Matador Land and Cattle Company: An Inventory of Its Records, 1874-1960, at the Southwest Coll


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Matador Land and Cattle Company
	Title:	Matador Land and Cattle Company Records,
	Dates:	1874-1960
	Abstract:	Matador Land and Cattle Company was one of the largest ranches in West Texas during the late 1800s.
	Collection #	S 662.1
	Quantity:	113 boxes, 357 ledgers, 99 letter books and 43 letter boxes (259.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Texas Tech University,Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Biographical Sketch

Established in 1879 by Alfred Markham Britton, Henry Harrison Campbell, and associates, the ranch covered one and a half million acres in Motley, Cottle, Floyd, and Dickens counties of Texas. In 1882 the founders sold their cattle and range rights to a syndicate based in Dundee, Scotland. Additional acreage was leased in south central Kansas, the Texas Panhandle, Canada, South Dakota, and Montana, and by 1933, the Matador's Texas holdings totaled nearly 900,000 acres. With rare exceptions, during periods of drought, substantial dividends were paid annually. Company stock increased from an original $.70 to $23.70 per share in 1951, when the stockholders sold their shares to Lazard Brothers and Company. Principals in the ranches' operations included manager Murdo Mackenzie, and the company secretary in Scotland, Alexander Mackay.

A list from a Payroll Ledger of the Matador Land and Cattle Company at http://www.lib.ttu.edu/swc/manuscripts/matadorlist.htm gives the names of cowboys in the employment of the ranch.

The Handbook of Texas has published more in-depth online biographies of the Matador Ranch, the Matador Land and Cattle Company, and Murdo Mackenzie at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html

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Scope and Contents

The collection includes financial and legal material, land records, payrolls, herd books, range diaries, Board of Director's minutes, correspondence between the Dundee, Scotland office and American offices and ranches, and correspondence among the British investors. Correspondence between the managers and division superintendents includes: Murdo Mackenzie, Alexander Mackay, Alfred Markham Britton, Henry Harrison Campbell, William Sommerville, Arthur B. Ligertwood, John MacBain, J.M. Jackson, John Mackenzie, Maurice J. Reilly, Lewis F. Robertson and John V. Stevens. Also included is Murdo Mackenzie's correspondence from Brazil when he served as manager of the Brazil Land, Cattle, and Packing Company from 1912 to 1917.

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Organization
	The records are divided into five sections that encompass the activities of the home office in Dundee, Scotland (1881-1952), the American offices in Denver (1880-1954), Trinidad, Colorado (1890-1926), the headquarters of the Matador (1880-1961), and Alamositas (1899-1953).
	The collection is arranged into the following series:

		Alamositas, Records, 1880-1954 (43 boxes, 62 linear feet)
		Denver, Records, 1880-1954 (19 boxes, 165 ledgers, 59 linear feet)
		Dundee, Records, 1874-1960 (28 boxes, 9 letter books, 94 ledgers, 59 linear feet)
		Headquarters, Records, 1881-1960 (17 boxes, 90 letter books, 43 letter boxes, 97 ledgers, 71 linear feet)
		Miscellaneous, Records, 1881-1960 (6 boxes, 1 ledger, 8 linear feet)

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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)
		Britton, Alfred Markham
		Campbell, H. H. (Henry Harrison), 1840-1911
		Jackson, J. M.
		Ligertwood, Arthur B.
		MacBain, John, 1867-1922
		Mackenzie, John
		Mackenzie, Murdo, 1850-1939
		Mackay, Alexander, 1855 or 6-1936
		Reilly, Maurice J.
		Robertson, Lewis F.
		Sommerville, W. F. (William Fife), d. 1890
		Stevens, John V.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Matador Land and Cattle Company
		Prairie Cattle Company, Ltd.
	Places
		Brazil--Description and travel
		Matador (Tex.)--History
		Matador Ranch (Tex.)
		Montana--History
		Motley County (Tex.)--History
		Oldham County (Tex.)--History
		Texas--History
		Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.)--Biography
		Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.)--History
		West (U.S.)--History
	Subjects
		Cattle--Texas
		Cattle trade--Montana--History
		Cattle trade--Texas--History
		Cattle trade--United States--History
		Cowboys--Texas--Motley County
		Cowboys--Texas--Oldham County
		Frontier and pioneer life--Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.)
		Ranch life--Trans-Pecos (Tex. and N.M.)
		Ranch managers--Texas
		Ranches--West (U.S.)
		Ranches--Brazil--History
		Ranches--Montana--History
		Ranches--Texas--History
		Ranches--Texas--Motley County
		Ranches--Texas--Oldham County
		Rangelands--Texas
		Rangelands--Texas--Motley County
		Rangelands--West (U.S.)

