urn:taro:ttu.sw.00161 William G. DeLoach: An Inventory of His Papers, 1911-1964, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries 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 in English Tue Jul 22 15:23:35 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00161 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the William G. DeLoach Papers, 1911-1964, Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, July 2002 Descriptive Summary DeLoach, William G. (William Green), 1880-1967 William G. DeLoach Papers, 1911-1964 A series of diaries chronicling the day-to-day experiences of William G. DeLoach as a West Texas farmer. S 253.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 2 boxes (1.3 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

William G. DeLoach was a longtime resident of Crosby County and Lamb County, Texas. His family traveled from southern Oklahoma to settle in a small farmstead in Crosby County. For fifty years, he kept a diary to record his life experiences as a farmer and family man in West Texas. Some of his diary entries have been used to compile the book Plains Farmer: The Diary of William G. DeLoach, 1914-1964. The book was edited by Janet Neugebauer. DeLoach was born in 1880 and he died in 1967.

 Scope and Contents

The collection contains twelve diaries arranged in chronological order written by William G. DeLoach between the years 1911-1964. They have daily entries on weather, farming, family, community, financial entries, and other topics.

Organization

The diaries are organized as follows:

Box 1: Diary I, 1911 through Diary VIII, 1945 Box 2: Diary IX, 1946 through Diary XII, 1964 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) DeLoach, William G. (William Green), 1880-1967 DeLoach, William G. (William Green), 1880-1967--Diaries Places Crosby County (Tex.)--History Subjects Agriculture--Texas, West Farm life--West Texas Farmers--Texas--Crosby County

Gift, 1975

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, July 2002

 Preferred Citation

William G. DeLoach Papers, 1911-1964, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Neugebauer, Janet M., ed. Plains Farmer: The Diary of William G. DeLoach, 1914-1964. College Station, Texas A and M University Press, 1991.

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

Mason Family Papers, 1900-2002 and undated Collection Inventory Diaries 1 Diary I through Diary VIII 1911-1945 2 Diary IX through Diary XII 1946-1964