Descriptive Summary
Masterson, Harris.
Harris Masterson, III
Papers
1892-1980, bulk
1950s-1970s
37 linear feet
MS 470
Materials are in English.
Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice
University
The Harris Masterson III
papers concentrate mainly on Masterson's business and philanthropic interests.
Dates range from 1892- 1980, bulk 1950-1979, and formats include
correspondence, photographs, business and legal documents. Personal and family
data are also chronicled. Highlights include Masterson's collecting interest in
Texana and construction information on the Masterson house, Rienzi.
Biographical Note
Harris Masterson, III, native Houstonian and well-known philanthropist,
was born July 9, 1914 to Libbie Mary Johnston and Neill Turner Masterson. He
attended San Jacinto High School, the New Mexico Military Institute, and Rice
Institute during the 1930s and later returned to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree
in English in 1955. Masterson was an intelligence officer during World War II
and served as an instructor during the Korean Conflict. In 1951 he married the
former Carroll Sterling Cowan. Among Masterson's better-known business
interests were Westmoreland Importers, an antique and interior design studio,
and "Houston Presents," which brought touring theatrical and orchestral groups
to Houston. Harris Masterson served as board chairman or president of all major
Houston arts organizations, and among his philanthropic interests were Houston
area hospitals, charitable and cultural organizations including Houston Grand
Opera, Wortham Center, Houston Ballet, Houston Symphony, Society for the
Performing Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Alley Theater, and several preservation
societies. His honors include the 1996 Friends of Fondren Honoree [Rice
University], and, along with his wife, the National Medal of Arts recipient
[1990], and Cultural Leader of the Year [1974]. Masterson died on April 7, 1997
in Houston.
Scope and Contents
The collection totals 87 document boxes and concentrates mainly on
Harris Masterson, III's business and philanthropic interests. Dates range from
1892- 1980, bulk 1950-1979, and formats include correspondence, photographs,
business and legal documents. Personal and family data are also chronicled.
Highlights include Masterson's collecting interest in Texana and construction
information on the Masterson house, Rienzi.
Arrangement
The Harris Masterson, III Papers are arranged in five series:
- Series I: Business Interests.
- Series II: Organizations.
- Series III: Masterson Texana
Collection.
- Series IV: Legal.
- Series V: Personal/Family.
Access RestrictionsThis material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish materials from the Harris Masterson, III papers
must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library.
Index Terms
Correspondents
Masterson,
Carroll.
Subjects (Persons)
Masterson,
Harris.
Masterson,
Carroll.
Masterson, Neill
T.
Masterson family.
Subjects (Organizations)
Rienzi
Foundation.
Houston Council for
Retarded Children.
Carroll and Harris
Masterson Theatrical Productions (Firm).
Westmoreland
Importers.
Houston Presents
(Firm).
Subject:
Philanthropists -
Texas.
Arts - Texas - Houston -
History - Sources..
Theater - Houston,
Tex.
Arts - Endowments - Texas -
Houston.
Antiques business - Texas -
Houston.
Antique dealers - Texas -
Houston.
Formats
Correspondence.
Photographs.
Legal documents.
Related Material
Harris Masterson, Jr. Papers MS 469,
Judge Harris Masterson Papers MS 448, and
related information/vertical files on Harris and Carroll Masterson, Libbie
Masterson, Neill T. Masterson and Peter Masterson.
The Masterson's Houston house, Rienzi, along with its furnishings of art
and antiques, was bequeathed to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. The house was
named for Masterson's grandfather, Rienzi Melville Johnston, founder and former
editor of The Houston Post.
Complementary Masterson papers may be housed at Rienzi or The Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston, Archives.
The Masterson Texana Collection, donated in 1966, includes a cataloged
book collection that was dedicated in 1975.
The Clarence Wharton Papers MS 19, donated by
Carroll and Harris Masterson, III in 1970/71 as part of their Texana
collection, have been removed from the Papers and are a separate manuscript
collection.
Preffered Citation
Harris Masterson, III Papers, MS 470, Woodson Research Center, Fondren
Library, Rice University
Acquisition Information
The papers originally were part of the deposit of the Masterson Family
Collection given by Harris Masterson, III in 1966. They have been treated
informally as a separate collection, but were not officially separated from the
original deposit until 1998.
Detailed Description of the Collection
1-15
Series I: Business Interests
Arranged in six sub-series, the materials detail HMIII's
general business interests as owner or investor; "Houston Presents," a local
arts organization HMIII helped organize and administer; Flowmeter Company of
Sweden, owned by HMIII; Rienzi Foundation, HMIII's broad charitable support
interest for religion, education, arts, medical care and treatment, community
affairs; theatrical interest which mainly involves his and his wife's company,
Carroll and Harris Masterson Theatrical Productions; Westmoreland Importers,
HMIII's antiques and interior design company.
1-4
Subseries A: General
1 1
Assumption Parish
1 2
Atlas Deco Corp.,
1961
1 3
Atlas Deco Corp.,
1962
1 4
Atlas Deco Corp.,
1963
1 5
Atlas Deco Corp.,
1964
1 6
Atlas Deco Corp.,
1965
1 7
Bradco,
1958
1 8
Bradco,
1959
1 9
Bradco,
1960
1 10
Bradco,
1960
2 1
Bradco,
1961
2 2
Casa Edison SA-financial records,
1951
2 3
Delta Colombian Oil Co.
2 4
Delta Colombian Petroleum Co.
2 5
Diamond C Ranch
2 6
Engranes y Productos
2 8
Fort Bend
2 9
402 Acres
2 10
Foster, Roy
2 11
Gulf Bitulithic Co.
2 12
Harris County
2 13
Harris Masterson Interiors,
1949, 50
2 14
How 2 Co.
2 15
Lake Street Apartments (proposed)
3 1
Lander Construction Co. (Stewart Masterson)
3 2
Lone Star Brewery
3 3
Lovett Blvd. area
3 4
Masterson-Sweatt
3 5
Masterson-Sweatt
3 6
Masterson-Sweatt properties-Reynolds Miller "B", Ward
Co.
3 7
Michie Co.
3 8
Pasadena
3 9
Rowan Townsite Properties (N.T. Masterson
estate)
3 10
Scenic Woods
3 11
Southmore Corp.
3 12
Stebbins Hardware Corp.
3 13
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
3 14
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
4 1
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp.
4 2
Top of the Mark Club
4 3
Top of the Mark Club
5 1-18
Subseries B:
Houston Presents
5 1
General
5 2
Accounts payable,
March 1965
5 3
Advertising billboard
5 4
Advertising program
5 5
Christmas cards,
1964
5 6
Contracts with corresp.
5 7
Consulate corresp.
5 8
F Miscellaneous
5 9
Inventory
5 10
Joske's
5 11
K Miscellaneous
5 12
L Miscellaneous
5 13
Programs,
1964-65 season
5 14
Releases (Miscellaneous)
5 15
Scalings
5 16
Seating plans
5 17
Tax return,
1964
5 18
TWX messages
6 1-34
Subseries C: Flowmeter Company of Sweden
6 1
Accountant
6 2
Accounts payable
6 3
Accounts receivable
6 4
Authorization of representation
6 5
Carmichael Orsak Co.
