Box OS.X.1

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Larry and Shirley Clardy of St. Joseph, Missouri, owned and bred Doberman Pinschers as Castle Lane Kennel. The Clardys notably bred Castle Lane Querida Miranda Centre and Shirlee of Castle Lane, Futurity winners at the DPCA's National Specialty shows in 1972 and 1973, respectively. The collection contains pedigrees, a scrapbook, and photographs of the Clardys' Dobermans, as well as photographs of Larry Clardy's winning picks as a judge. Also included is a watercolor painting of Damasyn the...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Eleanor Houston (nee Hill) Carpenter was an early importer of Doberman Pinschers from Germany in the mid to late 1930s, including notable Dobermans Ch. Cherloc v. Raufelsen and Ch. Assy von Illerblick, and produced many champions as a breeder. Carpenter also wrote educational articles on Dobermans and was active in the DPCA and as a judge. Her Pennsylvania property on which the kennel originated was seized by eminent domain in the 1950s. The collection contains numerous images...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes scrapbooks, photographs, videos, and clippings about notable Doberman Pinschers and people involved in breeding, showing, handling, training, and owning them. These materials were compiled by DPCA and its members.A sizeable collection of Doberman Pinscher photographs and image clippings were sorted by an unknown person alphabetically by the dog's name, although there are also miscellaneous and unsorted files. This is a good place to look for images of a...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Club administration includes meeting minutes from annual and specialty meetings between 1950 and 1977; committee and individual reports presented to the club between 1947 and 1978; membership lists; distribution materials; and correspondence and business records. In addition to general correspondence arranged chronologically from the 1930s through 1990s, are committee correspondence, such as the Breeder’s List committee, and the personal files of three...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Club administration includes meeting minutes from annual and specialty meetings between 1950 and 1977; committee and individual reports presented to the club between 1947 and 1978; membership lists; distribution materials; and correspondence and business records. In addition to general correspondence arranged chronologically from the 1930s through 1990s, are committee correspondence, such as the Breeder’s List committee, and the personal files of three...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Club administration includes meeting minutes from annual and specialty meetings between 1950 and 1977; committee and individual reports presented to the club between 1947 and 1978; membership lists; distribution materials; and correspondence and business records. In addition to general correspondence arranged chronologically from the 1930s through 1990s, are committee correspondence, such as the Breeder’s List committee, and the personal files of three...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Club administration includes meeting minutes from annual and specialty meetings between 1950 and 1977; committee and individual reports presented to the club between 1947 and 1978; membership lists; distribution materials; and correspondence and business records. In addition to general correspondence arranged chronologically from the 1930s through 1990s, are committee correspondence, such as the Breeder’s List committee, and the personal files of three...

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Sub-series 1-B: Certificates consists of championship certificates, pedigree certificates and Stud Book registration certificates of Gately dogs. Some of the pedigree certificates include photos photographs of the dogs.

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Sub-Series 1-C: Other Documents consists of periodicals, periodical clippings, a small amount of business and a larger amount of personal correspondence (mainly Christmas cards), and Gately's passport, along with the wallet he carried it in and the travel ephemera within the wallet, including business cards collected by Gately when he traveled to England to buy dogs.

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Sub-Series 1-C: Other Documents consists of periodicals, periodical clippings, a small amount of business and a larger amount of personal correspondence (mainly Christmas cards), and Gately's passport, along with the wallet he carried it in and the travel ephemera within the wallet, including business cards collected by Gately when he traveled to England to buy dogs.