Collection Contents
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles and obituaries, 1966 -1970.
Box 1, Folder 2
Memorabilia, 1935.
Additional Note
Letter and menu/book jacket (WHERE NOTHING EVER HAPPENS) memorabilia for a dinner
honoring Shippey.
Box 1, Folder 5
Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1925 -1926.
Box 1, Folder 10
H - Miscellaneous, .
Additional Note
Includes a 1956 letter from Harriet Hinsdale concerning a proposed Jack London state
park.
Box 1, Folder 11
Hilton, James, 1950 -1954.
Box 1, Folder 12
Hughes, Rupert, 1935 -1950.
Box 1, Folder 18
Mason, Walt, .
Additional Note
Ca. 1923-1925.
Box 1, Folder 21
Poetry Review, 1924 -1925.
Box 1, Folder 22
Poetry Society, 1923 -1924.
Box 1, Folder 26
Stone, Irving, 1956 -1961.
Additional Note
Includes correspondence concerning a proposed Jack London state park.
Box 1, Folder 28
Times-Mirror Company, 1922 -1935.
Additional Note
Includes correspondence from publisher Harry Chandler, LOS ANGELES TIMES.
Box 1, Folder 30
W - Miscellaneous, .
Additional Note
Includes correspondence of Paul I. Wellman.
Box 1, Folder 31
Williams, Dan, 1923 -1925.
Box 1, Folder 32
Candle Light, .
Additional Note
From Shippey's poem, "Mother," with music by Charles Wakefield Cadman; see also the
Poetry subseries. Manuscript and two copies.
Box 1, Folder 33
Doughboy, 1944.
Additional Note
Music by Norman Soreng Wright. Blueline copy.
Box 1, Folder 34
Miscellaneous, .
Additional Note
Includes Shippey's poems "Evensong," written on the back of a photograph, and "Mother,"
in THE LOUIS ALLIS MESSENGER, Van B. Hooper, editor. Milwaukee, May-June 1947.
Box 1, Folder 35
"Heroes", .
Additional Note
Also includes "To Other Sinners," in POETRY OF TO-DAY. London: Erskine Macdonald Ltd.,
June 1924, 1:55-56.
Box 1, Folder 36
America's Most Arrested Man, .
Additional Note
In EVERYBODY'S MAGAZINE, July 1925, 53 (1):16, 163-166.
Box 1, Folder 37
Chapapote: A Story of Love, Hate, Intrigue and a Little-Known Plot to Change the Map of North America, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 2, Folder 1
Family Grows Up, .
Additional Note
Typescript, pages 1-117.
Box 2, Folder 2
Family Grows Up, .
Additional Note
Typescript, pages 118-174.
Box 2, Folder 3
Family Grows Up: A Sequel to THE GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 2, Folder 4
GIRL WHO WANTED EXPERIENCE, 1937.
Additional Note
Newspaper announcements and reviews.
Box 2, Folder 5
GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY, 1950.
Additional Note
Book review.
Box 2, Folder 6
GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY: A COMEDY (adaptation), .
Additional Note
A play adapted by Robert Frayne Chapin and Charley King from Shippey's book, THE GREAT
AMERICAN FAMILY.
Box 2, Folder 7
GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY: A COMEDY (adaptation), 1959.
Additional Note
Program for the play adapted by Aurania Rouverol from Shippey's book,THE GREAT AMERICAN
FAMILY. The play was held April 2-3, 1959 in Hollywood, CA.
Box 2, Folder 8
Great Idea, Slightly Used, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 2, Folder 9
Guests From Back Home, .
Additional Note
Edited typescript.
Box 2, Folder 10
Happy Though Retired, .
Additional Note
A collection of true stories. Edited typescript.
Box 2, Folder 11
Happy Though Retired, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 2, Folder 12
Happy Though Retired, 1963.
Additional Note
Final typescript with correspondence from Dell Publishing Co., Inc., dated April 6, 1964.
Box 2, Folder 13
IF WE ONLY HAD MONEY, .
Additional Note
Edited typescript, pages 1-127.
Box 2, Folder 14
IF WE ONLY HAD MONEY, .
Additional Note
Edited typescript, pages 128-250.
Box 2, Folder 15
IF WE ONLY HAD MONEY, .
Additional Note
August 27, 1939. Book review.
Box 3, Folder 1
IT'S AN OLD CALIFORNIA CUSTOM, 1947.
Additional Note
Publishing agreement with Vanguard Press Inc. and book review.
Box 3, Folder 2
It's Great To Be An Actor, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 3, Folder 3
Jeanue, .
Additional Note
Typescript, pages 1-174.
Box 3, Folder 4
Jeanue, .
Additional Note
Typescript, pages 175-322.
Box 3, Folder 5
Ladies Make News, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 3, Folder 6
LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, Part One, 1959.
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 3, Folder 7
LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, 1959.
Additional Note
'Four-word' (Foreward) by Paul I. Wellman.
Box 3, Folder 8
LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, 1959.