6 6
Correspondence
6 7
Institute of Food Technologists,
1978
6 8
Inventory, 11-80
6 9
Market survey, London trip,
4-22-80
6 10
NDT West
6 11
Petroleum Supply International
6 12
Price list,
1979-80
6 13
Process & Power Equipment Sales, Inc.
6 14
Public Service Co. of New Mexico
6 15
Pyron - Angola
6 16
R.O. Industries,
1981
6 17
Sales record
6 18
SAMCO
6 19
SANTEC Sales
6 20
SMC-Martin
6 21
Sonarlog Systems
6 22
Stearns-Roger
6 23
St. Regis Paper Co.
6 24
Stroud Sales Co.
6 25
Territories
6 26
Today's Trading Co., Ltd.
6 27
Toshniwal Brothers (India)
6 28
Trip reports
6 29
United Nuclear Mining & Milling
6 30
United Salt Corp.
6 31
United States Steel
6 32
Van Camp Seafood Co.
6 33
Westech Instrument Systems, Ltd.
6 34
Wolverine Waterworks
6 34
Flowmeter Company of Sweden hand seal
7-10
Subseries D: Rienzi Foundation
7 1
After Dinner Players
7 2
Alley Theater
7 3
American Cancer Society
7 4
American Foundation for AIDS
7 5
American Heart Association
7 6
American Red Cross
7 7
Amigos de las Americas
7 8
Arabia Temple Shrine Circus
7 9
Armand Bayou Nature Center
7 10
Arthritis Foundation
7 11
The Asia Society
7 12
Association for Community Television
7 13
Battleship Texas
7 14
Baylor College of Medicine
7 15
Ben Taub Hospital
7 16
Bishop Quin Foundation
7 17
Blue Bird Circle
7 18
Boy's Country
7 19
Boy's Harbor
7 20
Briarwood School
7 21
Cambiata Soloist, Inc.
7 22
Cancer Counseling, Inc.
7 23
Cancer League
7 24
The Caring Club
7 25
Casa de Esperanza
7 26
Cenikor
7 27
Center for Multi-Handicapped Children
7 28
Center for the Retarded, Inc.
7 29
Cerebral Palsy-Development Disabilities Treatment
Center
7 30
Children's Fund, Inc.
7 31
Children's Museum of Houston
7 32
Children's Oncology Services of Texas
7 33
Chinquapin School
7 34
Christ Church Cathedral
7 35
Christian Rescue Mission
7 36
Compass
7 37
Covenant House
7 38
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
7 39
Depelchin Faith Home
7 40
Easter Seal Society
7 41
Edna Gladney Home
7 42
End Hunger Network
7 43
Father Godfrey's Discretionary Fund
7 44
Festival Institute at Round Top
7 45
Fourth Ward Clinic
7 46
Friends of Houston Public Library
7 47
Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library
7 48
Friends of the University of Houston Library
7 49
Galveston Historical Foundation
7 50
The Gathering Place
7 51
Goodwill Industries
7 52
Good Samaritans
7 53
Harris County Emergency Corps
7 54
Harris County Heritage Society
7 55
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center
7 56
Hermann Eye Center
7 57
Hester House
8 1
Hill Country Arts Foundation
8 2
Hill Country College Fund
8 3
Hill Country Youth Ranch
8 4
HITS Unicorn Theater Co.
8 5
Holly Hall
8 6
Houston All-City Symphony Orchestra
8 7
Houston Area Parkinsonism Society
8 8
Houston Ballet Foundation
8 9
Houston Baptist College
8 10
Houston Botanical Society
8 11
Houston Child Guidance Center
8 12
Houston Diabetes Association
8 13
Houston Grand Opera
8 14
Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo
8 15
Houston Lyric Theater
8 16
Houston Humane Society
8 17
Houston Metropolitan Ministries
8 18
Houston Museum of Natural Science
8 19
Houston SPCA
8 20
Houston School for Deaf Children
8 21
Houston Symphony Society
8 22
Houston Youth Symphony & Ballet
8 23
Human Resources Development Foundation
8 24
Hundred Club of Houston, Inc.
8 25
Jefferson Davis Hospital Auxiliary
8 26
Junior Achievement
8 27
Kidney Foundation
8 28
Kinkaid School
8 29
Life Flight Program
8 30
Lighthouse for the Blind
8 31
The Living Bank
8 32
Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital Auxiliary
8 33
M.D. Anderson Cancer Nurses
8 34
M.D. Anderson Hospital Vera M. Daniels Play
Park
8 35
March of Dimes
8 36
Mental Health Association
8 37
Miracle Farm, Inc.
8 38
Muscular Dystrophy Association
8 39
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
8 40
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
8 41
[W. Oscar] Neuhaus Memorial Foundation
8 42
New Age Hospice
8 43
Open Door Mission
8 44
Palmer Drug Abuse Program
8 45
Pediatric Nephrology Foundation
8 46
Pin Oak Charity Horse Show Association
8 47
Recording for the Blind, Inc.
9 1
Rehab Mission, Inc.
9 2
Rice University Library Texana Collection
9 3
Salvation Army
9 4
San Jacinto Lung Association
9 5
San Jacinto Museum of History
9 6
Santa's Helpers
9 7
SER-Jobs for Progress
9 8
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
9 9
St. Joseph's Church The Mecca
9 10
St. Joseph's Hospital Cancer Research
9 11
St. Joseph Multi-Ethnic Cultural Arts
Committee
9 12
St. Laurence Paris
9 13
St. Luke's Hospital
9 14
St. Michael's School
9 15
St. Thomas Scholarship Fund
9 16
Schreiner College
9 17
Shakespeare Outreach-Globe Centre
9 18
Shriner College
9 19
Speech & Hearing Institute
9 20
The Shoulder
9 21
Star of Hope Mission
9 22
Stehlin Foundation for Cancer Research
9 23
SUM Arts
9 24
Telephone Reassurance Service
9 25
Texas Children's Hospital
9 26
Texas Heart Institute
9 27
Texas Institute for Arts in Education
9 28
Texas Institute for Rehabilitation &
Research
9 29
Texas Institute of Family Psychiatry
9 30
Texas Society for the Prevention of
Blindness
9 31
Theater Under the Stars
9 32
Trinity Church School
9 33
Trinity Episcopal Church Endowment Fund
9 34
United Negro College Fund
9 35
United Way
9 36
University of Houston Foundation Excellence
Campaign
9 37
University of St. Thomas Library
9 38
University of Texas Systems Cancer Center
9 39
Visiting Nurse Association
9 40
Volunteer Action Center
9 41
Volunteer Mercy Corps
9 42
YMCA
9 43
YMCA Camp for Boys
9 44
YWCA
9 45
Zoo Friends of Houston
10 1
General
10 2
Ledger sheets,
1959-77
10 3
Morgan Guaranty Trust
10 4
Tax returns,
1950s
10 5
Tax returns,
1960s
10 6
Tax returns,
1970s
10 7
Tax returns,
1980s
10 8
Tax returns,
1990s
11 1-13
Subseries E: Theatrical
11 1
Basic Collective Agreement
11 2
Budgets
11 3
Correspondence, general
11 4
Correspondence-Carroll and Harris Masterson Theatrical
Productions
11 5
Equity Theater releases
11 6
Investment prospects
11 7
Invitations, tickets
11 8
Irl Mowery notes
11 9
League of New York Theaters
11 10
Masterpiece
11 11
National Repertory Theater
11 12
Reviews
11 13
The Time Has Come Company cash journals
12-15
Subseries F: Westmoreland Importers
12 1
A Miscellaneous
12 2
Advertising
12 3
Antiques Magazine
12 4
Antiques show
12 5
Auction mailing list
12 6
Auction-Detering Galleries
12 7
Auction-Corrine Whittington Kocens
12 8
Balance sheets
12 9
Carlin Galleries
12 10
Chaparral Gift Shop
12 11
China donated to Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston
12 12
Conservation
12 13
Contributions
12 14
Correspondence
12 15
Customs-R.W. Smith & Co.
