Stockford Kennels collection of Basset Hound materials, 1930-1971

Series — Container: SB 23

Identifier: AKF 100.5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection includes a photograph of Mrs. Bissell and her Basset pack competing at Bryn Mawr; correspondence, including attempts to import hounds from England and France; pedigrees; a 1971 clipping on Beagle packs in the Wilmington, Delaware "Evening Journal;" and registration, litter, and championship certificates. The bulk of the materials relate to Basset Hounds, though Beagles are also featured.

Dates

1930-1971

Creator

Stockford Kennels (Organization)

Access Restrictions

This material is open to research without restrictions.

Biographical / Historical

Alfred and Julia Bissell hunted with a Beagle pack before starting a Basset Hound pack in 1932, after Julia complained she had difficulty keeping up with the Beagles. Their foundation hounds were assembled from the Kilsyth pack of Gerald Livinston. They selected the name of Stockford for their kennels, as their country home was located off Stockford Road near Chadds Ford, Penssylvania. Julia regularly competed with her hond pack at shows including the New York Hound Show and the Bryn Mawr Hound Show, and prized an invitation to an exhibiiton show at Madison Square Garden. She was the only woman Master and Huntsman along all the packs, and led the only Basset Hound pack in competition with other pack hound breeds.

Source: R.W. Frederickson, "Basset Hound: A World History" (2006), Basset Hound Club of America.

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

From the Record Group: English

Additional Description

Provenance

Donated by Julia Bissell Lesisenring, daughter of Alfred and Julia Bissell, to the Museum of the Dog, and transferred to the AKC Library and Archives, in 2020