Box 1
Container
Contains 6 Results:
Clippings, 1918-1951; no date
File — Box: 1, Folder: F1
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings of wedding announcements for W. P. Shipley’s children and grandchildren. Obituaries of son James and a son-in-law.
Dates:
1918-1951; no date
Photos, 1918-1939; no date
File — Box: 1, Folder: F2
Scope and Contents
Includes family photos of W. P. Shipley and unidentified family members.
Dates:
1918-1939; no date
Correspondence, 1881-1941; no date
File — Box: 1, Folder: F3
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between family, friends, and business contacts.
Dates:
1881-1941; no date
Deeds, 1879, 1884
File — Box: 1, Folder: F4
Scope and Contents
Includes one deed from 1879 regarding Thomas Shipley and another of unknown relation from 1884.
Dates:
1879, 1884
Magazines, 1907-1942
File — Box: 1, Folder: F5
Scope and Contents
Includes various chess magazines from British Chess Magazine , American Chess Bulletin , and The Chess Review . Issues of American Chess Bulletin from 1942 contain an obituary for Walter Penn Shipley and other mentions of his death. Earlier magazines include information on Shipley’s involvement within American...
Dates:
1907-1942
Photos, clippings, and correspondence, no date; 1938
File — Box: 1, Folder: F6
Scope and Contents
Photos of Walter Penn Shipley playing chess and posing with other chess players, most notably the Cuban chess champion Jose Raul Capablanca. Some photos also appear in the chess magazines in this collection. Newspaper clipping from The Evening Bulletin detailing a chess match between Capablanca and his 24 opponents, one of whom was Shipley. Also includes two chessboard cards with stamps and annotations which Shipley used to play chess through...
Dates:
no date; 1938