W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library

Happy Monday! Do you need to step away and relax? Puzzle #6 is the old Kellogg Stables. Fun fact, we still use the old stables as offices in Cal Poly Pomona: https://tinyurl.com/puzzlecpp #CPP #CPPLibrary #CalPolyPomona #CPPSpecColl

The Arabian Horse Sunday Show is one of the longest-running continuous events in Cal Poly Pomona history, with origins dating back to the original Kellogg Ranch. Check out this recording of a classic show from the 1970s: https://archive.org/details/cpomcp_000001 #CPP #CPPHistory #WKKAHL #CPPSpecColl #CPPLibrary

Happy Monday, we have a puzzle of Gladys Brown Edwards, a secretary, and artist working in the Kellogg Ranch. She loved the Arabian horses and produced a wonderful lineup of art while working at the ranch: https://tinyurl.com/puzzlecpp

We are proud to announce the finding aid for the Autumn Shade Papers is now online! Autumn Shade was a resident of Riverside who worked at the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Ranch in the 1930s. Explore the finding aid here: http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8tt4z3p/ #CPP #CPPLibrary #CPPSpecColl #WKKAHL

We are thrilled to announce that our digital exhibition encompassing ALL 128 items from our W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library Postcard and Notecard Collection is available online! Browse here for images of your favorite Kellogg horses or for scenes of the ranch dating from the 1920s to the 1970s: https://cpplibrary.github.io/postcards-compound/

Today is the start of Welcome Week at the CPP University Library kicking off the 2020-2021 school year! In order to get into the festivities we turned 5 postcards from our W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library Postcard and Notecard Collection into virtual puzzles that anyone can do! One puzzle will be released each day. For a full list of welcome week activities and to access the daily puzzles please visit here: (https://libguides.library.cpp.edu/ww). Can you figure out what todays puzzle is? Hint, it might involve our namesakeWe hope many of you will play along!

We would love to expand our W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library collection and are looking for your help! Our staff has identified gaps in our book and periodical holdings that we would like to fill. If you have any of these titles and would like to donate them to the library please contact Caryn Romo at [email protected]: https://libguides.library.cpp.edu/ArabianHorseBibliography

Today marks the 46th anniversary of the dedication of the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Center on April 6, 1974. Cal Poly Pomona's student newspaper the POLY POST covered the dedication ceremony. You can listen to an audio recording of the proceedings on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cpomcp_000058

To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library will not be available for face to face visits until further notice. Should you need research assistance please contact us at [email protected] help reduce the spread of COVID-19, the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library will not be available for face to face visits until further notice. Should you need research assistance please contact us at [email protected].

To help reduce the spread of COVID-19, the University Library is open only to Cal Poly Pomona students, faculty and staff. Additionally, access to the materials housed in the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library are available by appointment only until further notice. Many great resources including guides to each of our four main collecting areas are available online to get you started with you research needs and are available here https://libguides.library.cpp.edu/prf.php?account_id=63651. Should you need research assistance or to schedule an appointment, please email us at [email protected].

Mare Fasal with foal Kasar, circa 1929. The photo is part of Mr. Kellogg's photo album. #WKKAHL #FlashbackFriday #EquineHistory

Happy #NationalDayoftheHorse! This photo is from the Hagen-Renaker exhibit (it will be uninstalled next week!) of artist Maureen Love and some of the exquisite horse sculptures she made with HR. Love was introduced to Kellogg Arabians such as Abu-Farwa, Ferseyn, and Nataf (who served as models) by none other than Gladys Brown Edwards. #WKKAHL #HagenRenaker

Love the W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library? Please help support us this #GivingTuesday. Every little bit helps! Donations can be made at https://cpp.thankyou4caring.org/pages/library; select W.K. Kellogg Arabian Horse Library Excellence from the Designation drop-down menu. Thank you for your support! #wkkahl #CPP #CPPLibrary

Registration for the Equine History Conference has been extended to this Thursday, Nov. 7th. Register today! #EqHist2019 #WKKAHL Link: https://equinehistory.wordpress.com/conference/