Letter, 1938, June 14, Los Angeles [to] Edwin Markham [Staten Island, New York] / Bailey Millard. 1938.

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Letter, 1938, June 14, Los Angeles [to] Edwin Markham [Staten Island, New York] / Bailey Millard. 1938.

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He appreciates receiving the phonograph records containing Markham reading his poems. He is sympathetic regarding Markham's newly widowed state, he having lived "that kind of life" for more than 15 years. He asks permission to use the records in connection with some public talks he is planning to give on Edwin Markham and his poetry. Written on Los Angeles Times letterhead.

1 p. ; 28 cm.

Wagner College, Horrmann Library

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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 ...

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...