Charles L. Wood: An Inventory of His Papers, 1901-1981 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Additional Sources

Description of Series

Correspondence, 1906-1981 and undated

Agricultural History Material, 1969-1978 and undated

Articles and Convention Papers, 1901-1980 and undated

Bibliographies, 1964-1980 and undated

Committees, 1975-1980 and undated

Exams, 1972-1981 and undated

General Files, 1972-1981 and undated

Grants, 1977-1981 and undated

History Department, 1976-1981 and undated

Courses, 1976-1980 and undated

John Orlowski

Literary Productions, 1967-1981

Printed Material, 1939-1973

Scrapbook Material, 1946-1966 and undated

Sound Recording, undated

Charles L. Wood:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1901-1981 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Wood, Charles L., 1937-
	Title:	Charles L. Wood Papers,
	Dates:	1901-1981 and undated
	Abstract:	Records of Charles L. Wood, Texas Tech University Agricultural history professor.
	Collection #	S 1214.1
	Quantity:	9 boxes (9.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

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.

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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).

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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)

		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

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Related Material


	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.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

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

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

Gifts, 1994-1996 and undated

Processed by

Karen Hicks, February 2003

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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.

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Collection Inventory



Correspondence, 1906-1981 and undated
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1	1		General, 1973-1981
	2		General, 1977-1981, and undated
	3		The Kansas Beef Industry, 1906-1981 and undated
	4		Letters of Recommendation, 1970-1981
	5		Murdo Mackenzie, 1942-1981, and undated
	6		Museum, 1977-1981
	7		Publications, 1974-1981, and undated
	8		Texas Tech, 1976-1981, and undated
	9		Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1965-1974
	10		Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1975-1976
	11		Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1977-1978
	12		Leonard and Bernice Wood, 1979-1981
	13		Charles L. Wood to Alma Wood, 1980

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Agricultural History Material, 1969-1978 and undated
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1	14		Agricultural Clippings, 1977 and undated
	15		Beef Cattle, 1977
	16		Cattlemen, 1969
	17		Herefords, undated
	18		Omaha Stockyards, 1978
	19		Survey - Agricultural History Lecture, undated

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Articles and Convention Papers, 1901-1980 and undated
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1	20		Agricultural History Symposium - Kansas State (1978), 1901-1979 and undated
	21		Agricultural Symposium, 1975-1979
	22		Association and Industrialization, 1975 and undated
	23		Conference - Cultural Heritage of the Great Plains, 1977 and undated
	24		Convention Papers and Proposals, undated
	25		Denver, 1978 and undated
	26		Farmer's Union Talk, 1978 and undated
	27		Mackay "Cowboy" Speech, undated
	28		Perry Paper, 1924-1971 and undated
	29		Railroads and Kansas Livestock Association, 1974-1977 and undated
	30		Southwest Collection, 1965 and undated
	31		Texas A and M Agricultural Symposium, d 1979 and undate
	32		Upbreeding Article, 1976 and undated
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2	1		Western Historical Association Meetings, 1978-1980 and undated
	2		Christ the King High School Graduation Speech, 1978 and undated

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Bibliographies, 1964-1980 and undated
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2	3		Agricultural Fiction, undated
	4		Agricultural History, 1980 and undated
	5		Bibliographies, 1964-1971 and undated
	6		Nineteenth Century, undated
	7		Ranching, undated
	8		Range (History 536), undated
	9		Western History, undated

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Committees, 1975-1980 and undated
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2	10		Executive Committee Minutes, 1977-1980 and undated
	11		Graduate Studies Committee (1979-1980), 1979 and undated
	12		Library Committee, 1976-1978 and undated
	13		Internal Review Committee: Museum Science, 1979-1980 and undated
	14		Publicity and Recruitment Committee, 1976 and undated
	15		Undergraduate Sub-Committee, 1975-1979 and undated
	16		Undergraduate Studies, 1977-1978 and undated

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Exams, 1972-1981 and undated
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2	17		Great Plains Exam, undated
	18		History #7, 1973
	19		History #8, 1972
	20		History 231, 1977
	21		History 231, 1980
	22		History 232, 1979
	23		History 232, 1979
	24		History 3319, 1979
	25		History 3320, 1979
	26		History 4399, 1977
	27		History, undated
	28		Old Exams, 1978-1981

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General Files, 1972-1981 and undated
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2	29		Applications, 1973
	30		Arid Land Resources, 1977 and undated
	31		Baseball, 1977-1981 and undated
	32		Book Reviews, 1979-1981 and undated
	33		Book Review: Bartlett Richards: Nebraska Sandhills Cattleman by Bartlett Richards, Jr.: Draft, undated
	34		Books to Buy, 1978-1981 and undated
	35		Brink Evaluation, 1978 and undated
	36		Education Courses and Bibliographies, undated
	37		"Great Plains Newsletter", 1979
	38		Historical Analysis and Material Culture, 1981
	39		Information File, 1977-1981 and undated
	40		Job Search, 1972-1973
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3	1		Job Search, 1973-1974
	2		Job Search, 1974-1975
	3		Job Search, 1975-1976
	4		Kansas University Loaned Material, 1977-1981 and undated
	5		Multi-Media Guides - Latin America, 1971 and undated
	6		Museum Science, 1980
	7		Poster, , 1980 and undated
	8		Slide Material, 1978-1980 and undated
	9		Student Reactions, 1980
	10		Vita, undated

