[Letter] 1911 November 14, New York City [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / J.E. Spingarn. 1911.

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[Letter] 1911 November 14, New York City [to] Mrs. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / J.E. Spingarn. 1911.

Thanks him for the kind letter and the books he sent him; original envelope encluded.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 18 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7550766

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 ...

Spingarn, Joel Elias, 1875-1939

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Literary critic and reformer; taught at Columbia University in New York, 1899-1911. From the description of Letter : [New York], to Elbridge Colby, 1911 March 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 21417689 Joel E. Spingarn was an educator and writer who worked with social reform causes, primarily with the NAACP. From the description of Joel E. Spingarn Collection, 1910-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84422765 From the description of Joel E. Spingarn Co...