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...
Bloom, Marion; Baltimore (Md.); Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945; Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Writing;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Marion Bloom dated February 24, [1914]. Mencken and Marion Bloom (1891-1975) met in February 1914 when she visited the office of the Baltimore Sun. She may well have been his first serious love interest, and this letter...
Baltimore (Md.). Burnt District Commission; City planning; Eminent domain--Maryland; Fires--Maryland--Baltimore; Great Fire, Baltimore, Md., 1904; Statutes;
Document 33 pages long that is believed to be an official copy of the act passed by the Maryland General Assembly on March 11, 1904 that created the Burnt District Commission. The Commission was to be composed of four members appointed by the Mayor...
Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862; Broadsides; Flags; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Kenly, John Reese, 1822-1891; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Battle of Hagers' Town Road. The Rebels Are Skedadling [sic] Out of My Maryland, and leaving all their 'Stolen goods behind'," sung to the popular Confederate tune "Gay and Happy." This broadside, an...
Broadsides; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Political ballads and songs; War poetry, American;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Camp Song of the Maryland Line," a song more familiarly known as "Gay and Happy." Published in Baltimore by R. M. Chambers during the Civil War, this broadside became the camp song for Confederate...
Birds in literature; Broadsides; Hays, Will. S. (William Shakespeare), 1837-1907; White, C. A. (Charles Albert), 1832-1892;
Document containing the broadside entitled "Come, Birdie, Come" with Will. S. Hays listed as the author. In this broadside the speaker talks to a bird sitting in a nest nearby, asking the bird to come and live with him in his home. The bird flies...
United States. Works Progress Administration.; Baltimore (Md.); Enoch Pratt Free Library; Blind. Books and reading; Braille;
Photograph documenting WPA Project Number 318. Typed text on label on back of photograph reads: "Works Progress Administration of Maryland, Division of Operations. Baltimore City. A blind supervisor of the sub-project of WPA No. 318. 'Writing of...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slavery; Slaveholders;
Document containing bills of sale for Josiah M. Cleaveland and Edgar A. Poe. Cleaveland sold a number of household goods to John F. Duryee. Edgar Allan Poe sold a slave on behalf of his mother-in-law, Maria Clemm Poe, to Henry Ridgway of Baltimore...
Baltimore (Md.); Bills of sale; Slaveholders; Slavery;
Document, bill of sale for slave woman named Philis. A typical bill of sale, the above document is a preprinted form with the essential information written in by hand. For the amount of $300, Philis is sold to David L. Maulsby by Eliza Ann Bennett....
Correspondence; Figure skating officials; United States Figure Skating Association; Winter sports;
Letter from Sherwin C. Badger to the Honorable William C. Coleman, eliciting the Judge's opinions concerning the advisability of appointing or electing an executive secretary or assistant secretary to take on duties at the office of the United...
Letter from Theresa Weld Blanchard, the editor of Skating magazine, to Mrs. [Frederic C.] Lee, the secretary of the Ice Club of Baltimore, Inc. In her letter Mrs. Blanchard asks Mrs. Lee if she would be interested in writing an article for Skating...
World War, 1939-1945--Economic aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects;
World War, 1939-1945--War Work--Maryland;
Printed copy of address titled "Maryland's Contribution to the War Effort." The address was given by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord at the Maryland Historical Society on January 11, 1943. In the address, Reckord describes the state's wartime...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Merchant ships--Great...
Photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken, his uncle (on his mother's side) Charles H. Abhau, and a fellow Baltimorean (Louis) Kemp Hennighausen aboard a ship most likely heading for Jamaica about 1901. (Editor's note: This ship may have been the...
American newspapers--Maryland--Baltimore; Baltimore Herald; Journalists--United States; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Merchant ships--Great Britain--Pictorial works;
Photograph of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken aboard a ship heading for Jamaica about 1901. (Editor's note: This ship may have been the British tramp steamer Ely, which traveled to Jamaica and then hauled a cargo, such as bananas, back to Baltimore;...
Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Friends and associates; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Pictorial works; Portrait photography;
Portrait photograph taken December 20, 1936 of H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken (right) hosting a dinner for the Republican presidential candidate Alfred M. Landon (left) at the Southern Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. Mencken, who had never taken sides...
Baltimore (Md.); Letters; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956; Writing;
Letter from H. L. Mencken to Edgar Kemler dated June 11, 1946. Mr. Kemler was then working on his book that would be published in 1950 as The Irreverent Mr. Mencken. Mencken's comment about being "on the chopping block for years" is typical. He...
Baltimore Polytechnic Institute--Report cards; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Childhood and youth; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956. Heathan days, 1890-1936; Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956--Report cards;
Document dated April 1896 showing H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken's Baltimore Polytechnic Institute senior class report card. This report card includes his monthly grades from October 1895 through April 1896. "Harry", as he was still known, seems to...
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,...
In this letter dated October 12, 1864 and written from New York City, Nathaniel Parker Willis, editor of the family magazine entitled Home Journal, tells Maria Clemm about his plan to help her raise funds for a gravestone or memorial for Edgar...
In this letter dated March 6, 1809 and written from Stockerton, George Poe, Jr. tells William Clemm about troubles from a couple of Baltimoreans, relatives of the family. This letter includes the only known copy of a note by Edgar Allan Poe's...
