Hamilton, Florence

Poet and lecturer. Born 1873; died 1968.

From the description of Florence Hamilton collection relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959 (bulk 1926-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84202016

Biographical Note

Edwin Markham

• 1852, Apr. 23: Born Charles Edward Anson Markham, Oregon City, Oregon Territory
• 1857 - 1870 : Attended school in Suisan and Santa Clara valleys, Calif.
• circa1870: Obtained teaching certificate, California College, Vacaville, Calif.
• 1872: Graduated, San Jose Normal School, San Jose, Calif.
• 1874: Attended Christian College, Santa Rosa, Calif.
• 1875: Married Annie Cox (divorced 1884)
• 1875 - 1899 : Teacher, principal, and school superintendent in Southern California
• 1880: Published "The Gulf of Night"
• 1887: Married Caroline E. Bailey (divorced)
• 1898: Married Anna Catherine Murphy (died 1938)
• 1899: Published "The Man with the Hoe," San Francisco Examiner Published The Man with the Hoe. New York: Doxey's
• circa 1900: Moved to New York, N.Y.
• 1901: Published Lincoln and Other Poems. New York: McClure, Phillips
• 1902: Met Florence Hamilton, later his confidential secretary and lecture manager
• 1910: Charter member, Poetry Society of America
• 1914: Published with Benjamin B. Lindsey and George Creel Children in Bondage. New York: Hearst's International Library Published California the Wonderful. New York: Hearst's International Library
• 1915: Published The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page
• 1920: Published Gates of Paradise and Other Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page
• 1921 - 1940 : Poet laureate of Oregon
• 1922: Read "Lincoln, Man of the People" at dedication of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
• 1925: Published Foundation Stones of Success. Chicago: Howard-Severance Co.
• 1926: Publication of "The Ballad of the Gallows Bird," Century Magazine
• 1927: Published The Book of Poetry. New York: W. H. Wise
• 1929: Elected to the Academy of Arts and Letters
• 1930: Published Songs and Stories. Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Co.
• 1932: Published New Poems: Eighty Songs at Eighty. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran.
• 1933: Awarded honorary Literary Doctorate, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y.
• 1936: Lecture tour in Mexico
• 1937: Published The Star of Araby. Stapleton, N.Y.: J. Willig Press Awarded $5,000 prize by Academy of American Poets Declared mentally incompetent by a court in New York
• 1938: Recorded "Edwin Markham Himself," a phonograph album of his principal poems
• 1940, Mar. 7: Died, Staten Island, N.Y.

Florence Hamilton

• 1873, July 20: Born Florence Danforth, Upper Jay, N.Y.
• circa 1890: Married Ernest Hamilton
• circa 1920 - 1936 : Confidential secretary and lecture manager for Edwin Markham
• 1930s - 1950s : Member and elected official, National League of American Pen Women, Poetry Forum, and Congress of American Poets Lecturer on poetry
• 1934: Founding member, Academy of American Poets
• 1936: Dean of women, Summer School of Poetry, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
• 1939: Published A Moment's Monument. New York: Klein-Heimbinder Co.
• 1942: Published Mirrors and Human Voices. Prairie City, Ill.: James A. Decker Press
• 1968, Apr. 14: Died, Richmond, Va.

From the guide to the Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959, (bulk 1926-1942), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)