Ewing Halsell: An Inventory of His Papers, 1876-1977 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Halsell, Ewing, 1877-1965
	Title:	Ewing Halsell Papers,
	Dates:	1876-1977 and undated
	Abstract:	Ewing Halsell was a revolutionary rancher in Texas and Oklahoma in the early 1900s.
	Collection #	S 395.1
	Quantity:	80 boxes and 180 ledgers (108.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

A rancher whose operations spanned both Texas and Oklahoma, Ewing Halsell helped to open the Texas South Plains to farm settlement. He was born in 1877, in Jacksboro, Texas, the only son of the pioneer cattleman William Electious Halsell. He purchased Bird Creek Ranch near Vinita, Oklahoma, from his father in 1899 and assumed management of the Spring Lake (Mashed O) Ranch in Lamb and Bailey counties of Texas. On June 25, 1899, he married Lucile Fortner. Halsell contracted for the digging of the first irrigation well in Lamb County and, in the 1920s, along with a small group of other ranchers, initiated the use of milo maize as cattle feed in the arid regions of West and Southwest Texas. He built feedlots on his Oklahoma and Texas ranches in the 1930s and 1940s.

In 1923 he formed the Halsell Farms Company to facilitate land sales from the Spring Lake Ranch to settlers, and founded the Texas towns of Amherst and Earth to further promote land sales. He purchased the 100,000-acre Farias Ranch southwest of San Antonio in 1944 and moved his home and business headquarters there. A life member and former vice-president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, he was also a charter member of the Santa Gertrudis Breeder International Association and member of the Blue Stem Cattle Raisers Association. Halsell died on December 17, 1965 at his Farias Ranch.

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Scope and Contents

This collection bulks with financial materials from Ewing Halsell's ranching affairs, materials related to personal investments, and tax, land, and leasing records. Also included are personal correspondence and related materials and general files pertaining to ranching and farming, oil, gas and mining. The wallet contains material concerning the Halsell family and their ranching interests in Texas and Oklahoma. It also contains material on a business transaction between Samuel Burk Burnett and William E. Halsell and the sale of Spring Lake (Mashed O) Ranch lands near Amherst, Texas.

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Organization
	The collection is organized into the following series:

		Box 1-7: Ewing Halsell
		Box 7: Josie Halsell
		Box 7: Lucile Halsell
		Box 7-8: W. E. Halsell
		Box 8: Mashed O Ranch Company
		Box 8-10: Grace F. Rider
		Box 10-12: Orion L. Rider
		Box 12-13: Will Rogers
		Box 13: Bird Creek Ranch
		Box 13-14: Cedar Bluff Dairy
		Box 14-15: Centralia-Big Creek-Jarboe
		Box 15: Contributions and Gifts
		Box 15-16: Employees
		Box 16: Family Matters
		Box 16-21: Farias Ranch Company
		Box 21-44: Financial Material I
		Box 44-48: Halsell Cattle Company
		Box 49-56: Halsell Farms Company
		Box 56-59: Holden, William Curry
		Box 59-64: Kansas City Building
		Box 64-69: Lands
		Box 69: Legal Material
		Box 70-75: Oil, Gas and Mining
		Box 75-80: Ranching and Farming
		Ledgers 1-180: Financial Material II

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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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)
		Burnett, Samuel Burk
		Halsell, Ewing, 1877-1965
		Halsell, William Electious, 1850-1934
		Halsell family
		Holden, William Curry, 1896-
		Rogers, Will, 1879-1935--Correspondence
	Subjects (Places)
		Amherst (Tex.)
		Lamb County (Tex.)--History
		Mashed O Ranch (Okla.)
		Mashed O Ranch (Tex.)
	Subjects
		Cattle trade--Texas--Photographs
		Cotton growing
		Ranching--Texas
		Ranchers--Texas
		Ranches--Oklahoma
		Ranches--Texas

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Mashed O Ranch photograph collection, 1920-1925 Ewing Halsell Family photograph collection Helen Campbell oral history interview [sound recording], 1968 Johnny Murrell oral history interview [sound recording], 1980 William Electious Halsell Papers [microfilm], 1929-1945 Texas cattle kings photograph collection, 1865-1935

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		Holden, William Curry. A Ranching Saga: the Lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1976.