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Alexander MacKay Papers, 1886-1936, 1936 Matador Land and Cattle Company Photographs, 1921-1938 Matador Land and Cattle Company (Denver, Colo.) Photographs, 1882-1950 Matador Land and Cattle Company (Red Lake Camp, Tex.) Photographs, 1885-1967 Matador Land and Cattle Company (Tex.) Photographs, 1920 David Birnie oral history interview [sound recording], 1972 Brazil Land, Cattle and Packing Company (Sao Paulo, Brazil) Photographs, 1911-1917 Mrs. F. F. Calhoun oral history interview [sound recording], 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Ron Conatser oral history interview [sound recording], 1960s Ron Conatser Photographs, 1957-1958 L. M. Cox oral history interview [sound recording], 1973 Albert Daffern oral history interview [sound recording], 1973 Albert Daffern Photographs, 1910 Wilburn Deeton oral history interview [sound recording], 1973 Dickens Cattle Corporation Records, 1951-1970 Melvin Dirickson oral history interview [sound recording], 1972 Alvin Durham oral history interview [sound recording], 1972 William Martin Pearce Papers, 1932-1974 William Martin Pearce Photographs, 1891-1950 Sanborn Maps (Texas), 1881-1987 and undated Johnny Stevens Family photographs, 1908-1959

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		Bean, Tom. "The Matadors and Other Stories. "Dell City, Texas: C. Warren, 1990.
		Cornebise, Alfred E. "A Decade in the History of the Matador Land and Cattle Company, Limited, 1919-1928. "Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Technological College, 1958.
		Kerr, W. G. "Scottish Capital on the American Credit Frontier. "Austin: Texas State Historical Association, 1976.
		Lincoln, John. "Rich Grass and Sweet Water: Ranch Life With the Koch Matador Cattle Company. "College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1989.
		Pearce, William Martin. "The Matador Land and Cattle Company. "Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964.
		Suddeth, Andrea. "Scots Dive on the Matador Ranch: a Furnishing and Interpretation Plan. "Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Tech University, 1994.
		Warren, John and Colquet. "The Matadors, 1879-1951." Matador, 1952.

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Collection Inventory



Alamositas Collection Records, 1880-1954
		Diaries
box	folder
1	1		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1908
	2		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1909
	3		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1910
	4		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1911
	5		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1912
	6		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1913
	7		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1914
	8		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1915
	9		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1916
	10		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1917
	11		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1918
	12		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1919
	13		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1920
	14		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1921
	15		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1923
box	folder
2	1		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1924
	2		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1925
	3		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1926
	4		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1927
	5		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1928
	6		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1929
	7		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1930
	8		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1931
	9		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1932
	10		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1933
	11		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1934
	12		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1935
	13		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1936
	14		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1937
	15		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1938
box	folder
3	1		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1939
	2		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1940
	3		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1941
	4		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1941
	5		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1942
	6		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1943
	7		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1944
	8		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1945
	9		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1946
