Letter, January 2, 1919, [New York City] [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W.N. Guthrie. 1919.

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Letter, January 2, 1919, [New York City] [to] Mr. [Edwin] Markham, [Staten Island, New York] / W.N. Guthrie. 1919.

Is trying to get him an audience. Suggests to open his reading with a view words on "Does Sociology offer the Poet the Right Material for the Art?". Goes on to justify his thinking.

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

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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 ...

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William Norman Guthrie, 1868-1944, an Episcopalian clergyman, was born in Dundee, Scotland, on March 4, 1868. He was the son of William Eugene Guthrie and Frances Sylva d'Arusmont. His maternal grandmother was Frances (Fanny) Wright, an ardent abolitionist and feminist. Guthrie received a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1889 and a Master of Arts degree in 1891, both from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the University...