Papers of Edwin Markham [manuscript], 1912-1927.

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 ...

Green, F.H.,

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Tafel, Anna,

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Huneker, James, 1857-1921

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Born in Philadelphia, Huneker studied piano in Philadelphia and Paris. After moving to New York in 1886, he continued to study piano, became a member of the piano faculty of the National Conservatory of Music, and had a successful career as an arts critic and essayist. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1919. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 80129954 American author and critic. From the description of Heroes and heroines o...

Watson, William, 1858-1925

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Brothers William and Robert Watson, probably from New York, went to California in search of gold, although William also worked as a storekeeper. From the description of Letter, August 23, 1851. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 697840885 The English poet Sir William Watson was the author of Wordsworth's Grave and Other Poems (1890), Lachrymae Musarum, written on the death of Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1892), Ode on the Day of the Coronation of King Edwa...