Betty Adler collection

Collection — Box: BW-13

Identifier: MS-0237

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 10 items of Maryland author, Betty Adler (1918-1973). Included are two letters, a literary map of Baltimore (MD) and several clippings from "The Baltimore Sun" (March 11-21, 1973). The clippings are editorials and tributes published after Adler's death.

Dates

Creation: 1970-1973

Creator

Adler, Betty, 1918-1973 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is housed off-site and requires 48-hours' notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Collection is open for use.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical Note

Betty Adler was an author and lecturer. She was born in Havana in 1918 and came to Baltimore in 1933 as a student at Goucher College. Adler was nationally known for her work on the Enoch Pratt Free Library's Mencken collection. She published "H.L.M.: the Mencken Bibliography" in 1961. She was the originator and editor of "Menckeniana," published by the Pratt Library in Baltimore. Adler died in 1973.

Extent

.167 Cubic Feet (10 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Provenance

The collection was formerly part of Ms. 34.

Processing Information

This is no known processing information for this collection.

Rachel Gattermeyer revised the biographical and scope and contents notes in this finding aid in February 2024 to bring it into compliance with Johns Hopkins guidelines for inclusive and conscientious description (2023). The previous version of the finding aid is available upon request.