12 16
Customs-general
12 17
Domjan, Joseph
13 1
Frary, Michael
13 2
French & Co., Inc.
13 3
G Miscellaneous
13 4
Galveston Boat Club
13 5
Gandia, Vicente
13 6
Gardner, Clare
13 7
H Miscellaneous
13 8
Hedgecroft
13 9
Insurance, shop (Bruce)
13 10
Insurance, shop (Centennial Insurance Co.)
13 11
Insurance,
1953, 54
13 12
Insurance,
1955
13 13
Inventory, general
13 14
Inventory,
1960
13 15
Inventory,
1961
13 16
Inventory,
1961
13 17
Inventory,
1963
13 18
Inventory,
1964
13 19
Inventory sent
13 20
Jamison Galleries
13 21
Leslie Moore Interiors
13 22
License, store
14 1
Masterson, Harris - corresp.
14 2
Masterson, Stewart
14 3
Nelson, Paul
14 4
Posey, G.E.
14 5
Roth, Harriet-estate
14 6
Shipment to NYC,
Jan. 1960
14 7
Sicard, Pierre
14 8
Sillman, Lenard
14 9
Sims, Agnes
14 10
Slips Diamond Corp., general
14 11
Slips Diamond Corp.,
1959
14 12
Slips Diamond Corp.,
1960
14 13
Slips Diamond Corp.,
1961
14 14
Slips Diamond Corp.,
1962
14 15
Slips Diamond Corp.,
1963
14 16
Slips Diamond Corp.,
1964-65
14 17
Stockbridge, Peter
14 18
Taxes,
1955
14 19
Taxes, Excise,
1953-54
14 20
Tax receipts
14 21
Travel
14 22
Truck and wagon
15
Harris Masterson, III
1951 daily calendar
15
3 record books of inventory
15
Accounts records,
1958-63
15
Accounts records,
1950s
16-21
Series II: Organizations
This series is arranged in two sub-series, General and
Houston Council for Retarded Children. HMIII's support for local and national
organizations is detailed in the general sub-series, while his work as a board
member with the Houston Council for Retarded Children is also detailed.
16-17
Subseries A: General
16 1
American Federation of Arts
16 2
Ballet [Houston Foundation for]
16 3
Byzantine Institute
16 4
Christ Church Vestry
16 5
Easter Seals
16 6
Easter Seals
16 7
Gourmet societies
16 8
Hereford Association
16 9
Hodgkins Disease Research Center,
1958-59
17 1
Hodgkins Disease Research Center,
1961
17 2
Houston Public Library
17 3
Interamerican Institute
17 4
Kentucky Colonels
17 5
Lafayette Bicentennial
17 6
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
1960
17 7
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,
1961-62
17 8
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston-Bayou Bend
17 9
Nature Conservancy
17 10
Seminary of the Southwest
17 11
Texas State Historical Association
17 12
Organization membership cards
18-21
Subseries B: Houston Council for Retarded
Children
18 1
Committee, donor, Council lists,
1954
18 2
Publications,
1954-56
18 3
Correspondence,
1955-57
18 4
Minutes, reports,
1957
18 5
Correspondence,
1958
18 6
Reports,
1958
18 7
Reports,
1958
18 8
Correspondence,
1959
18 9
Reports,
1959
19 1
Correspondence,
1960
19 2
Reports,
1960
19 3
Correspondence,
1961
19 4
Reports,
1961
19 5
Correspondence,
1962
19 6
Reports,
1962
19 7
Correspondence,
1963
20 1
Reports,
1963
20 2
Correspondence,
1964
20 3
Reports,
1964
20 4
Reports,
1964
21 1
Correspondence,
1965
21 2
Reports,
1965
22-29, 87
Series III: Masterson Texana Collection
Included in this series are J. Frank Dobie (boxes
22-28) and Carl Hertzog (box 87) materials, primarily published and ephemeral
imprints on Texas history. See also Masterson Texana Collection of cataloged
books.
