Miriam Allen de Ford papers, 1893-1954.

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Miriam Allen de Ford papers, 1893-1954.

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Consists of personal papers and documents, correspondence with Maynard Shipley, correspondence from publishers, newspaper clippings, ephemera, and manuscripts and typescripts of de Ford's plays, articles, stories, poems, biographies, and other writings. Includes typescripts of They were San Franciscans, Penultimates, Stone walls: prisons from fetters to furloughs, and other works. Includes some material related to de Ford's husbands, including a will for each, as well as letters and published writings by Maynard Shipley.

6 boxes (3.0 linear ft.)

California historical society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6776702

California historical society

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Shipley, Maynard, 1872-1934

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De Ford, Miriam Allen, 1888-1975

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Maynard Shipley (1872-1934) was a criminologist and scientist who often spoke out in favor of science and evolution and against religious fanaticism and capital punishment. Shipley also worked as an editor, speaker, and organizer for the Socialist Party alongside Eugene V. Debs. Shipley married Miriam Allen De Ford in 1921. Ford was a writer and eventually wrote about Shipley in a biography entitled Up-Hill All The Way (1956), also in the Tamiment Library. From the guide to the Miria...