Letter, 1916,Jan 26, San Jose, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, New York City. / Henry Mead Bland. 1916.

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Letter, 1916,Jan 26, San Jose, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, New York City. / Henry Mead Bland. 1916.

This letter tells about the death of his granddaughter. He discusses the buying and preserving Markham Home. There is committee of three judges, Judge Richards, Miss Vivian and Fred Hall, they are our Board of Normal Trustees who will interview Governor Johnson on this matter. Mrs. George is arranging the furnishing for he rooms. Houghton Mifflin and Leo asked for the full manuscript of the Edwim Markham Poems of School and House. W.C. Morrow is giving a course on the Short Story. Their friend Berg Essenweis? of the Writer's Monthly took Henry's story of the Markham Poetic Method for the Monthly. Mrs. Bland appreciated athe Christmas gift. He refers to Takeshi Kauno and Joaquin Miller.

3 p. 2 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Bland, Henry Meade, 1863-1931

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Educator, poet, critic. Bland was Poet Laureate of California from 1929 until his death (1931). Educated at College of the Pacific, Stanford, and the University of California (1887-1898). Friend of Joaquin Miller, Jack London, Edwin Markham and other literary figures of his day. Taught at San Jose State College (1899-1931). From the description of Henry Meade Bland collection, 1907-1951, bulk 1914-1931. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 33067032 ...

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 ...

Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913

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Joaquin Miller, born Cincinnatus Heine Miller and known as the "poet of the Sierras," was a Calif. poet and playwright. Beginning in 1886, he built and lived in a home on his estate, "The Hights"[sic], in the hills above Oakland. From the description of Joaquin Miller letter : Dimond, Calif., to Mr. Stone: ALS 1905 May 11. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558852 Born Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller on September 8, 1837, near Liberty, Indiana. In 18...

Vivian, Caltrea Campbell.

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