	10		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1947
	11		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1948
	12		Ranch Manager's Diary, 1949
		Financial Material
box	folder
4	1		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1904-1910
	2		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1911-1927
	3		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1927-1939
	4		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1938-1948
	5		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1948-1950
	6		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1951
	7		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1911-1950
	8		Special Payrolls and Livestock, 1929-1943
		Livestock Records
box	folder
4	9		Herd Book, 1911-1924
	10		Herd Book, 1936-1945
	11		Herd Tally Books, 1925-1946
	12		Herd and Livestock Records, Miscellaneous papers including Registration papers, 1918-1938
	13		Herd Book, 1892-1903
		Correspondence
box	folder
5	1		Professional, 1900
	2		Professional, 1901
	3		Professional, 1902
	4		Professional, 1903
	5		Professional, 1904
	6		Professional, 1905
	7		Professional, 1906
	8		Professional, 1907
	9		Professional, 1909-1910
	10		Professional, 1910
	11		Professional, 1912
	12		Professional, 1913
	13		Professional, 1915
box	folder
6	1		Professional, 1917
	2		Professional, 1918
	3		Professional, 1919
	4		Professional, 1920-1922
	5		Professional, 1923
	6		Professional, 1924
	7		Professional, 1925-1927
	8		Professional, 1929
	9		Professional, 1930
	10		Professional, 1931
	11		Professional, 1932
	12		Professional, 1933
	13		Professional, 1934
	14		Professional, 1935
	15		Professional, 1936
	16		Professional, 1937
	17		Professional, 1938
	18		Professional, 1939
box	folder
7	1		Professional, January - June 1940
	2		Professional, July - December 1940
	3		Professional, 1941
	4		Professional, 1942
	5		Professional, 1943
	6		Professional, 1944
	7		Professional, 1945
box	folder
8	1		Professional, A-G, 1946
	2		Professional, H-M, 1946
	3		Professional, N-W, 1946
	4		Professional, A-D, 1947
	5		Professional, E-J, 1947
	6		Professional, K-Z, 1947
	7		Professional, A-L, 1948
	8		Professional, M-Z, 1948
	9		Professional, A-F, 1949
	10		Professional, G-Z, 1949
	11		Professional, A-G, 1950
	12		Professional, H-M, 1950
	13		Professional, N-Z, 1950
		Financial Material
box	folder
9	1		Monthly Accounts, 1910
	2		Monthly Accounts, 1911
	3		Monthly Accounts, 1912
	4		Monthly Accounts, 1913
	5		Monthly Accounts, 1914
	6		Monthly Accounts, 1915
	7		Monthly Accounts, 1916
	8		Monthly Accounts, 1917
	9		Monthly Accounts, 1918
	10		Monthly Accounts, 1919
	11		Monthly Accounts, 1920
	12		Monthly Accounts, 1921
	13		Monthly Accounts, 1922
box	folder
10	1		Monthly Accounts, 1923
	2		Monthly Accounts, 1924
	3		Monthly Accounts, 1925
	4		Monthly Accounts, 1926
	5		Monthly Accounts, 1927
	6		Monthly Accounts, 1928
	7		Monthly Accounts, 1929
	8		Monthly Accounts, 1930
box	folder
11	1		Monthly Accounts, 1931
	2		Monthly Accounts, 1931
	3		Monthly Accounts, 1932
	4		Monthly Accounts, 1932
	5		Monthly Accounts, 1933
	6		Monthly Accounts, 1933
	7		Monthly Accounts, 1934
	8		Monthly Accounts, 1934
	9		Monthly Accounts, 1935
	10		Monthly Accounts, 1935
box	folder
12	1		Monthly Accounts, 1936
	2		Monthly Accounts, 1936
	3		Monthly Accounts, 1937
	4		Monthly Accounts, 1937
	5		Monthly Accounts, 1938
	6		Monthly Accounts, 1938
	7		Monthly Accounts, January - July 1939
box	folder
13	1		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1939
	2		Monthly Accounts, 1940
	3		Monthly Accounts, 1940
	4		Monthly Accounts, 1941
	5		Monthly Accounts, 1941
	6		Monthly Accounts, 1942
	7		Monthly Accounts, 1942
	8		Monthly Accounts, 1943
	9		Monthly Accounts, 1943
box	folder
14	1		Monthly Accounts, 1944
	2		Monthly Accounts, 1944
	3		Monthly Accounts, 1945
	4		Monthly Accounts, 1945
	5		Monthly Accounts, January - July 1946
	6		Monthly Accounts, January - July 1946
	7		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1946
	8		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1946
box	folder
15	1		Monthly Accounts, January - June 1947
	2		Monthly Accounts, January - June 1947
	3		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1947
	4		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1947
	5		Monthly Accounts, January - August 1948
	6		Monthly Accounts, January - August 1948
	7		Monthly Accounts, September - December 1948
	8		Monthly Accounts, September - December 1948
	9		Monthly Accounts, January - July 1949
	10		Monthly Accounts, January - July 1949
box	folder
16	1		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1949
	2		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1949
	3		Monthly Accounts, January - June 1950
	4		Monthly Accounts, January - June 1950
	5		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1950
	6		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1950
