Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers, 1918-1941

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Published Dec. 20, 2019
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Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers, 1918-1941

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Overview of the Collection

Title: Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers
Date (inclusive): 1918-1941
Identification: SPC.00038
Creator: Kellogg, Byrd Weyler
Contributor: KSRO (Radio station : Santa Rosa, Calif.)
Physical Description: 2 linear feet 2 boxes
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
Repository: Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library
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.
Press Democrat column: Kellogg, Byrd Weyler. We the women

Biography/Organization History

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

Scope and Contents

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

Access Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection.

Personal Names

Kellogg, Byrd Weyler.

Corporate Names

KSRO (Radio station : Santa Rosa, Calif.)

Topical Terms

Radio broadcasters--California--Santa Rosa
Radio broadcasting--California--Santa Rosa--History
Women radio writers--California--Santa Rosa

Genre and Format Terms

Poems
Short stories
Clippings (information artifacts)
Screenplays
Transcripts
Newspaper columns
Archival materials

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[Identification of item], Kellogg, Byrd Weyler. Byrd Weyler Kellogg papers, 1918-1941. SPC.00039, History and Genealogy Library, Sonoma County Library, Santa Rosa, CA.
Gift: Claire and Susan Kellogg, 2010