Collection ASM0060 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas papers

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ASM0060

Nom et localisation du dépôt

Niveau de description

Collection

Titre

Marjory Stoneman Douglas papers

Date(s)

  • 1890-1998 (Production)

Importance matérielle

79 Boxes

Nom du producteur

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, 1890-1998

Notice biographique

Marjory Stoneman Douglas was born April 7, 1890 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She was raised in Taunton, Massachussets after the divorce of her parents. Marjory attended the public school in Tauton, and Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, where she majored in English composition, graduating in 1912 with an A. B. degree. After her mother's death and the end of her brief marriage, Douglas moved to Miami to work with her father, Frank Stoneman, then the editor of The Miami Herald. Douglas left the Herald in 1923 after many years working on the Galley, a daily column that always included a poem. As an assistant editor on the paper, Douglas also wrote editorials urging protection and development of Florida's unique regional character in the face of rapid commercial development. After leaving the paper, she devoted herself to her literary career, writing of short stories, forty (40) of which were published in the Saturday Evening Post and other magazines between 1923 and 1938, many winning O. Henry and other awards. In 1947, Douglas published "The Everglades: River of Grass", a best-selling guide and natural/political history that not only raised public consciousness regarding the Everglades but also helped to diminish the national misperception of wetlands in general as swamps. Douglas also became a leader of the successful campaign for the establishement of Everglades National Park and in 1969 helped to found the conservation organization, Friends of the Everglades. Marjory Stoneman Douglas died in her home in Coconut Grove, Florida, on May 14, 1998 at the age of 108.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

The Papers consist primarily of  typescripts, correspondence, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, clippings and other primary source materials documenting the life and career of Marjory Stoneman Douglas.

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Conditions d’accès

The collection is open for research.

Accès physique

Accès technique

Conditions de reproduction

Marjory Stoneman Douglas Papers Finding Aid©2003 University of Miami. Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to asc-library@miami.edu.

Langue des documents

  • anglais

Écriture des documents

Notes sur la langue et l'écriture

Instruments de recherche

Générer l'instrument de recherche

asm0060.pdf

Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation

Historique de la conservation

Source immédiate d'acquisition

Gift of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 1987

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

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Sources complémentaires

Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.

https://merrick.library.miami.edu/specialCollections/asm0060/

Sources complémentaires

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. (1973). Adventures in a green world - the story of David Fairchild and Barbour Lathrop. Miami: Field Research Projects. Inscription and autograph by author on flyleaf.

Douglas, Marjory Stoneman. (1975). The Everglades: river of grass. Atlanta: Mockingbird Books. Inscription and autograph by author on front cover verso.

Pardue, L., Freeling, J., Greenfield, L.J., Gannon, P.T. (1982). Who knows the rain? Nature and origin of rainfall in South Florida. Miami: Friends of the Everglades. Inscription and autograph by Marjory Stoneman Douglas on t.p. verso.

James M. Carson Papers, 1887-1950.

Oliver Griswold Papers, 1957-1960.

Augustus Seymour Houghton Collection, 1866-1948.

Information about related materials is available at http://scholar.library.miami.edu/msdouglas/

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