Reynolds Land and Cattle Company: An Inventory of Its Records, 1856-1959 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Reynolds Land and Cattle Company
	Title:	Reynolds Land and Cattle Company Records,
	Dates:	1856-1959 and undated
	Abstract:	Records and activities of the Reynolds Land and Cattle Company from 1856-1959.
	Collection #	S 837.1
	Quantity:	8 boxes and 6 ledgers (10.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

A ranching corporation of a pioneer West Texas family dating back to the 1850s, the Reynolds Land and Cattle Company operations were conducted from Fort Worth, Texas, with properties located in Shackelford, Haskell, Borden, Scurry, Dallam, Hartley, Jeff Davis, and Culberson counties of West Texas, and leased operations in Montana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. Cattle, sheep, horse raising, general farming, oil lease activities, and horse racing have been among the company's operations, although land acquisition and development are its primary concerns.

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, legal and financial documents, and general office files. It bulks (1919-1956) with financial documents, specifically the records of cattle sales and tallies. Of special interest are the records of companies run by the Reynolds Family such as the Cisco Oil Mill, Monroe Cattle Company, Ralls County Cattle Company, Reynolds Brothers and Conrad, and the Rock Pile Ranch.

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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)
		Reynolds family
	Subjects (Organizations)
		Cisco Oil Mill
		Monroe Cattle Company
		Ralls County Cattle Company
		Reynolds Brothers and Conrad (Firm)
		Reynolds Land and Cattle Company
		X Cattle Company (Tex.)
	Places
		Kent (Tex.)
		Long X Ranch (Tex.)
		Rock Pile Ranch (Tex.)
	Subjects
		Cattle--Texas, West--Marketing
		Cattle trade--Finance--Texas, West
		Cattle trade--Texas, West
		Land titles--Registration and transfer--Texas
		Oil and gas leases--Texas
		Ranchers--Texas, West
		Ranches--Finance--Texas, West
		Ranches--Montana
		Ranches--New Mexico
		Ranches--Oklahoma
		Ranches--Texas, West
		Ranching--Economic aspects--Texas, West
		Real estate development--Texas
		Sheep--Breeding--Texas, West
		Wool industry--Texas

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Theodore Roosevelt Gardner oral history interview [sound recording], 1975 Kent Mercantile Company (Kent County, Tex.) Records, 1925-1969 Mr. and Mrs. John Reynolds oral history interview [sound recording], 1975 Phin W. Reynolds Papers, 1936-1938 W. D. Reynolds Papers, 1953-1967 Reynolds Long X Ranch (Texas) Photographs, 1896-1948 Reynolds Land and Cattle Company Records [microfilm], 1884-1918 Reynolds Land and Cattle Company Records [microfilm], 1919-1971 Reynolds Land and Cattle Company Records [microfilm], 1882-1934

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Correspondence, 1884-1955 and undated
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1	1	Cattle, 1913-1931
	2	Feed Contracts, 1949-1952
	3	Feed Contracts, 1940-1948
	4	Feed Contracts, 1943-1946
	5	Feed Contracts, 1953-1955
	6	Proctor, D. C., 1945-1947
	7	Horses, 1940-1948
	8	Horses, 1947
	9	Horses, 1948
	10	Land and Oil, 1908-1933 and undated
	11	Land and Oil, 1914-1929 and undated
	12	Land and Oil, 1888-1930 and undated
	13	Land and Oil, 1920-1930 and undated
	14	Land and Oil, 1919-1932 and undated
	15	Land and Oil, 1906-1932 and undated
	16	Land and Oil, 1928-1929 and undated
	17	Land and Oil, 1886-1930 and undated
	18	Land and Oil, 1920-1930 and undated
	19	Land and Oil, 1884-1929 and undated
	20	Land and Oil, 1908-1928 and undated