22-25
Subseries A: Periodical articles by J. Frank
Dobie:
22
Arizona Highway:
June 1957, Sept. 1957, May 1958;
True West:
Aug. 1955, Aug. 1956, June 1957, Aug. 1957, Oct. 1957,
Dec. 1957, April 1958, Oct. 1958, Dec. 1958, Feb. 1959, April 1959, May/June
1959, Aug. 1959, Oct. 1959, April 1960, June 1961, Aug. 1962, Dec. 1962, April
1963, Dec. 1963;
Texas Parade:
Nov. 1952, Oct. 1953, March 1954, Oct. 1954;
Proceedings of The Southwest
Conference:
March 1956;
The Southwestern Historical
Quarterly:
Jan. 1957, Vol. XLIV,
Oct. 1945
23
Frontier Times:
Jan. 1942, Sept. 1942, Winter 1957/58, Summer 1958,
Fall 1958, Winter 1958/59, Spring 1959, Fall 1959, Spring 1960, Winter 1960,
Summer 1961, Fall 1961, Summer 1962, Jan. 1963, Fall
1964
24
Southwest Review:
Summer 1929, Summer 1930, Spring 1931, Summer 1931,
Spring 1932, Winter 1932, Autumn 1933, Spring 1934, Winter 1935, Spring 1937,
July 1938, July 1940, Autumn 1941, Spring 1942, Summer 1942, Summer 1950,
Winter 1957, Winter 1958, Spring 1959, Summer 1961, Spring 1962, Autumn
1964
25
American Petroleum Institute
Quarterly:
Spring 1958
25
National
Geographic Magazine:
April 1946
25
The Cattleman:
March 1926
25
The Alcade:
Jan. 1923
25
Titans of Western Art
25
The Roadrunner in Fact and
Folk-Lore,
1939
25
The Best Novels and Stories of Eugene
Manlove Rhodes (intro by JFD)
25
Texas Literary Quarterly,
Autumn 1948
25
Zane Grey's Western,
March 1953
25
Imprints by JFD:
25
Bigfoot Wallace and the Hickory
Nuts,
1936
25
Bob Moore,
1941
25
The Alamo's Immortalization of Words/Old
Alf,
1942
25
The Seven Mustangs,
1948
25
Charm in Mexican Folktales,
1952
25
Wild and Free,
1952
25
A Plot of Earth,
1953
25
As the Moving Finger Writ,
1955
25
His Looks and My Ways Would Hang Any
Man,
1956
25
James Bowie, Big Dealer,
1957
25
The Archives Wars of Texas,
1957
25
Tom Gilroy's Fiddler,
1958
25
Storytellers I Have Known,
1961
25
A Schoolteacher in Alpine,
1962
25
Hunting Cousin Sally,
1963
26 1-17
Subseries B: Newspaper related
26 1
Typescripts with notes
26 2
News articles, general
26 3
Austin American-Statesman
column
26 4
Dallas Morning News
articles
26 5
Ft. Worth Star-Telegram
column
26 6
Galveston Daily News articles,
1942
26 7
Houston Post column,
1954
26 8
Houston Post column,
1955
26 9
Houston Post column,
1956
26 10
Houston Post column,
1957
26 11
Houston Post column,
1958
26 12
Houston Post column,
1959
26 13
Houston Post column,
1960
26 14
Houston Post column,
1961
26 15
Houston Post column,
1962
26 16
Houston Post column,
1964
26 17
San Antonio Light
column
27 1-7
Subseries C: Publications
27 1
Reviews
27 2
Life and Literature of the
Southwest…
27 3
Newsclips on Roy Bedichek
27 4
Newsclips on JFD
27 5
Published articles/short stories
27 6
Published articles/short stories
27 7
Reprints
28-29, 87
Subseries D: General
28 (vault)
1
Correspondence
28 (vault)
2
Rainey editorial
28 (vault)
3
Photographs
28 (vault)
4
Catalogs/exhibitions
28 (vault)
5
Honors
28 (vault)
6
Memorials
28 (vault)
7
Medical exam
8-1-58
28 (vault)
8
Miscellaneous
28 (vault)
9
Early Texas documents
29
Texas Republicans, 1865-1964, by
Paul D. Casdorph
29
Original manuscript,
c. 1965
29
Index
29
Galley
87
Hertzog, Carl - ephemeral imprints. See also cataloged
Masterson Texana book collection for additional Hertzog titles.
30-36
Series IV: Legal Documents (Masterson vs. Wood)
This series chronicles the 1960s law suit between
Masterson and R.W. Wood involving oil lease rights.
30 1
original petition
30 2
original petition
30 3
Briefs
30 4
Correspondence
January 25, 1962 - October 22,
1962
30 5
Correspondence
October 23 - March 30,
1963
31 1
Correspondence
April 1, 1963 - May 5,
1965
31 2
Cross-examination of Harris Masterson by B.R.
Reeves
31 3
Expenditures book: Lease & Land Acquisition,
Maintenance
31 4
Depositions: Sam A. Gilliard, v.1
31 5
Depositions: Sam A. Gilliard, v.2
31 6
Depositions: A.G. Jeanes, Jr.
31 7
Deposition: Harris Masterson
32 1
Deposition: Fred L. Williams, Jr.
32 2
Deposition: R.W. Wood
32 3
Letters
32 4
Instrument Memoranda - Document 1-69
32 5
Instrument Memoranda
32 6
Maps and Plates
32 7
Title Opinions (lease files)
32 8
Statements
33 1
Supoena Book
33 2
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 1-100,
1-25
33 3
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 1-100,
26-63
33 4
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 1-100,
64-100
34 1
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 201-290,
201-256
34 2
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 201-290,
256-290
34 3
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder Contracts,
301-325
34 4
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 401-450,
401-428
34 5
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 401-450,
429-450
35 1
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 451a-508,
451a-481
35 2
Supporting Documents - Numbered Binder 451a-508,
482-508
35 3
Supporting Document 551, Correspondence R.M.S., H.
Mendelson, W.G.R.
35 4
Supporting Documents PTF 1-31
35 5
Supporting Documents PTF 32-89
36 1
Supporting Documents PTF 70-98
36 2
Supporting Documents PTF 99-131
36 3
Supporting Documents PTF 132-140
36 4
Supporting Documents unnumbered
37-86
Series V: Personal / Family
This series on family materials, focusing on Masterson's
personal life, includes 10 sub-series: School, Military, Personal, Houses,
Photographs, Correspondence, Carroll and Harris Masterson III, Neill T.
Masterson, Various family members, Judge Harris Masterson. Family materials
mainly focus on correspondence, but also give a glimpse into his father's
[Neill T. Masterson] life, and the career of Masterson's grandfather, Judge
Harris Masterson, whose business in greatly detailed in the Judge Harris
Masterson Papers.
37
Subseries A: School
37
Class notes
1934-35, Rice Institute
1953-55;
Miscellaneous
38 1-14
Subseries B: Military
38 1
Personnel file
38 2
Invoices
38 3
Social
38 4
Correspondence: postcards, wires
38 5
Military briefings
38 6
Special orders
38 7
Miscellaneous
38 8
Photographss-groups, Miscellaneous
38 9
Photographss-reconnaissance
38 10
1941 Maneuvers medal
38 11
Harris Masterson, U.S. Army
eagle paperweight
38 12
The Officers Guide
38 13
Field Artillery Guide
38 14
Cloth map of Europe
39 1-13
Subseries C: Personal
39 1
Drawings
39 2
Family invitations, cards
39 3
Financial
39 4
Gifts
39 5
Graduation-Rice Institute
39 6
Insurance
39 7
Legal
39 8
Newsclippings
39 9
Pets
39 10
Sons of the American Revolution membership
application
39 11
Travel
39 12
Writing samples
39 13
Miscellaneous
40 1-19
Subseries D: Houses
40 1
Residential, general
40 2
402 Sul Ross-insurance
40 3
2198 Troon Road-general
40 4
3751 Del Monte-air conditioning
40 5
1406 Kirby-swimming pool
40 6
1406 Kirby-air conditioning
40 7
1406 Kirby-certificates of payment
40 8
1406 Kirby-change orders
40 9
1406 Kirby-insurance and bonds
40 10
1406 Kirby-engineering reports
40 11
1406 Kirby-kitchen
40 12
1406 Kirby-interior finishing, marble, etc
40 13
1406 Kirby-maps and drawings
40 14
1406 Kirby-statements and correspondence
40 15
1406 Kirby-landscaping
40 16
1406 Kirby-contracts, specifications,
general
40 17
1406 Kirby-property trans.
40 18
1406 Kirby-utilities
40 19
1406 Kirby-furnishings samples
41-44
Subseries E: Photographs
41 1
Harris Masterson, III
41 2
Harris Masterson, III
41 3
Harris Masterson, III commencement party
41 4
Carroll Masterson
41 5
Carroll Masterson
41 6
Harris Masterson, III and Carroll Sterling Winston
wedding
41 7
Harris and Carroll Masterson
41 8
Carroll Winston [Masterson] and children
41 9
Elizabeth Masterson Devine and children
41 10
Social
41 11
Theater
41 12
Miscellaneous
41 13
Unknown groups
41 14
Unknown individuals
42 1
Children
42 2
Children
42 3
Children
42 4
Children
42 5
Groups
42 6
Groups
43 1
Bert Winston [?]
