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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Additional Sources

Description of Series

Aviation Files

Cornelia Adair Estate Files

Cornelia (Ninia) Wadsworth Ritchie Files

Correspondence

Field Notes

Financial Material

Hunting Season Files

JA History Files

Legal Material Files

Literary Production

Livestock Records

Oil and Gas Records

Post Office Materials

Printed Material

(Books)

Estate Files: R.M.W. (Dick) Ritchie

Estate Files: Sophia Harrison Ritchie

Survey Calculations

Estate of George Thompson, Jr., Files

Scrapbook Material

Memorabilia

Scrapbook Material, Oversized

Artifacts

Financial Materials (Ledgers)

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

JA Cattle Company:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1813-1994 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorJA Cattle Company
Title:JA Cattle Company Records,
Dates: 1813-1994 and undated
Abstract:The JA Cattle Company is one of West Texas's most prominent ranches.
Collection #S 1531.1
Quantity:218 boxes (205.0 linear feet)
LanguageEnglish.
Repository:Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

The JA Ranch located in the Panhandle of Texas is the oldest privately owned cattle company. Its history can be traced as far back as 1876 when Charles Goodnight began his own ranch. The JA Ranch began with the partnership of Charles Goodnight and John G. Adair. After several years of managing the ranch, Goodnight took his part of the ranch and left the JA Ranch. Cornelia Ritchie Adair became sole owner of the ranch after the death of John Adair. She ran it until her death in 1921. Her only remaining son Jack Ritchie passed away shortly in 1924.

The ranch was incorporated in the late 1940s and became the JA Cattle Company. It is currently handled by the Ritchie family which is situated in the Palo Duro Canyon and consists of over 335,000 acres of land. The land covers portions of Armstrong, Briscoe, Donley, and Hall counties. Much of the land is leased to local ranchers to ease the cost of operations. Montie Ritchie, Jack's son, operated the ranch until his death in July 19, 1999. The heirs to the ranch are his daughter, Cornelia "Ninia" W. Ritchie and her son Andrew M. Bivins.

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Scope and Contents

The JA Cattle Company Records contains a variety of materials detailing the history and operation of the ranch mostly during the 20th Century. Items include personal and professional correspondence, financial material, legal materials, land abstracts, survey calculations, bank statements, maps, architectural plans, literary productions, printed material, post office materials, literary productions, and scrapbook materials.

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Organization

The collection is organized into the following series:
Aviation Files, 1937-1990 and undated (Box #1)
Cornelia Adair Estate files, 1891-1971 and undated (Box #1-10)
Cornelia "Ninia" W. Ritchie files (RESTRICTED), 1949-1984 (Box #10-11)
Correspondence, 1888-1997 and undated (Box #11-15)
Field Notes, 1910-1975 and undated (Box #15-16)
Financial Material, 1887-1994 and undated (Box #16-123)
Hunting Season files, 1936-1985 (Box#123)
JA History files, 1931-1985 (Box #123)
Legal Material, 1856-1993 and undated (Box #123-150)
Literary Production, 1931-1992 and undated (Box #150)
Livestock Records, 1910-1992 and undated (Box #151-157)
Oil and Gas Records, 1918-1991 and undated (Box #157-167)
Post Office Material, 1902-1969 (Box #167-176)
Printed Material, 1876-1992 and undated (Box #176-183)
R. M. W. "Dick" Ritchie files, 1940-1968 (Box #184)
Sophie Harrison Ritchie files, 1813-1955 (Box #184)
Survey Calculations, 1875-1921 and undated (Box #184-185)
George Thompson, Jr. files, 1934-1976 (Box #185-187)
Scrapbook Material, 1890's-1994 and undated (Box #187-190)
Memorabilia, 1938-1950's and undated (Box #190)
Small Artifacts, 1863-1991 and undated (Box #191-198)
Financial Materials (Ledgers), 1894-1991 (Ledger Box #1-20)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Most files are open for research except for restrictions on files concerning Cornelia "Ninia" W. Ritchie in Boxes #10-11.

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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)
Adair, Cornelia Wadsworth, 1837-1921
Adair, John George, 1823-1885
Ritchie, Cornelia Wadsworth
Bivins, Andrew M.
Goodnight, Charles, 1836-1929
Ritchie, Jack (James Wadsworth), 1861-1924
Ritchie, Montie (Montgomery Harrison Wadsworth)
Thompson, George, Jr.
Places
J.A. Ranch (Tex.)
Palo Duro Canyon (Tex.)
Subjects
Cattle trade--Texas
Cattle trade--Economic aspects--Texas, West
Ranch life--Texas
Ranches--Texas
Ranching--Economic aspects--Texas, West

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Related Material

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Other related materials on the JA Ranch can be found at the following repositories:

  • JA Ranch Photograph Collection, 1819-1989 and undated (SWCPC 755)
  • JA Ranch Oversized Materials, 1885-1984 and undated
  • JA Ranch Map Collection, 1884-1978 and undated
  • Inez Christian Doshier Papers [microfilm], 1945-1966
  • Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Holcomb oral history interview [sound recording], 1972
  • JA Ranch Records at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum Research Center, Canyon, Texas

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

JA Cattle Company Records, 1813-1994 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Accession number(s): 98-0223-B; 98-0270-B; 98-0288-B; 98-0291-A; 98-0304-B; 98-0356-B;1999-0095-B; 1999-0027-B

Gifts, 1998-1999

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2000

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Additional Sources

The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online biography of John George Adair and the JA Ranch at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html

Burton, Harley True. "A History of the JA Ranch. "New York: Argonaut, 1966.

Robertson, Pauline D. and R. L. "Cowman's Country: Fifty Frontier Ranches in the Texas Panhandle, 1876-1887. "Amarillo: Paramount, 1981.

