George D. Keith Family: An Inventory of Their Papers, 1912-1977 and undated, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Organization

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Correspondence, 1919-1977 and undated

Address Files, undated

Calendars and Date Books, 1940-1977

Cattle Records, 1925-1974 and undated

Farm Records, 1950-1975 and undated

Financial Material, 1917-1977 and undated

General Files, 1930-1975 and undated

Legal Material, 1942-1977 and undated

Notes, 1948-1974 and undated

Photographs, 1945-1954 and undated

Printed Material, 1922-1977 and undated

Scrapbook Material, 1955-1977 and undated

Miscellaneous, 1955-1973 and undated

Scrapbook, 1928

George D. Keith Family:

An Inventory of Their Papers, 1912-1977 and undated, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Keith, George D. Family
	Title:	George D. Keith Family Papers,
	Dates:	1912-1977 and undated
	Abstract:	Paper relating to the business and personal activities of members of the George D. Keith family in Texas.
	Collection #	S 521.1
	Quantity:	11 Boxes (11.0 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University,

Biographical Sketch

George D. Keith, Sr. was born 1875 in Falmouth, Tennessee and later became Vice-President and co-founder of the Ben E. Keith Company. He was a rancher and owned the George D. Keith & Sons Ranch near Wichita Falls, Texas. Keith's ranching interests included the breeding of registered Hereford cattle and Palomino horses. He served as the first president of the Texas and Oklahoma Fair Association and was active in civic affairs. In 1897, Keith married Meta Ransom with whom he had two sons, George, Jr. and Calvin. His second wife, Mollie Black, whom he married in 1908, also bore two sons. Ben E. Keith, his brother, operated the Ben E. Keith Company, a fruit and vegetable brokerage, from its Fort Worth headquarters. Mollie Black Keith and her sons, Kenneth and Jim, operated the ranch after George Keith's death in 1955. Mollie Keith died in 1973 and Jim Keith was killed during a robbery at the ranch in 1975. Kenneth later donated some of the antiques from the ranch house to the National Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University.

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains detailed records concerning cattle breeding, cattle sales, property taxes, and the financial operations of a breeding farm. Collection bulks with financial material (1916-1977) and cattle records (1925-1977) consisting mostly of registration certificates and pedigree records. Significant amounts of correspondence (1919-1977) and general files (1914-1977) exist. There are lesser amounts of legal materials (1912-1977), printed material (1922-1977), and scrapbook material (1912-1977). These items reflect both business and personal activities of the Keith family.

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Organization
	The collection is organized into the following series:

		Correspondence (Box 1)
		Cattle Records (Box 2-3)
		Address Files (Box 2)
		Calendars and Date Books (Box 2)
		Farm Records (Box 3)
		Financial Material (Box 3-6)
		General Files (Box 6-9)
		Legal Material (Box 9)
		Notes (Box 9)
		Photographs (Box 10
		Printed Material (Box 10)
		Scrapbook Material (Box 10)
		Miscellaneous, (Box 10)

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research

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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)
		Keith, George D. (George Donathan), 1875-1955
		Keith, Mollie Black, 1886-1973
		Keith, James Carter, 1908-1973
		Keith, Kenneth M., 1910-1977?
	Subjects (Organizations)
		American Hereford Association
		Texas Hereford Association
		Texas and Oklahoma Fair Association
		Ben E. Keith Company
	Places
		Clay County (Tex.)--History
	Subjects
		Hereford cattle--Breeding
		Ranches--Texas--History

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Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Gail Dudley Papers Stanford and Black Family Papers John B. Stribling Papers Swenson Land and Cattle Company Records

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

George D. Keith Family Papers, 1912-1977 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Gift, 1977

Processed by

Karen Hicks, June 2003

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Collection Inventory



Correspondence, 1919-1977 and undated
box	folder
1	1		General, 1919-1949 and undated
	2		General, 1950-1954
	3		General, 1955
	4		General, 1956-1959
	5		General, 1960-1969
	6		General, 1970-1972
	7		General, 1973
	8		General, 1974
	9		General, 1975
	10		General, 1976
	11		General, 1977

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Address Files, undated

box

folder

2

1

Address Files, undated

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Calendars and Date Books, 1940-1977

box

folder

2

2

Calendars and Date Books, 1940-1977

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Cattle Records, 1925-1974 and undated
box	folder
2	3		Certificates, 1934-1974
	4		Ledgers, 1925-1927
	5		Ledgers, 1926-1931
	6		Ledgers, 1928-1974
	7		Ledgers, 1938-1962
box	folder
3	1		Ledgers, 1956-1974
	2		Ledgers, undated
	3		Notes, 1944-1974 and undated
	4		Miscellaneous, 1939-1974 and undated

