The Finding Aid of the Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers Papers 0043

Paul Hottinger
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
December 2012
3801 West Temple Avenue
Pomona, CA 91768
speccollections@cpp.edu
909-869-3775


Title: Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers Papers
Creator: Meyers, Joseph S. "Jay", 1919-2006
Identifier/Call Number: 0043
Contributing Institution: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Special Collections and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1944-2006
Abstract: This collection contains various items of Arabian horse breeder and enthusiast, Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers. This collection includes, but is not limited to, pedigrees of horses, programs from various horse shows, directories, newspaper clippings, photographs and correspondences to and from Jay Meyers.

Conditions Governing Access

Advance notice required for access.

Conditions Governing Use

Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder# or item name], Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers Papers, Collection no. 0043, W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library, Special Collections and Archives, University Library, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The materials were donated to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona by the estate of Joseph S. Meyers in 2012.

Biographical / Historical

Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers was born July 21, 1919 in Martinsburg, Missouri to Henry and Harriett Gillaspie Meyerpeter. Meyers married his first wife Irma D. Smith of Mexico, Missouri in 1939. They divorced in 1964 and Meyers married his second wife Dawn Potter in 1966. Meyers had eight children, 23 grandchildren, and 28 great-grandchildren.
Meyers served in the United States Navy in the Pacific during World War II. In 1946, he moved to California and worked as a machinist for Westinghouse. During this time, he began to breed and show Arabian horses. Horses that he bred and trained would go on to win National Championships. Notable horses include Dorian Bey (Arabian Horse Association registration number 68813), Zurraq, Bimande (number 27238), and Bint Hassala (number 18755).
Meyers returned to Missouri in 1958 and moved again to Fairfield, Iowa in 1961. There he would farm and continue his breeding operation. He died in 2006 at the age of 86.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes programs for Arabian horse events, directories of Arabian horse organizations, clippings and other printed materials related to the Arabian horse. Also included are correspondence to Jay Meyers and pedigrees for Arabian horses.

Arrangement

The materials in the collection are grouped by item type.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Paul Hottinger in 2012. The finding aid was revised in 2020 by Alexis Adkins and the collection number changed from 2012.002 to 0043 and the collection title changed from Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers Collection to Joseph S. "Jay" Meyers Papers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arabian horse
Horsemen and horsewomen

box 1, folder 1

Program - All Arabian Spring Horse Show, Petaluma, California 1955 May 29

box 1, folder 1

Program - Pion-era Souvenir Programme, Saskatoon, Canada 1956 July 4-7

box 1, folder 1

Program - Seventh Annual All-Arabian Horse Show and Pacific Coast Championship Classes, San Francisco 1956 September 8-9

box 1, folder 1

Program - First Annual Missouri Arabian Horse Show, Joplin, Missouri 1959 August 29

Scope and Contents

The file contains four copies.
box 1, folder 2

Program - First All-Arabian horse show in Calgary 1958 July 26-27

box 1, folder 2

Program - Third All-Arabian Horse Show in Calgary 1960 July 21-23

box 1, folder 2

Program - Fourth All-Arabian Horse Show in Calgary 1961 July 20-22

Physical Description: (Two copies)
box 1, folder 3

Program - Lea Park Rodeo Official Program 1962 June 15-16

box 1, folder 3

Program - 15th Annual Estes Park Colorado All-Arabian Horse Show, Estes Park, Colorado 1963 July 4-6

box 1, folder 3

Program - First Annual Homer Davenport Memorial Arabian Horse Show, Silverton, Oregon 1963 August 10-11

box 1, folder 3

Program - 10th Annual Illinois All-Arabian Horse Show, Springfield, Illinois 1965 September 3-6

box 1, folder 4

Program - 8th Annual Canadian National Arabian Horse Show, Calgary 1965 July 21-24

box 1, folder 4

Program - 9th Annual Canadian National Arabian Horse Show, Calgary 1966 August 3-6

box 1, folder 4

Program - 9th Arabian National Arabian Horse Show, Calgary 1966 August 3-6

Physical Description: (Two copies)
box 1, folder 5

Program - Seventh Annual Iowa All-Arabian Horse Show, Des Moines, Iowa 1960 June 4-5

box 1, folder 5

Program - Ninth Annual Iowa All-Arabian Horse Show, Des Moines, Iowa 1962 June 8-9

box 1, folder 5

Program - Eleventh Annual Iowa All-Arabian Horse Show, Des Moines, Iowa 1964 June 6-7

box 1, folder 5

Program - Fifteenth Annual Iowa All-Arabian Horse Show, Des Moines, Iowa 1968 May 31-June 1