	7		Monthly Accounts, January - August 1951
	8		Monthly Accounts, January - August 1951
box	folder
17	1		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1952
	2		Monthly Accounts, August - December 1952
	3		Monthly Accounts, January - June 1953
	4		Monthly Accounts, January - June 1953
	5		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1953
	6		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1953
	7		Monthly Accounts, July - December 1953
box	folder
18	1		Check Stubs, February 1900 - February 1910
	2		Check Stubs, February 1910 - May 1914
	3		Check Stubs, May 1914 - January 1917
	4		Check Stubs, January 1917 - March 1920
	5		Check Stubs, March 1920 - July 1922
box	folder
19	1		Check Stubs, July 1922 - December 1924
	2		Check Stubs, December 1924 - August 1927
	3		Check Stubs, August 1927 - October 1929
	4		Check Stubs, October 1929 - April 1932
	5		Check Stubs, April 1932 - March 1935
box	folder
20	1		Check Stubs, March 1935 - June 1938
	2		Check Stubs, June 1938 - December 1941
	3		Check Stubs, December 1941 - December 1945
	4		Check Stubs, December 1945 - September 1948
box	folder
21	1		Check Stubs, September 1948 - August 1951
	2		Miscellaneous, supply order books, 1936-1944
	3		Duplicating Scale Books, 1935
	4		Issues to camps and wagons, 1932-1939
	5		Inventories of Taxable property, 1935-1945
		Legal Material
box	folder
21	6		Leases, Abstracts, and Observation book, 1908-1940
		Financial Material
box	folder
21	7		Bank Deposit Slips, 1922-1923
box	folder
22	1		Roberds, Mr. and Mrs. E.L., 1936 - 1937
	2		Roberds, Mr. and Mrs. E.L., ND, 1938
		Correspondence
box	folder
22	3		Roberds, Mr. and Mrs. E.L., Photographs, Scrapbook Material, ND, 1930 - 1934
		Financial Material
box	folder
22	4		Roberds, Mr. and Mrs. E.L., 1926 - 1933
	5		Roberds, Mr. and Mrs. E.L., 1934 - 1935
		Correspondence
box	folder
22	6		Mitchell, H.F., 1908
	7		Mitchell, H.F., 1909 - 1910
	8		Mitchell, H.F., 1913 - 1914
	9		Mitchell, H.F., ND, 1917 - 1929
		Financial Material
box	folder
22	10		Mitchell, H.F., 1906 - 1914
	11		Mitchell, H.F., ND, 1915 - 1921
		Miscellaneous
box	folder
22	12		Mitchell, H.F., 1908 - 1921
		Correspondence
box	folder
23	1		Letterpress book (copies of letters), January 1901 - June 1904
	2		letterpress books (copies of letters), September 1904 - March 1906
		Memorabilia
box	folder
23	3		Stock Show Ribbons, 1909 - 1950
		Scrapbook Material
box	folder
23	4		Postcards, 1908 - 1918
		Photographs
box	folder
23	5		Ranch Activities, ND
		Financial Material
box	folder
24	1		Range Reports, 1906 - 1908
	2		Range Reports, 1909 - 1911
	3		Range Reports, 1912 - 1915
	4		Range Reports, 1916 - 1919
	5		Range Reports, 1920 - 1922
	6		Range Reports, 1923 - 1925
	7		Range Reports, 1926 - 1928
	8		Range Reports, 1929 - 1931
	9		Range Reports, 1932 - 1935
	10		Range Reports, 1935 - 1937
	11		Range Reports, 1938 - 1940
	12		Range Reports, 1941 - 1943
	13		Range Reports, 1944 - 1946
	14		Range Reports, 1947 - 1949
	15		Range Reports, 1950 - 1953
box
25			Debenture Bonds, 1882-1907
box
26			Debenture Bonds, 1882-1900
box
27			Debenture Bonds, 1889-1905
box
28			Debenture Bonds, 1889-1910
box
29			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1912
box
30			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1915
box
31			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1919
box
32			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1923
box
33			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1925
box
34			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1927
box
35			Debenture Bonds, 1909-1931
box
36			Debenture Bonds, 1909-1935
box
37			Debenture Bonds, 1909-1937
box
38			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1938
box
39			Debenture Bonds, 1909-1943
box
40			Debenture Bonds, 1911-1945
box
41			Debenture Bonds, 1922-1946
box
42			Debenture Bonds, 1880-1910
box
43			Debenture Bonds, 1904-1949

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Denver Collection Records, 1880-1954
		Legal Material
box	folder
1	1		Montana Deeds, 1916 - 1949
	2		Motley and Floyd Counties Deeds, 1946
	3		Outlaw County Property, ND
	4		Dickens County Property, 1907
	5		Motley and Floyd Counties Property, ND
	6		Abstract of Survey 7 (Dickens County), 1909
	7		State of Texas Survey of Matador Property, 1912
	8		Right of Way Agreements, 1930 - 1949
	9		Pasture Contracts, 1938 - 1951
	10		Feed Contracts, 1943 - 1950
		Financial Material
box	folder
1	11		Manager's Report, 1942 - 1945
	12		Manager's Report, 1946 - 1948
	13		Manager's Report, 1949 - 1950
	14		Tax Renditions, 1936 - 1940
	15		Tax Renditions, 1945 - 1949
	16		Annual Report, 1938 - 1939
	17		Annual Report, 1940 - 1942
	18		Annual Report, 1943 - 1945
	19		Annual Report, 1946 - 1948
	20		Annual Report, 1949 - 1950
		Miscellaneous
box	folder
1	21		Purebred Cattle Records, 1938 - 1955
