Poets Garden records, 1876-1971.

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 ...

Debs, Eugene V. (Eugene Victor), 1855-1926

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Eugene Victor "Gene" Debs (November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926) was an American socialist, political activist, trade unionist, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. Through his presidential candidacies as well as his work with labor movements, Debs eventually became one of the best-known socialists living in the United States. Early in his political career, Debs...

Gaw, Ethelean Tyson

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Mayne, Eric

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Bright, Verne

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Verne Bright was born in 1893. He attended Pacific Lutheran University after serving in Siberia during WWI. During the Depression he was the supervisor of the professional and service divisions of the Works Progress Administration. During World War II he worked in the Portland shipyards, and after the war he worked as a newspaper reporter, freelance writer, and the assistant postmaster of Aloha, where he lived. He wrote over sixteen hundred poems that appeared in the North American Poetry Review...

Wells, Wesley Robert

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Chevaillier, Alzire A. (Adrienne), . 1935

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Le Prade, Ruth

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Edwin Markham dedicated the Poets Garden, located in Ruth Le Prade's backyard at 1622 S. Spaulding Street, in April 1927 with the planting of a sycamore tree called the Song Tree in honor of Ruth Le Prade and a wisteria tree for Peace. Between 1927 and Le Prade's death in 1969, other trees were planted in honor of poets and literary figures, including a Gingko tree to honor the Chinese poet Moon Kwan, an oak tree for Chaucer and trees honoring William Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kiplin...

Bogart, Guy, 1883-

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O'Donnol, Dion, 1912-

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Price, Ruth Clay

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Kwan, Moon

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Trent, Lucia, 1897-1977

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Whitaker, Robert, 1863-1944

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Robert Whitaker was a Baptist minister in Los Gatos, California. He was politically active in many issues including socialism, communism, pacifism, the labor movement, and the American Civil Liberties Union. He was also a prolific author of articles and poetry contributed to liberal religious and labor journals. He was once arrested under the Criminal Syndicalism Act for participating in a pacifist assembly, and later worked to free from prison Tom Mooney, a labor activist. Whitaker was married ...

Miller, Juanita Joaquina, 1880-1970

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Juanita Joaquina Miller was the daugter of Joaquin Miller and wife Abbie Leland Miller. She was born in New York City in 1880. Miss Miller lived at Joaquin Miller's locally famous home, "The Hights," in Oakland, California, and was an active participant in the Oakland peforming arts community until the 1960s. From the description of Juanita Joaquina Miller papers, 1896-1963. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 26754639 From the description of Juanita Jo...

Scott, John Milton, 1854-1928

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Norris, Gordon W. 1907-1961

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Bush, Grace E., 1884-1967

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Grace E. Bush (1884-1967) was an American composer and poet. From the guide to the Grace E. Bush Papers, 1950-1964, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries) ...

MacManus, Seumas, 1869-1960

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Morgan, Angela, -1957

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Writer, poet, and social visionary, Angela Morgan (1875-1957) was probably born in Yazoo County, Mississippi. A reporter in Chicago and New York, Morgan's poems, articles, and short stories appeared in most of the major magazines of the time. Between 1914 to 1951 she published one novel, a collection of short stories, and some fourteen books of poems, including Creator Man (1929). From the description of Papers, 1929-1931 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 2320097...

Reynolds, Adeline de Walt, 1862-1961

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Hamilton, Florence

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Poet and lecturer. Born 1873; died 1968. From the description of Florence Hamilton collection relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959 (bulk 1926-1942). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84202016 Biographical Note Edwin Markham 1852, Apr. 23 Born Charles Edward Anson Markham, Oregon City, Oregon Territory ...

Bond, Genevieve Farnell, d. 1961

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Cheyney, Ralph, 1896-1941

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Edward Ralph Cheyney, 1896-1941, poet and author. William Orton Tewson, 1877-1947, b. Surrey, England; joined New York Times in 1907 and in charge of Hearst newspapers in New York, 1912-1916; became editor of Literary Review of New York Evening Post; wrote many important writers asking for their vote on "the most beautiful line of poetry." From the description of Letter to Tewson, 1925 June 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 58750029 ...

Sherry, Ruth Forbes, 1883-

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Ruth Forbes Sherry was a poet who published a number of works from the 1940s through 1960s. From the description of Ruth Forbes Sherry correspondence, 1910-1963. (University of California, Irvine). WorldCat record id: 49523574 Biography Ruth For Sherry was a poet who published a number of works from the 1940s through 1960s. From the guide to the Ruth Forbes Sherry correspondence, 1910-1963, (University of Cali...