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Collection Inventory



Halsell, Ewing
		Correspondence, 1906-1973 and undated
box	folder
1	1		Amherst, Lamb County, Texas seat, 1932-1937
	2		General, 1916-1945 and undated
	3		General, 1906-1973
	4		General, 1923-1966
	5		General, 1946-1965
	6		General, 1937-1965
	7		General, 1943-1963
	8		General, 1935-1936
	9		General, 1937-1946
	10		General, 1917-1938 and undated
	11		Browers, Dr. Walter and Family, 1963-1966
	12		Chamberlain, Arthur F., 1917-1941
	13		Collins, Tom, 1937-1941 and undated
	14		Davis, R. O., 1945-1950
	15		Denman, LeRoy G., 1934-1940
	16		Gaither, L. D., 1932-1934
	17		Gillett, Russel P., 1946-1965
	18		Hale, Nilla B., 1932-1944 and undated
	19		Halsell Farms Land Sales, 1928-1959 and undated
	20		Halsell, Furd, 1927-1948
	21		Kimbell, Dick, 1934-1936
	22		LaGrange, Les, 1946
	23		Lynch, C. B., 1946-1950
box	folder
2	1		McClusky, W. H., 1939-1947 and undated
	2		McClusky, W.H., 19467-1965 and undated
	3		McClusky, W. R. and Eva, 1919-1926
	4		McClusky, W. R. and Eva, 1928-1954 and undated
	5		McClusky, Woods, Holmes to Eva, Clarence, Mary, 1946-1968
	6		McClusky, Woods, Holmes, 1946-1968
	7		McClusky, Woods, Holmes, 1946-1968
	8		McClusky, Woods, Holmes, 1946-1968
	9		McSpadden, Herb, 1940-1945
	10		Moore, E. H., 1940-1945
	11		Perry, Edgar, 1934-1959
	12		Phillips, Leon C., 1939-1943
	13		Skelton, Jno, M., Estate, 1926-1930
	14		Skinner, Heber, 1930-1954 and undated
	15		Stauffer, J. G., 1948-1962
	16		Tatum, Vinita Crutchfield, 1941-1970 and undated
	17		Watts, J. W., Trial, 1919
	18		Wheatley, Richard, 1945-1959
	19		Miscellaneous, "A", 1948-1967 and undated
	20		Miscellaneous, "C", 1937-1967 and undated
	21		Miscellaneous, "D", 1944-1972 and undated
	22		Miscellaneous, "E", 1950-1965 and undated
	23		Miscellaneous, "F", 1947-1965 and undated
	24		Miscellaneous, "G", 1947-1969 and undated
	25		Miscellaneous, "H", 1928-1946 and undated
	26		Miscellaneous, "H", 1947-1966 and undated
	27		Miscellaneous, "I", 1949-1964 and undated
	28		Miscellaneous, "J", 1947-1969 and undated
	29		Miscellaneous, "K", 1946-1961 and undated
	30		Miscellaneous, "L", 1927-1934 and undated
	31		Miscellaneous, "L", 1946-1967 and undated
box	folder
3	1		Miscellaneous, "M", 1948-1965 and undated
	2		Miscellaneous, "M", 1946-1967 and undated
	3		Miscellaneous, "N", 1939-1963 and undated
	4		Miscellaneous, Oklahoma Information, 1946-1965 and undated
	5		Miscellaneous, "O", 1921-1962 and undated
	6		Miscellaneous, "P", 1942-1967 and undated
	7		Miscellaneous, "R", 1947-1966 and undated
	8		Miscellaneous, "S", 1933-1967 and undated
	9		Miscellaneous, "S", 1923-1939 and undated
	10		Miscellaneous, "T", 1945-1965 and undated
	11		Miscellaneous, "U", 1936-1969 and undated
	12		Miscellaneous, "V", 1943-1966 and undated
	13		Miscellaneous, "XYZ", 1964-1966 and undated
	14	Bank Statements and Receipts, 1928-1941
	15	Cheairs Company, 1935
	16	Contributions and Gifts, 1935-1974 and undated
	17	Contributions and Gifts, 1957-1962 and undated
	18	Contributions and Gifts, 1949-1959 and undated
	19	Cowboy Hall of Fame, 1958-1971
	20	Driver's License, 1946-1947
	21	Estate Request, 1965
	22	Estate, Halsell Cattle Company Settlement, 1965-1966
	23	Estate, Paid Bills, Funeral Expenses, 1965-1966
		Financial Material
box	folder
3	24		Account and Ledgers, 1934-1938
	25		Amherst Expenses, 1945
	26		Expense Chart, 1929-1936
	27		Halsell Cattle Company Record Book, 1917-1930
	28		Record Book (Blank), undated
box	folder
4	1		Telephone Bill from Vinita, Oklahoma Office, 1953
	2		Gun, 1929
		Insurance
box	folder
4	3		Insurance, Life, 1918-1959
	4		Insurance, Life, 1933-1966
		Land
box	folder
4	5		Trade-Ewing Halsell and Bill McClusky, 1963-1965
	6		Trying to Buy, 1946-1971
		Legal Material
box	folder
4	7		Land Contract, 1907
	8		Real Estate Sales, 1923-1935 and undated
	9		Real Estate Sale Contract, 1969
		Literary Production
box	folder
4	10		Biography of Ewing Halsell, 1960-1965
	11		History of the Halsell Ranch Lands, 1925-1933
	12		Notes, 1946-1971
	13		Poem, undated
	14	Medical File, 1944-1957 and undated
		Notes
box	folder
4	15		Texas Notes, 1931-1936
	16		Texas Deal Notes, 1946-1954
		Offices
box	folder
4	17		Gunther Building, 1963
	18		Gunther Building: Suite 400, Specifications, 1963-1966 and undated
	19		Gunther Building: Lease, 1953
	20		Paid Bills, 1953-1966
	21		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1946
	22		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1947
	23		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1948
	24		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1949
	25		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1950
	26		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1951
	27		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1952
	28		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1953
	29		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1954
	30		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1955
	31		Vinita Office, Correspondence, 1956
	32	Personal, 1935-1964
	33	Power of Attorney: Attorney in Fact, 1906-1965
	34	Power of Attorney, 1906-1929
	35	Power of Attorney, 1923-1965
		Printed Material
box	folder
4	36		Articles on Range Management, 1929-1969 and undated
	37		Booklets on Range Management, 1959-1972
	38		Index to Vinita, I. T., undated
	39		News clippings, 1900-1973 and undated
	40		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1876-1891
box	folder
5	1		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1989-1900
	2		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1900-1903
	3		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1903-1908
	4		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1890-1898
	5		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1898-1904
	6		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1900-1905
	7		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1905-1909
	8		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1905-1910
	9		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1901-1905
	10		News clippings, Copies on Microfilms, 1895-1900
	11		The Westerners, New York Posse Brand Book, 1968
		Ranching
box	folder
5	12		Jennings Ranch, 1945-1946
box	folder
6	1		Kansas Ranch (Fall River): General Material, 1935-1939
	2		Kansas Ranch: General Material, Correspondence, 1946-1954
	3		Kansas Ranch: Grass Lease, 1949-1953
	4		Kansas Ranch: Livestock, 1945
	5		Kansas Ranch: Livestock, 1946
	6		Kansas Ranch: Livestock, 1947
	7		Mount Taylor Ranch, New Mexico, General Material, 1954-1958
	8		Mount Taylor Ranch, New Mexico, General Material, 1953-1958
	9		Texas Ranch (VVN): General Material, Correspondence, 1943-1945
	10		Texas Ranch (VVN): General Material, Correspondence, 1941-1945
	11		Texas Ranch (VVN): General Material, Correspondence, 1936-1945
	12		Texas Ranch (VVN): Drilling, 1920-1943
box	folder
7	1		Texas Ranch (VVN): Leases (U), 1925-1949
	2		Texas Ranch (VVN): Resale, 1919-1923
	3		Wallen Ranch: General Material, Correspondence, 1945-1948
	4		Wallen Ranch: General Material, Correspondence, 1945
	5		Wallen Ranch: Crittendon, Jackson-Allottee, 1939-1940
	6		Wallen Ranch: Crittendon Lands, 1930 and undated
	7		Wallen Ranch: Sale, 1946
		Reports
box	folder
7	8		Reports, 1951
	9		Reports, 1952
	10		Reports, 1953
	11		Reports, 1954
	12		Reports, 1955
	13		Reports, 1956
	14		Reports, 1957-1959
		Scrapbook Material
box	folder
7	15		Address Book and Card Lists, 1962-1965 and undated
	16		Clothing List, undated
	17		Letterheads, undated
	18		Travel, Vacation, 1939-1965
	19		Workmen's Compensation, 1935-1936