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Collection Inventory

 

Aviation Files

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11Air Associates, Inc., undated
2Aircraft Logs for Beechcraft Airplane, 1946-1957
3Aircraft Insurance Policies, 1951-1956
4Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Underwriters Insurance Certificate, 1982-1990
5Aircraftsmen - Amarillo Invoices, Receipts, Correspondence, 1973
6Airplane, 1938-1939
7Airplane Accident - Gessling & Minton, Attorneys at Law, 1982-1985
8Airplane Expenses, 1942-1943
9Airplane Partnership, 1973-1982
10Airplane Partnership, 1976-1987
11Airplane Purchase, 1937
12Airplane Sale, 1942
13Amarillo Aircraft, 1983
14Amarillo Aircraft Expenses, 1984-1985
15Aviation Power Supply Reports and Proposals, 1960-1961
16Beechcraft E-90, 1973-1975
17Beechcraft File: New Queen Air 80, 1963-1966
18King Air Beechcraft: File #1, 1966-1967
19King Air Beechcraft: File #2, 1967-1973
20King Air E-90, W. I. Cook Estate, 1973-1976
21King Air File, 1975
22Report of Physical Examination for Student and Private Pilots, 1947

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Cornelia Adair Estate Files

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123Accounting Suit File, 1921-1942
24Administrator's Temporary Absence File, 1936-1943
25A. Maria Sparks' Certificate, 1933
26Annual Report File, 1935-1949
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21Annual Report File, 1934-1952
2Application to Sell Real Estate, Alvin Howard Ranch Sale File, 1946-1951
3Application to Sell Real Estate, Mrs. Mattie Hedgecoke Sale, 1938-1942
4Application to Sell Right-of-Way to State of Texas for Road File, 1939-1940
5Application and Orders to Sell Real Estate, Correspondence, 1936-1938
6Application and Orders to Sell Real Estate, Notes and Legal Documents, 1924-1936
7Application and Orders to Sell Real Estate, E.E. Bullock Sale, 1937-1938
8Application to Sell Real Estate, Roy W. Ransom Sale, 1938
9Application to Sell Real Estate, J.T. McGehee Sale, 1936-1937
10Application to Sell Real Estate, Oscar Cobb Sale, 1936
11Application to Sell Real Estate, John W. McClure Sale, 1936
12Application to Sell Real Estate, Elba Reed Sale, 1938
13Application to Sell Real Estate, Jones R. and William T. Christian Sale, 1937-1938
14Application to Sell Real Estate, Henry B. Edens Sale, 1943-1945
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31Application to Sell Real Estate, Garland Baird Sale, 1943-1944
2Attorneys' Fee and Allowances to Administrator, et al, 1935-1949
3Audit File, 1935-1944
4Audit File, 1949-1962
5Audit Report, 1948
6Authoritative File, 1935-1939
7Bank Account File, 1941-1943
8Bank Account File, 1944-1945
9Bank Account File, 1946-1948
10Bank Loan File, 1935-1943
11Bertrand Oil and Gas Lease, 1942-1949
12Bonus File, 1942
13Capital Gains File, 1948
14Capital Gain Limitation, 1948-1950
15Cattle Pens File, 1937
16Cattle Pens File, 1947
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41Cattle Sales, 1936-1946
2Checks: Countersigning, etc, 1940
3Closing of Administration of Estate, 1947-1948
4Closing Administrative File and Court Order for Final Settlement, 1948
5Closing Administration File, Charter File 1948-1949, 1948-1949
6Commissions Due Administrator and County Judge, 1936-1947
7Commissions to Independent Executors, 1935-1942
8Court Orders and File, 1935-1936
9Cornelia Adair V.T.W. McBride Heirs, 1937
10Correspondence from Trust Officer, 1934-1935
11Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank, 1937
12Deeds, Titles, and Affidavits, 1901-1921
13Deeds, Wills, and Correspondence, 1914-1921
14Description of Lands of JA Ranch, 1936
15Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ritchie, Personal, 1950-1953
16Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ritchie, State Street Trust Co. of Boston, MA, 1949-1950
17Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ritchie, Purchase Massachusetts Property, 1952-1954
18Estate of Elizabeth B. Ritchie, 1953-1958
19Feed File, 1943-1947
20Fidelity Bond for Ranch Employees, 1944
21Financial Statements, 1935-1947
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51Final Closing Order, 1948-1949
