Florence Hamilton collection relating to Edwin Markham,
Hamilton, Florence.
Florence Hamilton collection relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959 (bulk 1926-1942). - 11,000 items. 22 15 containers plus oversize. 12 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, Markham's poetry, articles and speeches, biographical materials, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers pertaining chiefly to the poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940), collected by Florence Hamilton. Includes Hamilton's correspondence with Markham, correspondence of Markham's wife, Anna Catherine Markham, Hamilton's unpublished biography of him, and notes and writings on Markham by others. Subjects include Markham's lecture tours, stays with Charles R. Walgreen and Myrtle R. Norton Walgreen, poetry of others, social and religious issues, William Dean Howells, Hamilton's life as a poet in New York, the relationship between Markham and Hamilton, and their personal affairs.
Some photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Poet and lecturer. Born 1873; died 1968.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007095
mm 78031393
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
Markham, Anna Catherine, 1859-1938 --Correspondence.
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940.
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 --Correspondence.
Walgreen, Charles R. 1873-1939.
Walgreen, Myrtle R. Norton, 1879-
Literature.
Poetry.
New York (State)--Social life and customs.
United States--Religion.
United States--Social conditions.
Lecturers.
Poets.
Florence Hamilton collection relating to Edwin Markham, 1857-1959 (bulk 1926-1942). - 11,000 items. 22 15 containers plus oversize. 12 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, Markham's poetry, articles and speeches, biographical materials, scrapbooks, printed matter, photographs, memorabilia, and other papers pertaining chiefly to the poet Edwin Markham (1852-1940), collected by Florence Hamilton. Includes Hamilton's correspondence with Markham, correspondence of Markham's wife, Anna Catherine Markham, Hamilton's unpublished biography of him, and notes and writings on Markham by others. Subjects include Markham's lecture tours, stays with Charles R. Walgreen and Myrtle R. Norton Walgreen, poetry of others, social and religious issues, William Dean Howells, Hamilton's life as a poet in New York, the relationship between Markham and Hamilton, and their personal affairs.
Some photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to
Poet and lecturer. Born 1873; died 1968.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007095
mm 78031393
Howells, William Dean, 1837-1920.
Markham, Anna Catherine, 1859-1938 --Correspondence.
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940.
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940 --Correspondence.
Walgreen, Charles R. 1873-1939.
Walgreen, Myrtle R. Norton, 1879-
Literature.
Poetry.
New York (State)--Social life and customs.
United States--Religion.
United States--Social conditions.
Lecturers.
Poets.