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Halsell, Josie
box	folder
7	20	General Material, 1903-1973
	21	General Material, 1908-1934
	22	Scrapbook Material, 1946
	23	Trust Indentures, 1921-1947

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Halsell, Lucile
box	folder
7	24	Estate and Trust, Distributions to Grace F. Rider, 1968 and undated
	25	Estate and Trust, San Antonio Bank and Trust, 1974
	26	Reports, 1951-1955
	27	Reports, 1954-1957

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Halsell, W. E.
box	folder
7	28	Correspondence, 1906-1907 and undated
	29	Correspondence, 1906-1907 and undated
	30	Correspondence, 1907-1917 and undated
	31	Correspondence, 1917-1918 and undated
box	folder
8	1	Estate: General, 1906-1938 and undated
	2	Estate: General, 1934-1938 and undated
		Financial Material
box	folder
8	3		General Material, 1907-1973
	4		Rents, 1907
		Legal Material
box	folder
8	5		Contracts-Deeds and Wills, 1893-1966
	6		Contracts-Deeds, 1896-1917
	7		Insurance Policy, 1890-1905
	8		Muleshoe, Texas-Telephone Wire Contract, 1915
		Printed Material
box	folder
8	9		Flier on Halsell's Spring Lake Farms, 1924
	10		News clippingws on W. E. Halsell, 1928-1964

