Letter 1917, March 12, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Marie Collins Rooney. 1917.

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Letter 1917, March 12, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Marie Collins Rooney. 1917.

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John Jerome and i want you to write a poem on "Peace".Wants him to get intouch with the Director of The Institute of Atrs and Sciences at Columbia and with The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 10-15 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Rooney, Marie Collins.

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John Jerome Rooney, 1866-1934.

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