[Letter] 1916, May 1, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Grace Ellis Taft. 1916.

ArchivalResource

[Letter] 1916, May 1, New York City [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Grace Ellis Taft. 1916.

Sends Markham a few lines she had composed of appreciateion for his birthday. Actual poems included.

5 p. on 3 leaves ; 21-28 cm.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7575159

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

Related Entities

There are 2 Entities related to this resource.

Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v808sz (person)

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 ...

Taft, Grace Ellis

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t6m6r (person)