Sandford Family Papers
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Gilman, Georgiana Sandford, 1887-1982
label: Collection Creator
content: MacDowell, Helen Sandford, 1889-
label: Collection Creator
content: Pease, L.F.
label: Collection Creator
content: Prince, Georgiana K., 1861-1915
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Frank S., 1853-1924
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford Greeting Card Company
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Mary Elizabeth, 1852-1936
label: Collection Creator
content: Sandford, Ruth, 1879-1972
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content: Sandford Greeting Card Company and Family Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1831-2003, undated
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1252, Series 2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Contains the personal papers of the Sandford family. The materials document the day to day activities and interests of individual members outside of the family business. The series is divided into eight subseries. Subseries 2.1 is the papers of Frank Sherman Sandford dating from 1870-1925. Subseries 2.2 consists of the papers of founder Mary Elizabeth Kennedy Sandford dating from 1868-2003. Subseries 2.3 contains the papers of daughter and later manager of the company Ruth Louise Sandford dating from 1900-1972. Subseries 2.4 is son John Joseph Sanford's papers dating from 1900-1987. Subseries 2.5 includes Georgiana Kennedy Sandford Gilman papers dating from 1870-1973. Subseries 2.6 is daughter Helen Louise Sandford McDowell papers dating from 1899-2000. Subseries 2.7 contains the papers relating to the family household dating from 1831-1992. Subseries 2.8 includes the papers of Frances Rohe, whose relationship to the family is unknown, dating from 1913 and 1920.