urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00347 Ewing Halsell: An Inventory of Photographs, 1910-1982, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, May 7, 2002. Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 14:55:37 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.swcpc.00347 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Ewing Halsell Photograph Collection, 1910-1982 A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 2002 Descriptive Summary Halsell, Ewing, 1877-1965 Ewing Halsell Photograph Collection, 1910-1982 Donated by Ewing Halsell, the photograph Collection dates from 1910-1982. SWCPC 347 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 15 b/w photo prints English. Biographical Sketch

The Halsell family began raising cattle using the Mashed O brand in 1889 in Indian Territory. William E. Halsell founded the Halsell Cattle Company in Lamb and Bailey counties on the South Plains of Texas in 1895. His son, Ewing, continued the Halsell cattle interests in Texas and Oklahoma.

 Scope and Contents

Collection contains images of the Ewing Halsell family's activities in West Texas and Oklahoma and includes cowboys, school buildings, auditoriums, vacation scenes, clothing and dress, and a book signing. Bulks with family activities.

 Index Terms

The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.

Subjects (Persons) Fellers, Bob Halsell, Ewing, 1877-1965 Halsell, Grace Halsell, William Electious, 1850-1934 Katz, Sid Rylander, Dorothy, 1909-1988 Places Lubbock (Tex.) Texas, West Subjects Buildings--Photographs Auditoriums--Photographs Authors--Photographs Books--Photographs Cowboys--Photographs Schools--Photographs Vacations--Photographs Acquisition

Gift, 1979

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

A. Ramirez

 Preferred Citation

Ewing Halsell Photograph Collection, 1910-1982, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas