Finch Brothers Company: An Inventory of Its Records, 1837-1945 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Finch Brothers Company:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1837-1945 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Finch Brothers Company
	Title:	Finch Brothers Records,
	Dates:	1837-1945 and undated
	Abstract:	Records and activities of the Finch Brothers in the Texas Panhandle.
	Collection #	S 324.1
	Quantity:	4 boxes (4.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

Austin Finch and his son, John, came to Burlingame, Kansas, in 1875 and established ranching and banking interests. In 1905, John began to divest his property to his children, Frank, Fred, Winnie, Orville, and Howard, by establishing the Finch Brothers Company. Part of the property included ranch lands near Dalhart, Texas, which brothers Frank and Orville took over. Orville eventually became mayor of Dalhart in 1921.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains business correspondence, bank statements, cancelled checks, check stubs, land deeds and contracts, four diaries, and some scrapbook material concerning the Finch Brothers ranching activities in the Texas Panhandle.


Organization
	The records are organized in the following series:

		Box 1: Correspondence
		Box 2-4: Financial Documents
		Box 4: Legal Documents
		Box 4: Literary Production
		Box 4: Photographs
		Box 4: Printed Material
		Box 4: Scrapbook Material

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research


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)
		Finch, Austin, 1806-1893
		Finch, John, 1848-1928
		Finch, Orville, 1880-
		Finch, Howard, 1882-
		Finch, Frank, 1878-
		Finch, Fred, 1876-1905
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Finch Brothers Company
	Subjects
		Ranching--Texas
		Ranching--Texas--Dalhart
		Ranching--Texas, West
	Places
		Finch Brothers Ranch (Tex.)

Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Finch Brothers Ranch Papers, 1913-1945 [microfilm] Mr. and Mrs. Orville Henry Finch oral history interview [sound recording], 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Orville Henry Finch oral history interview [sound recording], 1971

Collection Inventory



Correspondence
box	folder
1	1	Personal and Professional, 1860-1912
	2	Professional, 1913-1914
	3	Professional, 1915
	4	Professional, 1916
	5	Professional, 1917-1919
	6	Professional, 1920-1921
	7	Professional, 1922
	8	Professional, 1923
	9	Professional, 1924
	10	Professional, 1925
	11	Professional, 1926
	12	Professional, 1927
	13	Professional, 1928
	14	Professional, 1929
	15	Professional, 1930
	16	Professional, 1931
	17	Professional, 1932
	18	Professional, Jan.-Sept. 1933
	19	Professional, Oct.-Dec. 1933
	20	Professional, Jan.-Aug. 1934
	21	Professional, Sept.-Dec. 1934
	22	Professional, 1935
	23	Professional, 1936
	24	Professional, 1937
	25	Professional, 1938
	26	Professional, 1939-1942
	27	Professional, 1943-1944
	28	Professional, undated
	29	Finch, J. A., 1888-1909
	30	Strowger, A. B., 1866-1880



Financial Documents
box	folder
2	1	Bank Notes, 1920-1923
	2	Bank Notes, 1923-1926
	3	Bank Notes, 1927-1929
	4	Bank Statements and Check Stubs, 1913-1917
	5	Bank Statements and Check, 1918-1919
	6	Bank Statements and Check, 1920-1921
	7	Bank Statements and Check, 1921
	8	Bank Statements and Check, 1922
	9	Bank Statements and Check, 1923-1924
	10	Bank Statements and Check, 1925-1926
	11	Bank Statements and Check, 1927
box	folder
3	1	Bank Statements and Check, 1929
	2	Bank Statements and Check, 1930-1933
	3	Bank Statements and Check, 1944-1945
	4	Check Stubs, 1921-1925
	5	Check Stubs, 1925-1929
	6	Check Stubs, 1929-1924
	7	Expenses, 1916-1942
	8	Livestock Information, 1921-1938
	9	Property Taxes and Receipts, 1858-1912
box	folder
4	1	Receipts, 1866-1912



Legal Documents
box	folder
4	2	Assorted Deeds, 1837-1903
	3	Assorted Deeds, 1888-1911
	4	Chattel Mortgage, 1919-1926
	5	Contracts, 1917-1942
	6	Oil and Gas Leases, 1919-1921
	7	Miscellaneous, 1917-1927



Literary Production
box	folder
4	8	Diaries (4 items), 1858-1902
	9	Genealogy Notes, 1873-1896
	10	The Old Homestead, author unknown, undated
	11	Out Where the Sun Goes Down by Howard A. Finch, undated
	12	Photographs: Miscellaneous, 1902 and undated
	13	Printed Material: News clippings, 1843-1865 and undated

Scrapbook Material

box

folder

Mayoral Certificate for O.H. Finch, 1921

Miscellaneous, 1845-1898