Typescripts and Manuscripts

The Writings Series is divided into the Published Works subseries, 1924 - 1988, and the Unpublished Works subseries, 1945 - 1986. The first contains tearsheets and photocopies of Sanford’s published short stories, arranged alphabetically by title. Of special interest is a collection of eight of Sanford’s short stories and one article gathered by her mother-in-law Helen Hall Sanford and placed in a small folder for posterity. Original copies of the American Mercury and Woman’s Home Companionare catalogued and housed separately in order to better preserve these fragile items. Copies of Windfall(1980 and 1988) are also included in the SWWC book collection. Also contained within this subseries are original receipts and Assignments of Copyright for Sanford’s short stories sold to the American Mercury and the Paget Literary Agency, as well as materials relating to Mira von Hollander-Munkh’s German translation of “The Forest Fire.”

The second subseries contains various unpublished materials, arranged alphabetically by title. Included are a typewritten copy of an “Choosing Your Type of Story,” an outline prepared by Winifred Sanford in the 1940s on how to write a short story, two typewritten copies of “Deep C,” a short story submitted to several magazines in 1945 but not published, “Memories” and “Memories by Buttercup Bailey,” two undated, handwritten works by Winifred Mahon when she was a child, and two undated copies of “Star in the East,” found among the possessions of Winifred Sanford’s sister after the latter’s death in 1986.