John Wesley Mooar: An Inventory of His Papers, 1871-1917 and undated, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries

John Wesley Mooar:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1871-1917 and undated, in the Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Mooar, John Wesley, 1846-1918
	Title:	John Wesley Mooar Papers,
	Dates:	1871-1917 and undated
	Abstract:	Papers relating to business activities of brothers John Wesley Mooar and J. Wright Mooar as buffalo hunters and ranchers in Texas.
	Collection #	S 720.1
	Quantity:	2 small boxes (0.6 linear feet)
	Language	English.
	Repository	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

A buffalo trader and rancher, Mooar was born in 1846 in Pownal, Vermont. He lived in New York from 1861 to 1872, receiving and selling buffalo hides sent by his brother J. Wright Mooar. He joined his brother in Kansas in 1872, and they moved to Texas in 1873. With the decline of the buffalo trade, the brothers established the Mooar Brothers Ranch in Scurry County, Texas. John Wesley Mooar married Margaret McCollum and they had two children, Lydia Louise Mooar and John Combs Mooar. In addition to his ranching and business interests, Mooar assisted in bringing the Texas and Pacific Railroad to Colorado City, Texas. Mooar died in 1918 in Colorado City, Texas.

Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, financial material, printed material, and a diary relating to the business and personal concerns of the Mooar brothers. It bulks (1871-1900) with financial materials of the Mooar brothers' business enterprises. There are lesser amounts of correspondence dealing with personal and family matters. Of particular interest is a letter describing the battle of Adobe Walls.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research


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)

		Mooar, John Wesley, 1846-1918
		Mooar, J. Wright (John Wright), 1851-1940


Places

		Mooar Brothers Ranch (Tex.)
		Scurry County (Tex.)--History
		Mitchell County (Tex.)--History


Subjects

		Adobe Walls, Battle of, Tex., 1874
		American bison hunting--Texas--history
		American bison

Related Material


	For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:
		Margaret McCollum Mooar Papers, 1870-1920 Lydia Louise Mooar Papers, 1876-1971 and undated



		Branch, Edward Douglas. The Hunting of the Buffalo.Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 1997.
		Robinson, Charles M. The Buffalo Hunters. Austin, Texas: State House Press, 1995.

Collection Inventory



Papers, 1871-1917 and undated
box	folder
1	1	Correspondence, Notes, and etc., 1871-1875
	2	Correspondence, Notes, and etc., 1876-1877
	3	Correspondence, Notes, and etc., 1877-1879
	4	Correspondence, Notes, and etc., 1880-1881/
	5	Correspondence, Notes, and etc., 1882-1889
	6	Correspondence, Notes, and etc., 1890-1917
	7	Financial Documents - Bills and Receipts, 1881-1901
	8	Financial Documents - Bound Volumes, (4 items) 1876-1880
box	folder
2	1	Financial Documents - Bound Volumes, (6 items) 1881-1890
	2	Miscellaneous Documents - Correspondence, Maps, and etc., 1871-1891 and undated
	Item 1	Financial Documents - Mooar Brothers Bills and Receipts, bound volume, 1899-1901