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Contributing Institution:
Sacramento Public Library
email: sacroom@saclibrary.org
phone: (916) 264-2795
Title: Guide to the Timothy M. Beilby Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MC 119
Physical Description:
1.5 Linear Feet
2 archival boxes and 2 archival folders.
Date (inclusive): 1906 to 2006
Abstract: Collection is composed of items – photographs, ephemera, official documents, and several artifacts – that reflect the Cahalan
family experience in twentieth-century Sacramento, California, from 1906 to 2006.
Language of Material:
English
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The creator of the collection, Timothy M. Beilby, was born in Sacramento, California, on October 1, 1946, to Yvonne (nee Cahalan)
and Loren Beilby. He grew up in north Sacramento County, attending public schools and eventually graduating from Encina High
School in 1965. Beilby and his wife, Linda, live in Oregon.
Led by George Washington Cahalan and wife Annie (nee Gibson), the Cahalan family came to Sacramento from San Francisco in
1906. With son Arthur and daughter Violet, they settled in the Elmhurst neighborhood of Sacramento at 4901 T Street. Arthur
quickly developed an interest in automobiles and started work as an electrician at Graham and Lamus at 711 M Street. Violet
was an aspiring actress and vocalist. Once fully established within the Sacramento automobile industry, Arthur married Frances
Violet Tariel in April 1913. The marriage resulted in three children: Raymond, Doris, and Yvonne. Frances passed away in 1929
and Arthur in 1973. A majority of this collection is made up of the life experiences of father Arthur and daughter Yvonne
who passed away in 1982.
[Identification of item], Timothy M. Beilby Collection, MC 119, Sacramento Room, Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento, California
The collection is comprised of four series: I, Family History; II, Photographs; III, Ephemera and Documents; and IV, Artifacts.
Series I is a binder of family information that was assembled by the creator and kept in original order. Photocopies are common,
but the series also includes several original items. Original photographs and epehemra, part of series II and III, are kept
in two separate archival folders. As part of series IV, artifacts are kept in a single archival box and wrapped in polyester
buffering.
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