[Letter] 1926 January 9, Wichita, Kansas [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / J.W. Stimson. 1926.

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[Letter] 1926 January 9, Wichita, Kansas [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / J.W. Stimson. 1926.

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Complains about the noise of street cars and the warped sense of values of todays modern cities; was much impressed by the Hoe-poem; heard Miller's theory on the solar system which is contradictory to Einstein's system and Millikam who won the Nobel prize for "stripped atom"; was most impressed by Michael Pupin; reflects on the world of science; was impressed by the Lincoln poem.

2 p. on 2 leaves ; 28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Pupin, Michael, 1858-1935

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Columbia College, A.B., 1883; Columbia University, Doctor of Science, 1904; Professor of Electro-mechanics, 1901-1927. From the description of Papers, 1800-1995. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122600557 ...

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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