Register of the Charles Shipman papers
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Title: Charles Shipman papers
Date (inclusive): 1895-1986
Collection Number: 2005C62
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(2.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Contains correspondence, memoirs, meeting minutes, plays, clippings, notes, and photographs relating to the life of Charles
Shipman. Shipman was active in anti-war, anti-imperialist, and communist groups in the United States. He was also a delegate
to the second and sixth Communist International congresses, and was a communist leader in Mexico under the name Manuel Gomez.
Creator:
Shipman, Charles, 1895-1989
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2005
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Charles Shipman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
| 1895 August 10 |
Born Charles Francis Phillips in New York City |
| 1913-1914 |
Attends Columbia University Extension classes |
| 1914-1917 |
Attends Columbia School of Journalism |
| 1915 December |
Participates in Ford Peace Expedition as Observer |
| 1917 |
Organizing Secretary of the Collegiate Anti-Militarism League |
| 1918 March |
Travels to Mexico to begin work for Communist Party |
| 1919 |
Travels to Spain with Communist agent Mikhail Markovich Borodin under the name Jesus Ramirez |
| 1920 |
Returns to Mexico, working under the name Manuel Gomez |
| |
Delegate to the 2nd Communist International Congress |
| 1921 |
Returns to United States, settling in Chicago |
| 1923-1928 |
Secretary, All-America Anti-Imperialist League |
| 1927 |
Moves to New York City |
| 1928 |
Delegate to the 6th Communist International Congress |
| 1930-1934 |
Works as journalist and editor at several newspapers, including the
Wall Street News, Wall Street Journal, and
New York Post
|
| 1937-1948 |
Works at
Standard and Poor's
|
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence, memoirs, meeting minutes, plays, clippings, notes, and photographs relating to the life of Charles
Shipman. Shipman was active in anti-war, anti-imperialist, and communist groups in the United States. He was also a delegate
to the second and sixth Communist International congresses, and was a communist leader in Mexico under the name Manuel Gomez.
The
Subject files document this activity. Shipman's life is chronicled in his memoirs, which are found in the
Writings series along with plays Shipman translated and adapted from Spanish. The
Photographs series is composed of portraits of Shipman and prints depicting meetings, family, and friends.
Arrangement Statement
The collection is arranged in three series: Subject files, 1895-1986; Writings, 1960-1971; and Photographs, 1915-1982.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- Mexico
Communism -- United States
Peace movements
Anti-imperialist movements
Communist International
All-America Anti-Imperialist League
Subject file
1895-1986
Physical Description: 0.4 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Consists of correspondence, meeting minutes, clippings, and notes related to Shipman's life and work with anti-war, anti-imperialist,
and communist groups in the United States and Mexico.
Arrangement note
Arranged in alphabetical order by folder title.
box 1, folder 1-2
All-America Anti-Imperialist League
1920-1930, 1971
box 1, folder 3
American Communist Party
1923-1982
box 1, folder 4
Biographical file
1928-1985
box 1, folder 5
Ford expedition
1915-1966
box 1, folder 7
Passports
1915-1975
Scope and Contents note
Includes passports for Charles Shipman and his wife Sylvia Feningston
box 1, folder 9
Personalities and friends
1965-1984
box 1, folder 10
Pic and Carlota
1945-1983
box 1, folder 11
Pre-Mexico data (correspondence)
1917-1918, 1966
Scope and Contents note
Includes letters regarding Shipman's decision to be a conscientious objector during World War I.
box 1, folder 12
Redding, Connecticut
1941-1985
Scope and Contents note
Includes
Ah Catalina! programs
box 1, folder 13
Russia and the Comintern
1967-1984
box 1, folder 14
Work-related clippings
1956-1986
box 1, folder 15
Workers Monthly
1923-1925
Writings
1960-1971
Physical Description: 0.6 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Contains an autobiographical transcript, Shipman's memoirs, and plays adapted and translated from Spanish.
Arrangement note
Arranged in chronological order.
box 2, folder 1-4
Biographical typescript (uncorrected)
undated
box 2, folder 5-9
Natural Enough: An Autobiography
undated
box 3, folder 1
The Lady from Havana
1960
box 3, folder 5
"From Mexico to Moscow,"
Survey: A Journal of Soviet and Eastern Studies, v. 55
1965 April
box 3, folder 6
Encounter in a Doctor's Waiting Room
1970
Photographs
1915-1982
Physical Description: 1.55 Linear Feet
Scope and Contents note
Composed of images of Shipman himself, family, friends, communist meetings, and play rehearsals.
Arrangement note
Arranged in chronological order by group.
box 4
Portraits of Charles Shipman
undated
box 3, folder 7
Meetings and groups
1915-1972
Scope and Contents note
Includes images of communist meetings.
box 3, folder 8
Shipman family and friends
1919-1972
box 4
"Haitian Patriotic Union banquet for Mr. Manuel Gomez,"
1928 September 30
box 3, folder 9
Miscellaneous snapshots
1947-1982
box 3, folder 10
Ah Catalina! rehearsals
1964
box 4
International Summer School, University of Cambridge
1975