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Farm Records, 1950-1975 and undated
box	folder
3	5		Conservation Plan, 1955-1975 and undated
	6		Maps, undated
	7		Miscellaneous, 1950-1974 and undated

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Financial Material, 1917-1977 and undated
box	folder
3	8		Correspondence, 1938-1976 and undated
	9		Bank Records, 1948-1976 and undated
			Bills and Receipts
box	folder
3	10			General, 1928-1940 and undated
	11			General, 1940-1949
	12			General, 1950-1959
	13			General, 1960-1969
	14			General, 1970
	15			General, 1971
box	folder
4	1			General, 1972
	2			General, 1973
	3			General, 1974
	4			General, 1975
	5			General, 1976
	6			General, 1977
			Check Books
box	folder
4	7			Check Books, 1937-1971
box	folder
5	1			Check Books, 1944-1957
	2			Check Books, 1948-1949
	3			Check Books, 1955-1959
	4		Credit Cards, 1955-1974 and undated
			Deposit Slips
box	folder
5	5			George D. Keith and Sons, 1946-1974
	6			Jim Keith, 1944-1975
	7			Kenneth Keith, 1943-1975
	8		Dividends, 1955-1977 and undated
			Income Tax
box	folder
5	9			Income Tax, undated
	10			Income Tax, 1917
	11			Income Tax, 1919-1929
	12			Income Tax, 1925-1926
	13			Income Tax, 1927
	14			Income Tax, 1928
	15			Income Tax, 1929
	16			Income Tax, 1931
	17			Income Tax, 1932-1933
	18			Income Tax, 1935
	19			Income Tax, 1936
	20			Income Tax, 1935-1938
	21			Income Tax, 1937-1938
	22			Income Tax, 1939
	23			Income Tax, 1939-1940
	24			Income Tax, 1940-1941
	25			Income Tax, 1942
	26			Income Tax, 1943
	27			Income Tax, 1944
	28			Income Tax, 1945
	29			Income Tax, 1946-1947
	30			Income Tax, 1947-1948
	31			Income Tax, 1948-1949
	32			Income Tax, 1949-1950
	33			Income Tax, 1950-1951
	34			Income Tax, 1951-1952
	35			Income Tax, 1952-1953
	36			Income Tax, 1953-1954
	37			Income Tax, 1954-1955
	38			Income Tax, 1955-1956
	39			Income Tax, 1956-1957
	40			Income Tax, 1957-1958
	41			Income Tax, 1958-1959
	42			Income Tax, 1959-1960
	43			Income Tax, 1960-1961
	44			Income Tax, 1961-1962
	45			Income Tax, 1962-1963
	46			Income Tax, 1963-1964
	47			Income Tax, 1964-1965
	48			Income Tax, 1965-1966
	49			Income Tax, 1966-1967
	50			Income Tax, 1967-1968
	51			Income Tax, 1968-1969
	52			Income Tax, 1969-1970
	53			Income Tax, 1970-1971
	54			Income Tax, 1971-1972
	55			Income Tax, 1972-1973
	56			Income Tax, 1973-1974
	57			Income Tax, 1974-1975
	58			Income Tax, 1976-1977
	59			Quarterly Payment Stubs, 1963-1968
box	folder
6	1		Insurance, 1925-1976
			Ledgers
box	folder
6	2			Ledgers, 1916-1939
	3			Ledgers, 1929-1930
	4			Ledgers, 1933-1947
	5			Ledgers, 1939-1955
	6		Livestock Deals, 1937-1975 and undated
	7		Medical, 1961
	8		Notes, 1943-1975 and undated
	9		Promissory Notes, 1920-1939
	10		Tax Receipts, 1939-1955
	11		Worksheets, 1958
	12		Miscellaneous, 1944-1976 and undated

