Helen DeVitt Jones: An Inventory of Her Papers, 1944-1995 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Jones, Helen DeVitt
	Title:	Helen DeVitt Jones Papers,
	Dates:	1944-1995 and undated
	Abstract:	Personal and professional papers of Helen DeVitt Jones a philanthropist and the daughter of David DeVitt, co-founder of the Mallet Ranch.
	Collection #	S 1271.1
	Quantity:	6 boxes (8.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

Helen DeVitt Jones was an active philanthropist and donated much of her wealth to the fine arts, culture, and education. Her contributions to Texas Tech University through the Helen Jones Foundation have helped to fund different aspects of the university. She passed away in September of 1997. Her sister Christine DeVitt was just as active in the business.

Helen DeVitt Jones was also the daughter of David DeVitt, co-founder of the Mallet Ranch. This ranch at one time covered some 200 sections in four counties: Hockley, Terry, Cochran, and Yoakum. By 1990, the Mallet Ranch covered nearly 45,000 acres. The Johnson and DeVitt family members were still operating the Ranch in 1998. Oil was discovered on the ranch in the late 1930s.

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Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a few Mallet Ranch records, Christine DeVitt's Estate files, legal and financial materials concerning DeVitt properties, homes, stock and bond interests, bank records, taxes and insurance records. Additionally, there are records on the Helen Jones Foundation, grants, memberships, and Helen Jones' participation in charitable organizations and Texas Tech University.

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Organization
	The materials are arranged into the following series: Mallet Ranch and Christine DeVitt's Estate files, legal and financial materials, foundations, grants, memberships, personal matters, and memorabilia. Also transferred were audio/visual items, photographs and scrapbooks, framed posters, a map, and exhibit materials.

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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)
		DeVitt, Christine
		DeVitt, David Mantz
		DeVitt family
		Jones, Helen DeVitt
	Places
		Mallet Ranch (Tex.)
		Mallet Ranch (Tex.)--History
	Subjects
		Cowboys--Texas--Mallet Ranch
		Philanthropists--Texas, West
		Ranches--Texas, West
		Ranch life--Texas, West
		Women philanthropists--Texas, West

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Helen DeVitt Jones Photographs, 1921 David Fayman oral history interview [sound recording], 1992 Tom Garrett oral history interview [sound recording], 1971 Paul Patterson oral history interview [sound recording], 1970 George Teague oral history interview [sound recording], 1970

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Helen DeVitt Jones Papers, 1944-1995 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Collection accession #(s):
98-0051-B

Gifts, 1989-1994

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, 2000

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Additional Sources



		Murrah, David J. Oil, Taxes, and Cats: a History of the DeVitt Family and the Mallet Ranch. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 1994.
		Liljestrand, Lauren. E. David M. DeVitt and the Mallet Land & Cattle Co. Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University, 1994.

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Collection Inventory



Mallet Ranch and Christine DeVitt's Estate Files
box	folder
1	1	Mallet Ranch, 1949-1989
	2	Pan-American Petroleum Corporation and Amoco Surface Lease, 1957-1982.
	3	Statements on Cash Receipts and Disbursements, Information on Producing Wells and Crops, 1983-1990
	4	Mallet Ranch and Christine DeVitt Checks Issued, 1986-1989
	5	Estate of Christine DeVitt & Helen DeVitt Jones, Partners, 1957-1989
	6	Christine DeVitt's Estate Evaluation of Producing Properties, 1984
	7	Cotton: Consolidated Cotton Company, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Payment Statements, 1986-1988

