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Descriptive Summary
Scope and Contents
Arrangement
Restrictions
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Stuart Family
Allen Estate
Photographs and Negatives
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Stuart-Allen Collection:
An Inventory of Records at the Houston Metropolitan
Research Center, Houston Public Library
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| Creator | Stuart, Robert Cummings, IV |
| Title | Stuart-Allen Collection |
| Inclusive Date | 1850-1970's |
| Identification | MSS 137 |
| Extent | 12 boxes |
| Language | Materials are
in English. |
| Repository | Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public
Library |
The Stuart-Allen Collection is a compilation of correspondence, legal papers, maps, clippings, and financial accounts relating to the caer of Houston realtor Robert Cummings Stuart IV (d. 1976), grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ezekiel Allen. These records reflect the activities of the Allen and Stuart families from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1970's, with particular emphasis on the period from 1920 to 1931. The collection was donated by Mrs. Philip Koelsch, daughter of Mr. Stuart.
The papers contain condiserable information on the Allen Ranch, one of the largest such estates in southeast Texas. From the late 1840's till the turn of the century, Samuel William Allen and his son Samuel Ezekiel exported cattle, tallow, and hides to eastern and foreign markets from their headquarters on the Sims bayou. Several years after Samuel Ezekiel's death in 1913, his widow Rosa C. Allen authorized her grandson Robert C. Stuart to sell the ranch, properties amounting to more than 23,000 acres in Harris and Brazoria counties alone. One 700 acre tract had already been earmarked in 1917 as the principal refinery site for the Sinclair Oil Company (now the Atlantic Richfield Corporation). During the 1920's, Stuart utilized additional land parcels to create the subdivisions Allendale, Allen Farms, and Lum Terrace.
The collection is particularly strong on materials from the 1920's reflecting the creation of these three southeastern suburbs. The papers throw light not only on the Allen estate, but on general trends in city growth and the role of the Houston realtor in an era of prosperity. Scholars may also glean biographical data on various members of the Stuart and Allen families, and to a lesser degree, insight on the cattle trade and ranch life of southeastern Texas in the latter part of the nineteenth century.
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Arrangement
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| The collection has been divided into two major subgroups: the first four boxes relate directly to the Stuart family; the latter seven contain material concerned with the Allen Ranch and ist dissolution. Within these two groupings, the papers are arranges by topic; subseries are distinguished by material types. A chronological order is maintained within each file. |
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Access Restrictions
None.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish or reproduce materials from the Stuart-Allen Collection must be obtained from the Houston Metropolitan Research Center or the appropriate copyright holder.
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| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Stuart, Robert Cummings, IV |
| | Stuart family |
| | Allen family |
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Stuart-Allen Collection. MSS 137. Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston
Public Library.
Donated by Mrs. Philip Koelsch, 1979.
Processed by Sharon Bice Endelman, 1979.
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Stuart Family
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| | | Robert C. Stuart III |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | | | Business Activities - correspondence, 1892-1931 |
| 2 | | | Land Holdings North of the Buffalo Bayou - Abstract of Title, 1906 |
| 3 | | | Miscellaneous Personal Memorabilia, 1894-1931 |
| | | Robert C. Stuart IV |
| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 4 | | | Childhood Records and Diaries, 1904-1911 |
| 5 | | | Diary of a Cruise to Cuba, 1927 |
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| 2 | 1 | | | Woodrow Wilson Club of Harvard - Correspondence, 1920-1923, 1969 |
| 2 | | | Harvard Club of Houston - Correspondence, 1944-1949 |
| 3 | | | Harvard Club of Houston - Correspondence, January-June 1950 |
| 4 | | | Harvard Club of Houston - Correspondence, July 1950-1976 |
| 5 | | | Harvard Club of Houston - Newsletters, Reports, 1947-1951 |
