Box 1
Container
Contains 45 Collections and/or Records:
Friends of Mencken presentation of 1927 Nikol Schattenstein portrait of Mencken to the Enoch Free Public Library. 2 prints., undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 44.0
Found in:
Special Collections and University Archives
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Arthur J. Gutman Collection of Menckeniana
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Photographs
Photographs, 1976-1995 and undated
Series — Box: 1
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Scope and Contents
Series VII contains photographs separated from Series I and Series VI. These photographs primarily document Mencken Society events held at various locations. The items are arranged chronologically.
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
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
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
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Photographs
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
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
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
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
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