History San Jose CEO and curator Alida Bray has installed a display of artifacts in the resource room that pertains to Edwin Markham. On display are his poems, his cane, The Lark first edition of his poetry, and a 1920’s miniature book. This display highlights Markham’s career and his place in the annals of poetry in the United States and abroad. In the entry parlor is an original signed copy of Markham’s world-renowned poem, “The Man with the Hoe,” which was inspired by Jean-Francois Millet’s painting of the peasant in his deep abyss of labor. Another framed photograph pictures his good friends Jack London, Joaquin Miller, and Ina Coolbrith. Exciting news: Shawn McAllister of Florida has made contact with Poetry Center San Jose. He visited History Park and has willed his collection of Markham artifacts to History San Jose and to PCSJ, feeling that it has found a home at History Park.