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August Mencken letters to James H. Bready
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MS-0700
Abstract
August Mencken was an American civil engineer and author. He was the younger brother of Henry Louis Mencken, and the son of cigar magnate August Mencken, Sr. James Hall Bready was a Baltimore Evening Sun editorial writer for more than three decades and originator of the "Books and Authors" column that was published in The Baltimore Sun for nearly 50 years. This collection consists of 11 letters from August Mencken to James Bready, a columnist at The...
Dates:
1952-1961
Found in:
Special Collections
Broadus Mitchell papers
Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MS-HUT-015
Abstract
Broadus Mitchell was an educator, historian, and biographer of Alexander Hamilton. Mitchell taught economics at Hopkins, 1919-1939, and was active in political affairs and issues of social justice in Baltimore. The collection consists of some papers related to Broadus Mitchell's research for his published work, William Gregg, Factory Master of the Old South, (1928) and Mitchell's biographical materials. The papers span from 1928 to 1929 and 1979-1986.
Dates:
1928-1929, 1979-1986
Found in:
Special Collections
H. L. Mencken collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0476
Abstract
This is an artificial collection made up of printed ephemera, letters, and photographs that accompanied books by and about H. L. Mencken.
Dates:
1900-1996
Found in:
Special Collections
Johns Hopkins University Josephine Jacobsen collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0561
Abstract
Josephine Jacobsen was a poet, short story writer, and literary critic. She was educated by private tutors at Roland Park Country School and graduated in 1926. Jacobsen's papers include drafts of her works, correspondence, photographs, and other materials. They range from the 1920s to 1982.
Dates:
1920s-1982
Found in:
Special Collections
Marianne Moore correspondence with Stephen Garmey
Collection
Identifier: MS-0696
Abstract
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American Modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit. Stephen Garmley was a friend a Moore's an a longtime vicar of Calvary Eposicopal Church. Garley was also the author of Gramercy Park: An Illustrated History of a New York Neighborhood (1984). The collection spans 1957 to 1962 and chiefly is made up of letters...
Dates:
1956-1962
Found in:
Special Collections
Raymond Dexter Havens papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0024
Abstract
Raymond Dexter Havens, educator and author, was born in Rochester, New York in 1880. In 1925, he joined The Johns Hopkins University faculty as Caroline Donovan Professor of English, a post he held until his retirement in 1949. In 1931, Havens was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.The collections consists of correspondence; reprints, articles, and clippings; outlines, course note, study guides, and bibliographies; an autograph album contains holographic messages...
Dates:
1769-1954
Found in:
Special Collections
Richard Frary collection of 20th-century authors' materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0398
Abstract
The collection includes letters, manuscripts, photographs, and other material related to 20th-century authors, including John Dos Passos, the artist Rockwell Kent, Sinclair Lewis, James Joyce, Theodore Dreiser, Frank Norris, and Carl Van Vechten, 1897-1990.
Dates:
1897-1990
Found in:
Special Collections
Richard Frary collection of Stephen Crane materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0421
Abstract
Stephen Crane (1871-1900) was an American novelist, poet, and short story writer, who in 1895 wrote "The Red Badge of Courage", which earned him international acclaim. This collection of materials relating to Crane, compiled by Johns Hopkins University alumnus Richard Frary, includes letters (many by Crane), events ephemera, photographs, articles of literary criticism, and sheet music (inspired by his fiction). The materials date from the 1890s to the early 2000s.
Dates:
1890s-early 2000s
Found in:
Special Collections
Robert A. Wilson collection of Gertrude Stein materials
Collection
Identifier: MS-0785
Abstract
Robert A. Wilson (1922-2016) was a Baltimore native who owned the Phoenix Book Shop in Greenwich Village, New York and was a well-known collector of signed first editions of works by his favorite literary figures, particularly Gertrude Stein. Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) was an American expatriate novelist, playwright, poet, and art collector. She was born outside Pittsburgh, lived in Oakland, California, and then spent the rest of her life in Paris, France, becoming a part of the Parisian...
Dates:
1874-2009
Found in:
Special Collections
Stephen Dixon papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0236
Abstract
This collection primarily documents the career of author Stephen Dixon and spans from approximately 1950 to 2018. Dixon was born in 1936 in New York City. He taught fiction writing in the Writing Seminars at The Johns Hopkins University and is the author of several novels and short stories.
Dates:
approximately 1950-2019
Found in:
Special Collections
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