2Financial Statements, 1936-1940
3Gabrielle Muriel Ritchie, Marriage Settlement, 1931-1942
4Gabrielle M. (Style) Keiller Special Account, Legacy File, 1931-1942
5Gabrielle M. Keiller Sale to D.M. Cogdell, 1952-1954
6Gabrielle M. Keiller, Land Sale File, 1952-1955
7Gabrielle M. Keiller Sale to Eugene and Leland Wood, 1954-1956
8Gabrielle M. Keiller Sale to T.L. Roach, 1955-1956
9Gabrielle M. Keiller Sale to Bryant Edwards, 1955-1961
10Gabrielle M. Keiller, Second Sale to D.M. Cogdell, 1955-1957
11General Matters, 1935-1947
12Geological File, 1940
13Goodnight Ranch Mineral Reservation File, 1939
14Goodnight Ranch Royalty File, 1919-1920
15Grass Leases, 1936-1941
16Helen Agnes Elliott Legacy, 1949
17Hunt Lease, Former Texaco Lease, 1952-1958
18Income Apportionment File, Allocation of Income, 1941-1948
19Income Distribution File, 1942
20Income Tax, Breeding Herd Test Case, 1948-1952
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61Income Tax, Current, 1940-1945
2Income Tax Determination, 1938-1943
3Income Tax File #1, 1937-1941
4Income Tax File #2, 1938-1950
5Income Tax File #3, 1947-1950
6Income Tax Petition for Redetermination, 1937-1942
7Income Tax Refunds, 1949-1954
8Indebtedness File and Participation Loans, 1948-1950
9Insurance File, 1942-1945
10Inventory and Appraisement, 1935-1941
11J.W. Kent File, 1943-1944
12J.W. and R.K. Puckett Loan File with Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank, 1937-1938
13Last Will and Testament of Mrs. Cornelia Adair, 1920-1921
14Leases and Abstract Material, 1938-1967
15Leases to H.L. Hunt, 1950-1974
16Legacy File, 1939-1948
17Legatee, Miss Joan Royse, 1936-1937
18Legatee, Thomas Arthur Renshaw, 1937-1948
19Legislative Matters File, 1941
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71Letters and Miscellaneous Items, 1917-1945
2Loan: Southwestern Life Insurance Co. Note and Release Agreement, 1936-1944
3M.H.W. Ritchie Income Tax File, 1944-1949
4M.H.W. Ritchie Personal Book Account File, 1944-1946
5M.H.W. Ritchie, Personal: U.S. Citizenship, 1941-1964
6Miscellaneous Application and Orders, 1936
7Miscellaneous File, 1947-1953
8Miscellaneous Papers, Extra copies, 1943-1948
9Mrs. Gabrielle Muriel (Ritchie) Style File, 1942-1947
10Oil Development File, 1950-1957
11Oil Lease File, 1942-1945
12Operating Statement File, 1935-1936
13Pasturage File, 1942-1945
14Patent Enlargement File, 1917-1943
15Permanent Administrator, 1935-1939
16Permanent Administrator, Correspondence File, 1935-1939
17Pete Kuntz Sale, 1936-1938
18Plans of Partial Liquidation, (Gabrielle M. Keiller Special Cattle Account) 1951-1957
19Post Office Closing, 1953
20Powers of Attorney, 1933-1961
21Public Trustee in England, 1935-1943
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81Ranch Lands and Abstracts, 1935
2Ranch Management File, 1935-1940
3Report of Alien Ownership of Land, 1949
4Ritchie-Adair File, 1933-1935
5Ritchie-Adair Ranch File, 1924-1935
6R.M.W. (Dick) Ritchie Estate File, 1940-1947
7R.M.W. (Dick) Ritchie Estate: Closing Administration File, Account for Final Settlement, 1948-1950
8R.M.W. (Dick) Ritchie Estate Income Tax, 1950
9Road Grader File, 1948
10Round Robin Letters, 1935-1941
11Sale Bond File, 1938-1947
12Sale: Ranch Property, 1935-1949
13Sale: Ritchie Correspondence File, Maps, Abstracts, 1935-1936
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91Sale: Turkey Creek Pasture, 1950-1959
2State, County, and School Tax File, 1937-1948
3Tax File, 1935-1948
4Tax File, Briscoe County, 1939-1944
5Tax Returns and Auditor Info, 1919-1927
6Tax Returns and Correspondence, 1915-1921
7Tax Returns and Inventory Certificates, 1917-1924
8Tax Returns and Statements, 1919-1971
9Telephone Expense, 1948
10Termination of Administration (Transfer of Properties), 1948
11Texas Company File, 1936-1967
12Texas-Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, 1941
13T.L. Roach File, 1942-1944
14Tom Blasingame's Certificate, 1930
15Town Property, Deeds, and Titles, 1891-1916
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101Unpatented Excess Land: H.L. Hunt Lease, 1951
2U.S. Bond Purchase File, 1944-1947
3U.S. Government Contract, 1935-1937
4Will File, 1924-1941

