Letter 1920-1930, Washington, D.C. to Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Evelyn Bloom. 1920-1930.

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Letter 1920-1930, Washington, D.C. to Mr. Edwin Markham, Staten Island / Evelyn Bloom. 1920-1930.

She has been thinking about Mr. Markham's promise to her. It was for him to send her some words that she could put to music. She also has a request for her daughter, Vera. Vera has shown interest in amature journalism. So she wants him to tell her how Vera could work in this field. Sol and Evelyn both send their regards.

2 p. on 1 leaf ; 18-25 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7590290

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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Bloom, Sol, 1870-1949

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Sol Bloom (March 9, 1870 – March 7, 1949) was a songwriter, real estate investor, and American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served fourteen terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the West Side of Manhattan representing the 19th (1923-1945) and 20th (1945-1949) congressional districts. Born in Pekin, Illinois, he and his parents soon moved to San Francisco, California. Bloom first went to work in San Francisco at the age of seven and made his way up from the factor...

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 ...

Bloom, Evelyn, -1941

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Bloom, Vera, 1898-1959

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