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Mashed O Ranch Company

box

folder

Legal Material: Murrell, Johnny, 1954-1957

Financial Material: General, 1957-1962 and undated

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Rider, Grace, F.
box	folder
8	13	Correspondence, General, 1903-1962
	14	Correspondence, General, 1932-1970
	15	Correspondence, General, 1971
		Financial Material
box	folder
8	16		Bank Accounts: First National Bank and Trust Company of Tulsa, OK, 1957-1975
	17		Bank Accounts: First National Bank of Vinita, OK, 1940-1971
	18		Estate: General File, 1971-1975
	19		Estate: Dominick and Dominick Account, 1971
	20		Estate: Hornblower and Weeks Account, 1971
	21		Estate: Income and Expenses, 1970
	22		Estate: Paid Bills, 1971-1972
	23		General, 1910-1957
	24		Income Tax Bond File, 1942
	25		Income Tax, 1956-1957
	26		Income Tax, 1958-1959
	27		Income Tax, 1960-1961
	28		Income Tax, 1962-1963
	29		Income Tax, 1964-1965
	30		Income Tax, 1966-1967
	31		Income Tax, 1968-1969
	32		Income Tax, 1971
	33		Investments and Property: Adams, Charles and Cordelia, 1961-1972
	34		Investments and Property: American Telephone, 1947-1954
	35		Investments and Property: American Telephone, 1970-1974
	36		Investments and Property: American Telephone, 1971-1974
	37		Investments and Property: Bonds, List of, 1965-1969
	38		Investments and Property: Don Carlos, William R., 1948
	39		Investments and Property: Foster, William N., 1948
	40		Investments and Property: Hathaway Royalty, 1937-1959
	41		Investments and Property: Holt, John, 1927-1945
	42		Investments and Property: Johnston Testers Inc., 1951-1956
	43		Investments and Property: Lillard, Zacharian, Charles, 1902-1965
	44		Investments and Property: Lowrey, Anderson, 1915-1964
	45		Investments and Property: Midwest Oil Corporation, 1974
	46		Investments and Property: Notes, 1938-1941
	47		Investments and Property: Oil Royalty, Pipe Line Runs, 1931-1971
	48		Investments and Property: Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, 1936-1939
	49		Investments and Property: Public Service Company of New Mexico, 1955-1971
	50		Investments and Property: Public Service Company of Oklahoma, 1927-1936
	51		Investments and Property: Roadway Express, 1972
box	folder
9	1		Investments and Property: Sharp, John, 1960-1961
	2		Investments and Property: Smith, Sarah, 1933-1962
	3		Investments and Property: Snedden, George, 1944-1957
	4		Investments and Property: Special Reports, 1956
	5		Investments and Property: Southwestern Public Service Company, 1950-1966
	6		Investments and Property: Stocks and Bonds, 1931-1954
	7		Rider-Halsell Farm (Claremore Farm): Correspondence, 1965
	8		Rider-Halsell Farm Account, 1955
	9		Rider-Halsell Farm Account, 1956
	10		Rider-Halsell Farm Account, 1957
	11		Rider-Halsell Farm Account, 1958
	12		Rider-Halsell Farm Account, 1959
	13		Rider-Halsell Farm Account, 1960
	14		Rider-Halsell Farm Account: Paid Bills, 1957-1959
	15		Rider-Halsell Farm Account: Paid Bills, 1961-1962
	16		Rider-Halsell Farm Account: Paid Bills, 1962
	17		Rider-Halsell Farm Account: Paid Bills, 1963
	18		Rider-Halsell Farm Account: Paid Bills, 1964
box	folder
10	1		Rider-Halsell (Claremore Farm): Social Security, 1965
	2		Rider-Halsell Farm: Social Security, 1966
	3		Rider-Halsell Farm: Social Security, 1967
	4		Rider-Halsell Farm: Social Security, 1968-1971
	5		Thurston, C. T., Loan, 1917-1939
	6		Timpson, Vera May, Mortgage, 1926-1934
		Legal Material
box	folder
10	7		General, 1904-1963
	8		Deeds, 1928-1942
	9		Insurance, 1937-1944
	10		Wills, 1917-1934
		Personal Material
box	folder
10	11		Personal, 1921-1949
	12		Photographs, undated

