Letter, 1938, March 1, Los Angeles [to] Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Bailey Millard. 1938.

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Letter, 1938, March 1, Los Angeles [to] Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Bailey Millard. 1938.

He responds to Markham's inquiry regarding Thomas Lake Harris. He admires him for his desire to collect and edit one thousand poems. He is also glad to hear that Virgil is teaching. Written on Los Angeles Times letterhead.

1 p. ; 28 cm. + clipping, envelope.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7592752

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 ...

Harris, Thomas Lake, 1823-1906

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Religious leader, reformer. From the description of Papers, 1857-1937. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81352819 Universalist clergyman and religious leader. From the description of Thomas Lake Harris papers, 1858-1894. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979823 English mystic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : Abergavenny and Newton Abbott, to Mr. and Mrs. William Cowper, 1867 June 24 and [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...

Millard, Bailey, 1859-1941

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Bailey Millard (1859-1941) was born in Markesan, Wisconsin. Much of his education was obtained as a printer's devil and tramp printer. He worked his way west through a succession of newspaper and printing shops. In the 1890s he was city editor or literary editor of the San Francisco Call and the Examiner, and in 1918-1919 was managing editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin . From 1913-1914 he was managing editor of Munsey's of NY. In San Francisco he was acquainted with and published a suc...