| Creator: | Shipley, Walter Penn, 1860- | |
| Title: | Walter Penn Shipley papers | |
| Date(s): | 1879-1951 | |
| Call No: | MSS 0608 | |
| Abstract: | This collection contains materials related to Walter Penn Shipley, a Philadelphia lawyer and well-known amateur chess enthusiast of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials include photographs, magazines and[...] newspaper articles of Shipley’s chess activities as well as photographs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings relating to Walter Penn Shipley, his family, and his friends. | |
| Subjects: | Chess players--United States--History--20th century | Correspondence chess--United States--History--20th century | Chess--periodicals | Lawyers | More Subjects | |