urn:taro:ttu.sw.00131 Charles L. Wood: An Inventory of His Papers, 1901-1981 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Karen Hicks The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806) 742-3749 Fax: (806) 742-0496 Webpage: http://www.swco.ttu.edu Contact Person: Reference Archivist
April 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Karen Hicks, April 2003. Finding aid written in English Tue Jul 22 15:23:10 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00131 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Charles L. Wood Papers, 1901-1981 and undated Karen Hicks The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, February 2003 Descriptive Summary Wood, Charles L., 1937- Charles L. Wood Papers, 1901-1981 and undated Records of Charles L. Wood, Texas Tech University Agricultural history professor. S 1214.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 9 boxes (9.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

Wood was a public school teacher and administrator and Texas Tech University agricultural history professor. Born in 1937 in Hemingford, Nebraska, he received a B.A. degree from Benedictine College (1959) and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Kansas (1969 and 1974). He joined the Texas Tech University History Department in 1976. Wood authored Cattlemen, Big Business, and Government: the Kansas beef Industry, 1890-1940 (1980) and performed extensive research on a biography of Murdo Mackenzie. Wood died in 1981 in Lubbock, Texas.

 Scope and Contents

Contains materials pertaining to Wood's career as a teacher, a professor of history at Texas Tech University, and as an author of Agricultural history. Includes course lecture notes for classes including a general survey of American history, Agricultural history, and Ranching history. Also includes history class notes Wood produced as a student. Bulks (1976-1981) with materials related to the operations of the history department, which include faculty reports, department newsletters and course publicity. Some of the correspondence and research files pertain to Alexander Mackay and Murdo Mackenzie, including material researched in Scotland. Also includes personal correspondence and scrapbook material. Bulks with literary productions including research and articles related to ranching history and the publication of Cattlemen, Big Business, and Government: the Kansas beef Industry, 1890-1940 (1980).

 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) Mackay, Alexander, 1855 or 6-1936 Mackenzie, Murdo, 1850-1939 Wood, Charles L., 1937- Wood, Charles L., 1937- --Archives Subjects (Organizations) Matador Land and Cattle Company Texas Tech University. History Dept.--Faculty Subjects Agriculture Agriculture--Kansas--History Beef cattle Fences--Kansas History--Study and teaching Ranches--Texas Ranches-Texas--History Ranching--Kansas--History Ranching--Brazil

Collection accession number(s): 94-0093-B, 96-0162-B, and unknown

Gifts, 1994-1996 and undated

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Karen Hicks, February 2003

 Preferred Citation

Charles L. Wood Papers, 1901-1981 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Additional Sources Wunder, John R., ed. Historians of the American Frontier: A Bio-Bibliographic Sourcebook. New York, Greenwood Press, 1988 Wood, Charles L. Cattlemen, Big Business, and Government: the Kansas beef Industry, 1890-1940. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1980.