43 2
Carroll Masterson's 1st?, 2nd? Husband
43 3
Harris Masterson, III
43 4
Ione Masterson
43 5
Unknown
43 6
Weddings
44 1
Family funeral
44 2
Houses
44 3
Antiques-Westmoreland Importers
44 4
Places
44 5
Travel
44 6
Travel
44 7
Negatives
44 OS
Group photographs at resort in mountain
44 OS
Horse and buggy with Harris Masterson, III and
?
44 OS
Graduation group-labeled as HM, Jr. Papers
44 OS
Bayou Bend lithograph
45-57
Subseries F: Correspondence
45-53
Sub-subseries 1: Between family members
45 1
1834-74
45 2
1920-Sept.
1923
45 3
Oct. 1923
45 4
Nov. 1923
45 5
Dec., n.d. 1923
45 6
Jan. 1924
45 7
Feb.-March
1924
45 8
April-May
1924
46 1
Sept. 1924
46 2
Oct. 1924
46 3
Nov.-Dec., n.d.
1924
46 4
Jan. 1925
46 5
Feb. 1925
46 6
March 1925
46 7
April 1925
46 8
May-Aug., n.d.
1925
47 1
1926
47 2
1927
47 3
Jan.-Feb.
1928
47 4
March-April
1928
47 5
June-Nov.
1928
47 6
Jan.-April
1929
47 7
July-Dec., n.d.
1929
48 1
Jan.-May 1930
48 2
June-Sept.
1930
48 3
Oct.-Dec.
1930
48 4
1931-33
48 5
1934
48 6
1935
48 7
1936
48 8
1937
49 1
1938
49 2
1939
49 3
1940
49 4
Jan.-March
1941
49 5
April-Aug.
1941
49 6
Sept.-Dec., n.d.
1941
49 7
Jan.-March
1942
49 8
April-Aug.
1942
50 1
Sept.-Dec.
1942
50 2
Jan.-June
1943
50 3
July-Dec.
1943
50 4
Jan.-March
1944
50 5
April-July
1944
51 1
Aug.-Dec.
1944
51 2
Jan.-June
1945
51 3
July
1945-1948
51 4
1949-51
51 5
1952-56
51 6
Harris Masterson, III/Elizabeth M. Devine,
n.d.
51 7
Libbie J. Masterson/Elizabeth Masterson,
n.d.
52 1
Libbie J. Masterson/Elizabeth Masterson,
n.d.
52 2
Elizabeth M. Devine/Libbie J. Masterson,
n.d.
52 3
Harris Masterson, III
Boss/Stewart G.
Toop Masterson,
n.d.
52 4
Harris Masterson, III/John (J.C. Jr.) Masterson,
n.d.
52 5
Harry/Stewart/John Masterson,
n.d.
52 6
Hallie J.
Tottie Flint/Harris
Masterson, III
LBB [Little Boy
Blue]
52 7
Elizabeth Masterson/Neill T. Masterson,
n.d.
52 8
Neill T. Masterson, Jr./Libbie J. Masterson,
n.d.
53 1
Harris Masterson, III/Libbie J. Masterson,
n.d.
53 2
Harris Masterson, III/Elizabeth Masterson,
n.d.
53 3
n.d.
53 4
n.d.
53 5
n.d.
53 6
n.d.
54-57
Sub-subseries 2: Friends/General
54 1
1923-May 1925
54 2
1924
54 3
June
1925-1935
54 4
1936-38
54 5
1939
54 6
1940
54 7
Jan.-March
1941
55 1
May-Dec. 1941
55 2
1942
55 3
1943
55 4
Jan.-May 1944
55 5
June-Nov.
1944
56 1
1945
56 2
1946-49
56 3
1951-56
56 4
n.d.
56 5
n.d.
57 1
n.d.
57 2
n.d.
57 3
n.d.
57 4
n.d.
58-60
Subseries G: Carroll and Harris Masterson, III
58 1-15
Sub-subseries 1: Correspondence, personal
business
58 1
Outgoing,
1956
58 2
Outgoing,
1957
58 3
Incoming,
1958
58 4
Outgoing,
1958
58 5
Outgoing,
1959
58 6
Incoming,
1961
58 7
Outgoing,
1961
58 8
Incoming,
1962
58 9
Outgoing,
1962
58 10
Incoming,
1963
58 11
Outgoing,
1963
58 12
Incoming,
1964
58 13
Outgoing,
1964
58 14
Incoming,
1965
58 15
Miscellaneous
59-60
Subseries 2: General
59 1
Books,
1953-55
59 2
Clawson, Jane
59 3
Donations,
1953-54
59 4
Donations,
1955-57
59 5
Donations,
1960
59 6
Donations,
1961
59 7
Donations,
1963
59 8
Donations,
1964
59 9
Gilmer, L. Daffan
59 10
Hudson, Concha
59 11
Insurance-corresp., George Bruce & Co.
59 12
Insurance-jewelry appraisals, George Bruce &
Co.
59 13
Law, Jean
59 14
Politics, national
59 15
Politics-Republicans
59 16
Politics, state
60 1
Taylor, Patrick
60 2
Taxes,
1960
60 3
Taxes,
1961
60 4
Taxes,
1962
60 5
Theological Seminary
60 6
Travel itineraries
61-63
Subseries H: Neill T. Masterson
61-62
Sub-subseries 1: General
61 1
Automotive
61 2
Bills, statements,
1910-13
61 3
Cage Cotton Company
61 4
Correspondence
61 5
Financial
61 6
Household
61 7
Insurance
61 8
Legal
61 9
Legal
61 10
Lumber
61 11
Note collections
61 12
Note transfer
61 13
Real estate
62 1
Receipts, general
62 2
Miscellaneous
63 1-5
Sub-subseries 2: Taxes
63 1
Income tax, general
63 2
Tax receipts
63 3
Tax receipts
63 4
Taxes, delinquent
63 5
Taxes
64 1-18
Subseries I: Various Family Members
64 1
Flint family
64 2
Masterson, Branch
64 3
Masterson, Christiana-corresp.
1889
64 4
Masterson, H. Birdsall-bills, receipts
1921-34
64 5
Masterson, H. Birdsall-corresp.,
1915-16
64 6
Masterson, H. Birdsall-legal, etc.
