Descriptive Summary
Ellwood Estates
Ellwood Estates Records,
1860-1966
The collection
contains the business records of the Ellwood Estates and the Ellwood family who
provided lands for people to establish farms and small ranches in the South
Plains.
S 307.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
21 boxes and 20
ledgers (28.0 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Ellwood Estates was formed in 1910 after the death of Isaac L. Ellwood
(1833-1910). Ellwood, co-inventor and manufacturer of barbed wire, purchased
the Spade Ranch (located in Lubbock, Hale, Hockley, and Lamb counties, Texas)
in 1891, and the Renderbrook Ranch (located in Mitchell County, Texas) in 1889.
The Ellwood Estates were formed from these ranch properties and were
administered by Ellwood's two sons, William L. (1859-1933) and Erwin P.
(1874-?), and A. W. Fisk. Beginning in 1924, the Ellwoods sold portions of the
Spade Ranch for farming and colonization.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, financial and legal material,
photographs, printed material, and scrapbook material concerning the business
operations of Ellwood Estates and the Ellwood family. It bulks (1878-1966) with
financial material relating to Ellwood's ranching operations during his life
time and the sale of farm properties after his death.
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)
Arnett, Sam
Arnett, Tom
Ellwood, Erwin Perry, b.
1874
Ellwood, Isaac Leonard,
1833-1910
Ellwood, William L.,
1859-1933
Elwood family
Fisk, A. W., d.
1918
Subjects (Organizations)
Percheron Society of
America
Spade Farms (Lubbock,
Tex.)
Places
Hale County
(Tex.)--History
Hockley County
(Tex.)--History
Lamb County
(Tex.)--History
Lubbock County
(Tex.)--History
Dean Ranch
(Tex.)
Mitchell County
(Tex.)--History
Renderbrook Ranch
(Tex.)
Spade Ranch
(Tex.)
Subjects
Agriculture--Texas--History
Barbed wire
Cattle
trade--Texas--History
Land
settlement--Texas--History
Percheron horse
Ranches--Texas--History
Ranchers--Texas--History
Real estate
development--Texas--History
Acquisition
Gift, 1968
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, August 2000
Preferred Citation
Ellwood Estates Records, 1860-1966, Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Additional Sources
Hopping, R. C. (Richard Coke). The
Ellwoods: Barbed Wire and Ranches. Lubbock: Texas Technological College,
1962.
Kelton, Steve. Renderbrook: a Century
Under the Spade Brand. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press,
1989.
Ludeman, Mayme Carol. The Land Phase of
the Colonization of the Spade Ranch. Thesis (M.A.)--Texas Technological
College, 1939.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Ellwood Farms Records, 1900-1967
- Otto F. Jones Papers, 1826-1975
Collection Inventory
Ellwood Estates, Records,
1860-1966
Ledger 1
Scrapbook,
1927-1949
Financial Material,
Ledger
2
Journal,
1902-1907
Ledger
3
Inventory, Misc.,
1910-1911
Ledger
4
Journal,
1909-1910
Ledger
5
Journal,
1891-1899
Ledger
6
Note Register,
1877-1923
Ledger
7
Journal,
1891-1894
Ledger
8
Journal,
1887-1889
Ledger
9
Journal,
