2017-04-11 Preliminary Inventory to the The American Mercury Edited Submissions and Page Proofs, 1933-1938 SPEC.RARE.CMS.0026 Finding aid prepared by Zoe MacLeod, Beth Crowner Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
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 This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2019-08-29T16:10-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard The American Mercury Edited Submissions and Page Proofs SPEC.RARE.CMS.0026 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.4 Cubic feet 1933-1938 The American Mercury was a monthly literary magazine, founded by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan in 1924 to offer satire and commentary on American politics, life, and customs. The magazine frequently ran fiction and other articles by famous American authors and satirists, but began to decline in popularity by the late 1920s. Mencken resigned from his editorial position in 1933, and the magazine spent the remainder of its years being sold and resold to new publishers, growing increasingly anti-Semetic, anti-feminist, and pro-Nazi. The The American Mercury Edited Submissions and Page Proofs contain annotated drafts and proofs of writing pieces, including poetry, stories, and political essays, submitted to the magazine The American Mercury by various authors from 1933 to 1938. (1) 5'' letter document box English The American Mercury. Arrangement of Materials

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 Historical Note

The American Mercury was a monthly literary magazine founded by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan in 1924 to offer satire and commentary on American politics, life, and customs. The magazine frequently ran fiction and other articles by famous American authors and satirists, but began to decline in popularity by the late 1920s. Mencken resigned from his editorial position in 1933, and the magazine spent the remainder of its years being sold and resold to new publishers, growing increasingly anti-Semetic, anti-feminist, and pro-Nazi. The magazine’s last issue was in 1981.

 Scope and Contents

The The American Mercury Edited Submissions and Page Proofs contain annotated drafts and proofs of writing pieces, including poetry, stories, and political essays, submitted to the magazine The American Mercury by various authors from 1933 to 1938.

 The American Mercury. Drafts (documents) Journalism--Editing--20th century Page proofs Periodicals--Publishing--New York (State)--New York--20th century Publishers and publishing--New York (State)--New York--20th century The American mercury Aikman, Duncan untitled drafts 1 1 undated Benet, William Rose: "The Brotherhood of Orpheus" drafts 1 2 undated Benson, Sally: "Mental Cruelty" draft 1 3 undated Benson, Sally: "The Overcoat" draft 1 4 undated Boyd, James: "The Library" draft 1 5 undated Chamberlain, William Henry: "Paradise Imagined" draft 1 6 1936 Chilton, Eleanor Carroll: "The Very Picture of Grief" draft 1 7 undated Cram, Ralph Adams: "Monarchy Redivivus" draft 1 8 undated Davis, H. L.: "Murder Story" draft 1 9 undated Davis, H. L.: untitled draft 1 10 undated Dennis, Lawrence Highly: "No More Religious Wars" draft 1 11 undated Dennis, Lawrence: "Portrait of American Fascism" draft 1 12 undated Ervine, St. John: "The Assault of Freedom" draft 1 13 undated Fante, John: "Bricklayer in the Snow" draft 1 14 undated Ferrill, Thomas Hornsby: "Magenta" draft 1 15 undated Field, S. S.: "Torrent of Darkness" draft 1 16 undated Hammond, Percy: untitled draft 1 17 1933 December Hazlitt, Henry: "The Economic 'Experiments'" draft 1 18 1934 February Hazlitt, Henry: "The Fallacies of the N.R.A." draft 1 19 1933 December Leacock, Stephen: "The United States and Canada" draft 1 20 undated Lewis, Lloyd: "King of the Lobby" draft 1 21 undated Littell, Robert: "On Discomfort" draft 1 22 1935 April Nathan, George Jean: "Clinical Notes" draft 1 23 undated Nock, Albert Jay: "The Inevitable Rarely Happens" draft 1 24 undated Nock, Albert Jay: "What the American Votes For" draft 1 25 1933 February Pollock, Channing: "The Survival of the Unfittest" draft 1 26 undated Repplier, Adam: "The Masculine Era" draft 1 27 undated Stallings, Laurence: "The Gentleman from Mississippi" draft 1 28 1935 April Stallings, Laurence: "The Library" draft 1 29 undated Stevens, James: "Nostalgia for Detroit" draft 1 30 undated Thomas, Dorothy: untitled draft 1 31 undated Various authors drafts 1 32 undated Walker, Stanley: "The Cops of New York" draft 1 33 1933 April Walker, Stanley: "It Was Like This" draft 1 34 1933 August Weidman, Jerome: "Home by Midnight" draft 1 35 undated Winslow, Thyra Samter: "Treasure" draft 1 36 1933 Feburary