| 6 | | | Harvard Club of Houston - Newspaper Clippings, 1948-1951 |
| 7 | | | Harvard University - Listings of Texas Students and Alumni |
| 8 | | | Harvard University - Newsletters, Pamphlets, Programs, 1937-1951 |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | Business and legal Activities Not Relating to the Allen Estate - Correspondence, 1918-1962 and undated |
| 2 | | | Campaign to Promote the Fig Industry - Correspondence, 1925 |
| 3 | | | Civic Affairs - Correspondence, Miscellaneous Materials, 1923-1972 |
| 4 | | | Improvements in Highways and Roads - Correspondence, 1925-1931, 1958 1961 |
| 5 | | | Political Involvement - Correspondence, Papers, 1923-1972 |
| 6 | | | Political Involvement - Minutes of the Harris county Democratic Precinct Conventions, 1948 and 1950 |
| 7 | | | Taxes - Correpsondence, Financial Accounts, 1926-1927 |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | Family Affairs - Clippings |
| 2 | | | Family Affairs - Personal Correspondence, 1892-1928 |
| 3 | | | Family Affairs - Personal Correspondence, 1929-1977, undated |
| 4 | | | Family Affairs - Programs and Bulletins, Unpublished Historical Narratives |
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Allen Estate
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| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 1 | | General Land Sales, Leases, and Exchanges - Correspondence, 1916-1929 |
| 2 | | Land Development - Bills, 1923-1925 |
| 3 | | Land Development - Correspondence, 1921-1931 |
| 4 | | Land Development - Pamphlets |
| 5 | | Sinclair Oil Refinery Site - Miscellaneous Materials |
| 6 | | Trust Funds and Lands - Correspondence, Accounts, 1913-1929 |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 1 | | Abstracts of Title for Land in Harris County |
| 2 | | Collections for Allendale, Allen Farms, and Lum Terrace, 1923-1926 |
| 3 | | Collections for Allendale, Allen Farms, and Lum Terrace, 1931-1933 |
| 4 | | Payment Booklets for Allendale, Allen Farms, and Lum Terrace |
| 5 | | Real Estate Advertisements, 1924-1925 |
| 6 | | Sales Agents - Personnel Records and Regulations |
| 7 | | Sales Prices for Individual Lots, Listings, 1923-1926 |
| 8 | | Surveys of Land - Field Notes |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 1 | | Legal Activities of Allen, Poole, and Co. - Diary, 1878 |
| 2 | | Legal Disputes - Clippings, 1927-1936 |
| 3 | | Legal Disputes - Correspondence, 1870-1912 |
| 4 | | Legal Disputes - Correspondence, 1822-1943 |
| 5 | | Legal Disputes - Publications, 1911, 1928-1931 |
| 6 | | Legal Disputes - Sworn Statements and Other Miscellaneous Documents, 1899-1928, undated |
| 7 | | Wills of Tosa C. Allen, 1922-1930 |
| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 1 | | Legal Deeds and Agreements, 1842-1912 |
| 2 | | Legal Deeds and Agreements, 1913-1924 |
| 3 | | Legal Deeds and Agreements, 1925-1926 |
| 4 | | Legal Deeds and Agreements, 1927-1929 |
| 5 | | Legal Deeds and Agreements, 1930-1942, undated |
| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 1 | | Camp Allen - Correspondence, Clippings |
| 2 | | Miscellaneous Business Affairs - Correspondence, 1895, 1922-1933, 1962, undated |
| 3 | | Miscellaneous Investment Securities - Correspondence, Receipts, 1915-1937 |
| 4 | | Oriental Textile Mills - Correspondence, 1923 |
| 5 | | Taxes, Federal - Correspondence, Accounts, 1926-1933 |
| 6 | | Taxes, Local - Correspondence, Accounts, 1906-1928 |
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| 10 | 1 | | Family Financial Accounts - Correspondence, Bills, 1921-1928 |
| 2 | | Listings of Deposits and Checks at the First National Bank and Guardian Trust Co., 1923-1927 |
| 3 | | Statements of Account for Rosa C. Allen with the First National Bank of Houston, 1923-May 1931 |
| 4 | | Statements of Account for Rosa C. Allen with the First and Second National Banks of Houston, June 1931-1936 |
| 5 | | Statements of Account for the Estate of Rosa C. Allen with the Federal Trust Co., 1931-1932 |
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| 11 | 1 | | Historical Narratives and Commemorative Programs Concerning the Allen Ranch and Family Members |
| 2 | | Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings Concerning the Allen Ranch and Family Members |
| 3 | | Property Maps |
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Photographs and Negatives
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| Box | Folder |
| 12 | 1 | | Allen Ranch |
| 2 | | Allen Ranch |
| 3 | | Allen Ranch |
| 4 | | Allen Ranch |
| 5 | | Allen Ranch |
| 6 | | Allen and Stuart Family Members |
| 7 | | Miscellaneous |
| 8 | | Miscellaneous |
| 9 | | Miscellaneous Negatives |
| 10 | | Camp Allen Negatives |
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