Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
Dates
- Existence: 1852-04-23 - 1940-03-07
Biography
Edwin Markham (1852-1940), American poet.
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Bangs family papers
Scrapbooks, manuscripts, diaries. letters, and personal papers documenting the lives and careers of American humorist John Kendrick Bangs and his son, Francis Hyde Bangs.
Basil Davenport papers
The Basil Davenport Papers consist chiefly of correspondence, including a substantial number of outgoing letters from Davenport to his family. The collection also contains Davenport's diaries, drafts of his writings and translations, printed material documenting his career and critical work, and personal papers including genealogical material.
Stuart Wells Jackson collection
The major part of these papers consists of a collection of facsimilies of letters, documents, and memorabilia by and about Abraham Lincoln collected by Stuart Wells Jackson (1875-1957). Several items are original, among them holograph poems on Lincoln by William Cullen Bryant and Edwin Markham. There is also a small amount of Jackson's personal correspondence from 1902-1949.
Letter : 92 Waters Avenue, West New Brighton, New York, to Professor Leon Feraru, 1917 October 6
Letter: 92 Waters Avenue, West New Brighton, to Elbert Hubbard II, 1922 May 22
Typed note making plans to attend the Roycroft Convention in July.
Accompanied by a photograph of Markham in [Dawson's?] Book Shop, 1933 Nov, with an unidentified man.
Letter : 201 West 108 St., N.Y.C., to Mrs. Elizabeth Meeker, n.d.
ALS thanking her for a birthday gift and discussing a reading he has just given at the Arts Association of the University of Pennsylvania.
Letter : 261 Steuben Street, Brooklyn, to Henry Troth, 1899 November 9
Autograph letter, signed, from Markham agreeing to take 10% of the sales Troth earns from selling photographs of him. Accompanied by a black and white photograph of Markham with ink stamp on verso: “International, 226 William St., New York”.
Letter : 261 Steuben Street, Brooklyn, to Henry Troth, 1899 October 23
Autograph letter, signed, from Markham telling Troth he likes the idea of selling photographs of himself.
Letter : 545 Third Street, Brooklyn, New York, to Mrs. Ward, 1900 February 20
ALS concerning some of Markham's poetry set to music. With clippings.
Letter : 545 Third Street, Brooklyn, to Herbert F. Gunnison, 1900 February 14
Letter : Doremi Manor, Northport, Long Island, to Elizabeth, 1928 December 25
Autograph letter, signed, expressing his love to Elizabeth.
Letter : Landing, New Jersey, to Hamilton Holt, 1904 Oct 7
ALS asking for the latest deadline for sending a poem, and inviting Holt to spend a weekend later in the month.
Letter : Landing, New Jersey, to Joaquin Miller, 1906 September 12
ALS, on printed letterhead of the Child Labor Federation, 1789 Broadway, New York, inviting Miller to visit him in Landing.
Letter : Swanee, Oklahoma, to Ann [Markham?], 1935 Jan 11
ALS written during a lecture tour, probably to his wife, discussing his health, the recipient's health, and the need to lay by money for their old age.
Letter : West New Brighton, New York, to Mr. Hagedorn, 1925 February 24
Letter : West New Brighton, N.Y., to Marjorie Browne, 1929 Aug 7
ALS offering advice to a young poet, thanking her for sending him her poems and a drawing.
Letter : West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, to Elsa Barker, 1926 October
Typescript letter, signed, from Markham asking if he can include Barker's poem "When I Am Dead and Sister to the Dust" in a book of poetry he is compiling and editing. Includes a manuscript note at the bottom of the sheet.
Letter : Westerleigh, Staten Island, N. Y., to Robertus Love, 1905 June 19
ALS declining an invitation.
Letter : Westerleigh, Staten Island, N.Y., to Dr. Frederick W. Speirs, Editor "Booklover's Magazine", 1905 Mar 29
ALS thanking him for sending a copy of "Booklover's Magazine."
Letters : to Walter Blackburn Harte and to Mrs. Walter Blackburn Harte, [18]95-1903
Three ALS to Walter Blackburn Harte from Tompkins School, Oakland, 1895-98, regarding Harte's literary periodical ventures, mentioning briefly "The Man with the Hoe;" one TLS to Mrs. Harte from Wester- leigh, Staten Island, 1903 Dec 1, discussing W. B. Harte's manuscript, "Pan and the Puritan," and Harte's work in general.