1894-1898
Ledger
10
Journal,
1898-1901
Ledger
11
Journal,
1899-1903
Ledger
12
Journal,
1915-1922
Ledger
13
Journal,
1903-1909
Ledger
14
Journal,
1910-1916
Ledger
15
Journal,
1922-1933
Ledger
16
Daybook,
1933
Ledger
17
Daybook,
1921-1933
Ledger
18
Daybook,
1915-1921
Ledger
19
Journal,
undated
Ledger
20
Journal,
1889-1891
Correspondence,
1880-1945 and undated
1
1
Family Matters,
1928-1936
1
2
Family Matters,
1887-1927
1
3
Ellwood Farms,
1896-1934
1
4
Family Matters,
1937 and undated
1
5
Ellwood Farms,
1935-1936 and undated
1
6
Ellwood Ranches,
1880-1925
1
7
Ellwood Ranches,
1926-1937 and undated
2
1
Investments,
1890-1924
2
2
Investments,
1925-1935 and undated
2
3
Land Sales,
1905-1936 and undated
2
4
Miscellaneous, Automobile Material,
1910-1926
2
5
Mining,
1907-1931
2
6
Hopping, D., Poetry and Notebook,
undated
2
7
Miscellaneous, Shumate, W. C., Note and Loan,
1928-1936
2
8
Miscellaneous, Insurance,
1909-1936
2
9
Miscellaneous, Horses, Percheron Society,
1889-1935
2
10
Miscellaneous,
1887-1913
2
11
Miscellaneous,
1919-1945 and undated
Dekalb Office Files,
1878-1930 and undated
2
12
Cameron - Campbell,
1917-1924
2
13
Canal - Carrol,
1917-1925
2
14
Cadillac - California,
1917-1926
2
15
Cash - Cassidy,
1917-1926
2
16
Cattle Raisers Association,
1916-1921
2
17
Central Livestock Commission,
1921-1923
3
1
Champion - Cheney,
1918-1926
3
2
Chicago Great Western Railroad Company,
1909-1921
3
3
Chicago, Milwaukee, and Gary Railroad Company,
1914-1922
3
4
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad.
1913-1926
3
5
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company,
1916-1927
3
6
Christianson - Clark,
1917-1929
3
7
Claro - Colorado,
1916-1926 and undated
3
8
Commerce Trust Company,
1923-1926
3
9
Conlin - Conner,
1917-1926
3
10
Continental,
1917-1920
3
11
Cook - Corn,
1910-1924
3
12
Cosby - Dekalb,
1917-1923 and undated
3
13
Faggard - First,
1908-1925
3
14
Fischer - Fort Scott,
1910-1926
3
15
Foster - Freud,
1910-1922
3
16
Fuller - Gammon,
1910-1924
3
17
Garden - Gervais,
1910-1928
3
18
Gibbons - Greene,
1907-1926
3
19
Gridley - Gustavus,
1904-1919
3
20
Illinois Agricultural Assn. and Ill. Holstein Friesian
Assn.,
1919-1923
3
21
Illinois Merchants Trust Company and Ill. Northern
Utilities Company,
1919-1925
3
22
Illinois Trust and Savings Bank,
1917-1924
3
23
Independent - Jakes,
1917-1923
3
24
James - Johnson,
1919-1924
3
25
Jones, O. F.,
1917-1924
3
26
Jones, W. S. - Jones & Taylor,
1918-1922
3
27
Kaufman - Kennerly,
1918-1925
4
1
Kierman - Kraemer,
1918-1924
4
2
Mabley - Marvin,
1907-1916 and undated
4
3
Mason - Mexican,
1907-1918
4
4
Mines Company of America,
1905-1918
4
5
Minority - Morton,
1907-1917
4
6
Mosher - Muzzey,
1907-1918
4
7
National - Nelson,
1917-1927
4
8
Middleton - Mincey,
1908-1917
4
9
Dewren - Northern,
1918-1926
4
10
Oklahoma - Overton,
1917-1927
4
11
Silas, Palmer & Sons,
1918-1927
4
12
Panhandle and Santa Fe Company,
1917-1927
4
13
Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen's Assn.,
1915-1920
4
14
Paramount - Pidgeon,
1912-1927 and undated
4
15
Pierce - Quaker,
1917-1927
4
16
Rankin - Raymond,
1916-1927
