Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers, 1918-1941

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Summary

Creators:
Kellogg, Byrd Weyler and KSRO (Radio station : Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Abstract:
This collection contains Santa Rosa, Calif. radio station KSRO transcripts; "We the women" daily column; misc. newspaper clippings; screenplays; short stories; and poems, as well as personal effects such as membership cards, wallets, and a diary.
Extent:
2 linear feet 2 boxes
Language:
Materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kellogg, Byrd Weyler. Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers, 1918-1941. SPC.00039, History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.

Background

Scope and content:

Radio program transcripts; "We the women" daily column; misc. newspaper clippings; screenplays; short stories; and poems, and miscellaneous personal effects.

Arrangement of the collection

Organized provisonally into two series:

  1. Radio transcripts
  2. Correspondence, misc. writings, and personal effects

Biographical / historical:

Byrd Weyler Kellogg (Apr. 9, 1881-July 3, 1964) was a Sonoma County writer and editor of the society pages in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Her hometown newspaper, the Emporia (Kansas) Gazette, published her obituary on July 4, 1964:

EMPORIAN'S SISTER DIES

Miss Beulah Weyler, 601 Cottonwood St., has received news of the death Friday morning of her sister, Mrs. Charles Kellogg, Santa Rosa, Calif., the former Miss Byrd Weyler of Emporia. She died in Palo Alto, Calif., where her son, Lyman Beecher Kellogg lives. Mrs. Kellogg, who was born and reared in Emporia, was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weyler. She was preceded in death by her husband, who was the son of the late Lyman B. Kellogg, first president of the Kansas Normal School, now Emporia State College, and by one brother, John Weyler. She is survived by her son four brothers, Vice Admiral George Weyler, Coronado, Calif.; Leo G. and W. W. Weyler, Topeka, and Lawrence Weyler, Belle Fourche, S. D., and two sisters, Mrs. W. W. Waring, Salina, and Miss Weyler. (source: Byrd Weyler Kellogg, retrieved from Find a Grave, Dec. 17, 2019

Acquisition information:
Gift: Claire and Susan Kellogg, 2010
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition (DACS)

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Collection does not circulate and may be photocopied or photographed by arrangement only.

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Kellogg, Byrd Weyler. Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers, 1918-1941. SPC.00039, History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.

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6135 State Farm Drive
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, US
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