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Rider, Orion L.
box	folder
10	13	Correspondence: General, 1900-1913
	14	Financial Material: General, 1906-1929
	15	Financial Material: Stock Certificates, 1911-1920
	16	Financial Material: Financial and Legal Documents, 1915-1931
		General Files
box	folder
10	17		Genealogical Material, 1897-1924
	18		Bagby, Oliver, 1912-1914
	19		Bagby, Oliver and B. F. Fortner, 1908-1931
	20		Bayless, J. M., Estate, 1920
	21		Bell, Laurence, 1921
	22		Chandler, Thomas A., 1912
	23		Coker, Louella, 1920-1931
	24		Colvard, Nola, A., 1915-1938
	25		Cunningham, Jeter, T., 1905-1935
	26		Dobkins, Ben, 1921-1922
	27		Drake, William, Land, 1931-1934
	28		Dunnaway, Melvin C., Lands, 1934-1935
	29		Fields Guardianship, 1909
	30		Fife, Exie, 1924
	31		Fortner, B. F., Estate and Lucy J. Properties, 1890-1927 and undated
	32		Fortner, B. F., Financial Materials, General, 1879-1917
	33		Fortner, B. F., Financial Materials, General, 1908-1936
	34		Fortner, B. F., Legal Materials, General, 1901-1913
	35		Fortner, Lucy J., 1918-1939
	36		Fortner, Lucy J.: Legal Materials and General, 1903-1904
	37		Gentry, Wayne A., Eva N., and William Fiels, 1917-1945 and undated
box	folder
11	1		Hall, J. O., Estate, 1932
	2		Hall, J. O., Estate: General, 1925-1932
	3		Hall, J. O., Estate: Snodgrass, Dibrell, and Snodgrass, 1918
	4		Hall, J. O., Estate: State of Oklahoma vs. Flippin, J. F., 1922-1929
	5		Halsell, Ewing: General, 1909-1939
	6		Halsell, Ewing: Bigby, Abe, 1906-1928
	7		Halsell, Ewing: Bowles, Betsy, 1906-1922
	8		Halsell, Ewing: Fields, Ross, Lands, 1909-1912
	9		Halsell, Ewing: Martin, Frank, Allotment, 1908-1912
	10		Halsell, Ewing: McNair, Dennis, 1905-1911
	11		Halsell, Ewing: Myers, Maggie (Thorne), 1907-1911
	12		Halsell, Ewing: Tiffany, Wallace, 1907-1936
	13		Halsell, Ewing: Vore, F. Hutton, Lands, 1918-1923
	14		Halsell, W. E., 1906-1930
	15		Halsell, W. E., and Luman F. Parker Lands, 1888-1923
	16		Halsell, W. E., and Oliver Bagby: First Congregational Church of Vinita, OK, 1908-1913
	17		Hutton, Mary, 1909
	18		Hyde, George H., 1919
	19		James, Houston R., 1920-1929
	20		James, Houston R., 1922-1940
	21		Jenkins, Theodore, Mortgage, 1929-1939
	22		Keys, George, 1904-1908
	23		Littell, Stephen B., Estate, 1915-1920
	24		Lovely, James, 1904-1907
	25		Lyons, W. I., 1922
	26		Martin, Clem, 1910
	27		Miscellaneous, 1879-1930
	28		Mitchell, H. M., 1919-1920
	29		Mitchell, Harry M., Estate, 1907-1925
	30		Mitchell, Helen Marcelle, Estate, 1912-1925
	31		Mooty, J. T., 1912-1928
	32		Parker, J. O., Estate, 1909-1912
	33		Parker, Luman, F., 1909
box	folder
12	1		Parker and Rider Partnership Agreement, 1908-1909
	2		Patten, Guy, 1924-1925
	3		Perry, Lucy Lotson, Estate, 1923
	4		Perry, Lucy Lotson, Estate, 1924-1929
	5		Rider, O. L., Owens and Hopkins Land, Oklahoma, 1907-1928
	6		Skinner, Heber, 1919
	7		Smiser, Rebecca and J. S., Mortgage, 1929-1931
	8		Thompson, Pompey, 1905-1921
	9		Thompson, Vera Dez, 1912-1913
	10		Thurston, C. T., Land, 1926-1938
	11		Wimer, Thomas T., Estate, 1897-1930
		Insurance
box	folder
12	12		Insurance, Life, 1911-1931 and undated
	13		Leases, 1920-1924
	14		Legal Material, 1909-1937
		Literary Production
box	folder
12	15		General, undated
	16		Journal, 1913-1914
	17		Speeches, 1920-1930
	18	Military Service, 1918
	19	Monument, 1935
	20	News clippings, undated
	21	Scrapbook Material, 1909-1931
	22	Memorabilia, undated

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Rogers, Will
box	folder
12	23	Correspondence: Mrs. Will Rogers, 1940-1942
		Will Rogers Memorial Commission
box	folder
12	24		Correspondence, General, 1931-1964
	25		Correspondence, Federal Coin, 1939-1953
	26		Correspondence, Joe Mora and Dioramas, 1939-1947
	27		Correspondence, National Memorial Fund, 1935-1944
	28		Correspondence, Probate of Oklahoma - Rogers Ranch, 1935-1937
	29		Correspondence, Tomb and Garden, Removal of the Rogers, 1940-1945
box	folder
13	1		Bank Statements, 1937-1954

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Bird Creek Ranch
box	folder
13	2	Bills Paid, 1965-1966
		Correspondence
box	folder
13	3		Correspondence, 1938-1944 and undated
	4		Correspondence, 1946-1949 and undated
	5		Correspondence, 1950-1955 and undated
	6		Correspondence, 1956-1959 and undated
	7		Correspondence, 1960-1961 and undated
	8		Correspondence, 1962
	9	Continental Oil Company, 1928-1929
	10	Drilling, Correspondence/Receipts, 1946
	11	Drilling, Correspondence/Receipts, 1946
	12	Equipment, 1931-1936
	13	Gas for Headquarters, Correspondence, 1947-1948
	14	Hay, Baling, Barning, Sold, etc., 1949-1950
	15	Hay, Baling, Barning, Sold, etc., 1949-1950
	15	Hay, Baling, Barning, Sold, etc., 1951
	16	Hay, Baling, Barning, Sold, etc., 1953
	17	Hay, Baling, Barning, Sold, etc., 1955
	18	Hay, Baling, Barning, Sold, etc., 1939-1941
	19	Lands, Owned and Leased-Map, 1938-1949
	20	Livestock, 1945-1946
	21	Livestock, 1946
	22	Livestock, 1947
	23	Pecans, 1935 and undated
	24	Pipeline Agreement, 1916-1917
	25	Water, Oklahoma Natural Gas Corporation, 1931-1938

