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William D. Shipman papers

 Collection
Identifier: M265

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Scope and Content

The collection comprises William D. Shipman’s Bowdoin College administrative files (1957-1987) from his tenure as faculty, including committee reports, class schedules, department reviews, Senior Center Council materials, and a housing study. The collection also contains papers from Shipman’s non-Bowdoin professional work, the bulk of which are from the 1970s and 1980s and concern Maine’s energy plan and U.S./Canada economic relations; materials include conference reports, Maine energy reports and related correspondence, economic reports, news articles, and research papers.

Dates

  • Creation: 1958-1990, undated

Creator

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Biographical/Historical Note

William D. Shipman was born on November 15, 1925 in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. He received his A.B. in 1949 from the University of Washington, his A.M. from the University of California Berkeley in 1950, and his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1960. After a short time with the government and private sector, Shipman came to Bowdoin where he taught economics beginning in 1957. In the 1969-1970 academic year, he was appointed Adams-Catlin Professor of Economics, becoming Adams-Catlin Professor of Economics emeritus in June 1992. Shipman served as a consultant to the Federal Power Commission and the Main Public Utilities Commission. In addition to several works on energy, Shipman authored The Early Architecture of Bowdoin College and Brunswick, Maine in 1973, with a revised edition in 1985. In Brunswick he lived at 75 Federal Street from 1960 until 1991, when the College purchased his house.

Extent

4 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

William D. Shipman’s Bowdoin College administrative files (1957-1987) from his tenure as faculty, including committee reports, class schedules, department reviews, Senior Center Council materials, and a housing study; also includes research files concerning Maine’s energy plan and U.S./Canada economic relations

Arrangement

Organized in two series: Bowdoin College and Energy and Economics.

Related Names

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the William D. Shipman Papers
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

http://library.bowdoin.edu/arch/index.shtml
Contact:
3000 College Station
Brunswick Maine 04011 USA
(207) 725-3288

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