Letter,1916, Decd 7, [San Francisco, Calif.] [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / Ina Coolbrith. 1916.

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Letter,1916, Decd 7, [San Francisco, Calif.] [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, N.Y.] / Ina Coolbrith. 1916.

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Ina remembers when Miss Harriet Howe spoke about a little woman who was in need and who her friends helped. The woman in need was her and everyone helped. Now Ina is asking for help again. She has no work, No money and no health. She discusses her problems.

3gs. on 2 leaves ; 15 cm.

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 ...

Howe, Harriet.

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Coolbrith, Ina D. (Ina Donna), 1842?-1928

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Kenney is a Mormon author and historian. From the guide to the Scott G. Kenney research materials, 1820-1984, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Ina Coolbrith was born as Josephine Donna Smith (niece of Mormon Church founder Joseph Smith) in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1841or 1842 (accounts differ). Following her father's death, which roughly coincided with the Mormons' expulsion from Illinois, Josephine's mother took her to St. Louis and married William Pickett. In 1850 the family ...