Finding Aid for the Lee Shippey papers, 1938-1950
Processed by Yvonne Schroeder; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
© 2002
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Lee Shippey papers, 1938-1950
Collection number: 680
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Yvonne Schroeder, 25 August 1960
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
- Encoding supervision by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, March 2003
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Lee Shippey papers,
Date (inclusive): 1938-1950
Collection number: 680
Creator:
Shippey, Lee, 1884-
Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
1 oversize box
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Lee Shippey (1884-1969) was a columnist for many Southern California newspapers and a author. His books include
The great American family (1938),
It's an old California custom (1948), and
The Los Angeles book (1950). The collection contains manuscript drafts of two of Shippey's books and an autographed first edition of a third.
There are also Max Yavno photographs used in
The Los Angeles book.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lee Shippey.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lee Shippey papers (Collection 680). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Lee Shippey was born in Tennessee, 1884; worked as proofreader for Kansas City times; served as a correspondent in France
during World War I for the
Kansas City star; free-lance writer in Mexico; joined
Los Angeles times in 1927, writing daily Leeside o' LA column for 22 years, and also wrote
Seymour family weekly columns; wrote several books, including
The great American family (1938),
It's an old California custom (1948), and
The Los Angeles book (1950); published his biography as
The luckiest man alive (1959); wrote weekly columns for the
San Diego Union and
Del Mar Surfcomber; died December 30, 1969 in Encinitas, California.
Scope and Content
Contains manuscript drafts of two of Shippey's books and an autographed first edition of a third. Also contains photographs
by Max Yavno used in
The Los Angeles book.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Typescripts and proofs.
- Photographs.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Shippey, Lee, 1884- --Archives.
Journalists--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Authors, American--20th century--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Photographs.
Other Index Terms Related to this Collection
Yavno, Max.
The Los Angeles Book. Los Angeles, n.d. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1950
Box 1, Folder 1
Typescript of text with copious corrections..
Physical Description: 68 leaves.
Scope and Content Note
Autographed.
Also: photographs by Max Yavno used in book (81 pieces in 2 envelopes).
Box 1, Folder 2
Page proofs.
Physical Description: Two copies, one on onion skin. In one envelope.
Box 1, Folder 3
[No further description available].
Box 1, Folder 4
Layout sheets.
Physical Description: 17 leaves. In manila folder.
Box 1, Folder 5
First edition, autographed.
Box 2
Photographs used in
The Los Angeles Book.
Physical Description: 81 pieces.
Note
Max Yavno, photographer.
Box 1, Folder 6
It's an old California custom. n.p. 1948. New York: Vanguard Press.
Physical Description: 238 numbered leaves. Boxed in wine colored, cloth slipcase.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript with numerous holograph corrections. Short holograph letter of dedication to UCLA from Shippey inserted.
Also: one copy of book.
Box 1, Folder 7
The great American family. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1938.
Scope and Content Note
Autographed first edition. Fly leaf inscribed to Dear Myrtle [Ingram]... Letter to Mrs. Myrtle Ingram inserted at back of
book.
Box 1, Folder 8
Ephemera.
Physical Description: 9 pieces.
Scope and Content Note
Newsclippings and exhibit materials pertaining to published works in this collection, plus some miscellaneous items.
Box 1, Folder 8
Photographs of Shippey, Yavno, and prominent members of the UCLA Library staff. Also, short note from Shippey to Dr. Powell
regarding photographs of him.
Physical Description: 7 pieces.