Edwin Markham Letter
This collection consists of two letters written by Edwin Markham to friends Charles and Angie Perkins and a published review of Markham’s California the Wonderful.
Dates
- 1915
Language
The material in this collection is in English.
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection consists of two letters written by Edwin Markham to friends Charles and Angie Perkins and a published review of Markham’s California the Wonderful.
Biographical/Historical Note
Edwin Markham was born on April 23, 1852 in Oregon City, Oregon as Charles Edward Anson Markham. Markham married Anna Catherine Murphy (1859-1938) in 1898 after two failed marriages and had one son, Virgil Markham (1899-1973). A poet, Markham is known for works such as The Man with the Hoe and Other Poems (1899) and California the Wonderful (1914). Edwin Markham died on March 7, 1940 on Staten Island, New York after suffering from a debilitating stroke in 1936 that he never fully recovered from. Markham’s friend, Charles A. Perkins, was a University of Tennessee electrical engineering professor, head of the engineering department, and namesake of Perkins Hall. Angie Warren Perkins, Charles’ wife, is best known for being the first Dean of Women’s Studies at the University of Tennessee and the first woman elected to the Knoxville Board of Education.
Arrangement
This collection consists of one folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository