urn:taro:ttu.sw.00139 Rollie Clyde Burns: An Inventory of His Papers, 1842-1958 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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July 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Karen Hicks, July 2003. Finding aid written inEnglish Tue Jul 22 15:23:15 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00139 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory of the Rollie Clyde Burns Papers, 1842-1958 and undated Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, August 2002 Descriptive Summary Burns, Rollie Clyde, 1857- Rollie Clyde Burns Papers, 1842-1958 and undated Records of Rollie Clyde (R. C.) Burns, a rancher in the Lubbock, Texas area. S 143.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 box (1.0 linear foot) English. Biographical Sketch

A rancher and civic leader, Burns was born in 1857 in Missouri and came to Texas with his parents at age four. He was a ranch manager for the Llano Cattle Company, Nave-McCord Cattle Company, and the Western Land and Livestock Company prior to purchasing his own ranch, Idlewild. Active in the founding of Lubbock, Texas, Burns operated an automobile stageline from 1907-1909, and served as Lubbock County tax assessor for 14 years. He died in 1945.

 Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, legal and financial materials, printed material, diary, photographs, and literary productions pertaining to Rollie C. Burns and family. The collection bulks with literary productions and reminiscences of ranching activities, including a manuscript compiled by William Curry Holden.

 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) Burns, Rollie C., 1857-1945 Burns, Rollie C., 1857-1945--Family Burns family Holden, William Curry, 1896- Places Lubbock (Tex.)--History Subjects Ranch managers--Texas Ranching--Texas

Gift, 1966

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

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Abel Ramirez, August 2002

 Preferred Citation

Rollie C. Burns Papers, 1842-1958 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Additional Sources Holden, William Curry. Rollie Burns: or An Account of the Ranching History on the South Plains.Dallas, Texas, Southwest Press, 1932.

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

Holden, William Curry and Frances Mayhugh Papers, 1836-1989 and undated Collection Inventory Burns, C. S. 1 1 Correspondence, 1848-1888 1 2 Financial Documents, 1842-1860 1 3 Legal Documents, 1848-1849 Printed Materials 1 4 News Clippings, undated Burns, Rowland (Rollie) C. Correspondence 1 5 Letters Sent, 1890-1931 1 6 Letters Received, "A-D", 1880-1936 1 7 Letters Received, "H-L", 1880-1936 1 8 Letters Received, "M-R", 1880-1936 1 9 Letters Received, "S-Z", 1880-1932 1 10 Financial Documents, 1885-1912 and undated 1 11 Cancelled Checks, 1893-1898 1 12 Legal Documents, 1873-1928 and undated Literary Productions 1 13 Burns Hand Notes, undated Holden, W. C. 1 14 Manuscript - Preface-Chapter 7, undated 1 15 Manuscript - Chapters 8-9, Miscellaneous Notes, undated 1 16 Manuscript - "Reminiscences of 56 Years", undated 1 17 Manuscript - "Reminiscences of 56 Years", undated 1 18 Manuscript - (completed) "Reminiscences of 56 Years" by Rollie C. Burns, undated 1 19 Notes on Burns' Manuscript, undated 1 20 Miscellaneous Documents, 1881-1893 and undated 1 21 Charts, Diagrams, Lists, 1931 and undated 1 22 Photographs, 1907-1929 and undated Printed Materials 1 23 News Clippings, 1923-1958 and undated 1 24 News Clippings - Miscellaneous, undated Burns, Mrs. R. C. 1 25 Diary, 1889