Overview
Preliminary box list only for literary and personal papers of American playwright and author Louis Evan Shipman.
Dates
- Creation: 1859-1933
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED: Collection is unprocessed. Access to collection requires permission of curator.
This collection is not housed at the Houghton Library but is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine what material is offsite and retrieval policies and times.
Extent
15 linear feet (11 boxes, 3 cartons)Includes play scripts, novels and shorter works, correspondence, photographs, drawings, clippings, and printed books and magazines.
Biographical / Historical
Louis Evan Shipman was a playwright and author. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University and Harvard University.
Arrangement
Arrangement is by rough box list and materials are not fully sorted. Readers should note that when fully processed, the order of materials may change.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2009M-94. Purchased with funds from the Frank E. Chase Bequest and Bayard Livingston Kilgour and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund; received: 2010 February 24.
General note
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. See access restrictions below for information.
Processing Information
Accessioned by: Melanie Wisner
- Title
- Shipman, Louis Evan, 1869-1933. Louis Evan Shipman papers, circa 1859-1933
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou02144
Repository Details
Part of the Houghton Library Repository
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