urn:taro:ttu.sw.00167 Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company: An Inventory of Its Records, 1885-1887, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library Texas Tech University MS 41041 Lubbock, Texas 79409 Phone: (806) 742-3749 Fax: (806) 742-0496 Webpage: http://www.swco.ttu.edu Contact Person: Reference Archivist
July 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Karen Hicks, July 2003. Finding aid written in English Tue Jul 22 15:23:37 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00167 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company Records, 1885-1887 Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, August 2002 Descriptive Summary Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company Records, 1885-1887 Records and activities of the Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company in Montana, Nevada, and Indian Territory. S 473.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 wallet (0.2 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Company was established in 1885 to deal in cattle sales, breeding and trading, land sales, and in leasing. The principal stockholders were Robert D. Hunter, Albert G. Evans, and Edgar S. Marston. These individuals also acted as the officers of the company. The company was based in Illinois, but handled business in Montana, Nevada, and the Indian Territory. The longevity of the company is unknown.

 Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a ledger book with the minutes of the Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company dating from 1885-1887.

 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) Hunter, Robert D. Evans, Albert G. Marston, Edgar S. Subjects (Organizations) Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company Subjects Ranching--Montana Ranching--Nevada Ranching--Oklahoma Ranches--Southwest, New Ranches--Montana Ranches--Nevada Ranches--Oklahoma

Gift, 1978

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, August 2002

 Preferred Citation

Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company Records, 1885-1887, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

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

Swenson Land and Cattle Company Records, 1829-1968 and undated Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1874-1960 and undated Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company Records, 1837-1976 Collection Inventory Records, 1885-1887 Item 1 Ledger, 1885-1887