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Cornelia (Ninia) Wadsworth Ritchie Files

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105Restricted File, undated
6Restricted File, undated
7Restricted File, undated
8Restricted File, undated
9Restricted File, undated
10Restricted File, undated
11Restricted File, undated
12Restricted File, undated
13Restricted File, undated
14Restricted File, undated
15Restricted File, undated
16Restricted File, undated
17Restricted File, undated
18Restricted File, undated
19Restricted File, undated
20Restricted File, undated
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111Restricted File, undated
2Restricted File, undated
3Restricted File, undated
4Restricted File, undated
5Restricted File, undated
6Restricted File, undated
7Restricted File, undated
8Restricted File, undated
9Restricted File, undated
10Restricted File, undated
11Restricted File, undated
12Restricted File, undated

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Correspondence

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1113Adair Estate Administrator Appointment, 1935
14Advertising File, 1949-1955
15Announcement of Cornelia w. Ritchie's Wedding, 1975
16Appraisal Letter of Two Wine Cups, undated
17Archaeological Tour to Egypt, 1982-1983
18Arctic Expedition (Handwritten), ca. 1950's
19Arctic Expedition, 1933 and undated
20Austin and Phillips, 1948
21Autotype Company, Ltd, 1935
22B-Correspondence, 1977 and undated
23Bank of England File, A-L, 1933-1934
24Bank of England File, M-Z, 1933-1934
25Barn at Headquarters, 1948
26Benson, Bill, 1992
27Berg, Howard, L., 1983
28Beylard, Elizabeth Gray Otis, 1888
29Birkbeck, Geoffrey, 1943-1944
30Birkbeck Trust-Ritchie Joint Account, 1964
31Bivins, Andrew M., 1979-1980
32Bivins, Ted, ca. 1979
33Blasingame, Tom, Concerning, 1989
34Board Meeting, 1968
35Bomar, D.O., 1938
36Britain: Roy on Richard "Dick" Walsh, 1984
37Browning, Morris, 1953
38Harold (Bugbee), 1930's
39Burgan, Scott, 1997
40Burhead, Lee, 1983(?)
41Burnett, Chester, 1949
42Butler Company on Windmill, 1927
43Canaday, Ward M, 1935
44Canadian Safari, 1969
45Carvey, Tom B., 1933-1934
46Cessna Aircraft Registration, 1941
47Chapel, Frank, 1968
48Charles, 1935
49Churchman, Glenn, 1954-1955
50Clem, 1933, 1935
51Cohan, Denise, 1992
52Coke, Henry C., Attorney, 1934-1935
53Collier's Magazine File, 1955-1956
54Colorado Grass Lease File, 1971
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121Colorado Lights and Butane File, 1960-1972
2Colorado Outward Bound School, 1983
3Continental National Bank (Fort Worth), 1935-1937
4Continental National Bank, 1938-1939
5Continental National Bank, 1940-1943
6Continental National Bank, 1943-1947
7Continental National Bank, 1948
8Continental National Bank, 1951-1972
9Continental National Bank (Fort Worth), 1964-1970
10Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, 1970-1972
11Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, 1973
12Continental National Bank, 1983
13Corporate Stock File, 1948-1959
14Cousin Abei (?), 1940
15Cozart, C.B., 1935
16Crawford, Caroline and Elizabeth, 1958
17Dallas Museum of Art Letter of Donation, 1989
18Dean, Don M., 1979
19Dearborn, F.M. Jr., 1957
20Donation File, 1949-1969
21Donley County State Bank, Clarendon, 1953-1963
22Dorothy, 1935
23Dyson, Hedda, 1939-1940
24E-Correspondence, 1949 and undated
25Easterner (Yacht), 1958-1960
26Eliot, Port, 1934-1935
27Employee File, 1967-1972
28Employees, 1949-1970
29English Visitors, 1985-1990
30Everest Trip (Nepal), 1973-1975
31F-Correspondence, 1946-1956
32Family and Miscellaneous, 1949-1959
33Family and Miscellaneous, 1960-1970
34Farmers State Bank, Clarendon, 1956-1968
35Farquhar, Francis P., 1935
36Farrar, Johnny W., 1980
37First National Bank of Claude, 1963-1969
38First National Bank of Dallas, 1935
39First National Bank, Dallas, 1967-1968
40Fishing and Camping Trips, 1969-1979
41Foreman Employment File, 1968-1969
42Foreman Employment File, 1970
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131Foreman File, 1971-1972
2Foreman File on Applications, 1972-1984
3Form Letters, undated
4Fort Worth National Bank and Continental Bank, 1935-1937
5Franklin Porcelain, 1981
6General, 1933-1934
7General, 1935
8General, 1936
9General, 1937
10General Correspondence, 1939-1948
11General, 1953-1978 and undated
12General, 1982
13General, 1983
14Girand, E.A., 1917
15Glenveagh Castle Fund, 1949-1987
16Greece Travel, 1970-1971
17Greenough, William, Attorney, 1935
18Grimsa River Fishing Trip (Iceland), 1975-1976
19H-Correspondence, 1951-1976
20Hafner, Diana, 1983
21Hamilton (Massachusetts) Cemetery on August Goodwin Plot, 1979-1981
22Harris, T.J., 1920
23Harry, 1935
24Hart, James, 1941
25Hertz Rent-A-Car Accident, 1980-1981
26Highway Expansion, 1979
27Hobart, T.D., 1935
28T.D. Hobart: A-Correspondence, 1927-1928
29T.D. Hobart: B-Correspondence, 1927-1928
30T.D. Hobart: C-Correspondence, 1927-1928
31T.D. Hobart: D-Correspondence, 1927-1928
32T.D. Hobart: E&F-Correspondence, 1927-1928
33T.D. Hobart: G-Correspondence, 1927-1928
