Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937

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Leonard Leopold Mackall was born on January 29, 1879, in Baltimore, Maryland. He received his bachelor's degree from Johns Hopkins University in 1900 where he took an interest in German literature. In 1902, he graduated from Harvard Law School. Within the next few years, he would attend Johns Hopkins University and the Universities of Berlin and Jena. Mackall was known for being an avid book collector and bibliographer. He wrote a column for bibliophiles in the New York Herald Tribune and was president of the Georgia Historical Society and the Bibliographical Society of America. Mackall died on May 19, 1937, in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

From the description of Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1919-1938 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702168987

From the guide to the Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1919-1938, (Manuscripts and Archives)

Leonard Leopold Mackall was a bibliographer, editor, and book collector.

He was born in Baltimore, MD in 1879. Mackall attended Johns Hopkins (B.A. 1900), Harvard Law School, and the Universities of Berlin and Jena. He was the author of numerous articles on Goethe and was the cataloger of Sir William Osler's medical history library. Mackall edited "Notes for Bibliophiles" in the "New York Herald Tribune" (1924-37) and was a member of various historical and bibliographical societies. He was president of the Bibliographical Society of America in 1936. Leonard Leopold Mackall died in 1937.

From the description of Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1900-1937. (Johns Hopkins University). WorldCat record id: 48394884

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creatorOf Servetus, Michael, 1511?-1553. Christianismi restitutio : manuscript, 1786. Houghton Library
creatorOf Chicago Book & Art Auctions. Collection of articles on the Thomas J. Wise forgeries. Williams College, Sawyer Library
creatorOf Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937. Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1900-1937. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937. Correspondence and notes regarding Fortsas catalog. 1925. Grolier Club
referencedIn Amy Lowell correspondence, 1883-1927 (inclusive), 1910-1925 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn James, William, 1842-1910. Papers, 1803-1941 (bulk: 1862-1910) Houghton Library
referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Hartridge, Walter Charlton, 1914-1974. Walter Charlton Hartridge, Jr. collection. Series VII : genealogies ; Alexander family, 1700s-1900s / Walter Charlton Hartridge. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1745-1965 (inclusive), 1887-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Papers, 1911-1944 (inclusive), 1929-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
creatorOf Froriek, Ludwig F. von, fl. 1831,. Harrison family letters [manuscript], 1831-1915. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937. Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1919-1938 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Postcard from L. L. Mackall to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of Walter Scott's translation, published in 1799, with the misprint 'William Scott', of Goethe's Goetz of Berlichingen; 18 Jan. 1912. [Ashley Library Catalogue, viii, p. 186].incl... British Library
referencedIn Vol. XV (ff. 98). 1908-1913.includes:f. 1 Philip Appleby Robson, architect: Letter to W. C. Hazlitt: 1908. ff. 2, 25, 40-49 Alfred Edward Thiselton: Letters to W-C. Hazlitt: 1902-1908. f. 3 Charlotte M-Nevin Shey, of Pittsburgh, USA: Letter to W. ..., 1908-1913 British Library
creatorOf Leonard Leopold Mackall papers, 1919-1938 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933. Additional papers, 1841-1940 Houghton Library
referencedIn Ball mss., 1873-1981 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937. Letters of Leonard Leopold Mackall, [19--] January 26 and March 9. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Grolier Club. Library. Records of the librarians, 1897-1970. Grolier Club
referencedIn Mackall, William Whann, 1818-1891. Mackall family papers, 1835-1930. Georgia Historical Society
referencedIn Houghton Library. Houghton Library printed book provenance file, L-Q. 1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Mackall, Leonard L. (Leonard Leopold), 1879-1937. Papers, 1922. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
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associatedWith Ames, Joseph Sweetman, 1864-1943. person
associatedWith Anderson, Edwin Hatfield, 1861-1947. person
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associatedWith Bibliographical Society of America. corporateBody
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associatedWith Canby, Henry Seidel, 1878-1961. person
associatedWith Chalon, Renier Hubert Ghislain, 1802-1889. person
correspondedWith Chapman, John Jay, 1862-1933 person
associatedWith Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. person
associatedWith Drinkwater, John, 1882-1937. person
associatedWith Farrand, Max, 1869-1945. person
associatedWith Faÿ, Bernard, 1893- person
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associatedWith Hall, G. Stanley (Granville Stanley), 1844-1924. person
associatedWith Hartridge, Walter Charlton, 1914-1974. person
associatedWith Havens, Raymond Dexter, 1880-1954. person
associatedWith Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1841-1935. person
associatedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. person
associatedWith Houghton Library. person
associatedWith Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920. person
correspondedWith Howe, M. A. De Wolfe (Mark Antony De Wolfe), 1864-1960 person
associatedWith James, Henry, 1879-1947. person
correspondedWith James, William, 1842-1910 person
associatedWith Johns Hopkins University. corporateBody
associatedWith Johnson, Allen, 1870-1931. person
associatedWith Kelly, Howard A. (Howard Atwood), 1858-1943. person
associatedWith Lovett, R. S. (Robert Scott), 1860-1932. person
correspondedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 person
associatedWith Lowes, John Livingston, 1867-1945. person
associatedWith Mackall, William Whann, 1818-1891. person
associatedWith Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. person
associatedWith Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919. person
associatedWith Sandys, John Edwin, 1844-1922. person
associatedWith Schurz, Carl, 1829-1906. person
associatedWith Servetus, Michael, 1511?-1553. person
associatedWith Walpole, Hugh, Sir, 1884-1941. person
associatedWith Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937. person
associatedWith Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman), 1884-1970. person
associatedWith Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library. corporateBody
associatedWith Young, Hugh H., 1870-1945. person
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Georgia
Whitley, Northumberland
Maidstone, Kent
Ely, Cambridgeshire
United States
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Bibliographers
Medicine
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Death 1937

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