Letter, 1915, April 2, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Miss Ruth Dumbar. 1915.

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Letter, 1915, April 2, New York City [to] Mr. Edwin Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / Miss Ruth Dumbar. 1915.

Informs Markham that she will write a series of article on the effect of the war on social conditions and asks him for his opinion and also if she could have an interview with him.

1 p. on 1 leaf ; 21-28 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7593684

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 ...

Dunbar, Rhuth, 1882-1963.

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