Occupation archivisthistorian | Died 3 December 1973 | |
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Full Name Clifford Kenyon Shipton Spouse(s) Dorothy Boyd MacKillop Shipton Books Proceedings of the American, Proceedings of the American, Proceedings of the American | ||
Clifford Kenyon Shipton (August 5, 1902 – December 3, 1973) was an American archivist and historian. He served as university archivist at Harvard University and director of the American Antiquarian Society.
Shipton was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and first came to Harvard in 1922. He received an undergraduate degree from the university in 1926, and later completed master's and doctoral studies. In 1930 he began work as editor of the Sibley series of Harvard alumni biographies, and 1938 was appointed Harvard University Archivist. In addition to his work at the archives, Shipton was director of the American Antiquarian Society from 1959 to 1967.
He also served in the archival profession, and was a founding member of the Society of American Archivists. He was later elected president of the organization for 1967 to 1968.