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Katherine Binney Shippen

{{Short description|American writer (1892–1980)}}

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| birth_place = Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

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| alma_mater = Bryn Mawr
Columbia University

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| notableworks = New Found World
Men, Microscopes, and Living Things

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Katherine Binney Shippen (April 1, 1892 – February 20, 1980) was an American history teacher, museum curator, and children's writer.

Early life and education

Shippen was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on April 1, 1892, to Francis and Ellen Shippen. She earned a B.A. degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1914 and an M.A. from Columbia University in 1929.{{Cite book | title = Contemporary Authors | publisher = Gale Cengage | year = 2000 | isbn = 0-7876-3209-0 | issn = 0275-7176 | pages = 366–367 | volume = 86 }}

Career

While studying for her master's degree, Shippen taught history at the Beard School (now Morristown-Beard School) in Orange, New Jersey (1917–26) and then at The Brearley School in Manhattan borough (1926–35). She then served as the headmistress at Miss Fine's School (now Princeton Day School) in Princeton, New Jersey, for the next nine years. In 1945, the Brooklyn Children's Museum named Shippen curator of the social studies department.{{cite journal|title=Shippen, Katherine B.|date=December 1954|journal=Current Biography (Bio Ref Bank)|publisher=Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson)}} {{subscription required|via=[https://www.ebsco.com EBSCO]'s Biography Reference Bank (H.W. Wilson)}} In the same year, she published her first book, New Found World. Shippen published 21 books throughout her career and twice won the Newbery Honor Award.{{Cite web|title=Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present|publisher= American Library Association|date=1999-11-30|url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm |access-date =2011-07-29}} Several of her books have been translated into Swedish, German, Polish, Spanish, and Greek editions. She died on February 20, 1980, in Suffern, NY.

Books

class="wikitable"
YearTitleNotes
1945New Found World{{cite book

|title=New Found World

|year=1945

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oF9DAAAAIAAJ&q=new+found+world

|location=New York

|isbn=9780670507009

}}

1946 Newbery Honor recipient
Junior Literary Guild selection
1947The Great Heritage{{cite book

|title=The Great Heritage

|year=1947

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_uUCAAAAMAAJ&q=the+great+heritage

|location=New York

|isbn=0-670-34961-5

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

Junior Literary Guild selection
rowspan="2"| 1949The Bright Design{{cite book

|title=The Bright Design

|year=1949

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.60094

|quote=the bright design.

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

Junior Literary Guild selection
Moses{{cite book

|title=Moses

|year=1949

|publisher=Harper

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895464W/Moses

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

rowspan="2"| 1950Passage to America: the story of the great migrations{{cite book

|title=Passage to America: the story of the great migrations

|year=1950

|publisher=Harper

|location=New York

|ol=17760788M

}}

Lightfoot: the story of an Indian boy{{cite book

|title=Lightfoot: the story of an Indian boy

|year=1950

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15861181W/Lightfoot

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

rowspan="2"| 1951Leif Eriksson, first voyager to America{{cite book

|title=Leif Eriksson, first voyager to America

|year=1951

|publisher= Harper & Row

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895457W/Leif_Eriksson_first_voyager_to_America

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

A Bridle for Pegasus{{cite book

|title=A Bridle for Pegasus

|year=1951

|publisher= Viking Press

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15847106W/A_bridle_for_Pegasus

|location=New York

|isbn=0-670-19052-7

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

1953Big Mose{{cite book

|title=Big Mose

|year=1953

|publisher= Harper

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895452W/Big_Mose|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-29

}}

rowspan="2"| 1954The pool of knowledge: how the United Nations share their skills{{cite book

|title=The pool of knowledge: how the United Nations share their skills

|year=1954

|publisher=Harper

|location=New York

|ol=6153332M

}}

I Know a City: the story of New York's growth{{cite book

|title=I Know a City: the story of New York's growth

|year=1954

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895456W/I_Know_a_City

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

rowspan="3"| 1955Miracle in motion: the story of America's industry{{cite book

|title=Miracle in motion: the story of America's industry.

|year=1954

|publisher=Harper & Row

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ey9AAAAAIAAJ&q=Miracle+in+motion:+the+story+of+America's+industry.

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

Men, Microscopes, and Living Things{{cite book

|title=Men, Microscopes, and Living Things

|year=1954

|publisher=Viking Press

|location=New York

|isbn=0-670-46876-2

|ol=9470387M

}}

- 1955 Newbery Honor recipient{{Cite web

| title = Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present

| publisher = American Library Association

| date = 1999-11-30

| url=http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal.cfm

| access-date =2011-07-30 }}
- Later published under the title So Many Marvels in 1968{{cite book

|title=So Many Marvels

|year=1968

|publisher= Angus & Robertson

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929810W/So_Many_Marvels

|isbn=0-207-94911-5

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

Mr. Bell Invents the Telephone{{cite book

|title=Men, Microscopes, and Living Things

|year=1955

|publisher=Random House

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HrkEAQAAIAAJ&q=Mr.+Bell+Invents+the+Telephone

|location=New York

|isbn=0-670-46876-2

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

Reprinted as Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone, 1982 {{cite book

|title=Alexander Graham Bell Invents the Telephone

|year=1982

|publisher=Random House

|location=New York

|isbn=0-394-85338-5

|ol=6110875M

|url-access=registration

|url=https://archive.org/details/alexandergrahamb00ship

}}

1957Men of Medicine{{cite book

|title=Men of Medicine

|year=1957

|publisher=Viking Press

|location=New York

|ol=6218562M

}}

rowspan="2"| 1958Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel{{cite book

|title=Andrew Carnegie and the Age of Steel

|year=1958

|publisher=Random House

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895451W/Andrew_Carnegie_and_the_age_of_steel

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

This Union Cause: The Growth of Organized Labor in America{{cite book

|title=This Union Cause: The Growth of Organized Labor in America

|year=1958

|publisher=Harper

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Log7AAAAMAAJ&q=This+union+cause:+the+growth+of+organized+labor+in+America

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

1959Milton S. Hershey{{cite book

|title=Milton S. Hershey

|year=1959

|publisher=Random House

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895463W/Milton_S._Hershey

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

with Paul A. W. Wallace
rowspan="2"| 1963Portals to the Past: The Story of Archaeology{{cite book

|title=Portals to the Past: The Story of Archaeology

|year=1963

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895466W/Portals_to_the_past

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

The Heritage of Music{{cite book

|title=Heritage of Music

|year=1963

|publisher=Viking Press

|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL5895455W/The_heritage_of_music

|location=New York

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

with Anca Seidlova
1964Men of Archaeology{{cite book

|title=Men of Archaeology

|year=1964

|publisher=Dennis Dobson

|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pPcQAQAAIAAJ&q=Men+of+archaeology

|location=London

|isbn=9780234778289

|access-date=2011-07-30

}}

References

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External links

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  • [http://lccn.loc.gov/n82011931 Katherine B. Shippen] at Library of Congress Authorities — with 25 catalog records

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Category:1892 births

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Category:20th-century American non-fiction writers

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Category:Bryn Mawr College alumni

Category:Columbia University alumni

Category:Newbery Honor winners

Category:Writers from Hoboken, New Jersey