Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Edwin Markham
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1852, Apr. 23 | Born Charles Edward Anson Markham, Oregon City, Oregon Territory |
| 1857-1870 | Attended school in Suisan and Santa Clara valleys, Calif. |
| circa1870 | Obtained teaching certificate, California College, Vacaville, Calif. |
| 1872 | Graduated, San Jose Normal School, San Jose, Calif. |
| 1874 | Attended Christian College, Santa Rosa, Calif. |
| 1875 | Married Annie Cox (divorced 1884) |
| 1875-1899 | Teacher, principal, and school superintendent in Southern California |
| 1880 | Published "The Gulf of Night" |
| 1887 | Married Caroline E. Bailey (divorced) |
| 1898 | Married Anna Catherine Murphy (died 1938) |
| 1899 | Published "The Man with the Hoe," San Francisco Examiner Published The Man with the Hoe. New York: Doxey's |
| circa 1900 | Moved to New York, N.Y. |
| 1901 | Published Lincoln and Other Poems. New York: McClure, Phillips |
| 1902 | Met Florence Hamilton, later his confidential secretary and lecture manager |
| 1910 | Charter member, Poetry Society of America |
| 1914 | Published with Benjamin B. Lindsey and George Creel Children in Bondage. New York: Hearst's International Library Published California the Wonderful.New York: Hearst's International Library |
| 1915 | Published The Shoes of Happiness, and Other Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page |
| 1920 | Published Gates of Paradise and Other Poems. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page |
| 1921-1940 | Poet laureate of Oregon |
| 1922 | Read "Lincoln, Man of the People" at dedication of Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. |
| 1925 | Published Foundation Stones of Success. Chicago: Howard-Severance Co. |
| 1926 | Publication of "The Ballad of the Gallows Bird," Century Magazine |
| 1927 | Published The Book of Poetry. New York: W. H. Wise |
| 1929 | Elected to the Academy of Arts and Letters |
| 1930 | Published Songs and Stories. Los Angeles: Powell Publishing Co. |
| 1932 | Published New Poems: Eighty Songs at Eighty.Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran. |
| 1933 | Awarded honorary Literary Doctorate, St. Lawrence University, Canton, N.Y. |
| 1936 | Lecture tour in Mexico |
| 1937 | Published The Star of Araby.Stapleton, N.Y.: J. Willig Press Awarded $5,000 prize by Academy of American Poets Declared mentally incompetent by a court in New York |
| 1938 | Recorded "Edwin Markham Himself," a phonograph album of his principal poems |
| 1940, Mar. 7 | Died, Staten Island, N.Y. |
Florence Hamilton
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1873, July 20 | Born Florence Danforth, Upper Jay, N.Y. |
| circa 1890 | Married Ernest Hamilton |
| circa 1920-1936 | Confidential secretary and lecture manager for Edwin Markham |
| 1930s-1950s | Member and elected official, National League of American Pen Women, Poetry Forum, and Congress of American Poets Lecturer on poetry |
| 1934 | Founding member, Academy of American Poets |
| 1936 | Dean of women, Summer School of Poetry, National University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico |
| 1939 | Published A Moment's Monument. New York: Klein-Heimbinder Co. |
| 1942 | Published Mirrors and Human Voices. Prairie City, Ill.: James A. Decker Press |
| 1968, Apr. 14 | Died, Richmond, Va. |