TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Bibliography
Description of Series
Correspondence
Financial Material
General Files
Literary Production
Printed Material
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David Nathan Arnett:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1866-1939, in the Southwest
Collection, Special Collections Libraries
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| Creator | Arnett, D. N. (David Nathan),
1847-1934 |
| Title: | David Nathan Arnett
Papers,
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| Dates: | 1866-1939 and undated |
| Abstract: | Records relating to
David Nathan Arnett's activities as a rancher and banker in West Texas
including his management of the Spade Ranch. |
| Collection # | S 40.1 |
| Quantity: | 4 boxes (4.0 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
D. N. (David Nathan) Arnett was a West Texas rancher, trail boss,
ranch manager, and banker. He was born in 1847 in Milam County, Texas. Arnett
served in the Civil War as Texas Home Guard and later joined the regular Army
(CSA). In 1867 he became a Texas Ranger. His career in ranching began in 1870,
and he was employed as "trail boss" by D.H. and J.W. Snyder from 1877-1879,
later becoming the manager of the Snyder's Yellow Wolf Ranch in Coke County,
Texas, in 1881. Soon thereafter, in 1882, Arnett acquired his own ranch, the
Scissors Brand Ranch, in Mitchell County, Texas. From 1891-1912, he managed the
Renderbrook and Spade Ranches owned by barbed wire manufacturer, Isaac L.
Ellwood. He later raised cattle near Colorado City, Texas, and helped organize
the City National Bank of Colorado City, Texas, where he served as bank
vice-president. Arnett died 1934 in Colorado City, Texas.
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Includes personal and business correspondence, financial and printed
material, and literary productions. Collection bulks with personal and business
correspondence (1908-1909), general files (1866-1939), and financial records
pertaining to Arnett's career as manager of Ellwood's ranching business
(1895-1917). Some of the correspondence was written by J. Frank Norfleet,
foreman of the Spade Ranch from 1891-1904, which details weather and business
concerns of ranch life. Content of the general files includes receipts, account
statements, checks, and correspondence, much of which is from his son W. D.
Arnett regarding a ranch in Terry and Hockley Counties.
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Organization
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| The records are organized in the following series: |
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| | Correspondence (Box 1) |
| | Financial Material (Box 1) |
| | General Files (Box 2-4) |
| | Literary Production (Box 4) |
| | Printed Material (Box 4) |
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| 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, D. N. (David
Nathan), 1847-1934 |
| | Arnett, Tom |
| | Elwood, Isaac Leonard,
1833-1910 |
| Places |
| | Colorado City
(Tex.)--History |
| | Hockley
County--Texas--History |
| | Terry
County--Texas--History |
| | Mitchell
County--Texas--History |
| | Renderbrook Ranch
(Tex.) |
| | Spade Ranch
(Tex.) |
| Subjects |
| | Banks and
banking--Texas--Colorado City--History |
| | Cattle
trade--Texas--History |
| | Cattle
drives--Texas--History |
| | Ranch
managers--Texas--History |
| | Ranches--Texas--History |
| | Terry
County--Texas--History |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Isaac L. Ellwood Papers, 1878-1935, 1878-1919
- Ellwood Estates Records, 1860-1966, 1878-1966
- Spade Ranch Photograph Collection, 1900-1932
- Frank Reeves Photograph Collection, 1914-1975
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David Nathan Arnett Papers, 1866-1939, Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Gift, 1977
Karen Hicks, June 2003
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Kelton, Steve.
Renderbrook: A Century under the Spade
Brand. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1989.
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Correspondence
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Correspondence,
1903-1909 |
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Financial Material
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 2 | | Ledgers,
1895-1900 |
| 3 | | Ledgers,
1903-1906 |
| 4 | | Ledgers,
1912-1917 |
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General Files
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 5 | | General Files,
1866-1892 |
| 6 | | General Files,
1893-1895 |
| 7 | | General Files,
1896-1899 |
| 8 | | General Files,
1901-1902 and undated |
| 9 | | General Files,
1900 |
| 10 | | General Files,
1902 |
| 11 | | General Files,
1903 |
| 12 | | General Files,
1904, January through July |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | General Files,
1904, July through December |
| 1 | | General Files,
1905 |
| 3 | | General Files,
1906, January through July |
| 4 | | General Files,
1906, August through December |
| 5 | | General Files,
1907, January through May |
| 6 | | General Files,
1907, June through December |
| 7 | | General Files,
1908, January through July |
| 8 | | General Files,
1908, August through December |
| 9 | | General Files,
1909, January through May |
| 10 | | General Files,
1909, June through December |
| 11 | | General Files,
1910, January through August |
| 12 | | General Files,
1910, September through December |
| 13 | | General Files,
1911 |
| 14 | | General Files,
1912 |
| 15 | | General Files,
1913, January through May |
| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | General Files,
1913, June through December |
| 2 | | General Files,
1914, January through May |
| 3 | | General Files,
1914, June through September |
| 4 | | General Files,
1914, October through December |
| 5 | | General Files,
1915, January through April |
| 6 | | General Files,
1915, May through August |
| 7 | | General Files,
1915 (September through
December)-1917 |
| 8 | | General Files,
1916, January through May |
| 9 | | General Files,
1916, June through October |
| 10 | | General Files,
1916, November through December |
| 11 | | General Files,
1917, January through March |
| 12 | | General Files,
1917, April through July |
| 13 | | General Files,
1917, August through October |
| 14 | | General Files,
1917, November through December |
| 14 | | General Files,
1918, January through April |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | General Files,
1918, May through December |
| 2 | | General Files,
1919, January through June |
| 3 | | General Files,
1919, July through December |
| 4 | | General Files,
1920 |
| 5 | | General Files,
1921 |
| 6 | | General Files,
1922 |
| 7 | | General Files,
1923 |
| 8 | | General Files,
1924-1925 |
| 9 | | General Files,
1930-1939 |
| 10 | | General Files,
Undated |
| 11 | | General Files,
Undated |
| 12 | | General Files,
Undated |
| 13 | | Undated |
| 14 | | General Files,
Undated |
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Literary Production
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| box | folder |
| 4 | 15 | | Notes: Pharmaceutical Laboratory - W. D. (Dudley)
Arnett,
1909 |
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Printed Material
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| box | folder |
| 4 | 16 | | New Testament and Psalms,
undated |
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