[Letter] 1930, Oct. 11, Santa Rosa, Cal. to Mr. EdwinMarkham, Staten Island / Mae Baker Berryman. 1930.

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[Letter] 1930, Oct. 11, Santa Rosa, Cal. to Mr. EdwinMarkham, Staten Island / Mae Baker Berryman. 1930.

She discusses the norotiery between Luther Burbank and Edgar Waite. She sent some poems. One mentions David Starr Jordan. She also mentions the death of Mr. Burbank. Also included is Barbara Berryman's thoughts on Abraham Lincoln.

4 p. on 4 leaves ; 18-25 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 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Burbank , Luther, 1849-1926

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Botanist, horticulturist, and naturalist. From the description of Luther Burbank papers, 1830-1989 (bulk 1880-1926). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981669 Luther Burbank began his work in horticulture in his birthplace, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where he raised seeds and vegetables for market. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in 1875 in order to pursue his work in a warmer climate. Burbank became world famous for his timesaving methods of plant breeding and grafting, esp...

Waite, Edgar R. (Edgar Ravenswood), 1866-1928

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Sub-curator, Leeds Museum, 1888; Zoologist at the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1893. Curator of the Canterbury Museum, Christchurch, N.Z. Expeditions -1907 N.Z.; 1912 on Aurora; 1916, Central Australia; 1918, New Guinea. Vice-President of the Royal Society of South Australia. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225764479 ...

Berryman, Mae Baker.

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