Dr. Braxton Sawyer scrapbook of American Foxhound materials, 1965-1979
Scope and Contents
Articles written by and about Braxton, correspondence, a color photographs, Dog Writers Association award certificates, catalogs for the first 12 years (1967-1968) of the International American Foxhound Club show, and ten-generation pedigree for Ch. Kentucky Lake Bugle Boy. Article topics include the origin and history of the American Foxhound, the origin and history of standards (with a suggested reconceptualization of breed standards that was considered quite audacious at the time), and the “value of the brood bitch.”
Dates
- 1965-1979
Access Restrictions
This material is open to research without restrictions.
Biographical note
Dr. Braxton Sawyer (1911-1982) was an equally reknowned as a theologian and dog man. Born In Cullman County, Alabama Sawyer joined the ministry in 1933 and soon began preaching revivals, ultimately enrolling in the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary of Louisville, Kentucky. After leading several churches throughout the South in 1951 he resigned to found the Radio Pulpit, a radio evangelistic ministry which lasted over 25 years.
In 1930 he spent the wages from his first paycheck to purchase an American Foxhound bitch. He diligently read Dr. Misch Casper in “The Hunter’s Horn magazine”,” and in 1943 visited his first bench show and discovered the hobby that would consume him the rest of his life. He established Kentucky Lake Kennels, which produced at least four National Bench Foxhound champions; joined the Fort Smith Kennel Club in 1950; and took his first Best in Show in 1963. Sawyer ultimately became a well-known judge of Sporting and Hound breeds and international lecturer on dog breeding based on genetics studies. It has been said that more than 8,000 puppies were whelped in his kennels, including in addition to American Foxhounds – Bassets, Beagles, English Foxhounds, Coonhounds, Norwegian Elkhounds, Pointers, English Setters, Weimaraners, and more.
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
Provenance
Donated by Dr. Braxton B. Sawyer in 1980.
Physical Description
Contents have been bound into one volume.
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
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