Physical Description: (Two copies)
box 1, folder 5

Program - Twenty-first Annual Iowa All-Arabian Horse Show, Des Moines, Iowa 1974 May 25-26

box 1, folder 6

Program - The Arabian Record. The Iowa Arabian Horse Association 1988

box 1, folder 6

Program - 1986 Iowa Breeder's Futurity Auction, Des Moines, Iowa 1986 August 30-September 1

box 1, folder 7

Directory - Iowa Arabian Horse Association 1965

box 1, folder 7

Directory - Missouri Arabian Horse Association circa 1966

box 1, folder 7

Directory - Iowa Arabian Horse Association 1968

box 2, folder 1

Directory - Arabian Horse Society of Iowa 1975

box 2, folder 1

Directory - Iowa Arabian Horse Association 1975

box 2, folder 1

Directory - Arabian Horse Directory of Western Canada, Region 17 1975

box 2, folder 2

Directory - Arabian Horse Society of Iowa 1984

box 2, folder 2

Directory - Minnesota Arabian 1986

box 2, folder 3

Periodical - Pacific Arabian Life 1959 July

box 2, folder 3

Periodical - Pacific Arabian Life 1959 August

box 2, folder 3

Periodical - Iowa Arabian News 1972 April-May

box 2, folder 3

Periodical - Breeders' Service Bulletin, Inc 1975

box 2, folder 3

Periodical - International Arabian Horse Association Rule book. Chapter III. Rules XII to XXXII 1960

box 2, folder 4

Pamphlet - AHAE Picture Folio circa 1956

box 2, folder 4

Pamphlet - Professor Beery's Illustrated Course in Horse Training. Book No. 3: Kicking and Balking 1944

box 2, folder 4

Pamphlet - 1978 Sitting Rock Sale Sitting Rock Arabian Farms Catalog 1978

box 2, folder 4

Pamphlet - Arabian Horse News Vol XII, No. 2 1959 October

box 2, folder 4

Inventory - Book List before 2006

box 2, folder 4

Inventory - Handwritten List of Stud Books before 2006

box 2, folder 4

Inventory - Handwritten List of Scrapbooks before 2006

box 2, folder 4

Inventory - Handwritten List of Pictorial Records before 2006

box 2, folder 5

Photocopy - Painting of Horse and Person before 2006

box 2, folder 5

Photocopy - Photograph of Horse before 2006

box 2, folder 5

Photograph - Marry Ellen Ekelbery? – 31, Solusson? – 6. St. Joseph's Abbey, St. Benedict, LA 1976 January

box 2, folder 5

Photograph - Marry Ellen Ekelbery? – 31, Solussons? – 6. St. Joseph's Abbey, St. Benedict, LA 1976 January

box 2, folder 5

Photograph - Jay Meyers "Jay's Final ride on Adine Nina #361049. Jay Meyers – 86, Adine Nina – 19." 1986 June 22

box 2, folder 6

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings 1959-1975

box 2, folder 7

Correspondence 1962-2006

box 2, folder 8

Correspondence 1961-2006

box 2, folder 9

Correspondence 1972-1986

box 2, folder 10

Correspondence and Clippings - Wendy Griffith 1978-1985

box 2, folder 11

Photographs - Wendy Griffith circa 1979-2000

box 2, folder 12

Registration Certificate and Pedigree - Tobeyh #0274626 before 2006

box 2, folder 12

Postcard - Amurath Baikal #151561 Plum Grove Farm Arabian Horses before 2006

box 2, folder 12

Purebred Arabian Horse Pedigree List, Arabian Horse Registry of America, Inc 1999

box 2, folder 12

Notes - Handwritten Notes About Pedigrees before 2006

box 2, folder 12

Notes - Regarding #525353 and #525414 before 2006

box 2, folder 12

List - Livestock and Complete Stock before 2006

box 3

Christmas Cards and Other Correspondence before 2006

box 3

Schreyer, Adolf and Other Artists before 2006

box 4

Program - Seventh Annual Associated Half Arab Horse Show, Canby, Oregon before 2000

box 4

Clippings before 2006

Physical Description: Includes photocopies.
box 4

Photographs and Information on Horse Rasoulmatall before 2006

box 4

Photocopy of Clipping - "A Tribute to Ala Amarward" by Jay Meyers, The Arabian Horse News circa 1952

box 4

Pedigree - Hala Bint Alia #496277 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Nujaym Ul Hillaln (no number) before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Laurah Min Mia #486647 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Alia Bint Mia #418285 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Serenity Ibn Lateef #133960 and Serenity Talawa #344833 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Adini Nina #361049 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Aylissa #319919 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Devala #337863 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Tabeyh #274626 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Imperialprincasir #272427 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - V.P. Kahlua #235576 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Winfield Nafis #192872 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Timberdell Mia #163471 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - SG Ruanh Knight #155467 (Preservation Photocopy) before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - SG Raunh Knight #155467 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Princess Roaya #106004 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Minnek Malouma #127414 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Dorian Bey #68813 and Bint Bimande #75934 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Bimande #27238 before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Latna / Latnick before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Ibn Rabdan, Shaloul Nazeer before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - Sanacht before 2006

box 4

Pedigree - H.R. Schyla Lefarwa before 2006

box 4

Newspaper Clipping - "Nation's Top Arabian Horse Foaled in Jefferson County" by Bill Baker before 2006

box 5

Painting - Jay Meyers and Dorian Bey #68813 before 2006