Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935

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Thomas Boyd was born in Defiance, Ohio on July 3, 1898. He served in the U.S. Marine Corp during World War I. In 1920 he married Margaret "Peggy" Woodward Smith and they moved to Minneapolis where they wrote for newspapers. Boyd completed his first novel, Through the Wheat, about his war experiences. After divorcing in 1929 Thomas Boyd married Ruth Fitch and Peggy Smith married Ted Shane. Boyd became a Communist Party member and was the first Communist Candidate to run for governor Vermont in 1934. He died of a cerebral hemorrage in 1935.

From the description of Thomas Boyd papers, 1906-1991 (bulk 1917-1935). (Ohio Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 55694053

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creatorOf Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935. [Research notes for Poor John Fitch]. Dartmouth College Library
referencedIn Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Correspondence, 1916-1925. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. Scrapbooks of James Branch Cabell [manuscript], 1886-1958 (bulk 1904-1926). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Autograph file: A-I, 1783-1983. Vassar College
referencedIn Ballou, Robert O. (Robert Oleson), 1892-1977,. Robert O. Ballou correspondence, 1923-1928. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Mason, Ruth Fitch, 1890-1974. Papers, 1908-1962. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935. The beamish boy : typescript, [19--]. Princeton University Library
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935. Correspondence with Robert Bridges [manuscript], c1928. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Mason, Ruth Fitch, 1890-1974. Ruth Fitch Mason papers, 1908-1962. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935. Salon : typescript, [19--]. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Boyd, Elizabeth Grace. [Thomas and Peggy Smith "Woodward" Boyd biography typescript]. Minnesota Historical Society Library
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1921-1925. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Flandrau, Charles Macomb, 1871-1938. Letters to Thomas Boyd, 1922-1929. Houghton Library
creatorOf Boyd, Thomas, 1898-1935. Thomas Boyd papers, 1906-1991 (bulk 1917-1935). Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. Amy Lowell papers, 1916-1925. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
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correspondedWith Ballou, Robert O. (Robert Oleson), 1892-1977, person
associatedWith Boyd, Elizabeth Grace. person
correspondedWith Bridges, Robert, 1858-1941 person
associatedWith Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958. person
associatedWith Fitch, John, 1743-1798. person
associatedWith Flandrau, Charles Macomb, 1871-1938. person
associatedWith Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925. person
associatedWith Mason, Ruth Fitch, 1890-1974. person
associatedWith Shane, Peggy, b. 1898. person
associatedWith Vassar College. corporateBody
associatedWith Wayne, Anthony, 1745-1796 person
associatedWith Woodward family family
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Ohio
Subject
American literature
Authors
Literature, Modern
Steam-navigation
Occupation
Novelists, American
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Birth 1898-07-03

Death 1935-01-27

Americans

English

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