4
17
Read - Rogers,
1912-1924
4
18
Ronan - Sawyer,
1913-1927
4
19
Schermerhorn - Scudday,
1913-1927
4
20
Sears- Sexton,
1914-1927
4
21
Sheaff - Shipman,
1908-1917 and undated
5
1
Shumate, W. C.,
1912-1927
5
2
Shurtleff - Smith,
1915-1917
5
3
Talbot - Tarkio,
1911-1929 and undated
5
4
Taxes - Adams County, Nebraska Tax Forms,
1911-1921
5
5
Taxes - Cook County, Illinois Tax Forms,
1920-1924
5
6
Taxes, Tax Correspondence, etc,
1910-1930
5
7
Taxes - Dekalb County, Illinois Tax Forms,
1906-1927
5
8
Taxes - Miscellaneous Tax Forms,
1898-1929
5
9
Taxes - Muskegon County, Michigan Tax Forms,
1912-1922
5
10
Taxes - Special Assessments Receipts,
1914-1927
5
11
Taxes - Redemption Forms,
1894-1929
5
12
Taxes - Statement Forms,
1912-1929
5
13
Taxes - Texas School Tax Receipts,
1916-1928
5
14
Taxes - Texas State and County Tax Receipts: Andrews -
Howard County,
1893-1929
5
15
Taxes - Texas State and County Tax Receipts: Lamb
County,
1915-1928
5
16
Taxes - Texas State and County Tax Receipts: Lubbock -
Taylor County,
1878-1929
5
17
Taxes - Texas State, School, and County Tax Receipts,
1892-1928
5
18
Taylor - Tenant,
1911-1929
5
19
Terrel - Texas and Pacific,
1913-1927
6
1
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn.,
1919-1927
6
2
Thames - Tibbits,
1911-1929 and undated
6
3
Tiffany - Uniform,
1903-1929
6
4
Union - Vantuyl,
1911-1930 and undated
6
5
Vanzandt - Volstorff,
1912-1922
6
6
Van Wie and Moorehead,
1911-1915
Assorted Material,
6
7
Eisenberg, W. F.,
1934-1946
6
8
Ellfield Lots,
1943-1947
6
Ellwood Estate,
1943-1951
6
9
Ellwood, State Bank,
1950
6
10
Ellwood, Bradt and Moss and Howland Deals,
1946-1947
6
11
Ellwood, College Options,
1947
6
12
Ellwood, Deeds,
1946-1950
6
13
Ellwood, 14th Street Lot,
1943-1949
6
14
Ellwood, Goes Deal,
1946-1947
6
15
Ellwood, High School Deal,
1944-1951
6
16
Ellwood, Kallal Deed,
1943-1948
6
17
Ellwood, Miscellaneous,
1943-1949
6
18
Ellwood, Mineral Rights,
1943-1950
6
19
Ellwood, Quit Claim Deed,
1943-1947
6
20
Ellwood, Releases,
1943-1944
6
21
Ellwood, Taxes,
1948-1950
6
22
Ellwood, Title Policies,
1947-1950
6
23
Ellwood, Estates Agreement,
1945-1949
6
Ellwood, E. P.,
1894-1952 and undated
6
24
Claims,
1943-1944
6
25
Closing Papers,
1945-1947
6
26
Consolidated Oil Stock,
1948
6
27
Miscellaneous Legal and General,
1943-1945
6
28
Estate Tax,
undated
6
29
Federal Tax,
1947-1948
6
30
Income Tax Refund,
1946-1947
7
1
Miscellaneous,
1943-1950
7
Ellwood, I. L.,
1905-1949
7
2
Barbed Wire Story,
1910
7
3
Deeds and Misc.,
1905-1946
7
4
Assessments and Misc.,
1947-1949
7
5
Ellwood, Jennie, A., Miscellaneous,
1929-1952
7
6
Ellwood, John Fiske, Check Stubs,
1943
7
7
Rainfall Report,
1894-1936
7
8
Contracts, Deeds, and Misc.,
1947
7
Ellwood, May G.,
1940-1947
7
9
Ellwood, May G.,
1944
7
10
Ellwood, May G., Financial Material,
1943-1947
7
11
Ellwood, May G., Rent,
1947
7
12
Ellwood, May G., Income Tax, etc,
1943-1946
7
13
Ellwood, May G., Montgomery Ward Lease,
1940-1946
7
14
Ellwood, May G., Last Will and Testament and Misc.,
1947
7
15
Income Taxes,
1943-1945
7
16
Miller Farm, Tract 2,
1943-1946
7
17
Schryver Farm, Tract 1,
