TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Additional Sources
Description of Series
General Office Files
Financial Documents
Miscellaneous
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R. L. Slaughter:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1921-1960 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Slaughter, Robert Lee,
1892-1969 |
| Title: | Robert Lee Slaughter
Papers,
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| Dates: | 1921-1960 and undated |
| Abstract: | Papers of R. L.
(Robert Lee) Slaughter, grandson of C. C. Slaughter, from 1921-1960. |
| Collection # | S 932.1 |
| Quantity: | 4 Boxes (4.0 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Born in 1892, R. L. (Robert Lee) Slaughter was the grandson of C. C.
Slaughter and was a rancher, oilman, and entrepreneur. From 1915-1916, he
operated the family's 300,000 acre ranch in Sonora, Mexico, until he was forced
to leave as a result of the Mexican Revolution. Afterwards, he operated the
family ranch in West Texas and then became involved with the growth of the oil
industry in Hockley County, Texas. R. L. died 1969.
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The collection contains correspondence, financial materials, maps, and
photographs. A majority of the financial documents relate to the operation of
the ranch and with correspondence between R. L. Slaughter, Jr. and Ira Wells
regarding operation of the ranch.
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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) |
| | Slaughter, Robert Lee,
1892-1969 |
| | Slaughter, Robert Lee,
1892-1969--Correspondence |
| | Slaughter, Sue
Alice |
| | Soash, George
W. |
| | Soash, W. P. (William
Pulver), 1877-1961 |
| Subjects (Organizations) |
| | Lone Star Land
Company |
| | United States. Farm
Security Administration |
| | United States.
Resettlement Administration |
| Places |
| | Hockley County
(Tex.)--History |
| | Slaughter Farms (Hockley
County, Tex.) |
| | Sonora (Mexico :
State)--History |
| Subjects |
| | Agriculture--Texas--History |
| | Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas--Hockley County--History |
| | Ranch
managers--Texas--History |
| | Ranchers--Texas--History |
| | Ranches--Texas--History |
| | Real estate
development--Texas |
| | Soil bank program |
| | Soil conservation--Texas,
West--History |
| | Tenant
farmers--Texas--Hockley County |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Ira Byrd oral history interview [sound recording], 1969
- Hiley Thompson Boyd, Jr. oral history interview [sound recording],
1970
- Nettie Hyatt and Joe Bridges oral history interview [sound
recording], 1975
- Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jennings oral history interview [sound
recording], 1973
- Mrs. M.C. Lindsey oral history interview [sound recording], 1975
- Lynn County (Tex.), Photographs, 1900-1950
- Ralph McWhorter oral history interview [sound recording], 1979
- Mrs. J. F. Reeves oral history interview [sound recording],
1970s
- Jot Smyth oral history interview [sound recording], 1959
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R. L. Slaughter Papers, 1921-1960 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gift, 1972
Abel Ramirez, 2000
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Murrah, David J.
"C. C. Slaughter, Rancher, Banker, Baptist.
"Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981.
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Murrah, David J.
"A Cattle Kingdom on Texas' Last Frontier: C.
C. Slaughter's Lazy S Ranch. "Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University,
1970.
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General Office Files
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Aloco Pipe Line,
1941 and undated |
| 2 | | Cotton,
1949-1960 |
| 3 | | Cotton Sales,
1951-1952 |
| 4 | | Grain,
1956-1959 |
| 5 | | Farm Rents,
1958 |
| 6 | | Farmers Rent Statements,
1940 |
| 7 | | Farm Rents,
1950-1951 |
| 8 | | Farm Rents,
1954-1955 |
| 9 | | Farm Rents,
1955-1956 |
| 10 | | Farm Rents,
1957 |
| 11 | | Letters,
1939-1941 |
| 12 | | Letters,
1942-1943 |
| 13 | | Lyntegar, Electric Cooperative,
1941-1945 |
| 14 | | Maturities,
1939-1942 |
| 15 | | Mineral Assessments,
1940-1942 |
| 16 | | Montgomery Storage at Lubbock, Texas,
1941 |
| 17 | | Motor Fuels, Inc.,
1940-1942 |
| 18 | | Passing Payments,
1939 |
| 19 | | Pipe Lines and Rights of Way,
1941-1944 |
| 20 | | Proration Schedule,
1940-1941 |
| 21 | | Roy Reid of Quemado, Texas,
1939 |
| 22 | | Reimbursements Paid,
1938-1948 |
| 23 | | Renters Rent Statements,
1938 |
| 24 | | Removal Farm Notices,
1942-1948 |
| 25 | | Removal Notices,
1939-1941 |
| 26 | | Power of Attorney,
1959 |
| 27 | | Republic National Bank of Dallas,
1942-1947 |
| 28 | | Resettlement Loans,
1939-1940 |
| 29 | | Richardson Oils, Inc.,
1939-1943 |
| 30 | | Richardson, Royalty Runs,
1953 and undated |
| 31 | | Rights of Ways for Oil, Gas, and Electric,
1946-1950 |
| 32 | | Royalty Runs,
1937-1938 |
| 33 | | Soil Bank Payments,
1956 |
| 34 | | Sid Richardson, Inc. and Crop Damage Claims,
1941 |
| 35 | | Stanolind Oil Division Order and Right-of-Way,
1938-1944 |
| 36 | | Tax Assessments,
1941 |
| 37 | | Tax Assessment Matters,
1945-1946 |
| 38 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block,
1921-1925 |
| 39 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter's,
1926-1927 |
| 40 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block,
1927-1929 |
| 41 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block,
1927-1928 |
| 42 | | Tax Letters, Drafts, and Notices on Bob Slaughter Block,
1929-1931 |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block and Dr. Veal's Tax Report,
1929-1934 |
| 2 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block,
1929-1936 |
| 3 | | Tax Collection,
1945 |
| 4 | | Tax Correspondence,
1937-1942 |
| 5 | | Tax Notices,
1929-1954 |
| 6 | | Tax Payments of Sundown School,
1935-1937 |
| 7 | | Tax Renditions,
1940 |
| 8 | | Tax Statements, Hockley County, Texas,
1935 |
| 9 | | Tax Statements, Sundown School,
1941 |
| 10 | | Tax Statements, Sundown School,
1942 |
| 11 | | Tax Statements, State, County, and School,
1939-1940 |
| 12 | | Tax Statements, Hockley County, Texas,
1938 |
| 13 | | Tax Statements, Hockley County, Texas,
1943 |
| 14 | | Taxes, Miscellaneous,
1936-1938 |
| 15 | | United Savings Bank, Detroit,
1939-1941 |
| 16 | | Utilities Cash Deposits,
1938-1942 |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block,
1929-1930 |
| 2 | | Tax Receipts,
1929-1930 |
| 3 | | Tax Receipts,
1928-1947 |
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Financial Documents
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| box | folder |
| 2 | 17 | | Bills,
1942-1951 |
| 18 | | Bills,
1951 |
| 19 | | Bills,
1951-1952 |
| 20 | | Trial Balances,
1943-1946 |
| 21 | | Check Stubs,
1952-1959 |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | Checks,
1938-1943 |
| 2 | | Checks,
1944-1949 |
| 3 | | Checks,
1950-1956 |
| 4 | | Bank Statements,
1936-1951 |
| 5 | | Bank Statements,
1941-1953 |
| 6 | | Bank Statements,
1952-1956 |
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Miscellaneous
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| box | folder |
| 2 | 22 | | Maps and Blueprints,
1938-1951 and undated |
| 23 | | Photograph of Oil Rig and Platform, Slaughter Field,
1941 |
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