1914-34
64 7
Masterson, Ione-memorabilia
64 8
Masterson, James Roane
64 9
Masterson, Leigh C.-corresp.
1900-15
64 10
Masterson, Louise J. (Mrs. Harris)-corresp., etc.
1900-44
64 11
Masterson, Louise J. (Mrs. Harris)-guardianship of
Frederick Cederberg
1916-18
64 12
Masterson, Neill T. Jr.
64 13
Masterson, Thomas G.-receipts
1862-81
64 14
Masterson, Thomas W. Jr.-corresp.
1916
64 15
Masterson, Travis S.-corresp.
1901-16
64 16
Masterson, William-corresp.
1916
64 17
LeDuc Gold Mining Co., Nevada [family
venture]
64 18
Miscellaneous envelopes
65-86
Subseries J: Judge Harris Masterson
65-68
Sub-subseries 1: Legal correspondence, individuals and
businesses
65 1
A
65 2
Abbott, Mrs. I.N.,
1903
65 3
Aboue & Lobit,
1903
65 4
B
65 5
C
65 6
Casey, W.F.,
1903
65 7
Chilton, Horace,
1903
65 8
Clark, R.P.
65 9
Columbian National Life Insurance Co.,
1916
65 10
[TX] Comptroller's Office,
1915-16
65 11
Crews & Candwell,
1915-16
65 12
Crusel, J.E.,
1903
65 13
D
65 14
Dance, H.P.,
1903
65 15
Dean, George W.,
1906-07
65 16
Duff, F.J.,
1908-10
65 17
Duff
65 18
E
65 19
F
65 20
Faickney, R.
65 21
G
65 22
Gaines & Holland
65 23
[TX] General Land Office
65 24
H
65 25
Hardin, C.E.,
1914
65 26
Hargrave, E.C.,
1909
65 27
Hargrove,
1913
65 28
Harlan, L.M.,
1907
65 29
Harlan, Z.I.,
1905-06
65 30
Harper & Bros.,
1909
65 31
Houston Post,
1913-14
65 32
Houston Title Guaranty Co.,
1913-14
65 33
Houston Town Lot & Improvement Co.,
1905-14
66 1
J
66 2
K
66 3
Kelly, Thomas
66 4
Kennedy, Oliver
66 5
L
66 6
LeRibeus
66 7
Love, D.M.
66 8
Lovejoy, Jno.,
1907-14
66 9
Lowry, M.W.,
1907
66 10
Lubbock, J.L.,
1905-16
66 11
Lubbock, T.S.,
1906-12
66 12
Lucas, A.T.,
1912
66 13
Luckel, L.C.,
1906-09
66 14
Lucy, James E.,
1905-06
66 15
Luhn, R.E.,
1906-09
66 16
Lunn, D.L.,
1914
66 17
Luse, R.G.,
1908
66 18
M
66 19
Magill Bros.,
1913
66 20
Magstaff & Davidson,
1908
66 21
Mahorner, M.,
1907
66 22
Mansfield, H.P.,
1911
66 23
Marett,
1905-06
66 24
Marschall, M/M Ernst
66 25
Marshall, E.J..,
1905-14
66 26
Marshall, H.E.,
1906-09
66 27
Marshall, S.W.,
1905
66 28
Marshburn, L.H.,
1912
66 29
Marston, Chester,
1905-11
66 30
Martin, Cal,
1905-12
66 31
Martin, Chas. E.,
1906-14
66 32
Martin, E.L.,
1908-11
66 33
Martin, Eloise,
1905-14
66 34
Martin, J.A.,
1906-07
66 35
Martin, Leah,
1906-09
66 36
Martin, Mary,
1899-1906
66 37
Martin, O.P.,
1906
66 38
Martin, S.F.,
1909-10
66 39
Martin, T.M.
66 40
Martin, Will,
1908-13
66 41
Martin, W.C.,
1910-11
66 42
Martindale, A.B.,
1905
66 43
Maryland Trust Co.,
1908-10
66 44
Marymee, Lucy L.,
1905-11
67 1
Maskemp Gas & Oil Co.,
1903
67 2
Mason, Delta,
1906-08
67 3
Mason, Notie H.,
1909-13
67 4
Mason, Rankin,
1903
67 5
Mason, S.G.,
1903
67 6
Massee, W.W.,
1912-16 [re: Birdsall
Masterson]
67 7
Masterson, Branch T.,
1905-14
67 8
Masterson
67 9
McFarland & Burch
67 10
McKie & Autry,
1903
67 11
McMahon estate,
1915-16
67 12
Mexican Claims Adjustment Co.,
1915-16
67 13
Miller, Mark,
1915-16
67 14
Miller & Miller
67 15
Millican, A.H.
67 16
Mills, Lily C.
67 17
Mooney & Mann,
1906-09
67 18
Morgan, John,
1915-16
67 19
Mortgage Trust Co. of St. Louis,
1915-16
67 20
Mothershead, J.M.
67 21
Miscellaneous
67 22
Miscellaneous
68 1
N
68 2
O
68 3
P
68 4
Pickett, E.B. Jr.,
1903-14
68 5
R
68 6
Real estate, Miscellaneous
68 7
Real estate, Miscellaneous
68 8
Real estate, Miscellaneous
68 9
S
68 10
T
68 11
W
68 12
Envelopes: HMI
68 13
Envelopes: Masterson law firms
68 14
Envelopes: Rice Institute-related
68 15
Envelopes: Elliott Cage
69-73
Sub-subseries 2: General business files
69 1
[Business] Accounts
69 2
[Business] Accounts
69 3
Account statements
69 4
Agreements
69 5
Allen, A.C.-matters
69 6
Automobiles-sales
69 7
[Court] Billing
69 8
Bills of sale/conveyances
69 9
Brazoria, TX-HT & BRR survey-deeds,
corresp.
69 10
Brazoria, TX-S.F. Austin league-deeds,
corresp.
69 11
Brazoria, TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
69 12
Buildings re: real estate
69 13
[samples of family] Business forms
69 14
Chattels, Miscellaneous
69 15
Citations/petitions,
1903-07, 1912-13
69 16
Colonization
69 17
Company contracts: releases, transfers,
1905-17
69 18
Company meeting minutes, resolutions
69 19
Deeds, trustees
69 20
Depositions
69 21
Downey, H.W.-contracts and agreements
69 22
Ft. Bend Co., TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
69 23
Freestone Co., TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
70 1
General
70 2
General
70 3
Harlingen Land & Water Co.-deeds, tax receipts,
releases, transfers,
1840, 1871-73, 1878, 1907-17
70 4
Harlingen Land & Water Co.-releases, trust deeds,
agreements, sales,
1871-72, 1910-11, 1917
70 5
Harlingen Land & Water Co.-incorporation,
resolutions, statements
70 6
Harden Co., TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
70 7
Harris Co., TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
70 8
Harris Co., TX, Obedience Smith survey-corresp.,
deeds, tax receipts
70 9
Harris, June C., Attorney, Nacogdoches, TX-corresp.
