Horse-drawn vehicles; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Family--Pictorial works; Mount Washington (Baltimore, Md.); Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1892 by James F. Hughes of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) and siblings at their summer house in Mount Washington. Standing to the left is Mencken's brother Charles Edward with his youngest brother August (left...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken as a young boy sitting on a wall. In this photograph he is thought to be 8 years old. (Editor's note: This studio photograph was probably taken by J. H. (John Henry) Schaefer in October of 1888...
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1906 by Meredith Janvier of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. On June 17, 1906, after 5 months as managing editor of the Baltimore Herald, one of the youngest managing editors ever, Mencken found himself out of a job. The...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.); Journalists--United States;
Document showing the early newspaper stories written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken and published in the Baltimore Morning Herald newspaper between February 24 and March 1, 1899. Page 1 shows all of the stories collected in a three-column spread on...
Eighteen-page document (pamphlet) written by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken in 1902 to extol the beauties and charms of Loudon Park Cemetery in Baltimore, Maryland. Containing seven photographs of buildings and scenes around the cemetery and one...
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in 1930 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken standing with Clarence Darrow in the dining room of the Menckens' apartment (after his marriage to Sara Haardt) at number 704 Cathedral Street in Baltimore, Maryland. The two friends...
Guffey, Joseph F., 1870-1959; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken in February 14, 1935* of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) with Senator Joseph F. Guffey (left) of Pennsylvania at an anti-lynching legislative hearing in Washington, D.C. On February 14, 1935, Mencken testified at a...
In this letter dated August 29, 1835 and written from Richmond, Virginia, Edgar Allan Poe begs Maria Clemm to reject the offer made by Neilson Poe to have her and her daughter, Virginia, live with Neilson and his family. At the end of the letter,...
Poe, David, 1742-1816; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, George; Slave bills of sale;
Handwritten copy of a bill of sale for Negro slave Jack sold by David Poe, Edgar Allan Poe's grandfather, to George Poe on March 30, 1802 and recorded April 12, 1802 by William Gibson, clerk of the Baltimore County Court. (Editor's note: This...
Baltimore (Md.); Death; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Dr. J. J. Moran to Maria Clemm, in which Dr. Moran relays his condolences at the passing of Edgar Allan Poe and discusses the nature of Poe's illness and the last days before his death.
In this letter dated December 27, 1865 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison tries to calm Maria Clemm, Edgar Allan Poe's mother-in-law, who is distraught because she has not received a letter from Harrison recently. Addressing her...
In this letter dated December 8, 1864 and written from Brooklyn, New York, Gabriel Harrison answers Maria Clemm's recent letter, a response it appears to his letter to her of December 1 (see item scpc022). Having been informed of her situation,...
Baltimore (Md.); Burial; Death; Funeral rites and ceremonies; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
Letter from Neilson Poe to Maria Clemm dated October 11, 1849. In this letter, Neilson Poe expresses his condolences at the passing of Edgar Allan Poe and his (Neilson's) regrets that he was unable to reach Mrs. Clemm to inform her of the day and...
Church Home (Baltimore, Md.); Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Neilson, 1809-1884;
In this letter dated September 14, 1863 and written from Baltimore, Maryland, Maria Clemm informs Neilson Poe she is now living in the Church Home on Broadway in Baltimore. Although her stay is being paid for by the ladies of St. Paul's Church, she...
Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In this letter dated April 4, 1876 and written from Paris, France, Stéphane Mallarmé responds to Sara Sigourney Rice's letter requesting a few lines from Mallarmé to be included in a book entitled Edgar Allan Poe: A Memorial Volume. Rice was...
Letters; Mallarmé, Stéphane, 1842-1898; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Rice, Sara Sigourney, 1831-1909;
In his letter dated January 12, 1876 but actually written in 1877 from Paris, France, the polite but distressed poet Stéphane Mallarmé complains to Sara Sigourney Rice about the errors in his memorial sonnet to Edgar Allan Poe. Apparently, Miss...
Miscellaneous sketches by Adalbert Volck. The purpose of these sketches is unknown. The topmost sketches include a number of profiles of men's heads and are subtitled with the text "smoke pictures - purely accidental (of course)." There are two...