1946
7
18
Schryver Farm, Tract 3,
1946
7
19
Miscellaneous,
1944-1946
7
20
Wheat Allotments,
1933-1934
7
21
Willbarger County School Lands - League Measurements,
undated
8
1
Maps, Unidentified,
1908 and undated
8
Advertising Material,
8
2
Pamphlets and Periodicals,
1930-1937 and undated
8
3
Miscellaneous Newspapers, Clippings, and Leaflets,
1950's and undated
8
Financial Documents: Bills and Receipts,
1887-1946
8
4
1887-1946
8
5
1887-1946
8
6
1997-1946
8
7
1887-1946
8
8
1887-1946
9
1
1887-1946
Ranch Bills,
1927-1933
9
2
Alcove - Axtell,
1928-1931
9
3
Baily - Brown,
1928-1931
9
4
Burton - Lingo Co.,
1928-1931
9
5
Butler - Colorado,
1928-1931 and undated
9
6
Connel - Crosthwaite,
1928-1931 and undated
9
7
Dawson - Depot,
1928-1931 and undated
9
8
D and M Motor Company - Fulton,
1928-1931
9
9
Garret - Helpy,
1928-1931
9
10
Hendrix - Hutchinson,
1928-1931
9
11
Jackson - Jones,
1928-1931
9
12
Kansas - Lupton,
1928-1931
9
13
Mackey - Mills,
1928-1931
9
14
Montgomery - Pick,
1928-1931 and undated
9
15
Pidgeon, J. L. Auto Service,
1928-1929
9
16
Piggly - Pullman,
1927-1931
9
17
Randle - Root,
1928-1931
9
18
San Angelo - South,
1928-1931 and undated
9
19
Southwestern - Sweetwater,
1928-1931
9
20
Terrel - Thompson,
1928-1931
9
21
Waite - Young,
1928-1933
10
Financial Documents, Bills and Receipts,
1887-1946
10
1
1887-1946
10
2
1887-1946
10
3
1887-1946
10
4
1887-1946
10
5
1887-1946
10
6
1887-1946
11
Financial Documents,
1887-1966 and undated
11
1
Miscellaneous,
1887-1933 and undated
11
2
Payroll Records,
1917-1924
11
3
Tax Forms,
1906-1935
11
4
Tax Forms,
1906-1935
11
5
Checks and Stubs,
1903-1935
11
Stocks and Bonds,
1888-1966 and undated
11
6
Adela Mine Syndicate,
1906
11
7
American Percheron Horse Breeder's Association,
1890-1900
11
8
American Salt Company,
1901-1905
11
9
American Steamship Company/American Steel and Wire
Company,
1900-1901
11
10
Anaconda Copper Mining Company/Sinclair Oil and
Refining Company,
1917-1919
11
11
Anticipation Mining Company,
1888
11
12
Arizona Mining and Milling Company,
1907
11
13
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company,
1908 and undated
11
14
Atlas Mining Company,
1911
11
15
Babcock and Wilson Company,
1956
11
16
Badger Mines Company,
1906-1922
11
17
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company,
1910-1934
11
18
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company,
1925
11
19
Connecticut Bank and Trust Company,
1966
11
20
Connecticut General Life Insurance Company,
1962
11
21
DeForest Radio Company,
1929
11
22
Delores Mine Company,
1904-1907
11
23
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company,
1920-1925
11
24
Emhart Manufacturing Company,
1964
11
25
Eureka Windfall Mining Company,
1909
11
26
Farmers Mining Company,
1910-1911
11
27
French Coach and Horse Society of America,
1908
11
28
Furnace Creek Copper Company,
1906
11
29
Goldfield Daisy Minig Syndicate,
1908
11
30
Grand Rapids Brass Company,
1899-1919
11
31
Great Northers Iron Ore Properties,
1926-1932
11
32
Guardian Trust Company and Exchange Office Building
Company,
1904-1929
11
33
Hamburg Mine,
1910
11
34