34T.D. Hobart: H-J Correspondence, 1927-1928
35T.D. Hobart: K-L Correspondence, 1927-1928
36T.D. Hobart: M-Correspondence, 1927-1928
37T.D. Hobart: N-O Correspondence, 1927-1928
38T.D. Hobart: P-Q Correspondence, 1927-1928
39T.D. Hobart: R-Correspondence, 1927-1928
40T.D. Hobart: S-Correspondence, 1927-1928
41T.D. Hobart: T-V Correspondence, 1927-1928
42T.D. Hobart: W-Correspondence, 1927-1928
43T.D. Hobart: X-Z Correspondence, 1927-1928
44House Bill No. 112, 1935
45Household Furnishings, 1974-1981
46Howard, Alvin H., 1934-1974
47I- Correspondence, 1949-1956
48Inheritance Estate Tax Issue, 1941
49Inquiries: Looking for People, 1949-1967
50Joe Shields Refrigeration company, 1947-1948
51Keiller, Alec, 1951-1952
52Keiller, Gabrielle M., 1949-1989
53Kelly, Gerald B., 1987-1988
54Kent, J.W., 1935
55Kirtley, B.F., 1934
56Land File/Residuary Owners, 1949
57Legislators, 1966-1970
58Letter of Intent to Sell JA Ranch, undated
59Levan, Julia St., 1936
60Lewis, James P., 1992
61Life Magazine File, Letters from England, Quiz Kids Show and the Cowboy Book 1949-1965,
62Livermore, Bob, 1942
63Lloyds Bank, Public Trustee, England, 1940-1941
64Lowe, S.W., 1937
65Lybrand, Ross Bros and Montgomery, 1949-1972
66Mallet, Vick, 1939
67Manzanares, Robert, 1988
68Miscellaneous, 1953-1972
69Miscellaneous Personal, 1933-1942 and undated
70Mitchell-Gartner and Thompson, 1948
71Mitchell, George, 1934-1935
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141Mitchell, H.H., 1935
2Mount Tremblant Lodge Club, 1958
3Moreman, Jack, 1973-1974
4Morrison Supply Company, 1948
5Morton, B.A., 1935
6Mountain Travel, March 6, 1976
7Newman, C.W., 1935
8Nipper, Paul T., 1995
9Noah Examination File, 1955-1956
10Node, E.W., 1935
11O-Correspondence, 1950
12Oatis, Tom, 1947
13Olympic Ranch, 1978
14Ornduff, Donald R. and JA History, 1941-1992
15Outward Bound School, Colorado, 1967-1991
16Outward Bound Program, 1974-1989
17Pathe News, Inc., 1944
18Patrick, W.H., 1934-1935
19Personal Letters to Montie Ritchie, 1947
20Phipps, Allan, R., 1979
21Pilgrim Watch Company, 1943
22Plaza Hilton Hotel, 1956
23Pokhara Trek (Nepal), 1972-1973
24Public Trustee London, undated
25QB Letter of Application, 1959
26Rain File, 1948
27Ranch Matters, 1963-1966
28Recommendation Letters, 1934
29Reese, Frank R., 1969
30Reeves, Bruce, 1970-1971
31Reeves, Mrs. T.V., 1935
32Renshaw, Tommy, 1935-1936 and undated
33Ritchie, Betty B., 1952-1953 and undated
34Ritchie, Cornelia (Ninia) W. Insurance, 1980
35Ritchie, Daisy M., 1940-1965 and undated
36Ritchie, Daisy M. to Montie Ritchie, 1939-1940
37Ritchie, Daisy M. to Montie Ritchie, 1940-1942
38Ritchie, Daisy M. to M.H.W. Ritchie, 1942-1943
39Ritchie, Elizabeth, 1941-1942
40Ritchie, Elizabeth, 1941-1946 and undated
41Ritchie, Gabrielle, 1930's
42Ritchie, Gabrielle, 1934
43Ritchie, Gabrielle, 1941-1942
44Ritchie, Montie to Glenn Churchman, 1949
45Ritchie, Montie to Jack Hightower, 1983
46Ritchie, Montie to Teel Bivins, 1980
47Ritchie, Richard, 1934 and undated
48T.L. Roach, 1944-1952
49Roberts, Howell, 1973
50Round Robin Letters, 1934-1935
51Round Robin Letter, Oct. & Dec. 1936
52S-Correspondence, 1949-1958
53Saville, Dodgen and Company, Certified Public Accountants, 1983
54Scales, 1938-1948
55Schaefer Tent and Awning Company, Denver, Colorado, 1947-1948
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151Schreiber, Martin H., 1981
2Sheffy, L.F., 1935
3Shelton, J.M., 1941
4Sheriff, 1930's
5Smithsonian National Associate Program, 1983
6Snyder, Paul, 1979
7Spencer to Montie Ritchie, 1934
8Standard Oil Company of Texas, 1945
9State of Texas General Land Office, 1921
10Stock Certificates, JA Cattle Co. File, 1953-1968
11Surplus Property, 1945-1946
12Swenson Ranches - Texas Cowboy Reunions, 1939-1946
13Tax Record Information on Donley County, Texas, 1983
14Telegrams, 1941 and undated
15Telegrams on Hobart's Death, 1934-1935
16Texas A&M College, Plant Specimens, 1941
17Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on Buffaloes, 1964-1967
18Thayer, Robert H., 1949
19Thompson and Barwise, Law Offices, 1935
20Thompson, Frank L., 1942
21Thompson, George, Jr., 1940-1942
22Tinnin, Johnnie D. (Rusty), 1986
23To Montie Ritchie, 1935
24Tracy, John H., 1944
25Trans World Airlines, Inc., 1981
26Trey, Wolfgang, 1968-1969
27Trinder, Kekewich and company, 1933
28Trip to England, 1946-1947
29Unknown to Daisy Ritchie, 1935
30Unknown to G., undated
31Unknown to Montie Ritchie, 1935 and undated
32Vincent, Stanley, P., 1983
33W-Correspondence, 1950-1967
34Wade Advertising Agency, 1951
35Wadsworth, James W., 1934-1935
36Wadsworth, James W. and J.W. Kent, 1933
37Walford, B.S., 1934
38Ward, Delbert R., 1991
39Warranties, 1918-1936
40Warren Trust File, 1977-1982
41Watson, George on Arctic Travel, 1934
42Weather Maps and Reports, 1950-1960
43WECO Corporation File, 1977-1978
44Whitteberry, Robert A., CLU, 1981
45Willis, Tex., 1963
46Wilson, Frank C. of Continental National Bank of Fort Worth, 1966
47Withholding Tax File, 1950
48Word, Millard R., 1935
49Young, George M., Jr., 1983

