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English
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USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Emilie Michel Rifkind collection of H.L. Mencken letters
creator:
Rifkind, Emilie Michel
creator:
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
Identifier/Call Number: 6197
Physical Description:
0.21 linear feet.
1 box
Date (inclusive): circa 1905-1946
Abstract: The collection consists of letters written by H.L. Mencken to Louis Michel, Mrs. Louis Michel, and their daughter Emilie Michel
Rifkind. Also included are Mencken's wedding announcement and calling card, a clipping from the Baltimore Sun about a piece
by Michel, and letters from Princeton University librarian Julian Boyd to Emilie Rifkind about the letters. H.L. Mencken (1880-1956
was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, and cultural critic. Louis Michel, a German immigrant, met Mencken in Baltimore,
where Michel was a lauded poet and sheriff's deputy. The two developed a life long friendship.
H.L. Mencken (1880-1956 was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, and cultural critic. Louis Michel, a German immigrant,
met Mencken in Baltimore, where Michel was a lauded poet and sheriff's deputy (see Baltimore Sun, "Hon. Louis Michel Tells
of His Home in Germany", January 27, 1907 and "Louis Michel to Return", May 1907). The two developed a life long friendship.
The collection consists of letters written by H.L. Mencken to Louis Michel, Mrs. Louis Michel, and their daughter Emilie Michel
Rifkind. Also included are Mencken's wedding announcement and calling card, a clipping from the Baltimore Sun about a piece
by Michel, and letters from Princeton University librarian Julian Boyd to Emilie Rifkind about the letters. The letters from
Mencken were written on Baltimore Sun, American Mercury, and personal stationery and addressed to the Michel family in Baltimore
and later Los Angeles. The early letters are handwritten; the later typed.
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to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Emilie Michel Rifkind collection of H.L. Mencken letters, Collection no. 6197, Special Collections,
USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Emilie Michel Rifkind.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Letters
Printed ephemera
Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956 -- Correspondence
Michel, Louis -- Archives