[Letter] 1907 August 24, Redding Center, Connecticut [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1907.

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[Letter] 1907 August 24, Redding Center, Connecticut [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / John Ward Stimson. 1907.

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Thanks Markham for the kind note and suggestions; tells Markham that he lectured at his alma mater at Yale, talks about the director of "Rand" school and discussses his lecture; enclosed is his lecture pamphlet on: "Art Lectures and Practical Courses on Vital elements, principles and pragrige of beauty in nature, history and industry.

3 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 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 ...

Stimson, John Ward, 1850-1930

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