For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1874-1960 and undated Charles L. Wood Photograph Collection, 1890-1920, SWCPC 64B-E5. Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1906-1981 and undated 1 1 General, 1973-1981 1 2 General, 1977-1981, and undated 1 3 The Kansas Beef Industry, 1906-1981 and undated 1 4 Letters of Recommendation, 1970-1981 1 5 Murdo Mackenzie, 1942-1981, and undated 1 6 Museum, 1977-1981 1 7 Publications, 1974-1981, and undated 1 8 Texas Tech, 1976-1981, and undated 1 9 Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1965-1974 1 10 Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1975-1976 1 11 Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1977-1978 1 12 Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1979-1981 1 13 Charles L. Wood to Alma Wood, 1980 Agricultural History Material, 1969-1978 and undated 1 14 Agricultural Clippings, 1977 and undated 1 15 Beef Cattle, 1977 1 16 Cattlemen, 1969 1 17 Herefords, undated 1 18 Omaha Stockyards, 1978 1 19 Survey - Agricultural History Lecture, undated Articles and Convention Papers, 1901-1980 and undated 1 20 Agricultural History Symposium - Kansas State (1978), 1901-1979 and undated 1 21 Agricultural Symposium, 1975-1979 1 22 Association and Industrialization, 1975 and undated 1 23 Conference - Cultural Heritage of the Great Plains, 1977 and undated 1 24 Convention Papers and Proposals, undated 1 25 Denver, 1978 and undated 1 26 Farmer's Union Talk, 1978 and undated 1 27 Mackay "Cowboy" Speech, undated 1 28 Perry Paper, 1924-1971 and undated 1 29 Railroads and Kansas Livestock Association, 1974-1977 and undated 1 30 Southwest Collection, 1965 and undated 1 31 Texas A and M Agricultural Symposium, d 1979 and undate 1 32 Upbreeding Article, 1976 and undated 2 1 Western Historical Association Meetings, 1978-1980 and undated 2 2 Christ the King High School Graduation Speech, 1978 and undated Bibliographies, 1964-1980 and undated 2 3 Agricultural Fiction, undated 2 4 Agricultural History, 1980 and undated 2 5 Bibliographies, 1964-1971 and undated 2 6 Nineteenth Century, undated 2 7 Ranching, undated 2 8 Range (History 536), undated 2 9 Western History, undated Committees, 1975-1980 and undated 2 10 Executive Committee Minutes, 1977-1980 and undated 2 11 Graduate Studies Committee (1979-1980), 1979 and undated 2 12 Library Committee, 1976-1978 and undated 2 13 Internal Review Committee: Museum Science, 1979-1980 and undated 2 14 Publicity and Recruitment Committee, 1976 and undated 2 15 Undergraduate Sub-Committee, 1975-1979 and undated 2 16 Undergraduate Studies, 1977-1978 and undated Exams, 1972-1981 and undated 2 17 Great Plains Exam, undated 2 18 History #7, 1973 2 19 History #8, 1972 2 20 History 231, 1977 2 21 History 231, 1980 2 22 History 232, 1979 2 23 History 232, 1979 2 24 History 3319, 1979 2 25 History 3320, 1979 2 26 History 4399, 1977 2 27 History, undated 2 28 Old Exams, 1978-1981 General Files, 1972-1981 and undated 2 29 Applications, 1973 2 30 Arid Land Resources, 1977 and undated 2 31 Baseball, 1977-1981 and undated 2 32 Book Reviews, 1979-1981 and undated 2 33 Book Review: Bartlett Richards: Nebraska Sandhills Cattleman by Bartlett Richards, Jr.: Draft, undated 2 34 Books to Buy, 1978-1981 and undated 2 35 Brink Evaluation, 1978 and undated 2 36 Education Courses and Bibliographies, undated 2 37 "Great Plains Newsletter", 1979 2 38 Historical Analysis and Material Culture, 1981 2 39 Information File, 1977-1981 and undated 2 40 Job Search, 1972-1973 3 1 Job Search, 1973-1974 3 2 Job Search, 1974-1975 3 3 Job Search, 1975-1976 3 4 Kansas University Loaned Material, 1977-1981 and undated 3 5 Multi-Media Guides - Latin America, 1971 and undated 3 6 Museum Science, 1980 3 7 Poster, , 1980 and undated 3 8 Slide Material, 1978-1980 and undated 3 9 Student Reactions, 1980 3 10 Vita, undated Grants, 1977-1981 and undated 3 11 Agricultural school grant, undated 3 12 American Philosophical Society, American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities Proposals, 1979-1980 and undated 3 13 Arts and Sciences Grant (Summer, 1977), 1977-1978 and undated 3 14 DeLoach Diary, 1981 3 15 Grant Proposals, 1977-1980 and undated 3 16 Murdo Mackenzie Grant Proposal (Summer, 1980), 1979-1980 and undated 3 17 National