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Grants, 1977-1981 and undated
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3	11		Agricultural school grant, undated
	12		American Philosophical Society, American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities Proposals, 1979-1980 and undated
	13		Arts and Sciences Grant (Summer, 1977), 1977-1978 and undated
	14		DeLoach Diary, 1981
	15		Grant Proposals, 1977-1980 and undated
	16		Murdo Mackenzie Grant Proposal (Summer, 1980), 1979-1980 and undated
	17		National Endowment for the Humanities - Museum Grant, 1977 and undated
	18		Newberry Program, 1977-1978 and undated
	19		New Zealand Fulbright, 1978-1981 and undated
	20		Papers Proposed on Murdo Mackaenzie, 1981 and undated
	21		Review: Veterinary Medicine Proposal, 1979-1980 and undated
	22		Summer 1982 - Murdo Mackenzie - Boston Grant, undated
	23		Travel Forms, 1978-1980 and undated
	24		United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service Proposal (July, 1979), 1979 and undated

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History Department, 1976-1981 and undated
			General
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3	25			Annual Faculty Report, 1976-1980
	26			Department Newsletters, 1977-1980
	27			History Department Meetings, 1977-1980
	28			History Department Rules, 1977-1979 and undated
	29			Texas Tech Contracts, 1976-1981 and undated
	30			Texas Tech Courses: Publicity, 1976-1981 and undated
	31			Texas Tech Miscellaneous, 1976-1977 and undated

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Courses, 1976-1980 and undated
			History of the United States to 1877 (231)
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3	32			Age of Jackson, undated
	33			Agricultural Technology 1820-1860, undated
	34			Civil War and Reconstruction, undated
	35			English Colonial (French) to Revolutionary War 1783, undated
	36			Garland, Main Traveled Roads, undated
	37			Green's Eli Whitney, undated
	38			How to Study, undated
	39			Indian Removal, undated
	40			Map Items, undated
	41			National Period (Early), undated
	42			National Period (Late), undated
	43			Nature of History, undated
	44			Reconstruction, undated
	45			Slavery and the 1850s, undated
	46			United States Slavery - Pre-English, undated
	47			Westward Movement 1820-1850, undated
			History of the United States since 1877 (232)
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3	48			The 1920s, undated
	49			The 1930s, undated
	50			Agrarian Revolt - Populists, undated
	51			The Day of the Cattleman by E. S. Osgood, undated
	52			The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, undated
	53			Henry Ford by Burlingame, undated
	54			Humor, undated
	55			Imperialism, undated
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4	1			Industrialization, undated
	2			Jim Crowism, undated
	3			The Jungle by Sinclair Lewis, undated
	4			Post World War II, undated
	5			Progressives, undated
	6			The West, undated
	7			Wilson Foreign Policy, undated
	8			World War II, undated
			History of Agriculture in the United States to 1890 (3319)
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4	9			Agriculture and the Civil War, undated
	10			Giants in the Earth by O. Rolvaag, undated
	11			Indian and English Agriculture - Pre-Colonial, undated
	12			Origin of Ranching, undated
	13			Agriculture - Midwest (Illinois and Iowa), undated
	14			Agriculture in the South to 1860, undated
	15			Agriculture in the West, undated
	16			Agricultural History of the West, undated
	17			Agricultural History of the West Study Question, undated
	18			Ranching Heritage Tour and Lecture, undated
	19			Revolutionary War - Land Policy, undated
			History of Agriculture in the United States since 1890 (3320)
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4	20			Agriculture 1900-1914, undated
	21			Agriculture - 1920s, undated
	22			Agriculture - 1930s, undated
	23			1977 Farm Bill (Food and Agriculture Act, 1977), undated
	24			Agriculture and World War I, undated
	25			Agriculture World War II and After, undated
	26			American Colonial, undated
	27			Colonial Agriculture - Middle and New England, undated
	28			Ethnic Contributions to Agriculture, undated
	29			Populists (Hicks), undated
			Cattle Ranching in America (4333)
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4	30			California - Oregon, undated
	31			Cattlemen and Conservation, undated
	32			English Background, undated
	33			Fencing, undated
	34			Great Plains, undated
	35			Matador Ranch, undated
	36			Midwest, undated
	37			Minorities in the Beef Industry, undated
	38			Museum Talk (Uniqueness of Great Plains Cattle Industry), undated
	39			Origin of Cattle and Middle Ages, undated
	40			Packing Industry, undated
	41			Ranching Overview, undated
	42			The Cattlemen By Sandoz; Cattletowns By Dykstra; XIT By Haley, undated
	43			Sheep, undated
	44			The South to 1860, undated
	45			Spanish Background, undated
	46			Texas and the Southwest, undated
	47			Transition, undated
	48			Transportation, undated
	49			Twentieth Century, undated
	50			Upbreeding, undated
			American History - High School
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4	51			Notes, undated
	52			Notes, Colonial to Civil War, undated
	53			Transparencies, undated
			Note Cards
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5	1			Exams, 1976-1980 and undated
			Class Material, 1976-1981 and undated
box	folder
5	2			Book Orders for Classes, 1976-1981 and undated
	3			Course Proposals, 1976-1980 and undated
	4			Possible Class Material, 1976-1979
	5			Syllabi, 1976-1981 and undated
			Class Notes, 1957-1971 and undated
box	folder
5	6			19th Century European History, 1971
	7			20th Century European (History 330), 1965
	8			American Church History, undated
	9			American Development to 1887 (History 171), 1964
	10			American Diplomatic History II (History 178), 1967
	11			Colloquium - National Latin America (History 301), undated
	12			Colloquium in Russian History (History 301), undated
	13			Church - State in Mexico, undated
	14			English 54, 1959
	15			Geography of North America (Geography 110), 1971
	16			Geography Readings, undated
	17			History 1d, undated
	18			History 2d, undated
	19			History 62, undated
	20			History 71, 1957
	21			History of Europe 1815-1918 (History 128), 1965
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6	1			History of Mexico (History 164), 1971
	2			History 189 Trans-Mississippi West, 1965
	3			History of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1965-1971
	4			Latin American Readings, undated
	5			Miscellaneous Subjects from the NDEA(National Defense Education Act,) History Institute for Advanced Study, Arizona State, 1968
	6			Modern European History (History 74), 1958
	7			Problems in Social Studies, (Education 398) undated
	8			Readings in American History - Church History (History 300) Book Reviews, 1967
	9			Recent American History (History 174), 1964
	10			Rise of Modern America/ Colloquium in United States History since 1920, undated
	11			Seminar in World History (History 323), 1966
	12			State and Local History (History 390)/ Notes on Religious History Readings, undated