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Legal Documents, 1856-1940 and undated
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1	21	Abstract of Titles and Reports on Titles, 1885-1902
	22	Abstract of Titles and Reports on Titles, 1902-1920
	23	Affidavits, 1897-1936 and undated
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2	1	Assignment of Trust, 1879
	2	Awards, 1906-1909
	3	Contracts, 1911-1925
	4	Contracts, 1925-1931
	5	Decree of Probate Court, 1879
	6	Deed of Trust, 1886
	7	Deeds, 1856-1884 and undated
	8	Deeds, 1884-1889
	9	Deeds, 1889-1931
	10	General Warranty Deeds, 1882-1907
	11	Partition Deeds, 1885
	12	Partition Deeds, 1885 and undated
	13	Quit Claim Deeds, 1882-1936
	14	Quit Claim Deeds, Abstracts, 1880-1882
	15	Quit Claim Deeds, Abstracts, 1882-1896
	16	Release Deed of Trust, Abstracts, 1889
	17	Special Warranty Deeds, 1860-1886
	18	Tax Sale Deeds, 1881-1899
	19	Trustee's Deeds, 1879
	20	Warranty Deeds, 1882-1900
	21	Warranty Deeds, 1900-1908
	22	Warranty Deeds, 1908-1922
	23	Field Notes, 1868-1930
	24	Land Classification, 1936 and undated
	25	Land Office Certificates, 1901-1915
	26	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1884-1919
	27	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1919-1925
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3	1	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1925
	2	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1925-1926
	3	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1926-1928
	4	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1928
	5	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1928-1929
	6	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1929-1931
	7	Leases and Assignments of Leases, 1931-1934 and undated
	8	Miscellaneous, 1884-1927 and undated
	9	Miscellaneous, 1926-1933 and undated
	10	Notes and Obligations, 1882-1908
	11	Notes and Obligations, 1908
	12	Notes and Obligations, undated
	13	Notes and Obligations, 1891-1820
	14	Notes and Obligations, 1920-1929
	15	Notes and Obligations, 1930-1938
	16	Opinions, 1902-1918
	17	Patents, 1857-1865
	18	Patents, 1865-1898
	19	Patents, 1898-1939
	20	Patents, Abstracts, 1860-1898
	21	Power of Attorney, 1884-1924
	22	Power of Attorney, 1876-1901
	23	Proof of Heirship, 1899-1905
	24	Receipts, 1885-1934
	25	Releases, 1884-1918
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4	1	Releases, 1919-1929
	2	Releases, 1929-1938 and undated
	3	Release of Vendor's Lien, Abstracts, 1885-1889
	4	Royalties, 1919-1931
	5	Surveys, 1889-1940 and undated
	6	Transfers, 1857-1928
	7	Will, Abstracts, 1872-1877 and undated
	8	Will and Probated Wills, 1862-1894
	9	Will and Probated Wills, 1897-1936

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Financial Documents, 1882-1956 and undated
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4	10	Cattle, Shipped and Transferred, 1943-1945
	11	Cattle, Shipped and Transferred, 1939-1954
	12	Cattle to Government, 1934-1935
	13	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1919-1926
	14	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1926-1928
	15	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1929-1930
	16	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1930-1931 and undated
	17	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1934-1935
	18	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1941-1944
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5	1	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1938-1942
	2	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1937-1943
	3	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1932-1936
	4	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1942-1945
	5	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1943-1944
	6	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1945
	7	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1946
	8	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1947
	9	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1948
	10	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1949-1951
	11	Cattle Tallies and Sales, 1952-1956
	12	Cattle Partnership, M. M. Reinhold, 1939-1943
	13	Daily Production Reports, 1929-1930
	14	Expense Statements, 1909-1915 and undated
	15	Income Tax Returns, 1910-1919
	16	Income Tax Returns, 1918-1920
	17	Income Tax Returns, 1921-1924
	18	Ledger Accounts, 1924-1931
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6	1	Legal Receipts, 1883-1929
	2	Legal Receipts, 1909-1929
	3	Legal Receipts, 1883-1929
	4	Oil Rentals and Leases, 1933
	5	Payroll, 1924-1933
	6	Reports, 1910-1917
	7	Reports, 1918-1921
	8	Reports, 1923-1925
	9	Reports, 1926-1928
	10	Reports, 1928-1929
	11	Reports, 1929-1930
	12	Reports, 1931-1933 and undated
	13	Shipping Receipts, 1912-1914
	14	Shipping Receipts, 1919-1922
	15	Shipping Receipts, 1923-1924
	16	Shipping Receipts, 1925
	17	Shipping Receipts, 1926-1927
	18	Shipping Receipts, 1928-1930
	19	Shipping Receipts, 1931-1932
	20	Statements, 1928-1933
	21	Trial Balance, 1928-1933
	22	Trial Balance, 1924-1926

