urn:taro:ttu.sw.00164 Leona Banister Bruce: An Inventory of Her Papers, 1864-1982 and undated, 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 inEnglish Tue Jul 22 15:23:36 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00164 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Leona Banister Bruce Papers, 1864-1982 and undated Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, June 2003 Descriptive Summary Bruce, Leona Banister Leona Banister Bruce Papers, 1864-1982 and undated Personal papers relating to Leona Bannister Bruce's life in Coleman County in Central Texas, including manuscripts of her books. S 123.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 2 boxes and 1 scrapbook (3.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

Leona was the daughter of pioneer rancher, John R. Banister, and was born near Santa Anna, Texas in 1899. She later came to own most of the land around the West Santa Anna Peak. She was also known as Mrs. C. D. Bruce. Bruce published several books on the history of Santa Anna, Texas. Books included Banister Was There, Into the Setting Sun, Trickham, Texas and Four Years in the Coleman Jail.

 Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of Leona Banister Bruce's books, some photographs, scrapbook material, a family Bible, and other miscellaneous materials. Also includes correspondence, brand books, legal items, reports, and other memorabilia relating to her father, who was an inspector for the Texas Cattle Raisers' Association. Other items of interest concern the Texas Rangers.

 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) Bruce, Leona Banister Banister, John R. Millard, L. S. Subjects (Organizations TExas Rangers Places Santa Anna (Tex.)--History Coleman County (Tex.)--History Texas--History Subjects Authors--Texas Ranching--Texas Law enforcement--Texas

Gifts, 1969-1983

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

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Abel Ramirez, June 2003

 Preferred Citation

Leona Banister Bruce Papers, 1864-1982 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Hunter, Glady Nevins. Historically Speaking: Coleman County, Texas.San Angelo, Texas: Anchor Publishing Company, 1977. Bruce, Leona Banister. Banister Was There.Fort Worth, Texas: Branch-Smith, 1968.

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

Roy D. Holt Papers, 1870-1987 and undated Collection Inventory Correspondence 1 1 L. S. Millard Related, 1891-1919 1 2 Personal - unknown author, undated 1 3 Research Efforts, undated Banister, John R. 1 4 Correspondence, 1894-1915 and undated 1 5 Brand Books, 1887-1914 and undated 1 6 Financial Records, 1910-1922 1 7 Legal Material, 1895-1937 1 8 Reports - Cattle Investigations, 1910-1913 1 9 Scrapbook Material - Miscellaneous, 1889-1936 and undated 1 10 Memorabilia - Ribbons and Badges, 1903-1911 and undated Literary Production 1 11 Banister Was There and other stories, undated 1 12 Banister Was There by Leona Banister Bruce, typescript, 1962-1964 and undated 1 13 Banister Was There by Leona Banister Bruce, typescript, 1962-1964 and undated 1 14 Banister Was There by Leona Banister Bruce, typescript, 1962-1964 and undated 1 15 Banister Was There by Leona Banister Bruce, typescript, 1962-1964 and undated 1 16 Four Years in the Coleman Jail: Daughter of Two Sheriffs by Leona Banister Bruce, manuscript, 1982 1 17 Into the Setting Sun" by Leona Banister Bruce, original hand written manuscript, undated 1 18 Research Notes, 1883-1973 and undated 1 19 Trickham, Texas by Leona Banister Bruce, typescript, undated 2 1 Trickham, Texas by Leona Banister Bruce, typescript, undated Printed Material 2 2 Cattle and Horse Articles, 1948-1960 2 3 Family Bible, 1864 2 4 Leona (Mrs. C. D.) Banister Bruce news clippings, 1969-1982 2 5 Miscellaneous Clippings, 1946-1949 and undated 2 6 Miscellaneous Publications, 1901-1946 2 7 News Clippings, 1906-1966 2 8 Quarter Horse Sales Catalogs, 1955-1960 and undated Photographs 2 9 Politicians and Texas Rangers, 1904-1949 and undated 2 10 Texas Ex-Rangers Memorial Building and Mexico Trip, 1942 and undated Scrapbook Material 2 11 Brown County Pioneers Form Organization news clipping scrapbook, 1930-1956 and undated 2 12 L. S. Millard Related, 1905-1909 and undated 2 13 Law West of the Pecos: The Story of Judge Roy Bean news clipping scrapbook, 1930s 2 14 Scrapbook of News Clippings, 1930s 2 15 Scrapbook of Notable People and Historic Scenes, 1930s 2 16 Texas Courthouse Prints, undated 2 17 Miscellaneous, 1943-1969 and undated Scrapbook Material Item 1 Scrapbook relating to L. S. Millard, 1887-1938 and undated