Hawley Down Draft Furnace Company,
1900-1912
11
35
High Gravity United Oil Company,
1912
11
36
Hills - Benedict Linseed Oil Company of Chicago,
Illinois,
1908-1920
11
37
Honest John Mining and Milling Company,
1897
11
38
Bonds - Huron, S. D.,
1890-1903
11
39
Illinois Surety Company,
1913
11
40
Insurance City Life Company,
1962
11
41
Interstate Independent Telephone and Telegraph
Company,
1913-1917
11
42
Interstate Investment Trust, Limited,
1909-1917
11
43
Lake Superior Contracting and Dredging Company,
1902
11
44
Lincoln Gold Mining and Milling Company,
1907-1908
11
45
Manufacturer's Fuel Company,
1904
12
1
Mexican Issues Company,
1910-1914
12
2
Mines Company of America,
1910-1919
12
3
Monsanto Company,
1965
12
4
National Biscuit Company,
1905-1962
12
5
Northern Security Company,
1915-1933
12
6
Old Line Life Insurance Company of America,
undated
12
7
Parrott Mining Company,
1904-1918
12
8
Peregrine Mine Company,
1905
12
9
People's Gas Light and Coke Company,
1928
12
10
Phoenix Insurance Company,
1966
12
11
Rockford Farmer's District Mutual Tornado Insurance
Company,
1933-1934
12
12
Sheffield Coal and Iron Company,
1902-1909
12
13
Sheffield Coal, Iron, and Steel,
1909-1917
12
14
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation,
1920-1932
12
15
Travelers Insurance Company,
1964
12
16
Union Oil Company,
1902-1908
12
17
U. S. Steel Corporation,
1912-1930
12
18
Weaver Coal Company,
1900-1902
12
19
Winthrop, Mitchell and Company,
1932-1938
12
Ellwood, Isaac L, Estate,
1878-1936
12
20
Miscellaneous,
1878-1932
12
21
Last Will and Testament,
1911-1935
12
22
Agreements,
1913-1934
12
23
Agreement, Nursing Home,
1920-1933
12
24
Agreements and Miscellaneous,
1908-1936
12
Ellwood, Harriet A, Estate,
1876-1921
12
25
Financial Material,
1892-1916 and undated
12
26
Legal Material,
1876-1906 and undated
12
27
Last Will and Testament,
1910-1921
Ellwood, W. L., Estate,
1887-1946
12
28
Percheron Horses,
1887-1894
12
29
Legal Documents,
1887-1929
12
30
Last Will and Testament and Misc.,
1933-1946
Ellwood, Jennie A., Estate,
1918-1930
12
31
Financial Documents,
1918-1929
12
32
Miscellaneous Financial,
1930
12
33
Ellwood, Erwin P., Miscellaneous,
1925-1946
12
34
Ellwood, Jessie Bonnie, Will and Testament,
1953
Chappel, Jean E.,
12
35
Financial and Legal Material,
1938-1966
12
36
Stock Interests,
1934-1960
12
37
Will and Income Analysis,
1961
12
38
Fish, A. W. and Mayo, Harriet E.,
1916-1931
Legal Documents,
12
39
Bexar County,
1860-1888
12
40
Borden County,
1885-1905
12
41
Coke County,
1894-1912
Mitchell County,
12
42
1860-1862
12
43
1870-1879
12
44
1880-1882
12
45
1883
12
46
1884
12
47
1885-1886
12
48
1887-1889
13
1
1890
13
2
1891-1898
13
3
1900-1902
13
4
1903-1910
13
5
1911-1912
Sterling County
13
6
1862-1880
13
7
1892-1899
13
8
1900-1912
13
9
Tom Green County
1862-1898
13
10
Renderbrook Ranch
1933-1962
13
11
Spade Ranch Lands
1912
13
12
Spade Ranch Deal
1947-1949
13
13
Post Agreements
Hockley County Land
1912-1925
13
14
Land Release
Renderbrook Ranch, Spade Ranch and 49 Ranch
1913
13
15
Renderbrook Lands
1909-1912
13
16
Hockley County
Land Contracts
1912-1924
