Meander Kennels scrapbook collection, 1925-1955
Dates
- 1925-1955
Access Restrictions
This material is open to research without restrictions.
Biographical note
Meander Kennels was established in 1928 in Locust Dale, Virginia by sisters Julia and Judith Shearer. The Shearer sisters were equally well-known for their thoroughbred racehorses and cattle, even owning their own family pack of foxhounds. They imported British foundation stock and experienced great success in the ring ("a force to be reckoned with") well into the 1960s. Champion Mica of Meander essentially became the blueprint for the first breed standard of the American Whippet Club, which was run by the Shearer sisters for many years. The last of their approximately 150 homebred Whippet litters was born in early 1970s. Judith died in 1970, and Julia two years later. Numerous Whippet breeders still carry on Meander ideals into the present.
Physical Description
From the Record Group: 26.2 Linear feet (in 24 boxes (21 flat boxes and 3 half-doc boxes))
From the Record Group: 30 Linear Feet (in 28 boxes and mixed collections storage)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Provenance is unknown.
Creator
- From the Record Group: Hood, Frederick Clark (Person)
- From the Record Group: Eberhard, Ernest (Person)
- From the Record Group: Porter, Francis R. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Jane, Cummings (Person)
- From the Record Group: Melgren, Russell C. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Maxwell, C. Bede, 1901- (Person)
- From the Record Group: Porter, Cheever, Mrs. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Meyers, Selim, Major, 1877-1939 (Person)
- From the Record Group: Shearer, Julia (Person)
- From the Record Group: Shearer, Judith (Person)
- From the Record Group: Irick, Mackey J. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Rogers, Olga Hone (Person)
- From the Record Group: Owen, Schuyler, Mrs. (Person)
- From the Record Group: Sawyer, Braxton B., Dr. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the American Kennel Club Library & Archives Repository