Birdwell Family Papers
Scope and Content Note
The Birdwell Family Collection contains business records, business and personal correspondence, photographs, high school yearbooks and newsletters, newspaper and magazine clippings, and books.
Dates
- Creation: 1891-1969
Creator
- Birdwell, Seth K., 1902-1977; (Person)
- Birdwell, Jessamine H., 1904-1933 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions may apply.
Copyright
The Tyrrell Historical Library does not hold copyright for most of its collections. The researcher must secure permission to publish. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the Tyrrell Historical Library. The researcher assumes full responsibility for complying with copyright, literary property rights, and libel laws.
Biographical Note
Seth K. Birdwell was born on February 9, 1902, in Lindale, Texas. He married Jessamine Hale and they had three daughters by the name of Linda, Caroline, and Lou. The family moved to Beaumont in 1923. Seth was the proprietor of two different businesses, the Birdwell Fence Company and Birdwell Cutlery, the latter specialized in hand crafted knives. Seth Birdwell died at the age of 74 from injuries he sustained in a motorcycle accident in Beaumont. His motorcycle missed a turn into a private drive on 11th Street, then jumped a curb, and afterward crashed into a ditch that killed him.
Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 cubic feet in two boxes.)
Abstract
The Birdwell Family Papers consists of materials related to the Birdwell family and the Birdwell Fence Company. Contained in the personal correspondence are letters written and received by Seth and Jessamine Birdwell. Other items in these papers pertain to fence company correspondence with accompanying financial receipts, statements, and printed matter. Also found in this same collection are a poem book, newspaper clippings, photographs, Beaumont High School newsletters (1919-1922) and yearbooks (1920-1922).
Organization of Collection
This collection is arranged chronologically in folders according to subject matter in the first box. The second box contains business records of the Birdwell Fence Company as well as plans for a house that was built at 1792 Broadway in Beaumont sometime in the early 1900’s.
Acquisition Information
Donated by Linda B. Bullard, Lou B. Paris, and Caroline B. Patrick, 1995 August.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
Separated Material
None.
Processing Information
Processed by Tyrrell Historical Library staff, 1995 November.
Finding aid revised and encoded by Tyrrell Historical Library staff, 2015 June.
Subject
- Birdwell, Seth K., 1902-1977 (Person)
- Birdwell, Jessamine H., 1904-1933 (Person)
- Birdwell Fence Company (Beaumont, Tex.) (Organization)
- Birdwell Cutlery (Beaumont, Tex.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Birdwell Family Papers, 1891-1969
- Author
- Tyrrell Historical Library Staff
- Date
- 2015 August 10
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Tyrrell Historical Library Archives Repository
