Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 2.4 Linear Feet (6 boxes)
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Miriam A. De Ford Papers (MS 3526) California Historical Society Collection at Stanford, Stanford University Libraries, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, personal records and books/publications.
- Biographical / historical:
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De Ford was a suffragist, feminist, and writer. Collection includes correspondence, between De Ford and her second husband Maynard Shipley, 1872-1934, a writer and lecturer whom she married in 1921, and Shipley's correspondence; De Ford's 1905 diary and diary entries from 1939 to 1941; her autobiography; manuscripts of her plays, stories, and articles, including Feminism -- Cause or Effect?, written in 1933; birth certificates, marriage licenses, and divorce papers; academic records; portion of De Ford's will; photos; wills of Shipley and William Armistead Collier, her first husband; membership cards; clippings; 1906 Philadelphia High School for Girls yearbook; and material on Ella May Clemmons and Mrs Howard Gould. De Ford attended Wellesley in 1908, and was the youngest member of the Single Tax Society. Among her works were They Were San Franciscans and a biography of Shipley.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of the Estate of Miriam Allen De Ford through Ernest Besig, 1975. Transferred to Stanford University Libraries in 2025.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been arranged into 3 series: Series I: Personal papers and correspondence; Series II: Typescripts and manuscripts; Series III: Publications
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research. Note that materials must be requested 36 hours in advance of intended use.
- Terms of access:
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While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Miriam A. De Ford Papers (MS 3526) California Historical Society Collection at Stanford, Stanford University Libraries, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Department of Special Collections, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6004, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022