Correspondence schools and courses; Journalism--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Document showing the first page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's "student's test" for the Associated Newspaper Bureau School of Journalism. Completed but never sent, this document provides a glimpse into the 19-year-old Mencken's aspirations for a...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Caricatures and cartoons; Smart set (New York, N.Y.); Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837);
Pen and ink drawing made in November of 1915 by W. F. Pensel of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken. In this caricature, Mencken is dressed as a knight seated on a well-ridden work horse or nag. Projecting out of the brim of Mencken's hat is a plume or...
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...
Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; New York (N.Y.); Satire; Seventh-Day Adventists
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Louis Cheslock dated August 21, [1929]. Mencken thanks Cheslock for sending a copy of the Present Truth, a Seventh-Day Adventist periodical and writes in a bantering tone when he tells Cheslock that he's thinking of...
Lancaster (Pa.); Letters; Marriage; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Virginia Mencken Morrison, June 27, 1941. Virginia Mencken (1915-1980) was the only child of Mencken's brother, Charles. She had married David Morrison the previous month, and this union would generate two sons. Note...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth;
Document showing the first typescript page of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's commencement address delivered at the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute on June 23, 1896, when he was just 15 years old. This first page of Mencken's speech clearly shows his...
Baltimore County (Md.); Cotton manufacture; Dams Maryland; Rivers Maryland;
Photograph of Union Dam on the Patapsco River in Baltimore County, Maryland. Two dams of the same name were constructed in this area; the first was built in 1808 farther north of the present dam. Pictured is the Union Dam built in 1912 by the...
In this letter dated November 1, 1849 and written from Lowell, Massachusetts, Maria Clemm asks Neilson Poe to send Edgar Allan Poe's trunk by express mail to her at the Charles B. Richmond house in Lowell, where she is presently staying. She sends...
Clemm, Maria, 1790-1871; Letters; Locke, Jane E. (Jane Ermina), 1805-1859; Manuscripts; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Richmond, Nancy Heywood, 1820-1898;
In this letter dated only Monday morning October 14 (1849) (Monday occurred on October 15 in 1849) and written from Lowell, Massachusetts, Annie (Mrs. Nancy Heywood) Richmond welcomes Maria Clemm's acceptance of her invitation to stay with her (see...
Letters; Memorials; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. Correspondence;
In this letter dated February 18, 1876 and written from his home at Farrisford, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, Alfred Lord Tennyson replies curtly to Sara Sigourney Rice's request for a contribution to her Edgar Allan Poe memorial. Written on the...
Boardinghouses; Letters; New York (N.Y.); Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847; Travel;
Letter from Edgar Allan Poe to Maria Clemm dated April 7, 1844. In this letter, Poe recounts his latest journey with Virginia, including details about their arrival, search for a place to stay, and the meals they ate once they'd found lodging,...
January, Josephine Emily Poe (January, H. C. [Harry Churchill], Mrs.); Letters; Poe, Amelia Fitzgerald; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849;
In this letter dated December 2, 1908 and written from the Shelton Hotel in New York City, Amelia Fitzgerald Poe tells her niece, Mrs. H. C. (Harry Churchill) January (Josephine Emily Poe January) about various letters and items related to Edgar...
Borrowing and lending; Dow, Jesse E. (Jesse Erskine), 1809-1850; Health; Letters; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Thomas, Frederick W. (Frederick William), 1806-1866;
In this letter dated March 16, 1843 and written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edgar Allan Poe informs his friends Jesse E. Dow and Frederick W. Thomas that he has arrived in Philadelphia safely and thanks them for all they have done for him. In...
Rare map of Silesia, centered on the city of Wrocław (German name: Breslau). Although, in the Middle Ages Silesia was part of the Kingdom of Poland, later on it was divided among many independent duchies ruled by various Silesian dukes of the...
Botany, Medical--Early works to 1800; Illustration of books--Germany--16th century; Wood-engraving, German--16th century;
Woodcuts of herbs from the book titled Ortus sanitatis : de herbis et plantis, de animalibus et reptilibus, de auibus et volatilibus, de piscibus et natatilibus, de lapidibus et in terre venis nascentibus, de urinis et earum speciebus, tabula...
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Text; Council of Trent (1545-1563 : Trento, Italy); Illustration of books--Italian--16th century; Jesus Christ--Art; Missals--Texts--Early works to 1800; Wood-engraving, Italian--16th century;
Page with rubrication and a woodcut of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ from a Roman missal printed in Venice in 1576. Published by heirs of Lucantonio di Giunta, the missal was issued in accordance with decrees of the Council of Trent and contained...
