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Finding Aid for the Byron Beighle Papers
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Byron Beighle papers
Collection Summary
Title
Byron Beighle papers
Date
1926-1987
Extent
2 folders
Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MCG 1002-BBP
Processed by: Nicole Pye, 2012; Finding aid created by Amy Luther, 2012
Name of Creator
Beighle, Byron O.
Biographical History
Byron O. Beighle was born January 19, 1910 in Weston, Oklahoma to Homer and Mabel Beighle. He
attended Blackwell High School in Blackwell, Oklahoma; graduating in 1927. Byron married Laura L.
Houser in the late 1930s. Byron, Laura, and their family continued to live in the Kay County, Oklahoma
area until Byron’s death on August 5, 1994. Laura outlived Byron by 8 years; she died April 26, 2002.
Scope and Content Element
This collection consists of items related to the Blackwell High School (Blackwell, OK) graduating class of
1927. Contents include: report card; The Buckshot-Commencement Edition; letter; reunion program; list
of alumnus; newspaper clipping. There are significant gaps in information from 1930-1987.
Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in two series.
Series 1, Byron Beighle commencement materials, 1926-1927
Item 1, Blackwell High School report card, 1926-1927
Item 2, The Buckshot-Commencement Edition, 1927
Series 2, Class Reunion Program and Ephemera, 1987
Item 1, Letter to Beighle re: 50th Reunion, June 1, 1987
Item 2, Class of 1927 50th Reunion program, 1987
Item 3, List of Class of 1927 alumnus, 1987
Item 4, Newspaper clipping with pictures of 1927 alumnus, September 30, 1987
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Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed in file folders. Report card is housed within plastic sleeve
and commencement book is housed in tissue paper.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
Ancestry.com. “1930 United States Federal Census.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operation Inc., 2002.
Ancestry.com. “1940 United States Federal Census.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operation Inc., 2012.
Ancestry.com. “Social Security Death Index.” Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operation Inc., 2011.
Ancestry.com. “Web: Oklahoma, Find A Grave Index, 1834-2011 [database on-line].” Provo, UT:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
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