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Field Notes

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1550Cartographical Books, 1916-1921
51Corrected Versions of Survey on Armstrong, Briscoe, and Donley Counties, 1919
52Hand Notes, undated
53Homeyer, M.V. and Survey Notes, 1923 and undated
54Livestock Tally Hand Notes, undated
55Livestock Tally on Cattle and Pastures, 1940 and undated
56Naval Aviators Flight Log Book, 1942-1944
57Ranch Wells and Windmills, 1910-1924
boxfolder
161Holbert's Book: T.D.H. No. 1, undated
2Water Well Report and Notes, 1946-1975
3Windmill Book, (2 items), 1955-1970

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Financial Material

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164A. Gales Adams - Woodburn Lease, 1965-1975
5A. Schmidt and Son Antique Dealers, 1944
6Account of Cornelia Adair Estate, 1932-1935
7Account of Cornelia Adair Estate, 1935-1937
8Account Transaction Ledger Sheets on Family Trusts, 1981-1983
9Accounts' Corrections, 1976
10Accounting Book, 1948-1957
11Account Book: Ranch Employees, 1909
12Adair Book Records, 1933-1958
13Adair Bank Records, 1958-1960
14Adair Bank Records, 1958-1961
15Adair Bank Records, 1960-1961
16Adair Bank Records, 1961-1965
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171Adair Bank Records, 1966-1968
2Adair Bank Records, 1967-1970
3Aerial Photographic Information and Correspondence, 1946-1947
4Air Travel File, 1948-1949
5Amarillo Oil Mill Company, 1957-1958
6Amarillo Packing Company Receipts, 1978-1980
7Ameri-Check, 1987
8American Surety Company, 1935
9American Surety company, 1936-1937
10American Surety Company (New York), 1937
11American Surety Company, 1938
12American Surety Company, 1939
13American Surety Company, 1940-1941
14American Surety Company, 1942
15Analysis of JA Ranch Acreage, 1967
16Apache Total Internal Interests, March-May 31, 1986
17Appraisal Notices from County Assessors, 1983
18Arbitration Reports, 1937-1938
19Armstrong County Tax File, 1951
20Armstrong County Tax File, 1965
21Art Work Appraisal, 1976
22Audit File: Residuary Owners, 1950
23Automated Bookkeeping File, 1966-1968
24Automated Bookkeeping File, 1968-1973
25Average Price: Land Sold Hand Notes, undated
26Aviall Receipts, 1984
27Balance Sheets: Deposits and Receipts, M.H.W. Ritchie Joint Account, 1991
28Bank Deposit Receipt: Ameritrust Bank, February 5, 1991
29Bank Deposit Slips and KRM Petroleum Corporation, 1990
30Bank Loan Repayment Envelopes, Continental Nat'l Bank, 1974
31Bank Loan, IOU's, and Repayments, 1907-1913
32Barrel Land Sale, 1948-1954
33E. Battle Creek: Figures and Tallies, 1971
34Pablo Bentancourt Notes, 1966-1967
35Blank Checks, undated
36Big House File, 1952-1970
37Bill of Sale Draft, (Blank), Amarillo National Bank, undated
38Mrs. Daisy M. Birkbeck Account, 1959-1966
39Mrs. Daisy M. Birkbeck Accounting File, 1965-1971
40Mrs. Daisy M. Birkbeck English Estate, 1968
41Daisy M. Birkbeck Estate Income Records, 1967-1971
42Mrs. Daisy M. Birkbeck Estate Monthly Account Sheets, 1969-1973
43Mrs. Birkbeck Estate Tax File, 1963-1974
44Daisy M. Birkbeck Estate Tax Records, 1967-1972
45Birkbeck's Grandchildren Testamentary Trust, 1983
46Birkbeck-Ritchie Grandchildren Trust Account, 1980
47Birkbeck-Ritchie Testamentary Trust Account, 1985-1989
48Birkbeck Trust-Ritchie Joint Account Transaction Ledger, 1973-1974
49Birkbeck Trust-Ritchie Joint Account Sheets, 1969-1973
50Birkbeck-Ritchie Grandchildren Trust Monthly Bank Account, 1972-1974
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181Mrs. Birkbeck's Ritchie Grandchildren Trust Excise Tax Return, 1982-1983
2Mrs. Birkbeck's Ritchie Grandchildren Trust, Financial Statements, 1982
3Mrs. Birkbeck's Ritchie Grandchildren Trust, U.S. Fiduciary Income Tax Return, 1982
4Birkbeck's Testamentary Trust, 1983
5Birkbeck's Trust-Ritchie Joint Account, 1983
6Bonds Purchased File, 1959-1960
7Briscoe County Bonded Road Dist. No. 7, 1938
8Briscoe County road Dist. No. 7, Tax Survey, 1938
9Briscoe County, Silverton Independent School District, 1937-1938
10British Taxes: Style-Birkbeck Account, 1950-1951
11Brook Inc., 1954-1955
12C.D. Shamburger Lumber Company, 1941
13Camp and House File, 1949-1954
14Cancelled Check to Kline Bros. Inc., 1947
15Cash Book, Petty Expenses, 1948-1964
16Cash Box Clearance, 1935
17Cash Disbursement and Detail, 1959
18Cash Grass Lease: Birkbeck Grandchildren Trust, Palo Duro Oil and Gas Co., 1983-1992
19Cashout Handnotes, undated
20Casing-Water Wells, 1951-1966
21Caterpillar Tractor File, 1949-1967
22Certified Report: Continental National Bank, 1963-1964
23Certified Financial Statement: Mrs. C. Adair, 1915
24Charge Cards and Terms
25Check Books, 1941-1947 and undated
26Check Stubs and Blank Checks, New England Nat'l Bank, 1917-1921
27Check Stubs, 1942-1947
28Check Stubs, 1941-1944
29Check Stubs, 1949-1953
30Check Stubs, 1954-1957
31Check Stubs, 1946-1953
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191Check Stubs, 1958-1963
2Checkbooks, Lloyd's Bank, London, 1987, 1989-1992
3Check Stubs, Jan. 2-Dec. 31, 1962
