urn:taro:ttu.sw.00174 I. R. Powell Papers: An Inventory of His Papers, 1873-1924 and undated, 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 15:23:39 CDT 2003 urn:taro:ttu.sw.00174 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Inventory for the I. R. Powell Papers, 1873-1924 and undated Abel Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, June 2003 Descriptive Summary Powell, I. R. I. R. Powell Papers, 1873-1924 and undated Papers relating to activities of I. R. Powell in real estate and as a ranch manager in Crosby County, Texas. S 815.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 1 box (1.0 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

Manager of the Z-L Ranch in Crosby County, Texas, from 1918-1919, Powell was also associated with the Half-Circle S Ranch and Crosbyton Cattle Company. These ranches all occupied land originally patented to the Kentucky Cattle Raising Company of Louisville, later owned by A.W. Hudson and then Frank Cross.

 Scope and Contents

The collection bulks with legal documents including warranty and quit claim deeds dating from the 1870s-1890s, and with patents to large tracts of land in Crosby, Dickens, and Floyd counties. It includes correspondence, financial material, and legal material pertaining to land developments in West Texas. Also contains correspondence regarding cattle sales, cattle count, and brands from 1915-1918.

 Organization

The collection is organized by three ranch names:

Half-Circle-S Ranch Kentucky Cattle Raising Company Z-L Ranch 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) Powell, I. R. Hudson, A. W. Places Half-Circle S Ranch (Tex.) Kentucky Cattle Raising Company (Crosby County, Tex.) Z-L Ranch (Tex.) Subjects Ranches--Texas--Crosby County Ranching--Texas Real estate development--Texas, West

Gift, 1971

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, June 2003

 Preferred Citation

I. R. Powell Papers, 1873-1924 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

 Burgess, Roger Andrew. The History of Crosby County, Texas.1927. Spikes, Nellie Witt and Temple Ann Ellis. Through the Years: A History of Crosby County, Texas.San Antonio: Naylor Company, 1952.

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

Matador Land and Cattle Company Records, 1874-1960 William G. DeLoach Papers, 1911-1975 and undated Collection Inventory Half-Circle-S Ranch, 1878-1924 and undated 1 Correspondence - Professional, 1921-1922 Financial Documents 2 Ledger, 1915-1924 3 Operations and Expense Reports, 1922 Legal Documents 4 Court Records, 1900-1918 5 Court Records - A. W. Hudson vs. Charles White, 1905-1906 6 Court Records - A. W. Hudson vs. Unknown Heirs of C. M. Tilford, 1905-1906 7 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1899 8 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1900 9 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1901 10 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1901-1902 11 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1878-1903 12 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1901-1905 13 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1904 14 Land Title Records, 1898-1919 15 Tax Receipts, 1900-1919 Literary Production 16 Corrected Field Notes, 1904-1907 17 Miscellaneous Notes, undated 18 Photographs, Half-Circle-S Ranch Headquarters Building and Trail Herd, 1905-1909 Kentucky Cattle Raising Company, 1873-1909 and undated 19 Correspondence, 1877-1899 Legal Documents 20 Court Records, 1877-1885 21 Court Records, 1895-1901 22 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1880-1885 23 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1873-1886 24 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1873-1901 25 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1885-1901 26 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1880 27 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1874-1909 28 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1874-1908 29 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1874-1890 30 Legal Envelopes, undated Z-L Ranch, 1918-1919 Legal Documents 31 Land Title Records - Crosby County, Texas, 1918-1919