Descriptive Summary
Garrett, Billye Lenoir, 1923-
Lenoir Family Papers,
1896-1969 and undated
These papers have
about one hundred years of correspondence between members of Billye Lenoir
Garrett's relatives.
S1584.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes (3.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Billye Lenoir Garrett was born in Eliasville, Texas on March 2, 1923.
Eliasville was an oil boom town near Throckmorton. She went to nursing school
in Abilene, Texas and eventually settled in the Lubbock area. She retired in
1994 from her nursing position at the Lubbock State School.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains Lenoir family correspondence dating from
1896-1969. One set of letters was written by Billye's father Henry Louis Lenoir
to his parents Henry Willington Lenoir and Amy Lee Posey Lenoir while he was
stationed in California during the First World War. Another set of letters are
from her grandparents Henry Willington Lenoir of Albany, Texas and Amy Lee
Posey of Haskell, Texas during their courtship in 1896. Another set of letters
was written in 1932 between Louis Lenoir to his wife Sally Bellomy Lenoir while
he was at a veterans hospital in Alexandria, Louisiana. Later correspondence
primarliy contains letters written to Billye from her parents in the 1950s and
1960s. Also included are copies of letters written to Sallye Lenoir by Otis
Woolridge during 1917-1918 while he was serving in Europe during World War
I.
Organization
The collection is organized in chronological order as
correspondence.
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)
Garrett, Billye Lenoir, 1923-
Garrett, Billye Lenoir-
--Archives
Garrett, Billye Lenoir-
--Manuscripts
Lenoir, Ammie Lee Posey
Lenoir, Henry Willington
Lenoir, Louis
Lenoir, Sallye Bellamy
Subjects
Depression era – 1929 – Texas, West
Sociology – Rural – Texas
Texas – rural conditions
Family farms – Texas, West
World War I – letters
Collection accession #(s):
94-0132-B
Gift, 1994
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, May 2001
Preferred Citation
Lenoir Family Papers, 1896-1969 and undated, 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:
- Maryann Duggan Papers, 1882-2000 and undated
- Ruth E. Cowart Papers, 1908-1963
Collection Inventory
Correspondence
1
1
Ammie Posey to Will Lenoir,
1896
1
2
Will Lenoir to Ammie Posey,
1896
1
3
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie Posey Lenoir,
1896
1
4
Miscellaneous correspondence to Will Lenoir,
1900
1
5
Miscellaneous correspondence to Will and Ammie Lenoir,
1901
1
6
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie Lenoir,
1903
1
7
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie and Will Lenoir,
1904
1
8
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie and Will Lenoir,
1905
1
9
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie and Will Lenoir,
1908
1
10
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie Lenoir,
1909
1
11
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie Lenoir,
1912
1
12
Miscellaneous correspondence to Ammie and Will Lenoir,
1913
1
13
Business Receipts,
1913
1
14
Louis Lenoir's parents' correspondence,
1915
1
15
Ammie and Will Lenoir's son's correspondence,
1915
1
16
Louis Lenoir in Lubbock, Texas, parents' correspondence,
1916
1
17
Louis Lenoir, Wichita Falls, Texas, family's
correspondence,
1918
1
18
Louis Lenoir, San Pedro, California, family's
correspondence,
1918
1
19
Louis Lenoir, Buffalo, New York, family's
correspondence,
1918
1
20
Mr. and Mrs. Will (H. W.) Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas,
son's correspondence,
1918
1
21
Miscellaneous correspondence, Louis Lenoir and Mr. and
Mrs. Will Lenoir,
undated
1
22
Louis Lenoir, Woodson and Eliasville, Texas,
1920
1
23
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, son's
correspondence,
1921
1
24
Ammie Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, miscellaneous family
correspondence,
1921
1
25
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
January 1921
1
26
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
February 1921
1
27
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
March 1921
1
28
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
April 1921
1
29
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
May 1921
1
30
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
June 1921
1
31
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
July 1921
1
32
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
August 1921
1
33
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
September 1921
1
34
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
October 1921
1
35
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
November 1921
1
36
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
December 1921
1
37
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
Janurary 1921
1
38
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
February 1921
1
39
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
March 1921
1
40
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
April 1921
1
41
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
May 1921
1
42
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
June 1921
1
43
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
July 1921
1
44
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
August 1921
1
45
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
September 1921
1
46
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
October 1921
1
47
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
November 1921
1
48
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas and Eunice ?, Crosbyton,
Texas,
December 1921
1
49
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
January 1922
1
50
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, family's
correspondence,
January 1922
1
51
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
February 1922
1
52