4Check Stubs, April 12-Dec, 31, 1962
5Check Stubs, Jan. 1-Dec. 31, 1963
6Check Stubs, Jan. 7-Dec. 22, 1964
7Check Stubs, Separate Account Dec. 31-Dec. 28, 1965,
8Check Stubs, Jan. 8-Dec. 28, 1964
9Check Stubs, Dec. 29, 1964-Dec. 20, 1965
10Check Stubs, Bank of Douglas county, 1977-1978
11Check Stubs, 1984-1986
12Clarendon Independent School District Tax Receipts, 1971
13Clarendon Independent School Tax District, undated
14Claude Independent School District, 1971
15Coates Reid and Waldron Property Management, Inc., 1984
16Colorado Income Tax File, 1962
17Colorado Income Tax File, 1964
18Colorado Ranch Audit File: Purchase Price Allocation, Correspondence, 1961
19Colorado Ranch File, 1956-1971
20Colorado: Rural Electric Association (Capital Credits), 1965-1972
21Colorado 2% Tax, 1966
22Commercial Term Note, 1980's
23Common School District No. 15, Briscoe County, 1937-1939
24Comparative Statements of Cornelia Adair Estate, 1933-1936
25Comparative Statements of Recurring Operating Income and Expenses, 1910-1934
26Continental National Bank Summary of Transactions, 1983
27Contract, Receipt, Papers of Ed Reed's Contract with Great Plains Conservation Program, 1963-1964
28Contribution Notices, 1982-1983
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201Copies of Federal Income Tax Returns, 1935-1947
2Cornelia W. Ritchie's Investment File, 1972
3Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Management Trust, U.W. Fiduciary Income Tax Return, 1982
4Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Trust, 1983
5County Property Taxes, 1932-1933
6County School District Taxes, 1955-1965
7Credit Card Account Statement, 1992
8Creditors on Card Files, 1937
9Daisy Birkbeck's Ritchie Grandchildren Trust Fund, 1963-1970
10Daya Operating Company, 1961
11Debit/Credit Book, 1948-1956
12Deposits and Receipts: M.H.W. Ritchie Separate Estate, 1990
13E.L. Harrell Sale Sheet, 1917
14Easley Feed Yard, Hereford, Texas, 1968-1969
15Employee Advances, 1958-1972
16Employee Record Book, 1947-1957
17Employees, 1967 and undated
18Employee Weekly Time Sheets, 1972
19Employee Work Records, 1968-1972
20Estate Payments to Hobart and Coke, 1922-1935
21Estate Tax Return Made by T.D. Hobart and Henry C. Coke, Executors, 1921-1925
22Expenditures, 1933-1935
23Expenses, December 1933
24Expense Receipts, 1935-1988
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211Expense Receipts, 1940-1941
2Expense Receipts, 1948-1967
3Expense Receipts, 1978
4Expense Receipts, 1979
5Expense Receipts, 1980
6Expense Receipts, 1981
7Expense Receipts, 1960-1989
8Expense Receipts, 1961-1963
9Expense Receipts, 1963
10Expense Receipts, 1980-1992
11Expense Receipts, 1979-1987
12Expense Receipts, 1984-1986
13Expense Receipts: Mrs. C. Adair Estate, 1947-1948
14Expense Record Band Booklet, 1934
15Farm and Ranch Equipment File, 1965-1971
16Farm Defense Program Sheet, 1942
17Federal Estate Tax File, 1936-1946
18Federal Gasoline Tax Refund, 1950-1968
19Federal Gas Tax Refund, 1956-1976
20Fencing Expenses, 1951-1970
21Fencing Expenses, 1968
22Field Notes, Federal Income Tax Plans, and Correspondence, 1936
23Field Notes and Receipts on Acreage, 1910-1934
24Financial Reports on Adair Estate, 1921-1927
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221Financial Reports on Adair Estate, 1921-1935
2Financial Reports, 1921-1931
3Financial Statement, 1914-1921
4Financial Statements, 1970
5Financial Statements, 1971
6Financial Statements, 1972
7Financial Statements, Audit Reports, 1989
8Financial Transactions, American Exchange National Bank, 1913
9Financial Employee Benefits Claim, 1982
10Furniture, Antiques, 1963-1981
11Mrs. Gabrielle M. Keiller, Notes and Loans, 1948-1959
12Gabrielle M. Keiller's Account, 1976-1991
13Gabrielle M. Keiller Land Sale, 1952-1957
14Gabrielle M. Keiller Land Sales and Acres, 1969 and undated
15Mrs. Gabrielle M. Keiller Liquidation and Cattle Sales, 1953-1956
16Gabrielle M. Keiller Special Cattle Account, 1953-1972
17Gabrielle M. Keiller Special Cattle Account, 1953-1972
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231Gabrielle M. Keiller Special Land Account, 1953-1965
2Gabrielle M. Keiller, Special Land Account, 1955-1971
3Gabrielle M. Keiller Stock Liquidation File, 1951-1956
4Gabrielle M. Ritchie Marriage Settlement, 1931-1947
5Gabrielle M. Ritchie Style Income Account, 1946-1949
6Gabrielle M. Style Legacy and Taxes, 1942-1949
7Gabrielle Ritchie Style Special Account, 1941-1946
8Gasoline Tax Refund, 1950-1966
9Gifts, Jewelry Purchases, 1981
10Glenveagh Annuity, 1930-1948
11Goodnight Independent School District, 1936-1939
12Goodnight Independent School District, 1940
13Goodnight Independent School District, 1941
14Goodnight Independent School District, 1942
15Goodnight Independent School District, 1943
16Goodnight Independent School District, 1944
17Grain Records, 1931
18Grass Lease Rental Statement, 1989(?)
19Graybar Electric Company, 1959
20Great Plains Conservation Program (USDA), 1965-1973
21Greenbelt Electric Co-Op Receipts, 1980-1984
22Gregg County, Texas, Taxes Paid, 1982
