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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
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Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Bibliography
Description of Series
Papers, 1876-1971 and undated
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Lydia Louise Mooar:
An Inventory of Her Papers, 1876-1971 and undated, in the
Southwest Collection, Special Collections Libraries
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| Creator | Mooar, Lydia Louise, b.
1887 |
| Title: | Lydia Louise Mooar
Papers,
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| Dates: | 1876-1971 and undated |
| Abstract: | Papers of Lydia Louise
Mooar relating to activities of Mooar family members. |
| Collection # | S 722.1 |
| Quantity: | 2 boxes (1.3 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
A public school teacher, Lydia Louise Mooar was born in 1887 in Scurry
County, Texas, the daughter of John Wesley and Margaret McCollum Mooar. She was
educated at Colorado City, Texas, and attended St. Mary's College in Dallas,
Texas, and Word Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee. She taught school in Texas,
Florida, and Georgia before retiring in 1959. Her father and his brother, J.
Wright Mooar, were involved in buffalo hunting and ranching.
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The collection includes correspondence, financial materials, legal
materials, literary productions, and scrapbook material. It bulks (1876-1933)
with financial and legal material such as land deeds, leases and wills dealing
primarily with the business of John Combs Mooar, the brother of Lydia Louise
Mooar. Also includes a few materials dealing with J. Wright Mooar and John
Wesley Mooar.
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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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) |
| | Mooar, Lydia Louise, b.
1887 |
| | Mooar, John
Combs |
| | Mooar, John Wesley,
1846-1918 |
| | Mooar, Margaret McCollum,
1862-1918 |
| | Mooar, J. Wright (John
Wright), 1851-1940 |
| Places |
| | Mooar Brothers Ranch
(Tex.) |
| | Scurry County
(Tex.)--History |
| | Colorado City
(Tex.) |
| Subjects |
| | American bison
hunting--Texas--History |
| | Adobe Walls, Battle of,
Tex., 1874 |
| | American
bison--Texas |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- John Wesley Mooar Papers, 1871-1917 and undated
- Margaret McCollum (Mrs. John Wesley) Mooar Papers, 1870-1920
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Lydia Louise Mooar Papers, 1876-1971 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Gifts, 1965-1971
Abel Ramirez, June 2003
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Lore and Legend: A Compilation of Documents
Depicting the History of Colorado City and Mitchell County. Colorado
City, Texas, 1976.
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Robinson, Charles M.
The Buffalo Hunters.Austin, Texas:
State House Press, 1995.
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Papers, 1876-1971 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Business Correspondence and Receipts,
1910-1914 |
| 2 | | Business Correspondence,
1915-1918 |
| 3 | | Business Correspondence,
1919-1927 |
| 4 | | Business Correspondence,
1928-1929 |
| 5 | | Business Correspondence,
1930-1932 |
| 6 | | Business Correspondence,
1933 |
| 7 | | Business Correspondence,
1934-1959 |
| 8 | | Correspondence, Financial Documents, and Hand Notes,
undated |
| 9 | | Correspondence with J. Wright Mooar, transcribed
letters,
1872-1882 |
| 10 | | Correspondence with Lydia Louise Mooar,
1965-1971 |
| 11 | | Financial and Legal Documents,
1881-1915 |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | Financial and Legal Documents,
1885-1906 |
| 2 | | Financial and Legal Documents,
undated |
| 3 | | Financial Documents,
1876-1885 |
| 4 | | Legal Documents,
1908-1928 |
| | | Literary Production |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 5 | | | Interview notes with J. Wright Mooar, 2 6 2 7 2 8
1938 |
| 6 | | | "The Mooar Brothers and Adobe
Walls" by Lydia Louise Mooar,
ca. 1960s |
| 7 | | | "The Mooar Brothers and Adobe
Walls" by Lydia Louise Mooar,
ca. 1960s |
| 8 | | | "My Longest Day" by Lydia
Louise Mooar,
undated |
| | | Printed Material |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 9 | | | "Beginning of the Buffalo
Slaughter "article,
undated |
| 10 | | | "History That Will Never Be
Repeated" by Lan Frank, partial photocopied pages,
undated |
| 11 | | Photographs of Family Members,
undated |
| | | Scrapbook Material |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 12 | | | Certificate of Baptism of John Combs Mooar, torn page,
1886 |
| 13 | | | James de la Fuente programs and news clipping,
undated |
| 14 | | | Marriage Certificate of John W. Mooar and Margaret
McCollum,
1885 |
| 15 | | | Note on Lydia Louise Mooar,
1959 |
| | | Memorabilia |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 16 | | | Two empty wallets,
undated |
| 17 | | | Valencia, New Mexico print,
undated |
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