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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Additional Sources

Description of Series

Ellwood Estates, Records, 1860-1966

Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Ellwood Estates:

An Inventory of Its Records, 1860-1966, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library



Descriptive Summary

CreatorEllwood Estates
Title:Ellwood Estates Records,
Dates:1860-1966
Abstract: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.
Collection #S 307.1
Quantity:21 boxes and 20 ledgers (28.0 linear feet)
LanguageEnglish.
Repository:Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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.

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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.

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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)
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

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Related Material

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

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Ellwood Estates Records, 1860-1966, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Acquisition

Gift, 1968

Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2000

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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.

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Collection Inventory

 

Ellwood Estates, Records, 1860-1966

ledger
Ledger 1Scrapbook, 1927-1949
Financial Material,
ledger
Ledger 2Journal, 1902-1907
ledger
Ledger 3Inventory, Misc., 1910-1911
ledger
Ledger 4Journal, 1909-1910
ledger
Ledger 5Journal, 1891-1899
ledger
Ledger 6Note Register, 1877-1923
ledger
Ledger 7Journal, 1891-1894
ledger
Ledger 8Journal, 1887-1889
ledger
Ledger 9Journal, 1894-1898
ledger
Ledger 10Journal, 1898-1901
ledger
Ledger 11Journal, 1899-1903
ledger
Ledger 12Journal, 1915-1922
ledger
Ledger 13Journal, 1903-1909
ledger
Ledger 14Journal, 1910-1916
ledger
Ledger 15Journal, 1922-1933
ledger
Ledger 16Daybook, 1933
ledger
Ledger 17Daybook, 1921-1933
ledger
Ledger 18Daybook, 1915-1921
ledger
Ledger 19Journal, undated
ledger
Ledger 20Journal, 1889-1891
Correspondence, 1880-1945 and undated
boxfolder
11Family Matters, 1928-1936
2Family Matters, 1887-1927
3Ellwood Farms, 1896-1934
4Family Matters, 1937 and undated
5Ellwood Farms, 1935-1936 and undated
6Ellwood Ranches, 1880-1925
7Ellwood Ranches, 1926-1937 and undated
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21Investments, 1890-1924
2Investments, 1925-1935 and undated
3Land Sales, 1905-1936 and undated
4Miscellaneous, Automobile Material, 1910-1926
5Mining, 1907-1931
6Hopping, D., Poetry and Notebook, undated
7Miscellaneous, Shumate, W. C., Note and Loan, 1928-1936
8Miscellaneous, Insurance, 1909-1936
9Miscellaneous, Horses, Percheron Society, 1889-1935
10Miscellaneous, 1887-1913
11Miscellaneous, 1919-1945 and undated
Dekalb Office Files, 1878-1930 and undated
boxfolder
212Cameron - Campbell, 1917-1924
13Canal - Carrol, 1917-1925
14Cadillac - California, 1917-1926
15Cash - Cassidy, 1917-1926
16Cattle Raisers Association, 1916-1921
17Central Livestock Commission, 1921-1923
boxfolder
31Champion - Cheney, 1918-1926
2Chicago Great Western Railroad Company, 1909-1921