	22		Dispute over Canadian Duties, 1914
	23		Legal Disputes, 1924 - 1930
	24		Ranch Development, 1903 - 1940
	25		Roaring Springs Swimming Pool, 1925 - 1950
	26		Formulas for Prairie Dog Poison, ND, 1920 - 1921
		Legal Material
box	folder
2	1		Copy Deeds 1-75, 1914 - 1916
	2		Copy Deeds 76-150, January 1916 - November 1916
	3		Copy Deeds 151-225, 1916 - 1917
box	folder
3	1		Copy Deeds 226-275, 1917 - 1919
	2		Copy Deeds 276-299, Copy Deeds of Transfer, Miscellaneous Copy Deeds, 1919 - 1923; 1928;1907 - 1909
	3		Miscellaneous Copy Deeds, 1917 - 1936
	4		Miscellaneous Copy Deeds, 1919 - 1935
	5		Miscellaneous Copy Deeds, 1891 - 1951
		Miscellaneous
box	folder
3	6		Matador Articles; Scholarship Applications, ND, 1942 - 1962
		Correspondence
box	folder
4	1		Andrews, J.V., 1928
	2		Alamositas Division, E.L. Roberds Superintendent, 1938
	3		General Letters "A", 1942
	4		Alamositas Division, John V. Stevens, 1942
	5		Alamositas Division, John V. Stevens, 1943
	6		General Letters "A", 1943
	7		Ayrshire Breeders' Association, 1943
	8		Alamositas Division, John V. Stevens, 1944
	9		General Letters "A", 1944
	10		Alamositas Division, John V. Stevens, 1945
	11		Airport - Matador, Texas, 1945
	12		General Letters "A", 1945
	13		Alamositas Division, John V. Stevens, 1946
	14		General Letters "A", 1946
	15		Alamositas Division, Roland Howe, 1947
	16		General Letters "A", 1947
	17		Alamositas Division, Roland Howe, 1948
	18		General Letters "A", 1948
	19		Alamositas Division, Roland Howe, 1949
	20		General Letters "A", 1949
	21		Alamositas Division, Roland Howe, 1950
	22		General Letters "A", 1950
	23		Alamositas Abstracts (Superior Lease), 1951
	24		Alamositas Division, Roland Howe, 1951
	25		General Letters "A", 1951
	26		Brookside, Montana, J.D. Reid, 1930
	27		Beck, O.V., 1937
	28		Bonar, George: Dundee, 1937
	29		Bonar, George; Dundee, 1938
	30		General Letters "B", 1942
	31		Defense Bonds, 1942 - 1945
	32		General Letters "B", 1943 - 1944
	33		General Letters "B", 1945
	34		General Letters "B", 1946
	35		Bourland, F.C.; Matador Land Account, 1947
	36		General Letters "B", 1947 - 1948
	37		General Letters "B", 1949 - 1951
	38		Cowan, Sam, 1924
	39		Cowan, Sam, 1925
	40		Cowan, Sam, 1926
	41		Cowan, Sam, 1927
	42		Cowan, Sam, 1928
	43		Capitol Reservation Lands Purchase, 1928
	44		Cattle Raisers Texas and Southwest Association, 1942
	45		Cattle Sales - Inquiries, 1942
box	folder
5	1		Channing Independent School District - Tax Matters, 1942
	2		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1942
	3		General Letters "C", 1942
	4		Cattle Raisers Association - Texas and Southwest, 1943
	5		Cattle Sales - Inquiries, 1943
	6		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1943
	7		General Letters "C", 1943
	8		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1944
	9		Cattle Sales - Inquiries, 1944
	10		Clay Commission Company, 1944
	11		General Letters "C", 1944
	12		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1945
	13		Cattle Sales and Inquiries, 1945
	14		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1945
	15		General Letters "C", 1945
	16		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1946
	17		Cattle Sales, Inquiries, Etc., 1946
	18		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1946
	19		General Letters "C", 1946
	20		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1947
	21		Cattle Sales, Etc., 1947
	22		Clay Commission Company, 1947
	23		General Letters "C", 1947
	24		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1948
	25		Cattle Sales, Inquiries, Etc., 1948
	26		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1948
	27		General Letters "C", 1948
	28		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1949
	29		Cattle Sales, Inquiries, Etc., 1949
	30		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1949
	31		General Letters "C", 1949
	32		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1950
	33		Cattle Sales, Inquiries, Etc., 1950
	34		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1950
	35		General Letters "C", 1950
	36		Cattle Raisers Association of Texas, 1951
	37		Cattle Sales, Inquiries, Etc., 1951
	38		Clay Commission Company, All Markets, 1951
	39		General Letters "C", 1951
	40		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1923
	41		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1927
	42		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1928
	43		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1929
	44		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1930
	45		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1931
	46		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1934
	47		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1935
	48		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1936
box	folder
6	1		Dana Livestock Company, 1937