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, family's
correspondence,
February 1922
1
53
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
March 1922
1
54
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, family's
correspondence,
March 1922
1
55
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
April 1922
1
56
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
May 1922
1
57
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
June 1922
1
58
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
July 1922
1
59
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
August 1922
1
60
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
September 1922
1
61
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
October - December
1922
1
62
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas, family's
correspondence,
1923
1
63
Correspondence between Louis and Sallye Lenoir while she
was hospitalized in Olney, Texas,
1923
2
1
Correspondence between Louis and Sallye Lenoir,
1932
2
2
Sallye Lenoir, Woodson, Texas and Louis Lenoir,
February 1932
2
3
Louis Lenoir, Alexandria, Louisiana and Salley Lenoir,
February 1932
2
4
Louis Lenoir, Alexandria, Louisiana, miscellaneous
correspondence,
February 1932
2
5
Sallye Lenoir, Woodson, Texas and Louis Lenoir,
March 1932
2
6
Louis Lenoir, Alexandria, Louisiana and Salley Lenoir,
March 1932
2
7
Louis Lenoir, Alexandria, Louisiana, miscellaneous
correspondence,
March 1932
2
8
Louis Lenoir, Woodson, Texas, miscellaneous
correspondence,
May 1932
2
9
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lenoir, miscellaneous correspondence,
1936
2
10
Sallye Lenoir, San Angelo, Texas and Will (H. W.)
Lenoir, Breckenridge, Texas,
1937
2
11
Louis Lenoir and son, Bryan, Texas to Sallye Lenoir, San
Angelo, Texas,
1942
2
12
Louis and Sallye Lenoir, San Angelo, Texas to Wilburn
Anderson, Amarillo, Texas,
1942
2
13
Sallye Lenoir, San Angelo, Texas to Laura Keeter,
Elbert, Texas,
1945
2
14
Sallye Lenoir, San Angelo, Texas, family's
correspondence,
1946
2
15
Miscellaneous documents,
undated
2
16
Miscellaneous correspondence,
undated
2
17
Miscellaneous cards,
undated
2
18
Miscellaneous news clippings,
undated
2
19
Miscellaneous unidentified photographs,
undated
2
20
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas to Louis
Lenoir, El Paso, Texas, San Pedro, California, and Charleston, South Carolina,
1918
2
21
Louis Lenoir while in the U.S. Navy to Mr. and Mrs. H.
W. Lenoir,
1918
2
22
Letters written by Otis Woolridge to Sallye Bellamy
(Billye's mother) from Europe,
1918-1919
2
23
Miscellaneous family correspondence,
1920s
2
24
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas to Louis
Lenoir,
1921
2
25
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, family's
correspondence,
1922
2
26
Sallye Lenoir, Olney, Texas to Louis Lenoir,
1932
2
27
Louis Lenoir, Eliasville, Texas to Sallye Lenoir,
undated
2
28
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, family's
correspondence,
1923
2
29
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Lenoir, Crosbyton, Texas, family's
correspondence,
1923
3
1
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, parents' correspondence,
undated
3
2
Letters to Billye Lenoir from parents,
undated
3
3
Letters to Billye Lenoir Garrett from parents,
undated
3
4
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
January 1967
3
5
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
January 1967
3
6
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
February 1967
3
7
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
March 1967
3
8
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
April 1967
3
9
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
May 1967
3
10
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
June 1967
3
11
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
July 1967
3
12
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
August 1967
3
13
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
September 1967
3
14
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
October 1967
3
15
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
November 1967
3
16
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
December 1967
3
17
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
January 1968
3
18
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
February 1968
3
19
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
March 1968
3
20
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
April 1968
3
21
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
May 1968
3
22
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
June 1968
3
23
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
July 1968
3
24
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
August 1968
3
25
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
September 1968
3
26
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
October 1968
3
27
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
November 1968
3
28
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
December 1968
3
29
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
January 1969
3
30
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
February 1969
3
31
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
March 1969
3
32
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
April 1969
3
33
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
May 1969
3
34
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
June 1969
3
35
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
July 1969
3
36
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
August 1969
3
37
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
September 1969
3
38
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
October 1969
3
39
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
November 1969
3
40
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Garrett, Lubbock, Texas, parents'
correspondence,
December 1969