Descriptive Summary
Johnson, William Whipple,
1843-1914
William Whipple Johnson
Papers,
1855-1946 and undated
The papers of William
Whipple Johnson, who was active in mining, lumber, banking, and oil and gas
interests in Thurber, Texas until his death in 1914.
S 496.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
7 boxes and 19 ledgers
(11.0 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
William Whipple Johnson, born in Ionia, Michigan, in 1853, was a mine
owner and entrepreneur. He moved to Texas with his brother, Harvey Johnson, and
settled near Strawn, Texas, where they supplied lumber to the Texas and Pacific
Railroad. During the 1880s, the Johnsons established the Johnson Coal Mining
Company, which was sold to the Texas and Pacific Coal Company in 1888. Johnson
remained active in mining, lumber, banking, and oil and gas interests until his
death in 1914.
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of correspondence, financial materials, legal
materials, literary productions, printed materials, photographs, diagrams and
fragments. A large portion of the collection is correspondence and financial
materials regarding Johnson's business interests. Also includes information on
his activities in Strawn, Texas, and his earlier businesses in Ionia, Michigan.
Most of the collection is also available on microfilm.
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)
Johnson, William Whipple,
1843-1914
Johnson, Harvey
E.
Johnson, Anna Fatzinger,
d. 1922
Subjects (Organizations)
Johnson Coal Mining
Company (Tex.)
American Coal Mining
Company
San Antonio, Llano, and
Northern Railroad
Texas and Pacific Coal
Company
Places
Ionia
(Mich.)--History
Palo Pinto County
(Tex.)--History
Strawn
(Tex.)--History
Subjects
Banks and
banking--Michigan--History
Coal mines and
mining--Texas--History
General
stores--Michigan--History
Lumber
trade--Texas--History
Gifts, 1967-1968
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, 2000
Preferred Citation
William Whipple Johnson Papers, 1855-1946 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Additional Sources
Spoede, Robert W. William Whipple
Johnson: an Enterprising Man. Thesis (Ph. D.)-- Hardin-Simmons,
1968
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- William Whipple Johnson Photographs, 1905-1915
- Robert W. Spoede Papers, 1800-1968
- Robert W. Spoede Photographs, 1905-1915
Collection Inventory
1
Correspondence,
1870-1897
1
1
Letters Received,
1870-1878
1
2
Letters Received,
1879-1881
1
3
Letters Received,
1882-1883
1
4
Letters Received,
1884-1885
1
5
Letters Received,
1886-1887
1
6
Letters Received,
1887
1
7
Letters Received,
1887-1888
1
8
Letters Received,
1888
1
9
Letters Received,
1889
1
10
Letters Received,
1889-1890
1
11
Letters Received,
1891-1892
1
12
Letters Received,
1892-1894
1
13
Letters Received,
1894-1895
1
14
Letters Received,
1895-1896
1
15
Letters Received,
1897
2
Correspondence,
1898-1904 and undated
2
1
Letters Received,
1898
2
2
Letters Received,
1899
2
3
Letters Received,
1900
2
4
Letters Received,
1900
2
5
Letters Received,
1900
2
6
Letters Received,
1901
2
7
Letters Received,
1901
2
8
Letters Received,
1901-1902
2
9
Letters Received,
1902
2
10
Letters Received,
June-August 1902
2
11
Letters Received,
September 1902-January 1903
2
12
Letters Received,
February 1903-January 1904
2
13
Letters Received,
undated
3
Correspondence,
1888-1894
3
1
Letters Sent,
1888-1897
3
2
Letters Sent,
1890-1894
3
Legal Documents,
1855-1896
3
3
1855-1875
3
4
1876-1880
3
5
1880-1883
3
6
1883-1885
3
7
1886-1887
3
8
1888
3
9
1888
3
10
1889-1890
3
11
1891-1893
3
12
1894-1896
4
Legal Documents,
1897-1908 and undated
4
1
1897-1899
4
2
1900-1908 and undated
4
Printed Material,
1894-1928 and undated
4
3
1894-1904 and undated
4
4
1887-1902 and undated
4
5
1897-1902 and undated
4
6
1894-1902 and undated
4
7
1884-1928 and undated
4
Diagrams
4
8
undated
4
Fragments
4
9
1884-1889 and undated
4
Papers
4
10
1888-1946 and undated
4
Financial Documents,
1859-1883
4
11
1859-1868
4
12
1870-1876
4
13
1877-1879
4
14
1880
4
15
1881
4
16
1882
4
17
1883
5
Financial Documents,
1884-1903 and undated
5
1
1884
5
2
1885
5
3
1886
5
4
1887
5
5
1888
5
6
1889
5
7
1890
5
8
1891
5
9
1892
5
10
1893
5
11
1894-1895
5
12
1896-1897
5
13
1898-1899
5
14
1900-1901
5
15
1902-1903
5
16
undated
5
17
undated, notebooks
6
Financial Documents, Ledgers
1876-1901
6
Assorted Business Activities
6
1
Address Book,
1884-1885 and undated
6
2
Papers,
1876-1877
6
3
Notebooks, Quantity 6,
c.1882
6
4
Ledger of Accounts Payable/Receivable,
1888-1892
6
5
Ledger of Accounts Payable/Receivable,
1890
6
6
By-Tours and Day Book,
1887-1898
6
7
Expenses Ledger,
1889-1892
6
8
Expenses Ledger,
1895-1901
7
Financial Documents, Ledgers,
1887-1890
7
W. W. Johnson coal Mining Company
7
1
Notes and Bills Payable,
1887-1888
7
2
Coal Book
1888
7
3
Notes and Bills,
1887-1890
Oversized, Financial Documents, Ledgers,
Assorted Business Activities
Expenses Ledger,
1888
Expenses Ledger,
1892-1896
Expenses Ledger,
1893-1896
Expenses Ledger,
1893-1896
Expenses Ledger,
1891-1896
American National Bank
Register of Drafts,
1893-1894
The Stock Traders Bank
Checkbook,
1895-1901
W.W. Johnson Coal Mining Company
Checkbook,
June-October 1888