[Letter] 1926 October 15, San Francisco, California [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] O Sire of Song, [Staten Island] / George Stirling. 1926.

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[Letter] 1926 October 15, San Francisco, California [to] Mr. [Edwin Markham] O Sire of Song, [Staten Island] / George Stirling. 1926.

Gives Markham permission to use two of his sonnets; talks about the thinks he is working on at the moment; mentions Braithwaite, Harriet Monroe and Clark Smiths.

8 p. on 2 leaves ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7551319

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 ...

Stirling, George.

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Monroe, Harriet Earhart, 1842-1927

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Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962

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African American poet, critic, and editor; b. William Stanley Beaumont Braithwaite. From the description of Papers, 1878-1962. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70956095 From the description of William Stanley Braithwaite collection, 1899-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70965233 Braithwaite was an African-American poet, literary critic, and editor. He wrote reviews and criticism for the Boston Evening Transcript . From 1913 to 1929 he...