Letter, 1917, October 16, Berwyn, Illinois [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island] / Leon L. Hammitt. 1917.
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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 ...
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-1925
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Willis, Frank B. (Frank Bartlette), 1871-1928
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Governor of Ohio 1915-1917, and U.S. Senator from Ohio 1911-1915 and 1921-1928. From the description of TLS, 1922. (Ohio University). WorldCat record id: 12850629 ...
Hammitt, Leon L.
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Hillis, Newell Dwight, 1858-1929
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Paster of the Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1899-1924. From the description of Letters, 1908-1920. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233125545 Newell Dwight Hillis was born in Magnolia, IA on September 2, 1858. He graduated from Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL in 1884 and from McCormick Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago in 1887. In April of 1887, he married Annie Louise Patrick, and later that year he was ordained by the Pr...
Wise, Stephen Samuel, 1874-1949
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Stephen Samuel Wise was born in Budapest, Hungary, and came to the United States the following year. He graduated with honors from Columbia University and in 1893 he was ordained in Austria "The People's Rabbi," as Wise would later be known, developed his deep concern for the less fortunate at an early age. Wise fought for housing projects, the abolition of child labor, the improvement of working conditions, securing rights for female workers and equal rights for African Americans. He founded th...
