Dillon, Mark, 1976-1977

File — Box: 9, Folder: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

These papers document the long life and career of Clason Kyle, as well his family. They include material on his career with Columbus newspapers including his time as the Associate Editor of the Ledger-Enquirer Sunday Magazine and travel editor. They also document his participation in many local, national and international organizations including: American Cancer Society; Bachelor Club; Barter Theater in Abington; Big Eddy Club; Columbus Chamber of Commerce – Stay and See Committee; Columbus Little Theater, Inc.; Columbus Museum (also known at the Bradley Museum and later the Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts; County Club of Columbus; various churches, primarily Trinity Episcopal and Saint George’s Anglican; Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation; Historic Columbus Foundation; Kappa Alpha Order (his fraternity of Rollins College); Musemon Fine Arts Camp; The Springer Opera House; Society of Architectural Historians; Three Arts League; Victorian Society of America; Westville among others.

Dates

Other: 1976-1977

Extent

From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (77 boxes )

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Processing Information

At different times and in different moods he used Mark, Dewey or Doyle as first names and Dillon, Dixoz and/or Jones as last names, sometimes hyphenated. He was born in 1939 and lived in Phenix City, Alabama before moving to California in 1977. He initially hoped to become a screen writer and later became a painter. During the course of the correspondence he lived first at 8462 Sunset Blvd, #120, Los Angeles 90069 and later his address changed to P.O. Box 1195, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, 93921. He called his home in Carmel “Ocean House.” On the back of the envelope of a March 12 1989 letter from him Clason wrote “Doyle D. Jones, 915 13th Ave, PC 205-298-0968.” Kyle also had a listing for him as Mark Dillon Jones. There is a photocopy of a photo of him, labeled by Clason Kyle as “Mark Dillon Jones.”