Stephen Kellison family collection
Overview
The Stephen Kellison family collection contains correspondence, documents, and a diary from Stephen Kellison, his aunt and uncle Louellen and Herman Edward Stromgren, and grandmother Ida Leah Regenold. Included are records from the Pythian Sisters order, of which Louellen Stromgren was a member. The collection also includes correspondence and documents from Irving Colyar.
Dates
- 1893 - 1983
Creator
- Kellison, Stephen, 1947-2013 (Compiler, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restriction.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
History of the Kellison, Regenold, and Stromgren families
Stephen (Steve) Kellison was born September 21, 1947 in Caldwell, Kansas, the son of John Milton and Anna LaVerne Kellison. Raised in Abilene, Kansas, he graduated from Abilene High School in 1965 and Sterling College in 1969 with a teaching degree. He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and died November 15, 2013.
Kellison's maternal aunt, Louellen (Regenold) Stromgren, was born September 6, 1911 in Osage City, Kansas, and died July 25, 2002. Her husband, Herman Edward Stromgren, was born May 12, 1904 and died December 13, 1984. They married in 1939. Louellen was a member of the franternal organization Pythian Sisters and the Jersey Creek Grange.
Kellison's maternal grandmother, Leah (Lane) Regenold, was born in 1886 in Barclay, Kansas, and died in 1979 in Burlingame, both communinities in Osage County, Kansas. She married George Regenold in 1908. They had three children, Louellen, Louis, and LaVerne. She was also a member of the Pythian Sisters.
Kellison's mother LaVerne Regendold Kellison was born in 1923 in Osage City. She attended business school in Topeka and then worked at the Shinn and Degan plumbing firm. After marrying John Milton Kellison, a Presbyterian pastor, the family moved around Kansas for Kellison's vocation, his last church being in Wichita. He retired in 1981 and remained in Wichita, not far from their son Steve. John Kellison died in 1989, and LaVerne Kellison died in 2020.
Irving Colyar was born February 18, 1896 in Melvern, Kansas, and died in 1960. He served in France in World War II, where he was wounded. After the war, he worked as a mail carrier. He is unrelated to the Kellison family, and his papers were found in a home purchased by Stephen Kellison.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet (1 document case + 4 volumes, 1 oversize folder)
Scope and Contents
The collection has been organized by family member or organization, including Regenold, Stromgren, and Kellison papers, as well as records from the Pythian Sisters and Irving Colyar's papers.
Leah Regenold's diary contains information on her daily life in Osage, Kansas, in 1908 and 1909. The back of the diary includes a list of marriages that occurred in 1908 and 1909. Also in her papers are two volumes she owned.
Stephen Kellison's papers mostly regard materials removed from a folder entitled "Cowboy Basketball Bible," including scouting reports for opposing teams, the Abilene basketball team playbook, Stephen Kellison's letter certificate for tennis, and a program for the Central Kansas League tennis tournament in Junction City, Kansas, on April 28, 1965.
The Herman Stromgren Papers include Stromgren's World War II draft card, his 1949 Kansas fuel tax exemption permit and related receipts and a Pythian Diploma signifying his 50 years of membership in the Knights of Pythias order.
The Pythian Sisters Papers include four unused certificates of past chiefs, catalogs of supplies, jewelry, and awards, programs for the district conventions of 1968 and 1983, letters on the dissolution of the Osage City temple, annual reports, meeting minutes, and a roll of officers from 1953 to 1968.
The Irving Colyar Papers include letters from his nephew, uncle, sisters, Victor Anderson of Anderson Brothers Grocery, and his friend Pete Jackson. The World War I-era letters are mostly concerned with his service, including the wounds he suffered in battle, but friends and family also informed him about local news. The 1950s letters are from his sister in California, mostly about money, and one from his wife while he was on a hunting trip in South Dakota. There is a World War II fuel ration card from 1943, a 1956 property assessment from the state of Kansas, a 1957 hunting and fishing license, and many receipts from 1953 and 1954, possibly related to a renovation or construction project.
The day book of money spent and received has an unknown source. The back of the book has pages with headings reading "Salary for 97 + 98," "Postage acct with the church building committee," "Receipts, Miscellany," "Receipts from Union Church," "Arlington Church in Acct with Pastor," and "Church Account Salary."
Physical Location
RH MS 1471
Physical Location
RH MS G87
Physical Location
RH MS E208
Physical Location
RH MS EK7
Physical Location
RH MS Q456
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gifts, Janis Holiwell, 2013, 2020.
Separated Materials
National Grange. The Patron: The Official Song-Book of the Grange. Winona Lake, IN: National Grange P. of H., 1925. Located at Spencer Research Library at RH C12344.
- Title
- Guide to the Stephen Kellison family collection
- Subtitle
- Stephen Kellison family collection
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by ar. Finding aid encoded by ar. Finding aid revised by mwh, 2019, 2021.
- Date
- 2019-02
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/9044368661
- Preferred citation
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Stephen Kellison family Collection, RH MS 1471, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository