A Guide to the Hench-Mencken Papers 1937-1970 Hench-Mencken Papers 4030-g

A Guide to the Hench-Mencken Papers 1937-1970

A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 4030-g


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
4030-g
Title
Hench-Mencken Papers 1937-1970
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of 17 items.
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Hench-Mencken Papers, Accession #4030-g, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These papers were given to the Manuscripts Department on January 1, 1975 by Mr. Hench's daughter, Mrs. Oscar W. Underwood, III.

Scope and Content Information

This addition to the Atcheson L. Hench H. L. Mencken collection, 1937-1970, has 17 items consisting of Mr. Hench's correspondence which includes two letters from Mencken to him, an article which grew out of their letters, "The Mencken-Hench Correspondence," newspaper articles by and about Mencken, and an article attacking Mencken by Norman J. Radder, "Mr. Mencken and Rough Work."

Arrangement

This collection is arranged chronologically.

Contents List

A.L. Hench's Correspondence with and re H.L. Mencken 1937-1970

10 items

Newspaper Clippings by and re H.L. Mencken; 1 Photocopy of a Mencken letter from a Paul C. Richards' Catalog 1940-1969

4 items

"The Mencken-Hench Correspondence": Edited by Sharon Vandercook and list of friends to whom A.L. Hench sent copies 1970

2 copies

"Mr. Mencken and Rough Work" by Norman J. Radder n.d.