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Related Material
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Description of Series
Swenson Ranches
Legal Documents
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Swenson Land and Cattle Company:
An Inventory of Its Records, 1846-1927, at the Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Swenson Land and Cattle
Company |
| Title: | Swenson Land and Cattle
Company Records,
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| Dates: | 1846-1927 |
| Abstract: | Legal documents in the
form of patents and land surveys of the Swenson Land and Cattle Company in
northwest Texas. |
| Collection # | S 1000.2 |
| Quantity: | 4 boxes and 3
books(3.0 linear feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
The Swenson Land and Cattle Company (originally Swenson Brothers),
which controls the SMS Ranches of Texas, was founded by Svante Magnus Swenson
(1816-1896), a Swedish immigrant. The Swenson ranches are located in northwest
Texas. He and his sons formed the S. M. Swenson & Sons banking corporation
in New York. The company's headquarters, which are based in New York, and the
various ranches, are run by Swenson family members. Swenson also founded the
town of Stamford, Texas in Jones County through the Stamford and Northwestern
Townsite Company.
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The collection contains legal documents from the Swenson Ranches
concerning patents and land surveys and field notes of Crosby, Dickens, Garza,
and Kent Counties, Texas.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Swenson, S. M. (Svante
Magnus), 1816-1896 |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | Swenson Land and Cattle
Company |
| | SMS Ranches |
| Places |
| | Crosby County
(Tex.) |
| | Dickens County
(Tex.) |
| | Kent County
(Tex.) |
| | Garza County
(Tex.) |
| Subjects |
| | Ranching--Texas |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Humpy Briggs oral history interview [sound recording], 1975
- J.H. Lowder oral history interview [sound recording], 1976
- Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1874-1960 and undated
- Pitchford Land and Cattle Company Records, 1837-1976
- Frank Reeves oral history interview [sound recording], 1969
- Swenson Land and Cattle Company. Photograph collection,
1910-1940
- William G. Swenson and A.M.G. "Swede" Swenson oral history interview
[sound recording], 1969
- William G. Swenson oral history interview [sound recording],
1969
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Swenson Land and Cattle Company Records, 1846-1927, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gift, 1991
Abel Ramirez, June 2002
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Clarke, Mary Whatley.
The Swenson Saga and the SMS Ranches.
Austin, Tex.: Jenkins Pub. Co., 1976.
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Jones, Chas A.
Spur Farm Lands: the Homeseeker's
Opportunity. Swenson Land and Cattle Company.
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SMS ranches. Stamford, Tex.: Swenson
Land and Cattle Co., 1960s.
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Swenson Land and Cattle Company.
A Little Story About S.M.S. Feeder
Calves. Stamford, Tex. : S.M.S. Ranch, 1919.
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Swenson Ranches
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| | | Legal Documents |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | | Patents-Surveys, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent
Counties,
1873-1917 |
| 2 | | | Patents-Surveys, Callahan-Travis Counties,
1847-1889 |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | | Patents-Surveys, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent
Counties,
1873-1884 |
| 2 | | | Patents-Surveys, Dickens and Kent Counties,
1884-1886 |
| 3 | | | Patents-Surveys, Dickens and Kent Counties,
1887 |
| 4 | | | Patents-Surveys, Crosby, Dickens, Garza, Kent
Counties,
1896-1917 |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | Patents-Surveys, Crosby and Garza Counties,
1873-1902 |
| 2 | | | Patents-Surveys, Dickens County,
1884 |
| 3 | | | Patents-Surveys, Dickens County,
1887 |
| 4 | | | Patents-Surveys, Dickens County,
1887-1910 |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | Patents-Surveys, Garza and Kent Counties,
1873 |
| 2 | | | Patents-Surveys, Kent County,
1880 |
| 3 | | | Patents-Surveys, Kent County,
1884 |
| 4 | | | Patents-Surveys, Garza and Kent Counties,
1887 |
| 5 | | | Patents-Surveys, Garza and Kent Counties,
1902-1917 |
| 6 | | | Patents-Surveys, Fisher, Grimes, Brewster Counties,
1860-1903 |
| 7 | | | Patents-Surveys, Bastrop, Jasper, Palo Pinto Counties,
1846-1876 |
| 8 | | | Patents-Surveys, Shackelford and Stephens Counties,
1859-1872 |
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Legal Documents
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| 1 | | | Field Notes, Crosby and Garza Counties, Texas,
1927 |
| Book |
| 2 | | | Field Notes, Kent County, Texas,
1927 |
| Book |
| 3 | | | Field Notes, Kent County, Texas,
1927 |
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