Re: land grants,
1911-14
71 1
Imperial Sugar Co.
71 2
Insurance re: real estate
71 3
Insurance, Miscellaneous
71 4
Jefferson Co., TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
71 5
Jones, Jesse H.-matters
71 6
Judgments
71 7
Land sales and receipts
71 8
Liberty, TX-deeds, transfers
71 9
Livestock-agreements, writ
71 10
Lumber notes, releases, contracts
71 11
Masterson, Neill T.-taxes
71 12
Matagorda Co., TX-agreements
71 13
Nacogdoches, TX-agreements, deeds, etc.
71 14
Note collections
71 15
Oil leases
71 16
Out-of-state agreements, deeds, etc.
71 17
Politics-Brazoria Co.,
1890
71 18
Powell, W.H.-matters
71 19
Powell, W.J..-note
71 20
Property list, Harris Masterson
71 21
Pye, F.E.-matters
71 22
Releases
72 1
Releases
72 2
Releases, agreements, transfers, wills, bills of sale,
1906-17
72 3
Rent collection
72 4
Rent collections-American Brewing
Association
72 5
Schooner,
Golden Arrow
72 6
Statements/depositions, deeds of trust,
agreements
72 7
Street paving re: real estate
72 8
Taxes re: real estate holdings
72 9
Texas Lumber, Tie & Timber Co.
72 10
Transfers/conveyances
73 1
Trustees sales
73 2
Turner, W.B.-contracts and agreements
73 3
Underwood, J.C.-matters
73 4
Utilities re: real estate holdings
73 5
Wills
74-86
Sub-subseries 3: Case files
74 1
Eleanor Gallian league sale,
1883
74 2
Charles E. Groce vs. NY & TX Land Co. Ltd.,
1892-93
74 3
A.Z. Palmer vs. Mrs. M.A. Preston,
1896
74 4
George C. Greer vs. Houston Oil Co.,
1899-1905
74 5
Lawrence/Katherine Hyde vs. William P.H. McFaddin,
1901
74 6
Thos. Anderson vs. A.F. Lucas,
1901-03
74 7
W.C. Corbett vs. J.D. McGregor,
1902-09
74 8
Taylor to Travis & Jones Power of Attorney,
1903
74 9
W.C. Corbett vs. J.D. McGregor,
1903
74 10
Flack vs. Olcese,
1903
74 11
A.E. Masterson vs. Scottish American Mortgage Co.
Ltd.,
1903-04
74 12
Kelley Island Lime & Transport Co. vs. H.
Masterson,
1903-04
74 13
C.J. McCarty vs. W.B. Turner,
1904
74 14
H. Masterson vs. H. Pratt,
1904
74 15
H.H. Levering vs. A.P. Root,
1904
75 1
Emma F. Hudson matter,
1904
75 2
Houston Town Lot & Improvement Co. Matters,
1904
75 3
Texas Portland Cement Co. Bankruptcy,
1904
75 4
Kirkland Morrow Co. vs. Texas Tie & Lumber Co.,
1904
75 5
H. Masterson vs. W.A. Summerall,
1904
75 6
H.L. Trammell vs. T.L. Larkin,
1904
75 7
Adelia Donovant vs. J.A. Robertson,
1904-05
75 8
James T. McGee, Sr., vs. Mary Meitzen,
1904-06
75 9
H. Masterson vs. W.C. Josey,
1905
75 10
J.D. Davis vs. J.W. Smith,
1905
75 11
Somerville & Robinson Power of Attorney,
1905
75 12
T.L. Larkin vs. M.D. Skinner,
1905
75 13
H. Masterson vs. John H. Broock,
1905
75 14
W.S. Hart matters,
1905-10
75 15
Houston Land & Trust Co. matters
1905-14
75 16
Elliott Cage vs. C.G. Stille,
1906
75 17
Jesse L. Patton vs. Mike Butler,
1906
76 1
Downey Bros. vs. W.C. McLaughlin,
1906
76 2
Perry Mack vs. Western Union Telegraph Co.,
1906-07
76 3
H. Masterson vs. Katherine Carrington,
1906-07
76 4
E.P. Gailey vs. S.Z. Thompson,
1906-08
76 5
W.H. Miller vs. A.B. Mayes,
1906-08
76 6
H. Masterson vs. Sylvester Oppice,
1906-16
76 7
Geo. N. Phelps vs. H.D. Applegate,
1907
76 8
A.B. Green vs. A.G. Kennedy,
1907
76 9
Geo. Hamman vs. Scherer & Engelhardt,
1907-08
76 10
Elliott Cage vs. H.P. Weir,
1907-09
76 11
George A. Hill matters,
1907-11
76 12
R.A. Lee vs. Southwestern Telegraph & Telephone
Co.,
1908
76 13
Houston, Smallwood & Co. matters,
1908
76 14
Hattie Fain vs. Fred A. Larson,
1908
76 15
Boone Gross vs. A.C. Allen,
1908-09
76 16
H.F. Pitstick vs. T.H. Mims,
1908-11
76 17
Cravens & Cage vs. J.A. Johnson,
1908-17
76 18
Rice Institute vs. John Belden,
1909
77 1
Jeff Chapman vs. R.S. Davidson,
1909
77 2
P.J. Duffy vs. L. Gus Mueller,
1909
77 3
W.A. Smith vs. Perry Appel,
1909
77 4
W.C. Corbett vs. J.D. McGregor,
1909
77 5
Washington Co. State Bank vs. Central Bank &
Trust,
1909-13
77 6
W.V. McMaster vs. A.C. Allen,
1910
77 7
H. Masterson vs. W.C. Corbett,
1910
77 8
H. Hamilton vs. Geo. A.Hill,
1910
77 9
W.V. McMasters vs. A.C. Allen,
1910
77 10
H.C. House vs. Bassett Blakely,
1910
77 11
H. Masterson vs. E.E. Guthrie,
1911
77 12
MS Valley Trust Co. vs. Hill Sugar Co.,
1911
77 13
Choctaw Indian matter,
1911
77 14
State of Texas vs. W.E. Gerlach,
1911
77 15
George Grimes vs. J.E. Stevenson,
1911
77 16
W.G. Ragley vs. Houston Oil Co. of TX,
1911
77 17
Richard Rodgers vs. F.E. Pye,
1911-12
77 18
Bayou City Realty Co., vs. T.P. Converse,
1912
77 19
Hadie Council vs. Samuel C. Collins,
1912
77 20
H. McKee vs. Elliott Cage,
1912
77 21
F.H. Earl vs. C.J. Rogers,
1912
77 22
John Cayron vs. H. Masterson,
1912
77 23
Smithers vs. Cordon,
1912
77 24
O.M. Davis vs. T.P. Converse,
1912-14
78 1
H. Masterson vs. Chas. Gostick,
1912-14
78 2
City of Houston vs. Texas Town Lot & Improvement
Co.,
1913
78 3
Z.J. Green vs. Texas Town Lot & Improvement Co.,
1913
78 4
State of Texas vs. Bernard River Land Development Co.,
1913
78 5
M.J. Ruggles vs. Bayou City Realty Co.,
1913
78 6
R.C. Stanley notes,
1913
78 7
E.V.Ley Co. vs. Terrie Ferrell,
1913
78 8
Neill T. Masterson vs. F.A. Goldapp,
1913
78 8
Mountain Townsite Co. matters,
1913-15
78 10
N.T. Masterson vs. C.L. Hume,
1914
78 11
Harlingen Land & Water Co. matters,
1914
78 12
H. Masterson vs. John Hale,
1914
78 13
C.G.W. Cline vs. Jeff Chapman,
1914
78 14
St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co. vs. C.
Malone,
1914
78 15
Elliott Cage vs. Houston Electric Co.,
1914
78 16
Harlingen Land & Water Co. vs. Colorado Laundry,
1914
78 17
Harlingen Land & Water Co. matters,
1914
78 18
Texas Town Lot & Improvement Co. vs. Alexander
Sessums,
1914
78 19
Norman Kittrell, Jr. vs. City of Houston,
1914
78 20
Security Trust Co. of Houston vs. Lon C./Gordon Hill,
1914-15
78 21
First Mortgage Trust Co. vs. Louisiana Land &
Pecan Co.,
1914-15
78 22
Norman Kittrell, Jr. vs. Dickson Car Wheel Co.,
1914-15
78 23
Cravens & Cage vs. O.S. Cummings,
1914-15
78 24
Lon C. Hill/Hill Sugar Co. matters,
1914-17
79 1
City of Houston vs. E.B. Ramsey,
1915
79 2
H. Masterson vs. Tibbitt/Gilmore/Chapman,
1915
79 3
B.L. Johnson vs. H. Masterson,
1915
79 4
Jas. L. McMahon estate,
1915
79 5
Geo. F. Horton vs. L.H. Wallis,
1915-16
79 6
Ira T. Keeney vs. Texana M. Nichols,
1915-16
79 7
Cravens & Cage vs. W.E. Hummel,
1915-17
79 8
H. Masterson vs. J.M. Mothershed,
1915-17
79 9
Abbie Belding vs. W.A. Smith,
1916
79 10
Theo. Noel vs. B.H. Wisdom,
1916
79 11
James L. McMahon estate,
1916
79 12
H. Masterson vs. Kirk Bros.,
1916
79 13
Henry Potts vs. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance
Co.,
1916
79 14
S.N. Bentley vs. South Dakota Texas Oil Co.,
1917
79 15
Chas. O. Austin vs. Mark Weiss estate,
1917
79 16
John Desmon vs. Cobb & Gregory,
1917
79 17
Hulda Hanna vs. R.T. Mulcahy,
1917
79 18
Ludtke Power of Attorney,
1917
79 19
A. Franklin Sittig vs. Fred Martin,
1918
79 20
South Texas Development Co. vs. Wm. Prater heirs,
1919
79 21
Bureau of National Literature vs. M.M. Roensch,
1923
79 22
Humble Pipe Line Co. vs. Cage,
1923
79 23
Frank Williford, Jr. vs. Elliott Cage,
1924
79 24
Elliott Cage vs. Ella Jackson,
1924
79 25
J.O. Davis vs. Jno. H. Broocks,
n.d.
79 26
James W. Roberts vs. T.P. Converse,
n.d.
79 27
Chamberlin Cartridge & Target Co. vs. Houston Gun
Club,
n.d.
79 28
Union National Bank vs. Bassett Blakely,
n.d.
79 29
E.T. Chew vs. Edward L. Benson,
n.d.
79 30
W.T. Smith vs. Humphrey Sherman,
n.d.
79 31
W.B. Adams' heirs vs. C. Bender, Sr.,
n.d.
79 32
F. Thompson vs. Wm. Olschewske,
n.d.
79 33
C.D. Eison vs. W.H. Perkins,
n.d.
79 34
South Texas Development Co. suits
79 35
Jasper Co., TX suits
79 36
Masterson Irrigation Co. suits
79 37
Masterson, Neill T. suits
79 38
Masterson, Branch suits
79 39
Johnson family suits
79 40
Masterson, H. suits
80 1
Roene/Elliott Cage suits
80 2
John H. Broocks suits
80 3
Delinquent payment suits
80 4
Brazoria Co., TX suits
80 5
Brazoria Co., TX suits
80 6
Miscellaneous Suits
81 1
Texas Town Lot & Improvement Co. suits
81 2
Texas Town Lot & Improvement Co.
matters
81 3
Texas Town Lot & Improvement Co.
matters
81 4
Colored Emancipation Park Association
matters
81 5
Johnson, M.C. matters
81 6
Barrow, R.H. matters
81 7
Texas-Oklahoma Investment Co. matters
81 8
First Mortgage Trust Co. matters
81 8
Mohave Gold-Silver Co. matters
82 1
Taylor, Josiah matters
82 2
Keller, Theodore matters
82 3
Schultz, Gus matters
82 4
Choctaw Indian matters
82 5
Choctaw-Chickasaw (TX-OK Investment Co.)
matters
82 6
Notes collections
82 7
Notes collections
83 1
Notes collections
83 2
Masterson & Texas Town Lot & Improvement Co.
notes
83 3
Masterson & Cage notes
83 4
Promissory notes
83 5
A.B. Mayes title account
83 6
Richard Nickens abstract
83 7
Judgments
83 8
Judgments
83 9
Dockets
85 1
Affidavits
85 2
Leases
85 3
Law briefs
85 4
Petitions
85 5
Litigation
85 6
Powers of Attorney
85 7
Powers of Attorney
85 8
Miscellaneous legal instruments
85 9
Miscellaneous legal instruments
85 10
Miscellaneous legal instruments
85 11
Miscellaneous legal instruments
85 12
Miscellaneous legal instruments
85 13
Miscellaneous legal instruments
85 14
Miscellaneous legal instruments
86
Miscellaneous legal instruments
86 1-25
Sub-subseries 4: Personal
86 1
[Personal] Accounts
86 2
Automotive
86 3
Bill of sale: horse
86 4
Bills of sale: motor car
86 5
Correspondence
86 6
House, Burlington Ave.
86 7
House, contracts
1905-15
86 8
Insurance, life
86 9
Marriage license
86 10
Memorabilia
86 11
Miscellaneous
86 12
Political career
86 13
Tax receipts
86 14
Vouchers: cleaning and dyeing
86 15
Vouchers: china, glass
86 16
Vouchers: dry goods
86 17
Vouchers: edibles
86 18
Vouchers: household
86 19
Vouchers: jewelry
86 20
Vouchers: landscaping
86 21
Vouchers: livery
86 22
Vouchers: medical
86 23
Vouchers: social clubs
86 24
Vouchers: trunks
86 25
Vouchers: utilities