23Halls Creek File: Joe Robinson, 1968-1976
24Halls Creek Lease: Joe Robinson and Lone Tree Pasture Fence, 1969-1992
25Haltom's Jewelers, Statements, 1972
26Hand Note Tabulations, 1984-1987 and undated
27Hand Notes on Estate, undted
28Higby-Greenland Ranch: Larkspur, Colorado, 1980-1981
29Higby Land Purchase (Greenland Ranch), 1980-1981
30Henry Atkin, Ltd. Gun and Rifle Makers, 1956
31Home Expenses, 1963-1964
32House Repair File, 1969
33House Repair and Burns, 1962-1963
34Howard School File, District No. 15, 1948-1949
35Income Account for Estate, Jan.-Sept. 22, 1934
36Income From Mineral Interests, 1962-1963
37Income Tax Dues, 1947
38Income Tax Returns, 1937-1945
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241Income Tax File, 1967-1968
2Income Tax File, 1968-1969
3Income Tax File, 1969
4Income Tax File, 1969-1970
5Income Tax File, 1946-1950
6Income Tax File, 1951-1952
7Income Tax File, 1952-1953
8Income Tax File, 1951-1953
9Income Tax File, 1954
10Income Tax File, 1971-1972
11Income Tax Notice, 1982
12Individual Income Tax Returns, 1972
13Insufficient Funds on Expenses, 1933-1934
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251Insurance Records, Aircraft Coverage, 1973-1991
2Insurance Records, Claim Correspondence, 1972-1992
3Insurance Records, Fire Policy Coverage, 1982-1991
4Insurance Records, Group Billing Statements, 1974-1992
5Insurance Records, Group Billing Statements, 1992-1993
6Insurance Records, Group Correspondence, 1971-1991
7Insurance Records, Group Insurance Policy, 1971
8Insurance Records, Home Coverage, 1988-1990
9Insurance Records, Liability Coverage, 1978-1991
10Insurance Records, Livestock Transportation and Mortality Coverage, 1978-1991
11Insurance Records, Mobile Home Coverage, 1989-1992
12Insurance Records, Policy Coverage, 1989-1991
13Insurance Records, Property Coverage, 1987-1991
14Insurance Records, Ritchie's Policy, 1989
15Insurance Records, Vehicle Coverage, 1976-1991
16Insurance Records, Workers Compensation Policy, 1981-1991
17Intermountain Rural Electric Association Receipts, 1979-1980
18Internal Revenue Service Notification, 1976
19Investments, 1937-1947
20Investments, Montie Ritchie, 1948-1950
21James and Edith Ghent's Bills, 1985
22James A. Sinclair and Company, 1936
23Jiggs Mann Lease File, 1976-1992
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261Johnston, James E., Insurance Policy, 1950
2Kenneth Reed's Insurance Papers, 1985-1989
3Keystone Mortgage Investment Company, 1935-1936
4Kratzer Land Purchase, Colorado, 1962-1966
5Kratzer Land File, Colorado, 1962-1974
6Land Abstract Acreage Sales, 1938
7Land Inventory: Grandchildren Trust, Lands, undated
8Land Inventory: Owned by Ritchie-Birkbeck Estate, Donley County Hospital District, 1976
9Land Inventory: Owned by Ritchie-Birkbeck Estate, 1976
10Lease Accounts, 1963-1968
11Ledger Sheet and Expenses, 1939-1941
12Ledgers, Ranch Debits/Deposits, 1932-1994
13Ledger Sheets: Adair Estate Residuary Owners Transactions, 1949-1953
14Ledger Sheets: Debits/Credits, Oct. 1960-Sept. 1961
15Ledger Sheets: Expenses, 1945-1996
16Ledger Sheets: JA Cattle Company Trial Balance, 1960
17Ledger Sheets: Ritchie-Birkbeck-Keiller Account Transactions, 1951-1952
18Ledger Sheets: Trial Balances of Mrs. Adair's Estate, 1945
19Legacy Amounts and Payments, 1945
20Liquidation File, 1958
21Lloyds Bank Access Statements, 1991-1992
22Lloyds Bank Account, 1972-1992
23Lloyds Bank: American Account, 1982-1992
24Lloyds Bank, Check Stubs, 1934-1988
25Loan Purchase, 1935
26Loan and Repayment on Mortgage, 1948-1949
27Magazine Order Forms, 1955-1961 and undated
28Meal Expenses, 1937-1938
29Mesquite Control File, 1938-1972
30Mesquite Control File, 1948-1962
31Mikelson Ranch Purchase, 1960-1965
32Minimum Wage File, 1967-1971
33Monthly Reports to Henry C. Coke, Executor, 1927-1932
34Miscellaneous Accounts, 1948
35Montie Ritchie, Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Accountants' Compilation Report, 1981
36Charles J. Murray, 1937-1949
37New World House, 1951-1956
38Nichols' Legal File, 1948
39Norm Smith Ranch Purchase, 1959-1974
40Norris Park and Tater Hill Sale to Edwin A. Reed, 1959-1975
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271Notes, Statements and Invoices, 1989-1990
2Office Equipment File, 1970-1974
3Owens Pasture, Colorado, 1960-1982
4Paid Wage Statements, 1958
5Palo Duro Ranch Operating Expenses, 1910-1935
6Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1940-1970
7Payroll Expenses, 1986
8Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company Revenue, 1952-1956
9Pest Control File, 1950-1974
10Petty Cash Ledger Sheets, 1936-1947
11Plains Corral Road Paving File, 1953
12Producers Grain Corporation, Feed Yard Livestock Shipped Report, 1975
13Promissory Note, Blank, undated
14Property Insurance on Painting, 1982
15Public Trustee File, Overseas Account, 1932-1971
16Public Trustee, Overseas Income Accounts, 1938-1991
17Ranch Investment File, 1959-1963
18Ranch Expenses, 1958
19Ranch Expenses, 1959
20Ranch Expenses, 1960
21Ranch Expenses,