	2		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1937
	3		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1937
	4		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1938
	5		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1938
	6		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1938
	7		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1939
	8		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1939
	9		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1941
	10		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1942
	11		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1942
	12		Dundee Office - Oil, 1942
	13		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1942
	14		General Letters "D", 1942
	15		Drought, H.P. - Oil, 1943
	16		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1943
	17		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1943
	18		Dundee Office - Oil, 1943
	19		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1943
	20		General Letters "D", 1943
	21		Draft Board - Deferments, 1944
	22		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1944
	23		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1944
	24		Dundee Office - Oil, 1944
	25		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1944
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7	1		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1945
	2		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1945
	3		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1945
	4		General Letters "D", 1945
	5		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1946
	6		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1946
	7		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1946
	8		General Letters "D" 1946
	9		Drought, H.P. - Land Sales, 1947
	10		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1947
	11		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1947
	12		Dundee Office - Oil, 1946 - 1947
	13		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1947
	14		General Letters "D", 1947
	15		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1948
	16		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1948
	17		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1948
	18		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1949
	19		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1949
	20		Dundee Office - Oil, 1949
	21		Dundee Office - Stock Transfers, Dividend Payments, Etc., 1949
	22		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1949
	23		Drought H.P. - San Antonio, Texas, 1950
	24		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1950
	25		Dundee Office - Matador Shares, Moore, Etc., 1950
	26		Dundee Office - Oil, 1950
	27		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1950
	28		General Letters "D", 1950
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8	1		Davis, Polk, Etc. - Lawyers - Shareholders Deal, 1951
	2		Drought, H.P. - Matador Shares Negotiations, 1951
	3		Drought, H.P.; San Antonio, Texas, 1951
	4		Dundee Office, MacKay, Irons and Company, 1951
	5		Dundee Office, Matador, Shares and Sale, 1951
	6		Dundee Office - Taxation, 1951
	7		General Letters "D", 1951
	8		Exploration Company of Texas, 1928
	9		Exploration Company Lease, Panerare Title, Etc., 1928
	10		Exploration Company of Texas, Perry, E.R., 1930
	11		Exploration Company of Texas, Miscellaneous, 1930
	12		Employment Applications, 1942 - 1944
	13		Employment Applications, 1946
	14		General Letters "E", 1946
	15		Excess Acreage, 1950
	16		Edinburgh Lawyers, LF Negotiations, 1951
	17		Frazier, Moss and Company, Alamositas Loan, 1934
	18		General Letters "F", 1942 - 1943
	19		General Letters "F", 1946
	20		General Letters "F", 1948 - 1949
	21		General Letters "F", 1950 - 1951
	22		Gamble File, 1926 - 1928
	23		Grass Fire Claims, 1923
	24		Government Cattle Buying, 1934 - 1935
	25		General Letters "G", 1937
	26		Government Contracts, 1937 - 1938
	27		General Letters "G", 1942 - 1944
	28		General Letters "G", 1945 - 1946
	29		General Letters "G", 1949
	30		General Letters "G", 1951
	31		Harkey, J.D., 1925
	32		Hamilton, G.E., 1928
	33		Hamilton, G.E., 1929
	34		Hamilton, G.E., 1930
	35		Hamilton, G.E., Swimming Pool Accident, 1932 - 1935
	36		Hobart, T.D., 1933
	37		Hamilton, G.E., 1933
	38		Hamilton, G.E., 1934
	39		Hamilton, G.E., 1935
	40		Heydrick, L.C., Plains Petroleum Corporation, 1935 - 1937
	41		Hamilton, G.E., 1936
	42		Harris Livestock, 1937
	43		Humble Oil and Refining Company, 1937
	44		Harris Grain Company, 1939
	45		Horses; Inquiries for Purchase, 1940
	46		Humble Oil, British Properties, 1940
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9	1		Harris Grain Company, 1942
	2		General Letters "H", 1942 - 1943
	3		Harris Grain Company, 1943
	4		Harris Grain Company, 1944
	5		Horses, 1944 - 1945