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Cedar Bluff Dairy
		Correspondence
box	folder
13	26		Correspondence, 1917-1918 and undated
	27		Correspondence, 1916-1930 and undated
	28		Correspondence, 1937-1950 and undated
box	folder
14	1		Correspondence, 1945-1955 and undated
	2	Equipment, 1928-1941
	3	Insurance, 1938-1953
	4	Silo, 1933-1936

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Centralia-Big Creek-Jarboe
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14	5	Bills Paid, 1966
		Correspondence
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14	6		Correspondence, 1936-1938 and undated
	7		Correspondence, 1939-1945 and undated
	8		Correspondence, 1950-1962 and undated
	9		Correspondence, 1956-1959 and undated
	10		Correspondence, 1960-1961 and undated
	11		Correspondence, 1962
	12		Correspondence, 1963
	13		Correspondence, 1964
	14	Drilling, Gas, 1942-1948
	15	Electricity, 1949-1950
	16	Feed, 1966
	17	Hay Baling, 1949-1950
	18	Hay Baling, Boyd Apperson 1955
	19	Hay Baling, 1956
		Jarboe Pasture
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14	20		Correspondence, 1932-1936 and undated
	21		Correspondence, 1937-1948 and undated
	22		Hay Baling, 1954
	23		Hay Baling, 1955
	24		Improvements and Equipment, 1936-1938
	25		Lands: General-Owned, Leased, Map, 1938-1952
	26		Lands: Crawford, Ellen, 1936-1941
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15	1		Lands: Deckman, John W., 1919-1925
	2		Lands: Delgado, Fannie, 1918-1924
	3		Lands: White, Rachel, M., 1909-1931
	4		Lands: Wofford, Jeneva and Wolfe, Joseph, 1939
	5		Lands: Wood, W. C., 1939
	6		Lands: Young, F. A., 1933-1943
	7		Sales, 1947
		Lands
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15	8		General-Owned, Leased, Map, 1938-1952
	9		Acorn, Charley, 1919-1920
	10		Alberty, Charity, 1928-1951
	11		Alberty, Dollie, Lizzie, and Andrew, 1927-1930
	12		Alberty, Ned, 1931
	13		Alberty, et al, Lands, 1921-1926
	14		Cochran, Ollie, 1926
	15		Coker, Floyd and Bruner, Sophia, 1928-1929
	16		Coker, Louella, 1929-1931
	17		Connor, Annie E., and Ella N., 1923-1947
	18		Connor, Ida, 1922-1924
	19		Cotton, Jesse, 1921-1922
	20		Day, Charley, et al., 1925-1931
	21		Downing, Lydia, 1926-1939
	22		Eagle, Pauline, 1926-1929
	23		Foreman, Leah, 1918-1924
	24		Foster, Sarah, et al., 1929-1930
	25		Foster, Stella, 1935-1936
	26		Glass, Randall and Nancy, 1924-1930
	27	Livestock, 1945-1946
	28	Livestock, 1946
	29	Livestock, 1947
	30	Oil and Gas Lease, 1942-1943
	31	Robertson (Ruby) Ranch, 1951-1963
	32	Snedden Ranch, 1937-1948
	33	Water Well and Corral, 1931-1939

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Contributions and Gifts
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15	34	General and Christmas Contributions, 1950-1952
	35	General and Christmas Contributions, 1953-1959
	36	General and Christmas Contributions, 1962
	37	General and Christmas Contributions, 1962-1966
	38	Saint Mary's Hall, 1953-1966
	39	Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital and Medical School, 1959-1965
	40	Vinita Home, 1951-1956

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Employees
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15	41	Adams, Almeta, 1944-1966
	42	Adams, Mrs. F. M., 1946-1965
	43	Campbell, Helen-Cattle, 1950
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16	1	Employment, 1945-1960
	2	Franklin, George, 1949-1955
	3	Gaither, L. D., 1946-1957
	4	Garza, Lupe, 1962-1966
	5		Garza, Lupe, Injury, 1964-1965
	6	Goddard, C. V. (Blondie), 1937-1938
	7	Hale, Gerda T. and Nila B., 1913-1966
	8		Hale, Gerda T. and Nila B., 1946-1965
	9	Harlan, Clyte, 1966
	10	Hernandez, Reyes, 1959 and undated
	11	James, Frank, Injury, 1961-1963
	12	Landrum, Barbara, 1960-1966
	13	Sothoron, George B., 1960-1966 and undated
	14	Starr, Charles, 1937-1966
	15	Sturgess Family, 1963-1965
	16	Vann, Dock, 1936-1942