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Legal Matters

General

box

folder

General Documents, 1949-1985

Abstract of Title to DeVitt Properties, 1878-1973

Christine DeVitt's Last Will and its Execution, 1987-1989

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Financial Matters
		Stocks, Bonds and Securities
box	folder
1	11		Santa Fe Railway, Santa Fe Industries Stocks, 1951-1984
	12		Stein Roe & Farnham Stock Fund, Inc., 1975-1987
	13		West Texas Utilities Stock, 1952-1954
	14		Ramsey Petroleum Co. Stock, 1949-1951
	15		The Texas Company Stock, 1948-1969
	16		Stocks: Varia, 1983-1986
	17		A.B. Culbertson & Co. American Legion Bonds, 1966-1972
	18		Rauscher Pierce Securities Corporation, 1975
		Dorothy Gail Secrest
box	folder
1	19		Dorothy Gail Secrest and Helen DeVitt Jones: Finances, 1950-1959
	20		Dorothy Secrest Account, 1962-1970
		Houses
box	folder
1	21		Moving and Lease of a House, 1952-1955
	22		House at 1808 Atlanta Avenue, Lubbock, TX, 1980-1982
	23		House at 4803 18th, Lubbock, TX, 1969-1973
	24		House at 4503 13th, Lubbock, TX, 1976-1982
	25		Duplex at 5211 18th and 1801 Aberdeen, Lubbock, TX, 1979-1984
	26		Christine DeVitt's Residence
		Banking
box	folder
2	1		Checkbooks with the First National Bank at Lubbock, 1976-1987
	1		First National Bank at Lubbock: Checkbooks, 1976-1987
	2		First National Bank at Lubbock: Securities Sold or Purchased, 1982-1988
	3		First National Bank at Lubbock: Charges, 1982-1988
	4		First National Bank at Lubbock: Deposit Tickets, 1983-1988
	5		First National Bank at Lubbock: Deposit Tickets, 1983-1989
	6		First National Bank at Lubbock: Safekeeping Receipts, 1983-1986
	7		First National Bank at Lubbock: Correspondence, 1949-1985
	8		First National Bank at Lubbock: Miscellanea, 1975-1988
	9		La Salle National Bank, Chicago, IL, 1973-1978
	10		Various Banks: Correspondence and Miscellanea, 1951-1989
		Loans, Trust, Mortgage
box	folder
2	11		Magnolia Loan, 1949
	12		Loan to Dr. Elgar F. Laird, 1954-1961
	13		Loans, 1970-1981.
	14		Harold G. and Mary E. Baldridge Trust, 1960-1982
	15		R.L.Rasmussen: Chattel Mortgage and Sale of Painting "Infanta Isabella of Spain," 1959-1963
		Varia
box	folder
2	16		Leachman, Matthews & Gardere, Attorneys and Counsellors: Correspondence with W.Tom Jones, 1950-1952
	17		Miscellanea: Bills, Receipts, Notes, Letters, Deposit Slips, 1957-1988
	18		Personal Ledgers, 1949-1978
		Taxes
box	folder
3	1		Helen Secrest Jones (Helen DeVitt Jones) Tax Returns, 1947-1949
	2		Income Tax Returns, 1963-1986
	3		Income Tax Returns, 1987
	4		Income Tax Returns, 1988
	5		Employer's Tax Returns, 1971-1985
	6		Windfall Profit Tax, 1981-1984
	7		Christine DeVitt's Estate Tax Returns, 1983-1985
	8		Analysis of Taxes by Kirkwood and Darby, Inc., 1983
	9		Analysis of Taxes by Kirkwood and Darby, Inc., 1984-1987
	10		Shurmon and Kirkwood, Kirkwood and Darby, Tax Consultants: Correspondence, 1951-1989
	11		Ad Valorem Taxes, 1950-1987
	12		Rendition of Taxable Property, 1983-1990
	13		Tax Assessors-Collectors: Tax Receipts, 1983-1984
	14		Tax Assessors-Collectors: Tax Receipts, 1985-1989
	15		Lubbock Central Appraisal District: Tax Statements, 1985-1987
	16		Lubbock County Tax Receipts, 1951-1971
	17		City of Lubbock: Lubbock Independent School District Tax Receipts, 1949-1971
	18		Presidio County, TX: Tax Receipts, 1961-1986
	19		Levelland, TX: Taxes, 1984-1987
	20		City of San Antonio, TX: Tax Receipts, 1954-1957
	21		San Antonio, TX: Alamo Heights Independent School District Tax Receipts, 1953-1958
	22		Bexar County, TX: Tax Receipts, 1953-1958
	23		Helen DeVitt Jones, Tom Jones: Poll Tax Receipts, 1944-1964
	24		Miscellanea, 1983-1990

