Charles E. Lipscomb attended the College of William and Mary 1888-1890. While a student, he was a founding member of the Kappa Alpha fraternity chapter at William and Mary. Lipscomb was from Prince William County, Virginia. He spent most of his career as a publisher, principally Parke, Austin & Lipscomb, Inc. in New York City. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Gift of Becky McCoy, granddaughter of Charles E., received prior to 2007.
Accessioned from the backlog, 1/2009, by Ute Schechter.
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Charles E. Lipscomb Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
The papers of Charles E. Lipscomb include photgraphs, news clippings, certificates and a volume of dedications from friends and colleagues on the occasion of his retirement.
Newspaper obituary of Charles Lipscomb and a Winston-Salem, North Carolina article on the "Tourist's and Sportsman's Truck" built by Charles Lipscomb in which he will tour Europe. Two sheets of paper fulled with pencil signatures. Certificate for C.E. Lipscomb as a Life Member of the Alumni Association of the College of Wlliam and Mary, dated 1931. Thirteen photographs of Charles Lipscomb, undated.
Black and white photograph of the Ruffner School with school children, dated 1891, in Manassas, Virginia with a 1951 newspaper article from the Manassas Messenger with the same photograph and list of the names of the students in the photograph.