Baltimore Evening Sun, 1925
June 30
“Alabama” American Mercury, 1925 September
“Slade Jernigan’s Woman” Southwest Review, Winter 1927
“Strictly Southern” The Reviewer
“Miss Rebecca” The Reviewer, 1924 July
“The Southern Lady Says Grace” The Reviewer
“Joe Moore and Callie Blasingame” Smart Set, 1923 October
“The Jade Fan” with Dorothy Grey, The Younger Set, 1923 October
“The Society of the Foolish My Soul Despiseth” Goucher Kalends, 1919
April
“If Summer Comes” New Yorker, 1923 August 19
“On Reading Minor Poems” The Reviewer, 1924 January
“Hands” Goucher Kalends, 1918 February

Series VII. Portraits and Photographs, 1898-1937

Box Folder
1 Sara by Cecelia Norfolk Lareckson, 1930
Sara by Carl Van Vechten, 1932 July 19
Sara and H.L.M by A. Aubrey Bodine, 1933
Bound Portraits of Sara Haardt Mencken, 1898-1935, Assembled and
Arranged, with Notes, by H.L. Mencken, 1937
Photograph of Bottle
Photograph of H.H Runkles Second-hand Store
Photograph of Railroad Train Platter
Photographs of Sara Haardt Mencken and family, 1934-1935

Series VIII. Mixed Materials, 1916-1935

Box Folder
5 1 Transcript from Goucher College, 1916 September
Marriage Announcement
Unprinted Article about Marriage
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 “The Last Word” College Humor, 1928
“King of the Jellies” College Humor, 1928
Announcement of the Presentation of the Sara Haardt Mencken Collection
gift to Goucher College Library, 1935 October 23
Ticket to Presentation Sara Haardt Mencken Collection
Gift Receipt to the Goucher College Building Fund
Letter from Margaret Booth, 1939 April 23
Commencement program of the Margaret Booth School
2 Hospital Statement, 1934 October 4
Hospital Statement, 1934 October 11
Hospital Statement, 1935 March 22
3 Checks
4 Date Book, 1935
Phone Book
Record of Efforts to be Published
Address Book
5 Note from H.L.M. about the score
Music Score, “Der Kongress Tanzt”

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