Additional Note
Page proofs, 1-94.
Box 3, Folder 9
LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, 1959.
Additional Note
Page proofs, 95-196.
Box 3, Folder 10
LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, 1959.
Additional Note
Publication announcement. See also the SCRAPBOOKS series.
Box 3, Folder 11
Miscellaneous Prose (Untitled), .
Additional Note
Typescripts arranged alphabetically by first line.
Box 3, Folder 12
Needles-Eye View of the City, .
Additional Note
June 1950. Galley proofs.
Box 4, Folder 1
Scholarship, 1948, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 2
Seymour Sample Case: the Humorous Record of What Happened to One American Family, Much Like Yours..., .
Additional Note
Edited typescript.
Box 4, Folder 3
Testing Ground: A Story of the Most American City in the World Outside the United States, 1925.
Additional Note
Proposal for a novel about Tampico, Mexico in 1922. Includes correspondence from H. H.
Howland (The Bobbs Merrill Co.), dated April 1, 1925.
Box 4, Folder 4
Think Game: I Challenge YOU, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 5
Think Game: How to Learn to Think for Yourself: I Challenge YOU, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 6
Understanding Friends, .
Additional Note
Typescript.
Box 4, Folder 7, Map-case Oversize: FB-207-02
Ca. 1915-1930, .
Additional Note
Contains clippings of Shippey's columns, "The Cheeruptimist," "Rhymes and Reasons," "Lee
Side o' L.A.," and articles by Shippey and others.
Box 4, Folder 8
Ca. 1923-1924, .
Additional Note
Includes articles, poetry, and the newspaper columns, "People You Know" and "How It Looks
to Mars." Includes correspondence from Walt Mason, dated December 14, 1923, enclosing a
memento check.
Box 4, Folder 9
Ca. 1925-1933, .
Additional Note
Odds and Ends and Poetry. Newspaper clippings of poetry, Shippey's columns "Lee Side o'
L.A." and "Joshua Little," and quotations by Tennyson Mabie. Looseleaf.
Box 4, Folder 10
1926, .
Additional Note
Mexico. Shippey's articles with picture postcards.
Box 4, Folder 11
1927, .
Additional Note
Newspaper clippings including Shippey's poetry, articles, "Lee Side o' L.A." and "Joshua
Little."
Box 5, Folder 1
Ca. 1937-1939, pages 1-76, .
Additional Note
"Leeside" and "Leeside o' L.A." newspaper clippings with notes. Includes typescripts of
"Essential Education" and "Leeside." Looseleaf.
Box 5, Folder 2
Ca. 1939-1945, pages 77+, .
Additional Note
"Leeside" and "Leeside o' L.A." newspaper clippings with notes. Looseleaf.
Box 5, Folder 3
Ca. 1951, .
Additional Note
"The Seymour Family" newspaper clippings with typed notes.
Box 5, Folder 4
Ca. 1953-1956, .
Additional Note
Scrapbook "A." Newspaper clippings of "The Seymour Family" with typed and holograph
notes.
Box 5, Folder 5
Ca. late 1950s, .
Additional Note
Scrapbook "B." "The Seymour Family," "Leeside," and "Leeside o' L.A." newspaper clippings
with some holograph notes. Also includes a galley proof of "Joshua Little," loose prose,
poetry and memorabilia.
Box 5, Folder 6
LUCKIEST MAN ALIVE, 1959 -1960.
Additional Note
Correspondence, publication announcements and reviews. Also includes "Surfside o' Del
Mar" clippings.
Box 5, Folder 7, Map-case Oversize: FB-207-03
Ca. 1960-1964, .
Additional Note
"Southwest Corner," "Lee Shippey Asks," "Lee Shippey Says," and "Surfside o' Del Mar"
columns from the SAN DIEGO UNION.
Box 5, Folder 8
Us Folk, .
Additional Note
"Leeside o' L.A.: Personal Glimpses of Famous Southlanders" columns, with typed name
index.
Box 6, Folder 1
Lee Side o' L.A, .
Additional Note
Galley proofs.
Box 6, Folder 2
Lee Side o' L.A, .
Additional Note
Galley proofs and clippings.
Box 6, Folder 3
Needle's Eye Views of the World, .
Additional Note
Newspaper clippings.
Box 6, Folder 4
Ca. 1915-1950s: Miscellaneous, .
Additional Note
"Lee Side o' L.A.," "Seymour Family," and miscellaneous articles and poetry by Shippey.
Box 6, Folder 5
Ca. 1931-1943: Miscellaneous, .
Additional Note
Articles by Shippey and others, "Lee Side o' L.A." clippings and poetry with holograph
notes.
Box 6, Folder 6
Ca. 1937-1959: Miscellaneous, .
Additional Note
"The Seymour Family," "Leeside" and "Lee Side o' L.A." clippings, "Leeside" galley proof,
and articles by and about Shippey. Includes an announcement for LOS ANGELES BOOK, and
manuscript chapter listing for HAPPY THOUGH RETIRED.