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John Orlowski

Class Notes

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History of Kansas (History 190), undated

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Literary Productions, 1967-1981
			Articles
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6	14			"Cattlemen, Railroads, and the Origin of the Kansas Livestock Association - the 1890s" by Charles L. Wood, 1977
	15			"The Development of an Enclosure System for Five Kansas Counties, 1875-1895" by Charles L. Wood, 1969
	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
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6	17			Charts, 1967
	18			Mimeograph Copies, 1967
	19			Mimeograph Stencils, 1967
			"Fencing in Five Kansas Counties Between 1875 and 1895" by Charles L. Wood, Thesis, circa 1969
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6	20			Charts, circa 1969
	21			Draft, circa 1969
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7	1			Notes, circa 1969
	2			Note Cards, circa 1969
			Speeches
box	folder
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
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7	4			Abstract, 1976
	5			Manuscript with Revised Introduction as Sent to Kansas University Press, December 1976
			Book: The Kansas Beef Industry By Charles L. Wood
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7	6			Draft, circa 1980
	7			Galley, circa 1980
	8			General, undated
	9			Index, circa 1980
	10			Manuscript Part 1, circa 1980
	11			Manuscript Part 2, circa 1980
	12			Photographs, undated
	13			Reviews, 1980-1981
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8	1			Note Cards, undated
	2			Note Cards, undated
	3			Note Cards, undated
	4			Note Cards, undated
			Notes
box	folder
8	5			Alexander Mackay Statement, undated
			Murdo Mackenzie, 1903-1981 and undated
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9	1			Archival Inventories, 1956-1957
	2			Inheritance Tax Report (copy), 1939
	3			Material from the J. Evetts Haley History Center, 1912-1932 and undated
	4			Miscellaneous Material, 1903-1981 and undated
	5			Notes, undated
	6			Notes, 1964-1981 and undated
	7			Note Cards, circa 1979-1980
	8			Note Cards, circa 1979-1980
	9		"The Evacuation of the British Forces at Dunkirk" By Greg Wood, 1980

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Printed Material, 1939-1973
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9	10		A Chronological Subject Guide to American Heritage magazine December 1954-October 1966, 1967
	11		American Expansion: A Book of Maps, 1962
	12		"Barbed Wire Fencing - A Prairie Invention: Its Rise and Influence in the Western States" By Earl W. Hayter, 1939
	13		Federal Service Entrance Examination, 1970-1973
			News clippings, 1945-1971 and undated
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9	14			Barbed Wire, 1945-1968 and undated
	15			"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", 1971
	16			"Mari Sandoz: A Product of the Sandhills", 1971
	17		Syllabus for History of Kansas, 1968
	18		Time magazine " July 4, 1776", 1975
	19		"University of Kansas Faculty and Staff Newsletter", 1973

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Scrapbook Material, 1946-1966 and undated

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9

20

Assorted Maps, 1946-1966 and undated

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Sound Recording, undated

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9

21

Tom Lehrer "That Was the Year that Was", undated

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