3Chicago, Milwaukee, and Gary Railroad Company, 1914-1922
4Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad. 1913-1926
5Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, 1916-1927
6Christianson - Clark, 1917-1929
7Claro - Colorado, 1916-1926 and undated
8Commerce Trust Company, 1923-1926
9Conlin - Conner, 1917-1926
10Continental, 1917-1920
11Cook - Corn, 1910-1924
12Cosby - Dekalb, 1917-1923 and undated
13Faggard - First, 1908-1925
14Fischer - Fort Scott, 1910-1926
15Foster - Freud, 1910-1922
16Fuller - Gammon, 1910-1924
17Garden - Gervais, 1910-1928
18Gibbons - Greene, 1907-1926
19Gridley - Gustavus, 1904-1919
20Illinois Agricultural Assn. and Ill. Holstein Friesian Assn., 1919-1923
21Illinois Merchants Trust Company and Ill. Northern Utilities Company, 1919-1925
22Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, 1917-1924
23Independent - Jakes, 1917-1923
24James - Johnson, 1919-1924
25Jones, O. F., 1917-1924
26Jones, W. S. - Jones & Taylor, 1918-1922
27Kaufman - Kennerly, 1918-1925
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41Kierman - Kraemer, 1918-1924
2Mabley - Marvin, 1907-1916 and undated
3Mason - Mexican, 1907-1918
4Mines Company of America, 1905-1918
5Minority - Morton, 1907-1917
6Mosher - Muzzey, 1907-1918
7National - Nelson, 1917-1927
8Middleton - Mincey, 1908-1917
9Dewren - Northern, 1918-1926
10Oklahoma - Overton, 1917-1927
11Silas, Palmer & Sons, 1918-1927
12Panhandle and Santa Fe Company, 1917-1927
13Panhandle and Southwestern Stockmen's Assn., 1915-1920
14Paramount - Pidgeon, 1912-1927 and undated
15Pierce - Quaker, 1917-1927
16Rankin - Raymond, 1916-1927
17Read - Rogers, 1912-1924
18Ronan - Sawyer, 1913-1927
19Schermerhorn - Scudday, 1913-1927
20Sears- Sexton, 1914-1927
21Sheaff - Shipman, 1908-1917 and undated
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51Shumate, W. C., 1912-1927
2Shurtleff - Smith, 1915-1917
3Talbot - Tarkio, 1911-1929 and undated
4Taxes - Adams County, Nebraska Tax Forms, 1911-1921
5Taxes - Cook County, Illinois Tax Forms, 1920-1924
6Taxes, Tax Correspondence, etc, 1910-1930
7Taxes - Dekalb County, Illinois Tax Forms, 1906-1927
8Taxes - Miscellaneous Tax Forms, 1898-1929
9Taxes - Muskegon County, Michigan Tax Forms, 1912-1922
10Taxes - Special Assessments Receipts, 1914-1927
11Taxes - Redemption Forms, 1894-1929
12Taxes - Statement Forms, 1912-1929
13Taxes - Texas School Tax Receipts, 1916-1928
14Taxes - Texas State and County Tax Receipts: Andrews - Howard County, 1893-1929
15Taxes - Texas State and County Tax Receipts: Lamb County, 1915-1928
16Taxes - Texas State and County Tax Receipts: Lubbock - Taylor County, 1878-1929
17Taxes - Texas State, School, and County Tax Receipts, 1892-1928
18Taylor - Tenant, 1911-1929
19Terrel - Texas and Pacific, 1913-1927
boxfolder
61Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Assn., 1919-1927
2Thames - Tibbits, 1911-1929 and undated
3Tiffany - Uniform, 1903-1929
4Union - Vantuyl, 1911-1930 and undated
5Vanzandt - Volstorff, 1912-1922
6Van Wie and Moorehead, 1911-1915
Assorted Material,
boxfolder
67Eisenberg, W. F., 1934-1946
8Ellfield Lots, 1943-1947
Ellwood Estate, 1943-1951
9Ellwood, State Bank, 1950
10Ellwood, Bradt and Moss and Howland Deals, 1946-1947
11Ellwood, College Options, 1947
12Ellwood, Deeds, 1946-1950
13Ellwood, 14th Street Lot, 1943-1949
14Ellwood, Goes Deal, 1946-1947
15Ellwood, High School Deal, 1944-1951