Endowment for the Humanities - Museum Grant, 1977 and undated 3 18 Newberry Program, 1977-1978 and undated 3 19 New Zealand Fulbright, 1978-1981 and undated 3 20 Papers Proposed on Murdo Mackaenzie, 1981 and undated 3 21 Review: Veterinary Medicine Proposal, 1979-1980 and undated 3 22 Summer 1982 - Murdo Mackenzie - Boston Grant, undated 3 23 Travel Forms, 1978-1980 and undated 3 24 United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Proposal (July, 1979), 1979 and undated History Department, 1976-1981 and undated General 3 25 Annual Faculty Report, 1976-1980 3 26 Department Newsletters, 1977-1980 3 27 History Department Meetings, 1977-1980 3 28 History Department Rules, 1977-1979 and undated 3 29 Texas Tech Contracts, 1976-1981 and undated 3 30 Texas Tech Courses: Publicity, 1976-1981 and undated 3 31 Texas Tech Miscellaneous, 1976-1977 and undated Courses, 1976-1980 and undated History of the United States to 1877 (231) 3 32 Age of Jackson, undated 3 33 Agricultural Technology 1820-1860, undated 3 34 Civil War and Reconstruction, undated 3 35 English Colonial (French) to Revolutionary War 1783, undated 3 36 Garland, Main Traveled Roads, undated 3 37 Green's Eli Whitney, undated 3 38 How to Study, undated 3 39 Indian Removal, undated 3 40 Map Items, undated 3 41 National Period (Early), undated 3 42 National Period (Late), undated 3 43 Nature of History, undated 3 44 Reconstruction, undated 3 45 Slavery and the 1850s, undated 3 46 United States Slavery - Pre-English, undated 3 47 Westward Movement 1820-1850, undated History of the United States since 1877 (232) 3 48 The 1920s, undated 3 49 The 1930s, undated 3 50 Agrarian Revolt - Populists, undated 3 51 The Day of the Cattleman by E. S. Osgood, undated 3 52 The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, undated 3 53 Henry Ford by Burlingame, undated 3 54 Humor, undated 3 55 Imperialism, undated 4 1 Industrialization, undated 4 2 Jim Crowism, undated 4 3 The Jungle by Sinclair Lewis, undated 4 4 Post World War II, undated 4 5 Progressives, undated 4 6 The West, undated 4 7 Wilson Foreign Policy, undated 4 8 World War II, undated History of Agriculture in the United States to 1890 (3319) 4 9 Agriculture and the Civil War, undated 4 10 Giants in the Earth by O. Rolvaag, undated 4 11 Indian and English Agriculture - Pre-Colonial, undated 4 12 Origin of Ranching, undated 4 13 Agriculture - Midwest (Illinois and Iowa), undated 4 14 Agriculture in the South to 1860, undated 4 15 Agriculture in the West, undated 4 16 Agricultural History of the West, undated 4 17 Agricultural History of the West Study Question, undated 4 18 Ranching Heritage Tour and Lecture, undated 4 19 Revolutionary War - Land Policy, undated History of Agriculture in the United States since 1890 (3320) 4 20 Agriculture 1900-1914, undated 4 21 Agriculture - 1920s, undated 4 22 Agriculture - 1930s, undated 4 23 1977 Farm Bill (Food and Agriculture Act, 1977), undated 4 24 Agriculture and World War I, undated 4 25 Agriculture World War II and After, undated 4 26 American Colonial, undated 4 27 Colonial Agriculture - Middle and New England, undated 4 28 Ethnic Contributions to Agriculture, undated 4 29 Populists (Hicks), undated Cattle Ranching in America (4333) 4 30 California - Oregon, undated 4 31 Cattlemen and Conservation, undated 4 32 English Background, undated 4 33 Fencing, undated 4 34 Great Plains, undated 4 35 Matador Ranch, undated 4 36 Midwest, undated 4 37 Minorities in the Beef Industry, undated 4 38 Museum Talk (Uniqueness of Great Plains Cattle Industry), undated 4 39 Origin of Cattle and Middle Ages, undated 4 40 Packing Industry, undated 4 41 Ranching Overview, undated 4 42 The Cattlemen By Sandoz; Cattletowns By Dykstra; XIT By Haley, undated 4 43 Sheep, undated 4 44 The South to 1860, undated 4 45 Spanish Background, undated 4 46 Texas and the Southwest, undated 4 47 Transition, undated 4 48 Transportation, undated 4 49 Twentieth Century, undated 4 50 Upbreeding, undated American History - High School 4 51 Notes, undated 4 52 Notes, Colonial to Civil War, undated 4 53 Transparencies, undated Note Cards 5 1 Exams, 1976-1980 and undated Class Material, 1976-1981 and undated 5 2 Book Orders for Classes, 1976-1981 and undated 5 3 Course Proposals, 1976-1980 and undated 5 4 