Charles Floyd Shipe World War II letters.
Scope and Contents
The Charles Floyd Shipe Papers consist primarily of the letters written by Floyd Shipe to his wife Ruth Caroline Fowler Shipe during World War II. Floyd Shipe was born on June 6, 1909, in Knox County, Tennessee, and died on March 25, 1993. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from May 1942 until September 1945, and he wrote to his wife nearly every day. The Shipes lived near Halls Cross Roads in Knox County, Tennessee. The contents of the letters cover issues of health, finance, farming, weather, and other general, everyday matters. There is not much information concerning the status of the war or his direct involvement; other than his posts of Parris Island, S. C.; Quantico, Va.; Cherry Point, N. C.; San Diego, Calif. (briefly); overseas (maybe Hawaii); and Okinawa, Japan. One folder consists of genealogy research conducted on the Shipe family and others, including the Bell and Crippen families. Other correspondence includes 'V-mails' from PFC James J. Bell to Ella Shipe in Knoxville, Tenn. There are two folders of photographs, which include pictures of Floyd and Ruth Shipe and a tintype of Henry Shipe, great-grandfather of C. Floyd Shipe.
Dates
- 1942-1945
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
7 boxes
- Bell family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Charles Floyd Shipe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Crippen family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ella Shipe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Genealogy Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Henry Shipe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- James J. Bell Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Military personnel Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photographs Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ruth Caroline Fowler Shipe Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Shipe family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tennessee History World War, 1939-1945 Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Tintypes Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- U. S. Marine Corps Air Station Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- United States. Army, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- V-mail Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Charles Floyd Shipe World War II letters.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
