Letter, May 10, San Jose, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, New York City. / Henry Mead Bland. 1919.

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Letter, May 10, San Jose, California [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, New York City. / Henry Mead Bland. 1919.

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Henry discusses a payment to Eswin. He enclosed clippings of Markham House. He discusses pictures hanging there. He has had help from Louis Brach, Bushnell and Mrs. George. He is hoping that Senator Phelan will help celebrate Edwins's birthday. The Senator is involved with the Teachers Assoc. and what he has been doing. His friend Samuel G. Tompkins an attorney is looking out for the legal matters of Markham House. Henry is going to spend his summer with Mr. Heynemann. Mrs. Bland'd health is better. Henry has enclosed Edwins membership to the Lions Club along with a poem he wrote. "A Ballad of Optimism."

8 p. 4 leaves c 18-25 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

Tompkins, Samuel G.

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Phelan, James D. (James Duval), 1861-1930

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James D. Phelan was a businessman, civic leader, political figure, and philanthropist, of San Francisco, Calif. He served as mayor of San Francisco (1897-1901) and U.S. Senator from Calif. (1915-1921). From the description of James D. Phelan correspondence : ALS and TLS, 1898-1927. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122394967 Biographical/Historical note Phelan was the son of a pioneer California banker....