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Literary Production, 1898

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folder

"The Old Rocking Chair", Poem, 1898

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General Office Files, 1907-1955 and undated
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6	24	Bills, Paid Invoices for Repairs, 1925-1926
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7	1	Bills, 1929
	2	Bulls, 1928
	3	Cattle Memorandum, Moore County, 1925-1927
	4	Cattle Sales, 1928-1929
	5	Cattle Sales Letters, 1927-1928
	6	City Property Matters, 1925-1928
		Correspondence, 1925-1952
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7	7		Cassidy, L. D., 1934-1936
	8		Cassidy, L. D., 1937-1952
	9		Colbert, R. V., Stamford, Texas, 1925
	10		Conrad, George W., 1925-1926
	11		Evans, Paul, 1926
	12		Firkins, C. S., Reynolds Cattle Co. Heifer Contract, 1942
	13		Fonville, W. A., 1926-1927
	14		Fonville, W. A., 1929
	15		Heck, F. G., 1925-1927
	16		Mason, G. W., San Benito, Texas, 1924-1926
	17		Miscellaneous, 1929
	18		Miscellaneous, 1940-1945
	19	Daggett-Keen, Commission Co., 1943-1946
	20	First National Bank, Albany, 1925
	21	Fort Worth National Bank, 1925
	22	Four-H Club, 1936
	23	Genesee Valley Breeders Association, 1926
	24	Gift Tax Matters, 1925
	25	Grass Inquiry and Lease, 1925-1927
	26	Jones and Evans, Reynolds Cattle Co. Sheep Contract, 1940-1941
	27	Judd Contract, 1942-1943
	28	Land Inquiry, 1926
	29	Livestock Freight Bureau, 1925-1928
	30	National Business College, 1925-1927
	31	Oil Matters, Leases, Logs, etc., 1925-1926
	32	Oil Matters, Leases, Logs, etc., 1927-1928
	33	Reinholds, M. M., Bank Statements, 1938-1941
	34	Reinholds, M. M., Bank Statements, 1941-1943
	35	Reinholds, M. M., Bank Statements, 1941-1942
	36	Reynolds-Culp, John, 1934-1955
	37	Reynolds-Gardner, Ted, 1938-1955
	38	Reynolds, J. M., Executor, 1925-1948
	39	Reynolds, J. M., 1932
	40	Reynolds, J. M., 1933
	41	Reynolds, Nathan B., 1925-1926
	42	Reynolds, Presbyterian Orphanage, Dallas, Texas, 1924-1928
	43	Reynolds-Stewart, John, 1953-1954
	44	Reynolds-Thompson Sheep Contract, 1936-1940
	45	Reynolds, Mrs. W. D., 1926-1929
	46	Reynolds, Will D., Jr., 1925-1926
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8	1	Salt, 1940-1949
	2	San Benito Matters, 1927-1928
	3	San Benito Matters, 1929-1930
	4	San Benito Matters, 1929-1933
	5	Sedwick and Webb, 1926
	6	Stock Associations, 1939-1949
	7	Supply Companies, 1953-1955
	8	Tax Renditions, Receipts, and Correspondence, 1935
	9	Tax Receipts, Miscellaneous, 1907-1925
	10	Tax Receipts, Miscellaneous, 1926-1929
	11	Tee Diamond Lease, 1954-1955
	12	Texas and Southwest Cattle Raisers, 1949
	13	W, Miscellaneous, 1925-1929
	14	Waggoner, W. H. Contract, Matlock Ranch, 1942-1945
	15	Worth Cotton Mills, 1926-1927
	16	Wool Sales, Kent, 1940-1956
	17	Wool and Mohair Sales, 1938-1955

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Financial Documents, 1882-1956 and undated
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8	18	Ledgers: Expense Statements, 1917-1924
	19	Interest Payments on Land, undated
	20	9R Ranch General Ledger, 1929-1930
	21	Income Tax Return, 1923
	22	Statement of Taxes, undated
	23	Ralston Purina Account, 1937

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8	24	Correspondence, General, 1918-1937

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Legal Documents, 1856-1940 and undated
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8	25	Deed, 1889
	26	Land Abstracts, undated
	27	Cattle and Livestock Inventions, 1925-1935
	28	Cattle and Livestock Sales, 1920-1937

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Financial Documents, 1882-1956 and undated

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ledger

Ledger 1

Accounts Payable and Receivable, 1913-1916

Ledger 2

Ledger Accounts, 1884-1922

Ledger 3

Check Register - Rock Pile Ranch, 1922-1923

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Ledger 1

Check Register, 1923-1926

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Ledger 2

General Ledger, 1919-1934

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Ledger 3

Trial Balances, 1916-1920

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Ledger 4

Land Inventories, 1882-1930

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Ledger 5

Disbursements and Land Inventories, 1889-1922

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Ledger 6

Disbursements and Land Inventories (Abstracts), 1889-1922

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