[Letter] 1917, September 20, Terre Haute, Indiana [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / E.E. Clippenger. 1917.

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[Letter] 1917, September 20, Terre Haute, Indiana [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island] / E.E. Clippenger. 1917.

Asks permission to include "The Man With the Hoe", "Lincoln" and Markhams's appreciation of James Whitcomb Riley, published in "The Writer" in his composition text book to be entitled "Oral and Written English". Writes on the Indiana State Normal School stationary.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

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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 ...

Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916

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American Poet. From the description of Little Orphant Annie. Last stanza : AMsS, [s.d.]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540708 James Whitcomb Riley was an American poet, journalist, and lecturer. From the description of James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964] bulk (1878-1915). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122363959 From the guide to the James Whitcomb Riley collection of papers, 1878-[1964, 1878-...

Clippenger E. E.

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