Libraries: Johns Hopkins Acquires 6,000-Item H.L. Mencken Collection

+ Johns Hopkins Acquires 6,000-Item H.L. Mencken Collection
From the announcement

The Johns Hopkins University has acquired what is believed to be the largest privately held collection of items associated with writer and journalist H.L. Mencken, nearly 6,000 books, articles, letters, photographs and other items amassed over 44 years by an Ohio accountant with a passion for the Sage of Baltimore.

The acquisition of the George H. Thompson Collection by the university’s Sheridan Libraries is in part a purchase and in part a gift from Thompson’s wife, Betty Thompson, and son, Bradford G. Thompson.

The collection, which more than doubles the university’s Mencken-related holdings, will be housed at the George Peabody Library, which already has a significant research collection on Mencken.