	6		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, 1945
	7		General Letters "H", 1945 - 1946
	8		Hamilton, G.E., Land Accounts, 1946
	9		Hamilton, G.E., Excess Acreage, 1946 - 1947
	10		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, 1946
	11		Hamilton, G.E., Land Account, 1947
	12		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, 1947
	13		Horses, 1947 - 1948
	14		Hamilton and Hamilton, Legal Matter and Land, 1948
	15		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, 1948
	16		General Letters "H", 1948 - 1949
	17		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, 1949
	18		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, Feed Statements, 1949 - 1950
	19		Hamilton and Hamilton, 1950
	20		Harris Grain and Livestock Company, 1950
	21		General Letters "H", 1950 - 1951
	22		Hamilton and Hamilton, 1951
	23		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, 1951
	24		Harris Grain and Cattle Company, Feed Statements, 1951
	25		Indian Troubles - Montana and South Dakota, 1926
	26		General Letters "I", 1942
	27		General Letters "I", 1946
	28		General Letters "I", 1948 - 1950
	29		General Letters "J", 1942
	30		General Letters "J", 1949
	31		Senator John Kendrick, 1926 - 1927
	32		Kistler, R.P. - Humble Oil, 1937 - 1938
	33		General Letters "K", 1942 - 1943
	34		General Letters "K", 1945 - 1946
	35		General Letters "K", 1948 - 1951
	36		Letters from Files (?), 1922
	37		Ladd, L.M., 1925 - 1926
	38		Land Purchase Notes, 1929 - 1933
	39		Loan Correspondence - Alamositas, 1933 - 1934
	40		Land Sales, 1934 - 1935
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10	1		Land Notes and Sales, 1937 - 1938
	2		Life Article, 1940
	3		Land Notes and Sales, 1942 - 1943
	4		General Letters "L", 1942- 1943
	5		Land Notes and Sales, 1944
	6		Land Notes and Sales, 1945
	7		General Letters "L", 1945 - 1946
	8		Land Sales, 1946
	9		Land Sales - Bank Statements, 1946
	10		Land Sales and Notes, 1947
	11		Land Account - Excess Acreage Purchases, 1947 - 1948
	12		Land Sales and Notes, 1948
	13		General Letters "L", 1948 - 1951
	14		Land Notes and Statements, 1949
	15		Land Notes, Statements and Purchases, 1950
	16		Land Sales and Inquiries to Buy Ranch, 1951
	17		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1925
	18		Mitchell, H.F., 1926
	19		MacKay, A.; Lake Alfred, Florida, 1926 - 1928
	20		Mack, M.; Remittances to Denver Office from Matador Ranch, 1927 - 1931
	21		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1927 - 1936
	22		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1927 - 1937
	23		Merry Brothers and Perini, 1927 - 1937
	24		MacKay, A.; Lake Alfred, Florida, 1929
	25		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1929 - 1934
	26		MacKay, A.; Florida and Scotland, 1930
	27		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1930
	28		Merry Brothers and Perini, 1930 - 1935
	29		MacKay, A.; Florida, 1931
	30		Merry Brother and Perini, 1931 - 1936
	31		MacKay, A.; Florida, 1933
	32		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1933
	33		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1933
	34		Montana Ranch "Land Sales", 1933 - 1934
	35		MacKay, A.; Florida, 1934
	36		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1934
	37		MacKay, A.; Florida, 1935
	38		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1935
	39		Myers, W.A., 1935
	40		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1937
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11	1		Matador Division, M.J Reilly, 1939
	2		Montana Ranch, 1939
	3		General Letters "M", 1939
	4		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1940 - 1942
	5		Mesquite Eradication, 1940
	6		Mackenzie, John; Personal, 1942
	7		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1942
	8		Montana Ranch, Lease, Etc., 1942 - 1943
	9		General Letters "M", 1942 - 1944
	10		Mackenzie, John; Personal, 1943
	11		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1943
	12		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1944
	13		Montana Ranch, Lease, Etc., 1944
	14		MacKay, Irons and Company, Tax Matters, 1945
	15		Mackenzie, John; Personal, 1945
	16		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1945
	17		Montana Ranch, Rental, Lease, Sale, Etc., 1945
	18		General Letters "M", 1945 - 1947
	19		MacKay, Irons and Company, Strachan, 1946
	20		Matador Division, M.J. Reilly, 1946
	21		Montana Ranch, Lease, Sale, Etc., 1946
	22		MacKay, Irons and Company, Strachan, 1947
	23		Matador Division, John Stevens, 1947
	24		Montana Property, 1947
	25		MacKay, Irons and Company, Strachan, 1948
	26		Matador Division, John Stevens, 1948
	27		Montana Ranch, Lease, Sale and General, 1948
	28		General Letters "M", 1948 - 1949
	29		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1949
	30		Matador Division, John Stevens, 1949
	31		Montana Ranch, Lease, Sale, Etc., 1949