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Foundations, Grants, Memberships and Participation
		Texas Tech University
box	folder
4	1		Texas Technological College Trust and Texas Tech University Trust, 1966-1970
		TTU: Institute for Studies in Pragmatism and Peirce Professorship
box	folder
4	2		Reports on Charles Sanders Peirce Professorship, 1983-1987
	3		Helen DeVitt Jones, Kenneth Ketner and Charles S. Hardwick: correspondence, 1979
	4		Claude Ventry Bridges: Letters to Helen DeVitt Jones, 1979
	5		Brochures, Books and Related Correspondence, Research Paper, 1978-1982
		Texas Tech University
box	folder
4	6		DeVitt Jones Advisory Committee, 1966
	7		Museum Development, ICASALS, 1966-1993
	8		Lubbock International Cultural Center, 1988
	9		Department of Art, 1967-1988
	10		Department of Music, 1984
	11		College of Business Administration, 1985
	12		College of Agricultural Sciences, 1986
	13		TTU Health Sciences Center, 1984
	14		Center for Smaller Schools Project, 1980
	15		Kamalaksha Das Gupta: Radiation Research, 1974-1982
	16		Helen DeVitt Jones' Support, Cooperation and Participation: Varia, 1966-1989
		General
box	folder
4	17		H.D. J. Charitable Trust for Menninger Foundation and St. Mary of the Plains Hospital, 1962-1978
	18		Menninger Foundation for psychiatric treatment, education and research, Topeka, KS, 1959-1968
	19		"The Villages," Topeka, KS, 1979-1989
	20		National Committee for Citizens in Education (NCCE), 1982-1989
	21		Greenpeace U.S.A., Center for Defense Information, World Policy Institute etc., 1983-1984
	22		Santa Rosa Children's Hospital Foundation, San Antonio, TX, 1955-1966
	23		H.D.J.'s Support, Cooperation and Participation within Lubbock, TX: Varia
	24		H.D.J.'s Support, Cooperation and Participation outside Lubbock: Varia, 1957-1989

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Personal Matters

Expenses

box

folder

Medical Bills, 1984-1985

Insurance

box

folder

The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, 1953-1970

Pan-American Life Insurance Company (includes insurance of W.Tom Jones), 1953-1968

Houses and Paintings: Insurance, 1973-1982

Automobile Insurance, 1965-1982

Personal Catastrophe Liability Insurance, 1983-1984

Varia, 1962-1982

Correspondence

box

folder

Anne Snyder, Secretary to Helen DeVitt Jones: letters to H.D.J., 1955-1969

Helen DeVitt Jones: Letters to Anne Snyder, 1962-1969

Dorothy Secrest: Letters to Helen DeVitt Jones, 1984-1991

Raymond B. Spurlock: Correspondence with Helen DeVitt Jones and Anne Snyder, 1958-1963

Letters to Helen DeVitt Jones: Varia, 1958-1995

Miscellaneous

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folder

Helen DeVitt Jones: Handwritten Notes and Miscellanea, undated

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Memorabilia

Scrapbooks

box

folder

Letters to Helen DeVitt Jones, 1965-1967

Helen DeVitt Jones, Family and Friends: Photographs, ca 1980's

The Helen DeVitt Jones Home. The Villages, Topeka, Kansas, undated

Center for Human Interdependence, Orange, CA: 1985-1986

Center for Human Interdependence, Orange, CA: 1986-1987

Center for Human Interdependence, Orange, CA: 1987-1988

Bob and Karolyn Snyder: Trip in Israel and Greece, 1985-1986

Educational Leadership and Program Evaluation: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1993

Christine DeVitt Memorial Book, 1983

Photographs

box

folder

Pictures of HDJ, her family, friends, associates, social events etc.

Plaques

box

folder

National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People, Texas Assoc. of Schools of Art, 1987-1988

Peewee Girls, Lubbock Symphony Orchestra, 1988-1990

Lubbock Public Television: KTXT 5, Baylor University, undated

Boy Scouts of America, undated

Helen DeVitt Jones' Acknowledgments

box

folder

Recognition, Awards and Appreciation, 1971-1992, and undated

Collectors Cards

box

folder

Mallet Ranch Headquarters signed by H.D.J. and Christine DeVitt, and unsigned; Windmill

Declaration

box

folder

Fourth U.S. Cavalry Memorial Regiment, 1989

box

folder

"Well Done!" by Ling Fu-Yang, undated

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