16Ellwood, Kallal Deed, 1943-1948
17Ellwood, Miscellaneous, 1943-1949
18Ellwood, Mineral Rights, 1943-1950
19Ellwood, Quit Claim Deed, 1943-1947
20Ellwood, Releases, 1943-1944
21Ellwood, Taxes, 1948-1950
22Ellwood, Title Policies, 1947-1950
23Ellwood, Estates Agreement, 1945-1949
Ellwood, E. P., 1894-1952 and undated
24Claims, 1943-1944
25Closing Papers, 1945-1947
26Consolidated Oil Stock, 1948
27Miscellaneous Legal and General, 1943-1945
28Estate Tax, undated
29Federal Tax, 1947-1948
30Income Tax Refund, 1946-1947
boxfolder
71Miscellaneous, 1943-1950
Ellwood, I. L., 1905-1949
2Barbed Wire Story, 1910
3Deeds and Misc., 1905-1946
4Assessments and Misc., 1947-1949
5Ellwood, Jennie, A., Miscellaneous, 1929-1952
6Ellwood, John Fiske, Check Stubs, 1943
7Rainfall Report, 1894-1936
8Contracts, Deeds, and Misc., 1947
Ellwood, May G., 1940-1947
9Ellwood, May G., 1944
10Ellwood, May G., Financial Material, 1943-1947
11Ellwood, May G., Rent, 1947
12Ellwood, May G., Income Tax, etc, 1943-1946
13Ellwood, May G., Montgomery Ward Lease, 1940-1946
14Ellwood, May G., Last Will and Testament and Misc., 1947
15Income Taxes, 1943-1945
16Miller Farm, Tract 2, 1943-1946
17Schryver Farm, Tract 1, 1946
18Schryver Farm, Tract 3, 1946
19Miscellaneous, 1944-1946
20Wheat Allotments, 1933-1934
21Willbarger County School Lands - League Measurements, undated
boxfolder
81Maps, Unidentified, 1908 and undated
Advertising Material,
2Pamphlets and Periodicals, 1930-1937 and undated
3Miscellaneous Newspapers, Clippings, and Leaflets, 1950's and undated
Financial Documents: Bills and Receipts, 1887-1946
4 1887-1946
5 1887-1946
6 1997-1946
7 1887-1946
8 1887-1946
boxfolder
91 1887-1946
Ranch Bills, 1927-1933
boxfolder
92Alcove - Axtell, 1928-1931
3Baily - Brown, 1928-1931
4Burton - Lingo Co., 1928-1931
5Butler - Colorado, 1928-1931 and undated
6Connel - Crosthwaite, 1928-1931 and undated
7Dawson - Depot, 1928-1931 and undated
8D and M Motor Company - Fulton, 1928-1931
9Garret - Helpy, 1928-1931
10Hendrix - Hutchinson, 1928-1931
11Jackson - Jones, 1928-1931
12Kansas - Lupton, 1928-1931
13Mackey - Mills, 1928-1931
14Montgomery - Pick, 1928-1931 and undated
15Pidgeon, J. L. Auto Service, 1928-1929
16Piggly - Pullman, 1927-1931
17Randle - Root, 1928-1931
18San Angelo - South, 1928-1931 and undated
19Southwestern - Sweetwater, 1928-1931
20Terrel - Thompson, 1928-1931
21Waite - Young, 1928-1933
box
10Financial Documents, Bills and Receipts, 1887-1946
1 1887-1946
2 1887-1946
3 1887-1946
4 1887-1946
5 1887-1946
6 1887-1946
box
11Financial Documents, 1887-1966 and undated
1Miscellaneous, 1887-1933 and undated
2Payroll Records, 1917-1924
3Tax Forms, 1906-1935
4Tax Forms, 1906-1935
5Checks and Stubs, 1903-1935
Stocks and Bonds, 1888-1966 and undated
6Adela Mine Syndicate, 1906
7American Percheron Horse Breeder's Association, 1890-1900
8American Salt Company, 1901-1905
9American Steamship Company/American Steel and Wire Company, 1900-1901
10Anaconda Copper Mining Company/Sinclair Oil and Refining Company, 1917-1919
11Anticipation Mining Company, 1888
12Arizona Mining and Milling Company, 1907
13Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, 1908 and undated
14Atlas Mining Company, 1911
15Babcock and Wilson Company, 1956
16Badger Mines Company, 1906-1922
17Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company, 1910-1934
18Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company, 1925
19Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, 1966
20Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, 1962
21DeForest Radio Company, 1929
22Delores Mine Company, 1904-1907
23The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad Company, 1920-1925
24Emhart Manufacturing Company, 1964
25Eureka Windfall Mining Company, 1909
26Farmers Mining Company, 1910-1911
27French Coach and Horse Society of America, 1908
28Furnace Creek Copper Company, 1906
29Goldfield Daisy Minig Syndicate, 1908
30Grand Rapids Brass Company, 1899-1919
31Great Northers Iron Ore Properties, 1926-1932
32Guardian Trust Company and Exchange Office Building Company, 1904-1929
33Hamburg Mine, 1910
34Hawley Down Draft Furnace Company, 1900-1912
35High Gravity United Oil Company, 1912
36Hills - Benedict Linseed Oil Company of Chicago, Illinois, 1908-1920
37Honest John Mining and Milling Company, 1897
38Bonds - Huron, S. D., 1890-1903
39Illinois Surety Company, 1913
40Insurance City Life Company, 1962
41Interstate Independent Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1913-1917
42Interstate Investment Trust, Limited, 1909-1917
43Lake Superior Contracting and Dredging Company, 1902
44Lincoln Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1907-1908
45Manufacturer's Fuel Company, 1904
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121Mexican Issues Company, 1910-1914
2Mines Company of America, 1910-1919
3Monsanto Company, 1965
4National Biscuit Company, 1905-1962
5Northern Security Company, 1915-1933
6Old Line Life Insurance Company of America, undated
7Parrott Mining Company, 1904-1918
8Peregrine Mine Company, 1905
9People's Gas Light and Coke Company, 1928
10Phoenix Insurance Company, 1966
11Rockford Farmer's District Mutual Tornado Insurance Company, 1933-1934
12Sheffield Coal and Iron Company, 1902-1909
13Sheffield Coal, Iron, and Steel, 1909-1917
14Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, 1920-1932
15Travelers Insurance Company, 1964
16Union Oil Company, 1902-1908
17U. S. Steel Corporation, 1912-1930
18Weaver Coal Company, 1900-1902
19Winthrop, Mitchell and Company, 1932-1938
Ellwood, Isaac L, Estate, 1878-1936
20Miscellaneous, 1878-1932
21Last Will and Testament, 1911-1935
22Agreements, 1913-1934
23Agreement, Nursing Home, 1920-1933
24Agreements and Miscellaneous, 1908-1936
Ellwood, Harriet A, Estate, 1876-1921
25Financial Material, 1892-1916 and undated
26Legal Material, 1876-1906 and undated
27Last Will and Testament, 1910-1921
Ellwood, W. L., Estate, 1887-1946
boxfolder
1228Percheron Horses, 1887-1894
29Legal Documents, 1887-1929
30Last Will and Testament and Misc., 1933-1946
Ellwood, Jennie A., Estate, 1918-1930
boxfolder
1231Financial Documents, 1918-1929
32Miscellaneous Financial, 1930
33Ellwood, Erwin P., Miscellaneous, 1925-1946
34Ellwood, Jessie Bonnie, Will and Testament, 1953
Chappel, Jean E.,
boxfolder
1235Financial and Legal Material, 1938-1966
36Stock Interests, 1934-1960
37Will and Income Analysis, 1961
38Fish, A. W. and Mayo, Harriet E., 1916-1931
Legal Documents,
boxfolder
1239Bexar County, 1860-1888
40Borden County, 1885-1905
41Coke County, 1894-1912
Mitchell County,
boxfolder
1242 1860-1862
43 1870-1879
44 1880-1882
45 1883
46 1884
47 1885-1886
48 1887-1889
boxfolder
131 1890
2 1891-1898
3 1900-1902
4 1903-1910
5 1911-1912
Sterling County
boxfolder
