Nell Shipman Papers 1912-1970

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Nell Shipman Papers 1912-1970

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv03213

Correspondence (chiefly after 1925) relating to literary projects, proposed film projects, and family and personal affairs; other papers from Nell Shipman's post-silent film career, including mss. of novels, short stories, film scripts, story outlines, research notes, and clippings; and photos (ca. 1910-1925) from her silent film work in California, Washington, Idaho, and Canada.

15 linear feet (33 boxes)

eng,

Boise State University Library, Special Collections and Archives

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Shipman, Nell, 1892-1970

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Nell Shipman's life in show business began on the repertory and vaudeville stages and spanned the eras of silent film, radio, the talkies, and television. She toured with the likes of Jesse Lasky, Paul Gilmore, Dick Sutton, and Charles A. Taylor in the first decade of the twentieth century, made silent films in the 1910s and 20s, and spent the next forty years writing novels, plays, film scenarios, and short stories. She lived in Los Angeles and New York, Miami and Seattle, New Engl...