	32		Matador Division, John Stevens, 1950
	33		Montana Property, 1950
	34		General Letters "M", 1950 - 1951
	35		MacKay, Irons and Company, 1951
	36		Matador Division, John Stevens, 1951
	37		Matador Shares, Newspaper Clippings; Dundee File, 1951
	38		Montana Ranch, Lease, Sale, Etc., 1951
	39		General Letters "N", 1943
	40		General Letters "N", 1945 - 1946
	41		General Letters "N", 1949
	42		General Letters "N", 1951
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12	1		Oil Development Inquiries, 1926
	2		Oil, Miscellaneous, 1926 - 1936
	3		Oil Leases, 1930 - 1931
	4		Oil Drilling Inquiries, 1937
	5		Oil Leases, 1938
	6		Oil Leases; Humble, Etc., 1942 - 1944
	7		General Letters "O", 1943
	8		Oil Leases; Humble, Etc., 1945 - 1947
	9		Oil Leases; Humble, Etc., 1948 - 1950
	10		Oil Leases; Superior and Others, 1950 - 1951
	11		Paducah Land Sale, 1924 - 1928
	12		Pinkerton Detective Agency Reports, 1929
	13		Plains Petroleum Corporation; J.P. Coleman, 1935
	14		General Letters "P", 1942
	15		General Letters "P", 1944 - 1946
	16		Pitchfork Sale; D. Burns, 1947
	17		Pitchfork Sale; Ross Corlett, 1947
	18		Pitchfork Sale; Croton, 1947
	19		Pitchfork Sale; General Land Office, 1947 - 1948
	20		Pitchfork Sale; Hamilton and Hamilton, 1947 - 1948
	21		Pitchfork Sale; Lindsey and Larwell, 1947
	22		Pitchfork Sale; John Kilgore, 1947 - 1948
	23		Pitchfork Sale; South Panhandle Land Title Company, 1947 - 1948
	24		Pitchfork Sale; J. Gates Williams, 1947 - 1948
	25		General Letters "P", 1949
	26		General Letters "P, Q and R", 1950 - 1951
	27		General Letters "Q and R", 1949
	28		Roxana Oil Company, 1926 - 1927
	29		Range Conservation, 1939
	30		Rosecrans Suit, 1939
	31		Railroads, 1942
	32		General Letters "R", 1942 - 1943
	33		Railroad Rates and Claims, 1943
	34		General Letters "R", 1945 - 1946
	35		Railroads, Rates, Freight, Claims, Etc., 1946
	36		Railroads, Rates, Claims, Etc., 1947 - 1949
	37		General Letters "R", 1948
	38		Railroads; Burlington Claim, 1950
	39		Range Conservation, 1949 - 1951
	40		General Letters "R", 1950
	41		Railroad Rates, Freight Claims, Etc., 1951
	42		Sale of Matador Property, 1926 - 1932
	43		Sommer, Chas. H. 1927 - 1928
	44		Secretary State and Permit Renewal, 1929 - 1940
	45		Statement of Expenses, 1931 - 1933
	46		Suspense File, 1935
	47		Stanolind Oil Proposal, 1942
	48		General Letters "S", 1942 - 1943
	49		Suspense - Unfinished Business, 1945
	50		General Letters "S", 1945 - 1946
	51		General Letters "S", 1948 - 1949
	52		Secretary State and Permit Renewal, 1949
	53		General Letters "S", 1950 - 1951
	54		Texas Panhandle Gulf Finance Corporation, 1926
	55		Tax Collectors, 1930
	56		Tax Renditions, 1931
	57		Taylor Grazing Control, 1935
	58		Texas Company - Oil Lease Proposals, 1942
	59		Tax Renditions, 1942 - 1943
	60		General Letters "T", 1943
	61		Tax Matters, 1945
	62		General Letters "T", 1945
	63		Tax Renditions, 1946
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13	1		Tax Renditions and Assessments, 1948
	2		Tax Renditions, 1949 - 1951
	3		General Letters "T", 1949 - 1950
	4		US Government Leases, 1943 - 1948
	5		General Letters "U, V, W, X, Y and Z", 1945
	6		General Letters "W", 1949
	7		General Letters "W, X, Y and Z", 1951
	8		General Letters "W, Y and Z", 1942
		Legal Material
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13	9		Government Land Leased in Montana
	10		Government Land Leased in Montana
	11		Law Case and Law Suits
	12		Law Case and Law Suits
	13		Matador v. H.T. Garner; Papers Concerning the Death of Ralph Dayton
	14		Twichell Report on H. and G. N. Block; Cowan and Burney on Twichell Survey; Kinder's Brief
	15		Quanah, Acme and Pacific Railway Townsite Agreement
	16		Power of Attorney to A. MacKay and John and Murdo Mackenzie
	17		Permits to Do Business in Texas
	18		Copies of Minutes, Various Years
	19		Insurance Companies, Loans and Special Services
	20		Maps
	21		Montana Ranch Land
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14	1		Land Purchases and Leases
	2		Hudson's Bay Company Lease
	3		Land - Survey, Contracts and Leases
	4		Cattle and Sheep - Sales, Pedigrees, Etc.
	5		Humble Oil Lease
	6		Frazier Moss Oil
	7		Exploration Company Oil Lease
	8		Exploration Company Bonus, 1927 - 1928
	9		Dundee Petroleum Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma
	10		Heydrick, L.C. - Oil and Gas, Wichita Falls, Texas
	11		Legal Disputes
	12		State of Texas v. Matador Land and Cattle
	13		Bourland Contract - Field Notes and Sales Slips
	14		Gamble Suit
	15		Power of Attorney, 1937
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15	1		Dundee Petroleum Co. and Oil Leases
	2		Abstracts
	3		Barton, C.M.
	4		Black, T.C.
	5		Cooper, Bob
	6		Defoor, H.J.
	7		Fish, Ada
	8		Fish, I.W.
	9		Florence, R.E.
	10		Gage, J.H.
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