Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Edwin Markham Poetry Society
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 13 linear feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Edwin Markham Poetry Society Hoe Room Collection. History San Jose Research Library
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection of Edwin Markham Poetry Society records, publications, clippings, photographs, and original correspondence and manuscripts primarily related to Edwin Markham and Henry Meade Bland. The collection also includes nine boxes of books that were part of the Hoe Room Collection, comprising Bland's original library and later donations by Poetry Society members.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Edwin Markham Poetry Society was founded circa 1930 to encourage interest in poetry and kindred literature and arts, to sponsor an annual poetry contest, and to preserve the contents of the Hoe Room at the Edwin Markham House (formerly located at 832 South Eight Street in San Jose, now located at History Park). The organization's goals were to study poetic literature and allied subjects, to further the work of members and to provide a visitor reception center in the Edwin Markham house. It was disbanded circa 1990. The Edwin Markham House was moved from the San Jose State University grounds to History Park in 1987 and subsequently renovated and restored. The Poetry Society collection was acquired as part of these efforts in order to create a museum exhibit in the house at History Park.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the San Jose Historical Museum during restoration of the Edwin Markham House after it was moved to History Park in 1987.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Poets, American
Literature--Societies, etc
administrative records
poems
letters (correspondence)
photographic prints
manuscripts (documents)
serials (publications)
programs (documents)
clippings (information artifacts) - Names:
- Edwin Markham Poetry Society
Markham, Edwin, 1852-1940
Bland, Henry Meade, 1863-1931 - Places:
- San Jose (Calif.)
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is available to the public for research by appointment with the Curator of Library & Archives.
- Terms of access:
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Publications are covered under copyright and may not be reproduced. Contact the Curator of Library & Archives for information on publication and reproduction of non-copyrighted items.
- Preferred citation:
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Edwin Markham Poetry Society Hoe Room Collection. History San Jose Research Library
- Location of this collection:
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1661 Senter RoadSan Jose, CA 95112, US
- Contact:
- (408) 287-2290