Box 1
Container
Contains 45 Collections and/or Records:
Officers at the founding of the Mencken Society, Baltimore, Maryland -- On verso: "Baltimore Correspondent/Mencken Society/Founded March 13, 1976/officers/Arthur Gutman, treasurer/Mrs. Robert Whitely, secretary/Dr. Carl Bode, president/Neil Jordahl, vice-president, 1976
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
1976
On verso: “James Servies, director of libraries, Univ. of West Florida, standing. l to r. (seated) William Coker, prof. of history, UWF; Larry Wheeler newspaperman and CDR Norris Combs, USN, Ret.—Combs owns many Mencken letters which came to him through his linguist uncle, one of Mencken’s many collaborators on Dictionary of Am. Language.” Pensacola, Florida, 12 September 1984
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
12 September 1984
On verso: “James Guest at piano, plays own compositions. (Dr. Guest was a student of Louis Cheslock-never met Mencken himself.) James Servies looks on approvingly.” Pensacola, Florida, 12 September 1984
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
/
Photographs
Dates:
12 September 1984
On verso: “Mencken Group 9-12-1984 (Mencken’s 104th anniversary) l to r. Lyman Morgan, Bill Coker, Larry Wheeler, Jim Servies, Ed Gillet, Mark O'Brien, Norris Combs, John Axley, Pat Crawford, [F. Norman] Vickers, J. Holliday Veal.” Pensacola, Florida, 12 September 1984
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
12 September 1984
On verso: “4-17-86 Mencken Lunch/Arthur: Left to Right/Glen Darenbush-PR/Jon Carroll SF Chronicle Columnist/David Belch-Mencken collection/Charles Wollett/Ed Moose-(standing), Bud Johns-author the Omnibus Mencken/Ed Addeo-author/Bob Burger-author/Al Haas-author/Ron Femrite Sport Illustrated Column/Dorothy Anderson-Foothill College”, 17 April 1986
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
17 April 1986
On verso: “The Butterick Building, at Spring and MacDougal Streets, in Greenwich Village. Mencken’s first visit, April 1989
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
April 1989
On verso: “Plaque on the side of the Butterick Building, indicating it was built in 1902. Mencken first met Dreiser there in the spring of 1908.” New York City, April 1989
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
April 1989
On verso: “The light-gold, 2-story brick building in the foreground stands on 165 W. 10th St., site of what was Dreiser's apartment he shared with Kirah Markham. The two taller row houses on the right would surely have been there in 1916-17, when Mencken was a frequent guest. New York City, April 1989
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
April 1989
On verso: “The tallest building here is 274 W. 19th St., where HLM would shack up with Marion Bloom when in New York. I don't know what the apartment number would have been. I was thrilled to find it still standing.” New York City, April 1989
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
April 1989
On verso: “The legendary Luchow’s is still standing at 110 E. 14th Street!” New York City, April 1989
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Dates:
April 1989