Henry Harrison Campbell:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1869-1898 and undated, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries
Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator | Campbell, H. H. (Henry Harrison), 1840-1911 | |
| Title: | Henry Harrison Campbell Papers, | |
| Dates: | 1869-1898 and undated | |
| Abstract: | Papers related to Henry Harrison Campbell's ranching activities in Motley County in West Texas. | |
| Collection # | S 152.1 | |
| Quantity: | 1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)) | |
| Language | English. | |
| Repository | Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University | |
Biographical Sketch
A Civil War veteran (20th Texas Regiment), cattleman, founder of the Matador Ranch (1878), and the first county judge of Motley County Texas (1891), Campbell was born in 1840, and came to West Texas in 1877 and established the Matador Cattle Company, the parent company of the West Texas ranch. He sold the ranch in 1883 to the Scotland syndicate and then established the Campbell Ranch. Campbell helped organize Motley County and later homesteaded a section of land on which the town of Matador, Texas, is now located. His wife was the town's first postmaster. Campbell died in 1911.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence and invitations, financial records such as receipts, an unidentified journal and cash book, and Mr. Campbell's weather diary from 1890. Of particular interest is a letter from A. M. Britton.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Index Terms |
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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) | ||
| Campbell, H. H. (Henry Harrison), 1840-1911 | ||
| Campbell, H. H. (Henry Harrison), 1840-1911--Archives | ||
| Britton, A. M. (Andrew Markham) | ||
| Subjects (Organizations) | ||
| Koch Matador Cattle Company | ||
| Places | ||
| Matador Ranch (Tex.) | ||
| Motley County (Tex.) | ||
| Subjects | ||
| Cattle trade--Texas | ||
| Ranching--Texas | ||
Related Material
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections: |
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Henry Harrison Campbell Papers, 1869-1898 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Gift, 1954
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, May 2003
Bibliograpy
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Pearce, William Martin. The Matador Land and Cattle Company. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1964. |
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Bean, Tom. The Matadors and Other Stories.Dell City, Texas: C. Warren, 1990. |
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Collection Inventory
Correspondence, 1869-1882 |
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| 1 | Personal and Invitations, 1869-1882 | ||||||||||||
Financial Documents, 1879-1898 |
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| 2 | Receipts, Notes, and Journal, 1879-1898 | ||||||||||||
Literary Production, 1890 |
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| 3 | Campbell's Weather Diary, 1890 | ||||||||||||
Scrapbook Material, undated |
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| 4 | Invitations and Photograph, undated | ||||||||||||