13
17
Appraisal and Developmental Reports of Hockley County
1950 and 1956
13
18
Land Agreements for Sell and Leases
Bailey, Borden, Lubbock and Bailey and Cochran
Counties
1912-1917
13
19
Sale of Cattle
H.S. Ranch
1913-1916
13
20
Spade Ranch
1912-1924
13
21
Geological Reports of Renderbrook Ranch
1919
13
22
Sale of Cattle
1917-1922
Financial
13
23
Borden County
1898-1907
13
24
Hockley and Lubbock Counties
1904-1906
13
25
Lamb County
1906
Financial Documents
13
26
Mitchell County
1882-1905
13
27
Sterling County
1904-1906
Tax Receipts for State, County and School
Taxes
13
28
Ellwood Farms
1928-1932
Hockley and Lamb County
13
29
1888-1898
13
30
1900-1909
Mitchell, Cobe and Sterling Counties
13
31
1894-1900
13
32
1901-1911
13
33
1930-1931
13
34
Redemption Receipts and Certificates
Sterling, Mitchell and Cobe Counties
1911-1933
13
35
Tax Receipts for State, School and County Taxes Hale
County
1905
13
36
Tax Information and Receipts
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois
1912-1913
14
Engraving Plates
15
Engraving Plates
16
Expenses
Spade Farms, Inc.
16
1
January 1957
16
2
February 1957
16
3
March 1957
16
4
April 1957
16
5
May 1957
16
6
June 1957
16
7
July 1957
16
8
August 1957
16
9
September 1957
16
10
October 1957
16
11
November 1957
16
12
December 1957
16
13
January 1958
16
14
February 1958
16
15
March 1958
16
16
April 1958
16
17
May 1958
16
18
June 1958
16
19
July 1958
16
20
August 1958
17
1
September 1958
17
2
October 1958
17
3
November 1958
17
4
December 1958
17
5
January 1959
17
6
February 1959
17
7
March 1959
17
8
April 1959
17
9
May 1959
17
10
June 1959
17
11
July 1959
17
12
August 1959
17
13
September 1959
17
14
October 1959
17
15
November 1959
17
16
December 1959
18
1
January 1960
18
2
February 1960
18
3
March 1960
18
4
April 1960
18
5
May 1960
18
6
June 1960
18
7
July 1960
18
8
August 1960
18
9
September 1960
18
10
October 1960
18
11
November 1960
18
12
December 1960
18
13
Rental Contracts for Spade Farms
1959
Farm Rentals for Spade Farms
18
14
1956
18
15
1957
18
16
1958
Expenses
Dean Ranch
19
1
January 1959
19
2
February 1959
19
3
March 1959
19
4
April 1959
19
5
May 1959
19
6
June 1959
19
7
July 1959
19
8
August 1959
19
9
September 1959
19
10
October 1959
19
11
November 1959
19
12
December 1959
19
13
January 1960
19
14
February 1960
19
15
March 1960
19
16
April 1960
19
17
May 1960
19
18
June 1960
19
19
July 1960
19
20
August 1960
19
21
September 1960
19
22
October 1960
19
23
November 1960
19
24
December 1960
19
25
January 1958
19
26
February 1958
19
27
March 1958
19
28
April 1958
19
29
May 1958
20
1
June 1958
20
2
July 1958
20
3
August 1958
20
4
September 1958
20
5
October 1958
20
6
November 1958
20
7
December 1958
Chappell-Spade Ranch
20
8
November 1959
20
9
December 1959
20
10
January 1960
20
11
February 1960
20
12
March 1960
20
14
April 1960
20
15
May 1960
20
16
June 1960
20
17
July 1960
20
18
August 1960
20
19
September 1960
20
20
October 1960
20
21
November 1960
20
22
December 1960
Renderbrook and Dean Ranches
Livestock Sales and Purchases
20
23
1935-1938
21
1
1938-1939
21
2
1939-1941
21
3
1941-1942
21
4
1943-1960