Possible Class Material, 1976-1979 5 5 Syllabi, 1976-1981 and undated Class Notes, 1957-1971 and undated 5 6 19th Century European History, 1971 5 7 20th Century European (History 330), 1965 5 8 American Church History, undated 5 9 American Development to 1887 (History 171), 1964 5 10 American Diplomatic History II (History 178), 1967 5 11 Colloquium - National Latin America (History 301), undated 5 12 Colloquium in Russian History (History 301), undated 5 13 Church - State in Mexico, undated 5 14 English 54, 1959 5 15 Geography of North America (Geography 110), 1971 5 16 Geography Readings, undated 5 17 History 1d, undated 5 18 History 2d, undated 5 19 History 62, undated 5 20 History 71, 1957 5 21 History of Europe 1815-1918 (History 128), 1965 6 1 History of Mexico (History 164), 1971 6 2 History 189 Trans-Mississippi West, 1965 6 3 History of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1965-1971 6 4 Latin American Readings, undated 6 5 Miscellaneous Subjects from the NDEA(National Defense Education Act,) History Institute for Advanced Study, Arizona State, 1968 6 6 Modern European History (History 74), 1958 6 7 Problems in Social Studies, (Education 398) undated 6 8 Readings in American History - Church History (History 300) Book Reviews, 1967 6 9 Recent American History (History 174), 1964 6 10 Rise of Modern America/ Colloquium in United States History since 1920, undated 6 11 Seminar in World History (History 323), 1966 6 12 State and Local History (History 390)/ Notes on Religious History Readings, undated John Orlowski Class Notes 6 13 History of Kansas (History 190), undated Literary Productions, 1967-1981 Articles 6 14 Cattlemen, Railroads, and the Origin of the Kansas Livestock Association - the 1890s by Charles L. Wood, 1977 6 15 The Development of an Enclosure System for Five Kansas Counties, 1875-1895 by Charles L. Wood, 1969 6 16 Science and Politics in the War on Cattle Diseases: The Kansas Experience, 1900-1940 By Charles L. Wood, 1980 Fencing in Five Kansas Counties Between 1875 and 1881 By Charles L. Wood 6 17 Charts, 1967 6 18 Mimeograph Copies, 1967 6 19 Mimeograph Stencils, 1967 Fencing in Five Kansas Counties Between 1875 and 1895 by Charles L. Wood, Thesis, circa 1969 6 20 Charts, circa 1969 6 21 Draft, circa 1969 7 1 Notes, circa 1969 7 2 Note Cards, circa 1969 Speeches 7 3 The Development of an Enclosure System for Five Kansas Counties, 1875-1895, 1969 Cattlemen, Big Business, and Government: The Kansas Beef Industry By Charles L.Wood, Dissertation 7 4 Abstract, 1976 7 5 Manuscript with Revised Introduction as Sent to Kansas University Press, December 1976 Book: The Kansas Beef Industry By Charles L. Wood 7 6 Draft, circa 1980 7 7 Galley, circa 1980 7 8 General, undated 7 9 Index, circa 1980 7 10 Manuscript Part 1, circa 1980 7 11 Manuscript Part 2, circa 1980 7 12 Photographs, undated 7 13 Reviews, 1980-1981 8 1 Note Cards, undated 8 2 Note Cards, undated 8 3 Note Cards, undated 8 4 Note Cards, undated Notes 8 5 Alexander Mackay Statement, undated Murdo Mackenzie, 1903-1981 and undated 9 1 Archival Inventories, 1956-1957 9 2 Inheritance Tax Report (copy), 1939 9 3 Material from the J. Evetts Haley History Center, 1912-1932 and undated 9 4 Miscellaneous Material, 1903-1981 and undated 9 5 Notes, undated 9 6 Notes, 1964-1981 and undated 9 7 Note Cards, circa 1979-1980 9 8 Note Cards, circa 1979-1980 9 9 The Evacuation of the British Forces at Dunkirk By Greg Wood, 1980 Printed Material, 1939-1973 9 10 A Chronological Subject Guide to American Heritage magazine December 1954-October 1966, 1967 9 11 American Expansion: A Book of Maps, 1962 9 12 Barbed Wire Fencing - A Prairie Invention: Its Rise and Influence in the Western States By Earl W. Hayter, 1939 9 13 Federal Service Entrance Examination, 1970-1973 News clippings, 1945-1971 and undated 9 14 Barbed Wire, 1945-1968 and undated 9 15 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, 1971 9 16 Mari Sandoz: A Product of the Sandhills, 1971 9 17 Syllabus for History of Kansas, 1968 9 18 Time magazine July 4, 1776, 1975 9 19 University of Kansas Faculty and Staff Newsletter, 1973 Scrapbook Material, 1946-1966 and undated 9 20 Assorted Maps, 1946-1966 and undated Sound Recording, undated 9 21 Tom Lehrer That Was the Year that Was, undated