136 1862-1880
7 1892-1899
8 1900-1912
9Tom Green County 1862-1898
10Renderbrook Ranch 1933-1962
11Spade Ranch Lands 1912
12Spade Ranch Deal 1947-1949
13Post Agreements
Hockley County Land 1912-1925
boxfolder
1314Land Release
Renderbrook Ranch, Spade Ranch and 49 Ranch 1913
boxfolder
1315Renderbrook Lands 1909-1912
16Hockley County
Land Contracts 1912-1924
boxfolder
1317Appraisal and Developmental Reports of Hockley County 1950 and 1956
18Land Agreements for Sell and Leases
Bailey, Borden, Lubbock and Bailey and Cochran Counties 1912-1917
boxfolder
1319Sale of Cattle
H.S. Ranch 1913-1916
boxfolder
1320Spade Ranch 1912-1924
21Geological Reports of Renderbrook Ranch 1919
22Sale of Cattle 1917-1922
Financial
boxfolder
1323Borden County 1898-1907
24Hockley and Lubbock Counties 1904-1906
25Lamb County 1906
Financial Documents
boxfolder
1326Mitchell County 1882-1905
27Sterling County 1904-1906
Tax Receipts for State, County and School Taxes
boxfolder
1328Ellwood Farms 1928-1932
Hockley and Lamb County
boxfolder
1329 1888-1898
30 1900-1909
Mitchell, Cobe and Sterling Counties
boxfolder
1331 1894-1900
32 1901-1911
33 1930-1931
34Redemption Receipts and Certificates
Sterling, Mitchell and Cobe Counties 1911-1933
boxfolder
1335Tax Receipts for State, School and County Taxes Hale County 1905
36Tax Information and Receipts
Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois 1912-1913
box
14Engraving Plates
box
15Engraving Plates
box
16Expenses
Spade Farms, Inc.
boxfolder
161 January 1957
2 February 1957
3 March 1957
4 April 1957
5 May 1957
6 June 1957
7 July 1957
8 August 1957
9 September 1957
10 October 1957
11 November 1957
12 December 1957
13 January 1958
14 February 1958
15 March 1958
16 April 1958
17 May 1958
18 June 1958
19 July 1958
20 August 1958
boxfolder
171 September 1958
2 October 1958
3 November 1958
4 December 1958
5 January 1959
6 February 1959
7 March 1959
8 April 1959
9 May 1959
10 June 1959
11 July 1959
12 August 1959
13 September 1959
14 October 1959
15 November 1959
16 December 1959
boxfolder
181 January 1960
2 February 1960
3 March 1960
4 April 1960
5 May 1960
6 June 1960
7 July 1960
8 August 1960
9 September 1960
10 October 1960
11 November 1960
12 December 1960
13Rental Contracts for Spade Farms 1959
Farm Rentals for Spade Farms
boxfolder
1814 1956
15 1957
16 1958
Expenses
Dean Ranch
boxfolder
191 January 1959
2 February 1959
3 March 1959
4 April 1959
5 May 1959
6 June 1959
7 July 1959
8 August 1959
9 September 1959
10 October 1959
11 November 1959
12 December 1959
13 January 1960
14 February 1960
15 March 1960
16 April 1960
17 May 1960
18 June 1960
19 July 1960
20 August 1960
21 September 1960
22 October 1960
23 November 1960
24 December 1960
25 January 1958
26 February 1958
27 March 1958
28 April 1958
29 May 1958
boxfolder
201 June 1958
2 July 1958
3 August 1958
4 September 1958
5 October 1958
6 November 1958
7 December 1958
Chappell-Spade Ranch
boxfolder
208 November 1959
9 December 1959
10 January 1960
11 February 1960
12 March 1960
14 April 1960
15 May 1960
16 June 1960
17 July 1960
18 August 1960
19 September 1960
20 October 1960
21 November 1960
22 December 1960
Renderbrook and Dean Ranches
Livestock Sales and Purchases
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2023 1935-1938
boxfolder
211 1938-1939
2 1939-1941
3 1941-1942
4 1943-1960

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