Oakland Public Library, Oakland History Center.
Primarily scrapbooks of clippings on the life and work of American poet Edwin Markham. One scrapbook also includes clippings about his son, mystery writer Virgil Markham and holiday cards from the scrapbook's creator. Also in the collection, a letter from Markham to Ruth LePrade and all friends of The Poet's Garden and one letter from Markham to Charles S. Greene.
American poet Edwin Markham (April 23, 1852 – March 7, 1940) was working as a principal at Tompkins Observation School in Oakland, California, when his poem "The Man With The Hoe" was published in the San Francisco Examiner on January 15, 1899. The poem was quickly republished throughout the country and made Markham famous.
(OHC MSS MARKHAM)
5 folders, .4 linear feet
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Available at Oakland History Center, Main Library.
