Jean Kellogg Dickie Collection, 1880s-1990s

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Summary

Creators:
Dickie, Jean K. Dickie, James Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937 Kellogg, Charlotte Dickie, Jean Kellogg
Abstract:
Extent:
9 archival boxes
Language:
Preferred citation:

Jean Kellogg Dickie Collection. Harrison Memorial Library

Background

Scope and content:

The bulk of this collection contains the personal and professional papers of Jean Kellogg Dickie, covering the 1920s to the 1990s. Her correspondence is wide ranging and includes longrunning correspondence with family and friends, such as Rosalind Rajagopal, the co-founder of the Happy Valley School in Ojai, California; Robinson Jeffers scholar Robert Brophy; and Rev. William Monihan, the University of San Francisco's director of library relations. It also includes professional correspondence regarding three of Jean’s books, "The Loving Shepherdess," "Design the Natural Way," and"Artist's Proof," as well as her trip to India in 1956-1957 and subsequent lecture on the trip. Additionally, there are notebooks with Jean’s notes on art techniques and philosophy; a memory book of her trip to Europe in 1925-1926; her journal/guestbook, and birdwatching diary, spanning 1963 to 1993; drafts of her autobiography “Artist’s Proof”; a partial draft of a biography of her parents, “A Memoir of Two Americans”; photographs of friends and family from the 1880s-1990s; and papers and correspondence relating to her husband, cartoonist James Dickie. There is also one box of material on Charlotte and Vernon Kellogg, including articles, papers and poems by both Charlotte and Vernon; correspondence between Charlotte, Vernon and Jean; correspondence and papers related to three of Charlotte Kellogg’s books, "Jadwiga," "Paderewski," and "Prelude"; and some papers and correspondence relating to two of Charlotte’s brothers, Carl and Martin Hoffman. The bulk of Charlotte and Vernon Kellogg papers were donated by Jean Kelloggg Dickie to the Hoover Institution and to Yale University Library. Jean also donated many of her own papers documenting her personal life and artistic career to Yale, resulting in gaps in the papers held at the Harrison Memorial Library.

Biographical / historical:

Vernon L. Kellogg was born in Emporia, Kansas, on December 1, 1867. Kellogg studied at the University of Kansas and Cornell University, as well as in Europe. He was on the faculty at the University of Kansas from 1890 until 1894 and was a professor of entomology at Stanford University from 1894 until 1920. In 1906, Kellogg and his wife Charlotte purchased a home on “Professor’s Row” in Carmel and became involved in the town’s vibrant arts scene. Both he and his wife participated in plays at the Forest Theater. During and after World War I, Kellogg was active in civilian relief efforts in Europe, serving as director of American Committee for Relief in Belgium, 1915-1916; assistant to the U.S. Food Administrator, 1917-1919; chief of the mission to Poland, Russia and other services in Europe with the American Relief Administrator, 1918-1921. He died on August 8, 1937. Charlotte Hoffman Kellogg was born in 1874 at Grand Island, Nebraska, and was educated at the University of California, earning a Ph.B. in 1900. She taught English at Miss Head's School in Berkeley, California from 1903 until 1907. During World War I, she participated in civilian relief efforts in occupied Belgium and was a member of the Commission for Relief in Belgium and speaker for the U.S. Food Administrator. She was the author of several books about Belgium and Poland. Kellogg died on May 8, 1960. The Kelloggs had one daughter, Jean Kellogg Dickie (1910-1995), an artist involved in the Monterey art and photography scene of the 1930s and 40s.

Acquisition information:
Donated by the Dickie estate in 1996 and 2017.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Materials are open for research. The bulk of the collection has been digitized and is available online.

Terms of access:

The Henry Meade Local History Room, Harrison Memorial Library holds copyright to these items.

Preferred citation:

Jean Kellogg Dickie Collection. Harrison Memorial Library

Location of this collection:
P.O. Box 800
Mission St & 6th Ave
Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA 93921, US
Contact:
(831) 624-1615
hml.localhist@gmail.com
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