Letter 1922 September 15, Staten Island, [to] Anna O'neil Johnson, Unknown / Edwin Markham.

Curley, James Michael, 1874-1958

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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 ...

Abbott, Charles D. (Charles David), 1900-1961

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Charles David Abbott was born in 1900 in Milfold, Delaware. He received a B.A. from Haverford College and a M.A. from Columbia University. A Rhodes Scholar, Abbott received a B. Litt. from Oxford University. His thesis was on Christopher Smart. Authored book, Howard Pyle: A Chronicle. Pyle and Smart were research interests for the rest of his life. He taught at the University of Buffalo (1927-1930) and the University of Colorado (1930-1934). He served as Director of Libraries at the...