Shipek (Florence Connolly) Collection, 1981-1985 and undated

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Summary

Title:
Florence Connolly Shipek Collection
Dates:
1981-1985 and undated
Creators:
Shipek, Florence Connolly
Abstract:
A collection of published materials by Florence Connelly Shipek (1918-2003), historian, anthropologist, and expert in Native American history and culture in Southern California. The collection primarily focuses on the Spanish missions in Southern California and the Kumeyaay and Luiseño peoples.
Extent:
0.2 Linear Feet (1 slim document box)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Florence Connolly Shipek Collection (H.Mss.0828). Special Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection includes journal articles authored or contributed to by Florence Connolly Shipek, as well as a book review. Materials primarily focus on the Spanish missions in Southern California and the cultural, social, and political effects they had on the local Native American peoples, specifically the Kumeyaay and Luiseño.

Biographical / historical:

Florence Connelly Shipek (1918-2003) was historian and anthropologist, who specialized in Native American history and culture in Southern California. She was born on December 11, 1918, in North Adams, Massachusetts and earned her BA and MA degrees in anthropology from the University of Arizona. After moving to San Diego in the early 1950s, Shipek became involved with the local tribes as a volunteer to help preserve federal support for Native American communities. In the late 1950s, she assisted attorneys working on tribal land claims – recording interviews with Native American elders and documenting their histories and customs. She continued her research through the 1970s, which resulted in two books and made her an expert witness in Native American land and water rights cases. In 1977, Shipek earned her Ph.D. in ethnohistory from the University of Hawaii. From 1978 to retirement, she was a professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Shipek also served as a long-time member of the Congress of History, giving presentations about Native Americans at history conferences. In 2002, she received the Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) People in Preservation "Lifetime Achievement" award. Florence Shipek passed away on January 9, 2003, in Point Loma, San Diego, California.

Sources:

Barmy, Chet. "In Loving Memory: Florence Connolly Shipek, Kumeyaay Anthropologist." The Kumeyaay Information Village & Website. January 12, 2003. http://www.kumeyaay.info/whoswho/inmemory/shipek.html

Halmy, Helen. "Florence C. Shipek 1918-2003." Save Our Heritage Organisation. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.sohosandiego.org/reflections/2003-1/shipek.html

Acquisition information:
Provenance unknown.
Processing information:

Arranged and processed by Special Collections staff.

Accruals:

No additions to the collection are anticipated.

Physical location:
Please consult repository.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Russell Michalak
Date Prepared:
© 2024
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-06-18 16:00:08 -0700 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to Special Collections.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Florence Connolly Shipek Collection (H.Mss.0828). Special Collections and Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library, The Claremont Colleges Services, Claremont, California.

Location of this collection:
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711, US
Contact:
(909) 607‑3977
specialcollections@claremont.edu
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