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Family Matters
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16	17	Correspondence, General, 1895-1920
	18	Billingslea, Willie Halsell, 1909-1974 and undated
	19	Billingslea, Willie Halsell, Papers, 1910-1927
	20	Billingslea, Willie Halsell, Correspondence, 1954-1974 and undated
	21	Billingslea, Willie Halsell, Correspondence, 1954-1974 and undated
	22	Cemetary, 1937-1938
	23	Cherokee Enrollees, 1963
	24	Crutchfield, Ewing, 1926-1963
	25	Halsell, Forrest and Mae, 1942
	26	Halsell, Furd and Family, 1945-1966
	27	Hotels-Miscellaneous, 1944-1963
	28	Maric, Lucille, 1960-1966
	29	Mayo Clinic, 1944-1945
	30	Scrapbook Material, undated
	31	Vinita School, 1961-1966

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Farias Ranch Company
		Correspondence
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16	32		General, 1944-1950
	33		General, 1973-1976
	34		General, 1972
	35		General, 1971
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17	1		General, 1969-1970
	2		General, 1967-1968
	3		General, 1964-1965
	4		General, 1963
	5		General, 1962
	6		General, 1961
	7		General, 1960
	8		General, 1956-1959
	9		General, 1951-1955
	10		General, 1944-1947
	11		George, W. H., 1972-1973
	12		George, W. H., 1966-1972
	13	Abstract-Hopkins, 1973
		Accounts
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17	14		Income Cash, 1972-1973
	15		Principal Corpus, 1972-1973
	16	Auditor's Reports, 1970-1971
	17	Bills-Paid, 1966
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18	1	Bills-Paid, Monthly, 1966
	2	Black Hills Cattle Company, 1965-1973
	3	Black Hills Cattle Company, 1973-1975
	4	Brady, Tom, 1947-1950
	5	Brand Registration, 1971-1972
	6	Bulldozer, Time Sheets, 1945-1959
	7	Bulldozer, Time Sheets, etc., 1951-1955
	8	Bulldozer, Time Sheets, etc., 1962
	9	Bulldozer, Time Sheets, etc., 1962-1964
	10	Bulldozer, Time Sheets, etc., 1960
	11	Campbell, Helen, Notes, 1961-1965
		Cattle
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18	12		Claims, 1960-1962
	13		Count-Rosita et al., Country, 1972
	14		Purchases: Crosselle Ranch Company, 1972
	15		Purchaes: Wilson, Charles, 1971
	16		Sales, 1946
	17		Sales, 1946
	18	Chaining, 1950-1969
	19	Chaparral Soil Conservation District, 1959-1970
	20	Check Lists, 1971-1972
	21	Chittim Leases, 1966-1971
	22	Chittim Leases, 1966-1973
	23	Chittim Estate Lease, 1945-1965
	24	Chittim, Norvel, Repairs, 1968-1970
	25	Claybrook, John W., Attorney, 1973
	26	Comanche Lake Repairs, 1952-1972
	27	Contract-Purchase of Farias, 1944
	28	Denman, Gilbert-Correspondence, 1966-1972
	29	Dimmit County Farm Bureau, 1962-1964 and undated
	30	Electricity, 1946-1966
		Expenses
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19	1		Travel, 1960-1961 and undated
	2		Travel, 1966-1967
	3	Farias Farm, 1947-1969
		Feed
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19	4		Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1967-1968
	5		Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1966
	6		Miscellaneous, 1957-1965
	7	Feed Grinder-Feed Mill, 1950-1957
		Feed Lots
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19	8		Cox, Kenneth, 1971
	9		Cox, Kenneth, 1973
	10		Cox, Kenneth, 1970-1971
	11		Finley, Joe, 1969-1971
	12		Information, Miscellaneous, 1967-1970 and undated
	13		Information, Miscellaneous, 1960-1970 and undated
	14		Reports, 1964-1965
	15		Texas Livestock Marketing Association, 1967-1968
	16	Fence Posts, 1946-1971
	17	Fertilizers, 1949-1963
		Gasoline
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19	18		Gas Used, 1967-1972
	19		Gas Used, 1970-1971
	20		Gas Used, 1965-1966
	21		Gas Used, 1966
	22		Gas Used, 1964-1965
	23		Gas Used, 1963-1964
	24		Gas Used, 1962-1963
	25		Gasoline, 1961-1962
	26		Gasoline, 1960-1961
	27		Gasoline, 1959-1960
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20	1		Gasoline, 1958-1959
	2		Gasoline, 1957-1958
	3	Gasoline-Federal Tax Refund, 1956-1957
	4	Gasoline-Federal Tax Refund, 1947-1968
	5	Grain, 1962-1963
	6	Grain Elevator, 1954-1965
	7	Grain Program-Government, 1961-1970
	8	Hay Baling, 1966-1970
	9	Highway #277, Right of Way, 1962-1965
	10	Highway #2644, Right of Way, 1964-1965
	11	Horse Count, 1971-1972
		Immigration and Naturalization Service
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20	12		Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1950-1960
	13		Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1949-1950
	14		Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1947-1954
		Insurance
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20	15		General Material 1945-1974
	16		General Material 1944
	17		Claim File, 1966-1972 and undated
	18		Injury-Eliseo Villarreal, 1972-1974
	19		Lapsed, 1966-1968
	20	Investments, 1966-1973
	21	Kansas Grass Contract-Vestering Brothers, 1971
	22	Labor-Bracero File, 1962-1967
	23	Legal Opinions, 1944-1970
	24	Light, George E., III-Lease, 1962-1963
	25	Meier, Herbert, Financial, 1946-1947
	26	Oil and Gas, 1938-1945
	27	Oil Seismograph Work, 1969
	28	Oil Well, 1956-1963
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21	1	Passport Applications, 1963-1965
	2	Pasture Contracts, 1967-1971
	3	Pendell and Roseta Farms, 1966-1973
	4	Plowing Contract, 1946-1947
	5	Reports, 1965-1966
		Sales
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21	6		Miscellaneous Sales, 1966-1970
	7		Miscellaneous Sales, 1965-1972
	8		Miscellaneous Sales, 1948-1964
	9	Scales, 1961-1975
	10	Securities, 1972-1973
		Seed
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21	11		Seed, 1949-1963
	12		Seed, 1964-1965
	13		Seed Assistance, 1948-1953
	14	Standifer, Vernon, 1946-1950
	15	Statements-Monthly, 1970-1971
	16	Stewart, Leo, 1929-1942
	17	Sturges, Roy, Medical File, 1954
	18	Termite Control, 1963-1966
	19	Texas Highway Dept., 1958-1959
	20	Two-way Radio, 1962-1968
	21	Vault, 1957-1970

