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Shipley, Miriam deFord 1934-06-06

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Title	Shipley, Miriam deFord 1934-06-06
Abstract	Letter to Theodore Debs, 06/29/1934. Informs Theodore Debs that Maynard Shipley died on 06/18/1934 from a stroke. Says that worry over his financial situation as much as anything else killed him. Remarks that in going through Maynard Shipley's personal paper she has found several beautiful letters from Theodore Debs. Writes that she does not know what she is going to do now that her husband is gone. Mentions that before Maynard Shipley died that he came to the conclusion that the afterlife was nothing but self-deception. Informs Theodore Debs that she has no desire to live because she is too old to start life again. Tells Theodore Debs that just as he will never get over the death of Eugene V. Debs that she will never get over the death of Maynard Shipley. Mentions that Maynard Shipley's brain was willed to Cornell University and the rest of his body was cremated. Says that there was no funeral for him. Writes that she does not have the means to support herself.
Author	Shipley, Miriam
Recipient	Debs, Theodore, 1864-1945
Repository	Special Collections Department. Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute, Indiana, 47809.
Date digital	2009-05-27
Date original	1934-06-06
Coverage	United States -- Indiana -- Vigo County -- Terre Haute -- 1874-1977
Subject	Death Finance
WV3 Subject	Famous Hoosiers Labor
Provenance	Cooper, Marguerite Debs
Type	text
Material Type	Correspondence
Technical Metadata	image/tiff; Epson GT-20000; Adobe Photoshop CS2 8.0; 300 ppi;
Copyright	Digital image (c) 2012 Indiana State University Library, Terre Haute, Indiana.
Item ID	evd-letterss-00276.tif; evd-letterss-00277.tif; evd-letterss-00278.tif;

Shipley, Miriam deFord 1934-06-06

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