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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78031393
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The collection of Florence Hamilton, poet and lecturer, relating to Edwin Markham was given to the Library of Congress by Hamilton from 1937 to 1962. The Rare Book and Special Collections Division transferred some material to the Manuscript Division in 1943 and 1945.
The Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham was arranged and described in 1983. The register was revised and the collection reprocessed in 2007. An exhibition of the collection was held at the Library of Congress in 1942.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham.
Additional material relating to Edwin Markham includes the Edwin Markham Papers in the Manuscript Division and the Edwin Markham Archives in the Horrmann Library, Wagner College, New York, N.Y.
The status of copyright of the unpublished writings in the Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham is open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Florence Hamilton Collection Relating to Edwin Markham, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The collection of Florence Hamilton (1873-1968) relating to Edwin Markham spans the years 1857-1959, with the bulk of the material dating from 1926 to 1942. The papers are organized in the following series: Correspondence , Poetry , Speeches and Writings , Unpublished Biography , Scrapbooks , Photographs and Prints , Memorabilia , Miscellany , Addition , and Oversize .
The Correspondence consists of letters to and from Edwin Markham, Florence Hamilton, and others. A majority of the letters, however, are written by Markham to Hamilton and concern his lecture tours, stays with Charles R. Walgreen, his health, the poetry of others, and his thanks to Hamilton for her assistance. The correspondence reveals a relationship between the two with some of Markham's letters to Hamilton addressed as "Dear Child" and simply signed as either "A" or "Aprile."
The Poetry series contains poems by Markham and includes his most famous work, "The Man with the Hoe," as well as "Lincoln, the Man of the People," "Ode to Lincoln," "Ballad of the Gallows Bird," and "Our Israfel." His notebooks of poems span the length of his career. Of interest also is the guestbook in which Markham wrote poems when staying at Hamilton's home in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, a place he referred to as "The House with the Smiling Face."
The Speeches and Writings file includes articles, speeches, a radio script, and a motion picture script. Many of Markham's works cover social and religious issues as well as poetry. Markham also wrote about individuals including the American realist author and literary critic William Dean Howells.
The Unpublished Biography series consists largely of Hamilton's typescript of " The Man with the Hoe, the Poem, the Poet, and the Problem: The Intellectual Biography of Edwin Markham" that was to have been published in 1936. Included also are biographical sketches of Markham, letters authorizing Hamilton to write his biography, drafts of the work, and a photograph of Markham and Hamilton.
The Scrapbooks series includes clippings, photographs, programs, correspondence, and poems covering the personal lives and writings of Markham and Hamilton. Volumes 3 and 10 pertain mostly to Hamilton and document her poetry, her relationship to Markham, and her life as a poet in New York. Volume 8 contains a copy of Markham's will, while Volume 7 is filled with his obituary notices from 1940. Many of Markham's poems in the scrapbooks have been inscribed to Hamilton.
Other photographs are located in the Photographs and Prints series as well as a print of the painting "The Man with the Hoe" by the French artist Jean-François Millet. The Memorabilia series includes a plaster cast of Markham's hand, a strand of his hair, and horoscopes written for him.
The Miscellany is largely comprised of books inscribed by Markham to Hamilton or annotated by him. Eleven volumes were authored by Markham's friend, Thomas Lake Harris, and others were written or edited by Markham. Of interest among Markham's personal documents is a copyright certificate from the Library of Congress dated 1900 for the poem "Lincoln, the Great Commoner." The printed matter consists of annotated articles, clippings, programs, and prose and poems about and by Markham, many of which seemed to have been collected by Hamilton for her biography of him.
The Addition includes programs, poems, and articles pertaining to Hamilton; some correspondence of Markham's wife, Anna Catherine Markham; and a book of poems by Markham's mother, Elizabeth Markham, published in 1921.
The Oversize is comprised of poems, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.
This collection is arranged in ten series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78031393
Letters to and from Markham, Hamilton, and others, with most from Markham to Hamilton.
Hamilton's letters from Markham are organized separately from her general correspondence; both files are arranged chronologically. Markham's correspondnece with others is organized according to letters received and sent and therein chronologically.
Handwritten, typescript, and printed copies of poems by Markham with some in notebooks and some in sheet music.
Arranged alphabetically by title or type of material. The notebooks are arranged chronologically.
Handwritten and typescript copies of speeches, articles, a radio script, and a motion picture script.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
A typescript, drafts, authorization letters, biographical sketches, and a photograph relating to Hamilton's unpublished biography of Markham, "The Man with the Hoe, the Poem, the Poet, and the Problem: The Intellectual Biography of Edwin Markham."
Arranged by type of material.
Scrapbooks of clippings, photographs, correspondence, programs, poems, and photocopies pertaining to Markham and Hamilton.
Arranged by volume number assigned by Hamilton or by title.
Photographs of Markham and Hamilton and others and a print of the original painting "The Man with the Hoe."
Arranged alphabetically by type of material.
A plaster cast of Markham's hand, a strand of his hair, and horoscopes.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material or title.
Inscribed books, mostly by Markham to Hamilton, and personal documents and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material.
Correspondence, poems, articles, printed matter, scripts, and phototographs.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and thereunder by name of person.
Poems, scrapbooks, photographs, and memorabilia.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.