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Financial Material I, 1891-1974 and undated
		Banks, 1907-1971
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21	22		Alamo National Bank, 1951-1956
	23		Amherst Hotel-Statements, 1946
	24		Citizens State Bank, Earth, Texas, 1960-1966
	25		Commerce Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1917-1942
	26		Fidelity National Bank and Trust Company, Kansas City, Missouri, 1931-1952
			First National Bank, 1908-1971
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21	27			Amherst, Texas, 1924-1952
	28			Chelsea, Oklahoma, 1908-1936
	29			Eagle Pass, Texas, 1944-1954
	30			Eagle Pass, Texas, 1944-1946
	31			Eagle Pass, Texas, 1959-1966
	32			Kansas City, Missouri, 1931-1962
	33			Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1937-1938
	34			Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1929-1946
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22	35			Vinita, Oklahoma, 1961-1971
	1			Vinita, Oklahoma, 1952-1956
	2			Vinita, Oklahoma, 1945-1955
	3		Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas, 1945-1946
	4		National Bank of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1907-1944
	5		Oklahoma State Bank, Vinita, Oklahoma, E. N. Price, 1967-1971
	6		Victory National Bank, Nowata, Oklahoma, 1946-1947
	7		Victory National Bank, Nowata, Oklahoma, 1946-1954
		Insurance, 1923-1972
			Agencies, 1955-1969
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22	8			Jack Bennet and Company, 1958-1966
	9			Driskill Insurance Agency, 1958-1966
	10			Herff and Eifler Insurance, 1966-1969
	11			Ronnie Moore Insurance Agency, 1955-1957
	12		Audits, 1954-1972
	13		Auto Insurance, 1935-1956
	14		Claims, 1966
	15		Claims, 1964-1965
	16		Claremore Farm Insurance, 1934-1949
	17		Injury Reports, 1954-1977
	18		Injury Reports, 1954-1971
	19		Injury Reports, 1954-1962
	20		Kansas Ranch, 1923-1953
	21		Missouri Farm, 1929-1940
	22		Public Liability and Property Damage, 1948-1952
	23		Record Book, 1940-1965
	24		Texas Insurance, 1929-1953
		Investments, 1908-1974 and undated
			General
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22	25			Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, 1932-1945
	26			American Aggregates Corporation, 1929-1945
	27			American Smelting and Refining Company, 1934-1945
	28			American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1955-1957 and undated
	29			American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Stock Information, 1955-1964
	30			American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Bonds, 1941-1959
	31			American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Bonds, 1941-1959
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Ewing Halsell:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1876-1977 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Organization

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Acquisition

Processed by

Additional Sources

Collection Inventory

Halsell, Ewing

Halsell, Josie

Halsell, Lucile

Halsell, W. E.

Mashed O Ranch Company

Rider, Grace, F.

Rider, Orion L.

Rogers, Will

Bird Creek Ranch

Cedar Bluff Dairy

Centralia-Big Creek-Jarboe

Contributions and Gifts

Employees

Family Matters

Farias Ranch Company

Financial Material I, 1891-1974 and undated