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General Files, 1930-1975 and undated
box	folder
6	13		American Hereford Association, 1939-1977 and undated
	14		Automobile Receipts, 1934-1961 and undated
			Ben E. Keith Company
box	folder
6	15			General, 1930-1943 and undated
	16			General, 1935-1939
	17			General, 1936-1937
	18			General, 1948-1976
	19			General, 1949-1954 and undated
	20			General, 1955
	21			General, 1960-1976
	22			Earnings Statements, 1939-1953
box	folder
7	1		Cattle Buyers, 1951-1954 and undated
	2		Cattle Deals, 1954-1971 and undated
	3		Census of Agriculture, 1969
	4		Christmas Lists, 1954-1971 and undated
	5		Clay County Taxes, 1947-1975 and undated
	6		Correspondence, 1954-1975 and undated
	7		Expenses on Stocker Cows, 1958-1959 and undated
	8		Farm Program, 1940-1974 and undated
	9		Feed Contracts, 1956-1963 and undated
	10		Feed Contracts, 1959-1960
	11		Feed for Calves, 1954-1958 and undated
	12		Feed for Calves and Bull, 1959
	13		Ford, 1971 and undated
	14		Government Purchases, 1953 and undated
	15		Government Programs, 1938-1956 and undated
	16		Hackler Land Lease, 1914-1971
	17		Highway Rights-of-Way, 1961-1969 and undated
	18		Humphrey, Leslie, 1956-1962 and undated
			Insurance Records
box	folder
7	19			General, 1940-1954 and undated
	20			General, 1954-1962 and undated
	21		General, 1954-1974
	22		General, 1955-1974 and undated
	23		General, 1963-1965 and undated
	24		General, 1966-1967 and undated
	25		General, 1969-1974 and undated
	26		General, undated
	27		Keith Brothers, 7 28 7 29 8 1 1941-1948 and undated
	28		Keith, George D. Estate, 1948-1959 and undated
	29		Keith, George D. and Sons: Mineral Lease, 1968 and undated
			Keith, Mrs. George D. (Mollie)
box	folder
8	1			General, 1939-1974 and undated
				Settlement of Estate
box	folder
8	2				General, 1963-1967 and undated
	3				General, 1966-1968 and undated
			Keith, Jim
box	folder
8	4			General, 1954-1975 and undated
	5			General, undated
			Keith, Kenneth
box	folder
8	6			General, 1936-1943 and undated
	7			General, 1941-1942
	8			General, 1941-1951 and undated
	9			General, 1958-1975 and undated
	10			General, 1960-1962 and undated
	11			General, 1965-1972 and undated
	12			Income Tax, 1959-1970
	13		Lists of Materials, 1942 and undated
	14		McClellan, C. H. Estate of, 1965-1975 and undated
	15		Oil and Gas Purchase, 1955-1975
	16		Old Records, 1922-1931 and undated
	17		Orkin, 1975
	18		Palominos, 1937-1947 and undated
	19		Pipelines: Rights-of-Way, 1958-1972 and undated
	20		Purchases and Sales Receipts, 1955-1966
	21		Sales, Deposit Slips, 1950-1956
			Texas Hereford Association
box	folder
8	22			General, 1935-1943 and undated
	23			General, 1939-1958 and undated
			Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission
box	folder
8	24			General, 1946-1953 and undated
	25			General, 1944-1973 and udated
	26		Texas-Oklahoma Hereford Breeders Association, 1951-1954
	27		Texas Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Dealer's Association, 1927
	28		Wichita County Taxes, 1947-1974 and undated
box	folder
9	1		Wichita Falls Stockyard Company, 1954-1975 and undated
			Miscellaneous
box	folder
9	2			"B", 1939-1954 and undated
	3			"C", 1938-1954 and undated
	4			"D", 1946-1953 and undated
	5			"E", 1938-1953 and undated
	6			"F", 1939-1954 and undated
	7			"G", 1946-1954 and undated
	8			"H", 1939-1953 and undated
	9			"I", 1947-1951 and undated
	10			"J", 1939-1952 and undated
	11			"K", 1942-1954 and undated
	12			"L", 1940-1954 and undated
	13			"M", 1939-1954 and undated
	14			"N", 1947-1954 and undated
	15			"O", 1947-1953 and undated
	16			"P", 1939-1954 and undated
	17			R", 1945-1954 and undated
	18			"S", 1938-1954 and undated
	19			"T", 1922-1954 and undated
	20			U", 1947-1952
	21			"V", 1947-1951 and undated
	22			"W", 1929-1954 and undated
	23			"X", "Y", 1948
	24			"Z", 1947

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Legal Material, 1942-1977 and undated

box

folder

9

25

General, 1942-1975 and undated

26

Estate of Keith, James Carter (Jim), 1975-1977 and undated

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Notes, 1948-1974 and undated

box

folder

9

27

Notes, 1948-1974 and undated

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Photographs, 1945-1954 and undated

box

folder

10

1

Photographs, 1945-1954 and undated

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Printed Material, 1922-1977 and undated
box	folder
10	2		News Clippings, 10 3 10 4 10 5 1922-1976 and undated
	3		News Clippings, 1923-1977
	4		Magazines, 1939-1954 and undated
	5		Miscellaneous, 1938-1976 and undated

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Scrapbook Material, 1955-1977 and undated

Funeral Memorabilia

box

folder

10

6

General, 1955-1976

7

General, 1955-1973

General

box

folder

10

8

General, 1912-1977 and undated

9

General, 1933-1955 and undated

10

Keith Clan, The, 1941-1945 and undated

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Miscellaneous, 1955-1973 and undated

box

folder

10

11

Miscellaneous, 1955-1973 and undated

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Scrapbook, 1928

box

folder

11

1

Scrapbook 1928

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