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Winifred Sanford

SOUTHWESTERN WRITERS COLLECTION SERIES The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University–San Marcos Steven L. Davis, Editor

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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TEXAS WRITER

Winifred Sanford BET T Y HOLL AND W I E S E PA P E

U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S PR E S S , AUS T I N

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The Southwestern Writers Collection Series originates from the Wittliff Collections, a repository of literature, film, music, and southwestern and Mexican photography established at Texas State University–San Marcos. Information in Chapters 4 and 5 previously appeared in “The Manuscript Club of Wichita Falls: A Noteworthy Literary Club,” Southwestern Historical Quarterly 47, no. 4 (April 1994): 643–659. Copyright © 2012 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2012 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 http://utpress.utexas.edu/about/book-permissions The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (R1997) (Permanence of Paper).

LIBR ARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING -IN-PUBLICATION DATA Wiesepape, Betty Holland. Winifred Sanford : the life and times of a Texas writer / by Betty Holland Wiesepape. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-292-74296-3 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Sanford, Winifred M., 1890–1983. 2. Authors, American—20th century— Biography. 3. Authors, American—Texas. I. Title. PS3537.A696Z95 2012 813'.52—dc23 [B] 2012008448 doi:10.7560/742963

FRONTISPIECE: Winifred Sanford shortly before she and Wayland moved from Duluth, Minnesota, to Wichita Falls, Texas, circa 1920.

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In memory of Helen Jackson Sanford, Keeper of the Ashes.

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