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Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1852-04-23 - 1940-03-07

Biography

Edwin Markham (1852-1940), American poet.

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Letter: 92 Waters Avenue, West New Brighton, to Elbert Hubbard II, 1922 May 22

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-7
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1922 May 22

Letter : 201 West 108 St., N.Y.C., to Mrs. Elizabeth Meeker, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-5
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS thanking her for a birthday gift and discussing a reading he has just given at the Arts Association of the University of Pennsylvania.

Dates: n.d.

Letter : 261 Steuben Street, Brooklyn, to Henry Troth, 1899 November 9

 Part of Collection — Box 102: [Barcode: 39002140920191], Folder: 28
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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”.

Dates: 1899 November 9

Letter : 261 Steuben Street, Brooklyn, to Henry Troth, 1899 October 23

 Part of Collection — Box 102: [Barcode: 39002140920191], Folder: 29
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Autograph letter, signed, from Markham telling Troth he likes the idea of selling photographs of himself.

Dates: 1899 October 23

Letter : 545 Third Street, Brooklyn, New York, to Mrs. Ward, 1900 February 20

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-9
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS concerning some of Markham's poetry set to music. With clippings.

Dates: 1900 February 20

Letter : 545 Third Street, Brooklyn, to Herbert F. Gunnison, 1900 February 14

 Part of Collection — Box 98: [Barcode: 39002140920076], Folder: 14
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

Letter : Doremi Manor, Northport, Long Island, to Elizabeth, 1928 December 25

 Part of Collection — Box 102: [Barcode: 39002140920191], Folder: 31
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Autograph letter, signed, expressing his love to Elizabeth.

Dates: 1928 December 25

Letter : Landing, New Jersey, to Hamilton Holt, 1904 Oct 7

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-8
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS asking for the latest deadline for sending a poem, and inviting Holt to spend a weekend later in the month.

Dates: 1904 Oct 7

Letter : Landing, New Jersey, to Joaquin Miller, 1906 September 12

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-10
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS, on printed letterhead of the Child Labor Federation, 1789 Broadway, New York, inviting Miller to visit him in Landing.

Dates: 1906 September 12

Letter : Swanee, Oklahoma, to Ann [Markham?], 1935 Jan 11

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-6
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1935 Jan 11

Letter : West New Brighton, New York, to Mr. Hagedorn, 1925 February 24

 Part of Collection — Box 98: [Barcode: 39002140920076], Folder: 13
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

Letter : West New Brighton, N.Y., to Marjorie Browne, 1929 Aug 7

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS offering advice to a young poet, thanking her for sending him her poems and a drawing.

Dates: 1929 Aug 7

Letter : West New Brighton, Staten Island, New York, to Elsa Barker, 1926 October

 Part of Collection — Box 102: [Barcode: 39002140920191], Folder: 30
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: 1926 October

Letter : Westerleigh, Staten Island, N. Y., to Robertus Love, 1905 June 19

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-11
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS declining an invitation.

Dates: 1905 June 19

Letter : Westerleigh, Staten Island, N.Y., to Dr. Frederick W. Speirs, Editor "Booklover's Magazine", 1905 Mar 29

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-3
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

ALS thanking him for sending a copy of "Booklover's Magazine."

Dates: 1905 Mar 29

Letters : to Walter Blackburn Harte and to Mrs. Walter Blackburn Harte, [18]95-1903

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-2
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

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.

Dates: [18]95-1903

Photograph of Edwin Markham, undated

 Part of Collection — Box 96: [Barcode: 39002140920035], Folder: 4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC

Poem, "The Three B's," notes about Abraham Lincoln, deposit slip and photograph, 1925-36, n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 29: [Barcode: 39002137170388], Folder: GROUP 496, F-4
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

TMS poem "The Three B's," dedicated to the Writers' Guild; holograph notes or fragments of draft about Lincoln, with a printed clipping about Lincoln corrected in ink; a deposit slip from the Staten Island National Bank and Trust, signed; and a signed photograph, dated 1936.

Dates: 1925-36, n.d.