Edwin Markham collection of letters and papers, 1899-1933.

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Edwin Markham collection of letters and papers, 1899-1933.

Includes autograph poem: To Young California. (Published, 1914; with autograph note, 1917).

1 portfolio and 1 v.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7014467

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

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California poet. Raised near Vacaville, became a schoolteacher in Coloma and later in Oakland. Became famous overnight with publication of "The Man with a Hoe," his protest against brutalization of labor, in "San Francisco Examiner" (January 15, 1899). Following this success Markham moved to New York where he scored another triumph with "Lincoln and Other Poems" (1901). He became a well-known reader of his own poems and lecturer of idealistic views, but his creative output for remainder of life ...