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Clara Shirpser papers : additions, 1945-1993.
BANC MSS 2003/189 cLOCAL
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Title:
Clara Shirpser papers: additions, 1945-1993Creator/Contributor:
Shirpser, Clara, 1901-, creatorAbstract:
Consists of papers relating to her political activities including correspondence, clippings, memorabilia for the 1961 and
1965 inaugurals, scrapbooks and photographs. Also includes supplemental material for Oral History "One woman's role in Democratic
Party politics," and original drawings and pastels, and biographical material on her second and third husbands.
Date:
1945 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caDemocratic Party
Women -- Political activity -- California
Femmes -- Activité politique -- Californie
Politics and government
Women -- Political activity
California -- Politics and government
United States -- Politics and government
Californie -- Politique et gouvernement
États-Unis -- Politique et gouvernement
California
United States
Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Democratic National Committee (U.S.)
Shirpser, Clara -- 1901-
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) -- 1900-1965
Kefauver, Estes -- 1903-1963
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) -- 1917-1963
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) -- 1908-1973
Shirpser, Adolf -- 1894-1970
Levy, Nathaniel -- 1896-1984
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines) -- 1908-1973
Kefauver, Estes -- 1903-1963
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald) -- 1917-1963
Shirpser, Clara -- 1901-
Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing) -- 1900-1965
Note:
Related collection: Clara Shirpser papers, [ca. 1948-1968] (BANC MSS 74/41 c).
Born Clara Garfinkle in 1901, Clara Shirpser was involved in many national Democratic Party campaigns including the Stevenson-Kefauver
and the Kennedy-Johnson campaigns. Shirpser also ran for Assemblywoman to District 18, Berkeley and Alameda in 1950. Clara
Shirpser's three husbands predeceased her, her first husband in 1938, second husband Adolf Shirpser in 1970 and Nathaniel
Levy in 1984. Clara Shirpser Levy died in 1996.
Type:
Photographs.Pastels (Visual works)
Scrapbooks.
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes, 4 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize folder (1.5 linear ft.)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 2003/189 cLOCAL