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Small color Kodak studio portrait print of sailor Allan Srarcy, with affectionate inscription to Gordon, 1973.
1973? (The photograph has an inscription on the back with the year in quotation marks.)
Handwritten draft of Gordon's obituary and to-do lists for his memorial service.
probably Charles Shively between November 23, 1995 (date of Gordon's passing) and December 8, 1995 (date of Gordon's memorial service)
Request from Cambridge Hospital Patient Accounts for Gordon Copeland's income information in order to obtain Free Care.
Cambridge Hospital Patient Accounts April 16, 1996
Application for use of Old Cambridge Baptist Church, for December 8 1995 memorial service of Gordon Copeland (partner of Charles Shively).
Old Cambridge Baptist Church sometime between the date of Gordon's passing (November 23, 1995) and the date of the memorial service (December 8, 1995)
"Airman's Clearance Certificate" - paperwork part of Gordon Copeland's discharge from the Air Force on April 3, 1953. (Gordon was Charles Shively's partner.)
US Air Force Major Robert G. White April 3, 1953
Copy of a letter from Gordon Copeland to the Secretary of the Air Force, Discharge Review Board, dated July 3, 1979.
Gordon W. Copeland, Jr. (Charles Shively's partner) July 3, 1979
Letter of membership recruitment for the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), addressed to Charles Shively, with handwritten notes on the back regarding Gordon Copeland's appeal for upgrade to honorable discharge.
Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union likely around 1979
ACLU Gay Rights Chapter: "UPGRADING GAY & LESBIAN VETERAN DISCHARGES"
ACLU of Southern California, Gay Rights Chapter likely between 1976 and January 1, 1980
form - Voluntary Executor of Gordon Copeland's will, signed by Charles Shively on December 28 1995
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The Trial Court, Probate and Family Court Department December 28, 1995
Newspaper clipping, reporting a fire at 135 Commonwealth Ave (Boston MA) that almost killed Gordon Copeland.
newspaper publisher, unknown estimated around 1960, definitely prior to January 17 1961 (see description)
Schedule of personal estate in detail, schedule of real estate in detail
unknown to the archivists unknown to the archivists
Mortgage document - Charles Shively's purchase of a property on Broadway in Cambridge, MA, that became his and his partner Gordon's long-time home.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts August 23, 1976
"Court Does Not Require the Memorandum" notice sent to Gordon Copeland from Attorney Joseph Johnston on February 23 1985.
Middlesex Probate and Family Court Department envelope dated February 23, 1985. (form itself is not dated)
Postcard from England. Perhaps from Gordon Copeland's mother to her father on a vacation to England in 1932.
F. Frith & Co., Ltd. unknown (speculation 1932)
Portrait photograph of Gordon Copeland at age 18 months, with a woman (possibly his mother).
Henry Hill (this is the portrait company name printed on the margin of the photograph), in New Brompton, Kent likely around December 1932
Love poem for Gordon Copeland, typed and handwritten drafts, dated 9 July 1965 (over 30 years before Gordon's passing).
most likely Charles Shively July 9, 1965
Draft of Gordon Copeland's Obituary
probably Charles Shively Sometime between November 23, 1995 (the day of Gordon's passing) and December 7, 1995 (the day the obituary was printed in the Boston Globe).
Gordon Copeland's Certificate of Death
City of Cambridge Registry of Vital Records and Statistics certificate dated November 29, 1995
Last Will and Testament (envelope and 4 page document) of Gordon W. Copeland, Jr. (Charles Shively's partner), signed April 5, 1985.
Gordon Copeland (Charles Shively's partner) April 5, 1985
List of personal property referred to in Gordon Copeland's Last Will and Testament, April 5, 1985.
Gordon Copeland (Charles Shively's partner) April 5, 1985
Death Certificate of Timothy Joseph Kelleher
Cambridge Medical Examiner certificate filed on December 6, 1977 (three days after death on December 3)
Birth Certificate of Gordon Copeland (Charles' partner)
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations July 1931
Memorial Service Program for Gordon William Copeland, Jr., Charles Shively's partner, on December 8, 1995
printed not long before Gordon's Memorial Service on December 8, 1995
Four obituaries for Gordon W. Copeland Jr., Charles Shively's partner, who passed away on November 23, 1995.
The Boston Globe and three newspapers whose names are not evident on the clippings. December 7, 1995 for one of the obituaries; the others are not dated but are probably not long after Gordon's death on November 23, 1995.
Letter to Charles regarding his grandfather's will (Mearl A. Shively) dated April 5, 1977.
Walker & Bradford Law Offices April 6, 1977
letter to Charles from an attorney regarding the estate of his brother, Stephen C. Shively
Jack Cornett, Attorney at Law May 10, 2000
Funeral Program for Florence L. Shively, Charles' mother.
Bright's Aristocrat Line 1996 (between Sept 16 and Sept 21)
Obituary for Florence L. Shively, Charles' mother
Most likely, a local Fairfield Ohio newspaper. most likely, a few days after September 16 1996
Letter dated September 27 1996, from Kathleen Staarman (paralegal) to Charles Shively presenting a Waiver of Notice of Application to Relieve Estate from Administration.
Millikin & Fitton Law Firm September 27, 1996
Packet of 3 documents from November 6 1996 regarding Charles' deceased mother's property (transfer of property rights to Charles's brother Stephen, and Charles' receipt of receiving household goods).
Millikin & Fitton Law Firm The letter presenting the documents is dated November 6, 1996; his signature on them on November 20, 1996.
Front cover featuring a photo of "The 1954 All Ohio Boys' Band," perhaps including Charles.
The Columbus Citizen newspaper August 28, 1954
Local Ohio newspaper announcement of Charles Shively's graduation from Harvard undergrad.
the Sunday Echo newspaper June 21, 1959
Local newspaper article from May 10 1958 reporting on Charles Shively (noted as a Fairfield High School graduate) making Dean's List at Harvard.
local newspaper (Fairfield?) May 10, 1958
Last Will and Testament for Charles' grandfather, Mearl Avery Shively, July 30, 1971
The W.H. Anderson Company, Law Publishers, Cincinnati, Ohio 45201
Business card for Michael D. Shively with the Massachusetts' Department of Correction
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Correction unknown
Memorial Announcement for Charles Shively's father, Mearl Carlton Shively, by the U.A.W. (likely his union) 1970
U.A.W. probably shortly after January 28, 1970
Possibly Charles Shively's father and uncle each holding a baby.
perhaps 1937 (if one of the babies is Charles, who was born that year)
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