Winifred Mahon Sanford Papers 1911 – 2003

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Winifred Mahon Sanford Papers 1911 – 2003

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Correspondence, printed material, handwritten notes, tearsheets, newspaper clippings, published magazines, and one VHS cassette (1 linear foot), document the literary career of the author and posthumous publication of her works. More detailed descriptions of the series are listed in the Series Description and Series Summary.

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Southwestern Writers Collection, Special Collections, Alkek Library, Texas State University-San Marcos

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Sanford, Winifred M., 1890-

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Born in Duluth, Minnesota on March 16, 1890 to Henry S. Mahon and Helen Brooks Mahon, Winifred Mahon Sanford enjoyed a brief but noteworthy literary career from 1925 to 1931. Her 15 short stories appeared popular magazines of the day such the American Mercury and the Woman’s Home Companion . She has been called an “unjustly forgotten” Texas author whose work realistically captures the social transition in post-World War I Texas brought about by the oil boom. Educated for...