urn:taro:ttu.sw.00190 Mason Family: An Inventory of Their Papers, 1900-2003 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library A. Ramirez The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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June 9, 2003 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided Karen Hicks, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, April 2004. Finding aid written in English. Inventory for the Mason Family Papers, 1900-2003 and undated Karen Hicks Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, 2004 Descriptive Summary Mason Family Mason Family Papers, 1900-2003 and undated Diaries, correspondence, and other collected material of the Mason family dating from 1900-2003 and undated. S1356.1 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University 5 small boxes (2.3 linear feet) English. Biographical Sketch

The Mason Family was among the early settlers on the South Plains. They made their homes near Chilicothe and Post, Texas. Lester R. (L. R.) Mason worked at the Army Supply Base in Norfolk, Virginia during World War I. One of his descendents is Richard Mason, a former field representative of the Southwest Collection. Ruby Mason is the daughter of L. R. Mason and she kept the diaries of his experiences. Ruby has been compiling a history of the Mason Family with the help of her relatives.

 Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence, financial material, printed material, and literary production. The literary production files are typed transcriptions by Ruby Mason and family of L. R. Mason's diaries, which are included in the collection. Some of the transcriptions come with attached family photographs. Also includes materials on Robert Louis Mason, brother of Ruby Mae.

 Organization

The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence, Financial Material, Legal Material, Literary Production, and Printed Material.

 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) Mason, Lester R. (L. R.), 1884-1961 Mason, Robert L., 1914-1987 Mason, Ruby Mae, 1922- Subjects (Places) Chilicothe, Texas--History Garza County, Texas--History Knox County, Texas--History Valley Mills, Texas--History Subjects 9th Texas Infantry Civil War Re-Enactment Group Agriculture--Texas--History History--Texas South Plains Mason family--Texas--Genealogy Military experiences--World War II United States Army Veterans--Civil War

Collection accession #(s): 98-0266-B; 98-0281-B; 98-0441-B; 1999-0206-B; 2000-0242-B; 2001-0316-B; 2002-0057-B; 2002-0126-B; 2003-0092-B

Gifts, 1998-2003

 Access Restrictions

Open for research

 Processed by

Abel Ramirez, June 2003.

 Preferred Citation

Mason Family Papers, 1900-2003 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.

 Additional Sources Women's Division of the Post Chamber of Commerce. A History of Garza County and Its People, 1980s. Garza County Historical Committee. A History of Garza County, 1973.

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

William G. DeLoach Papers, 1911-1975 and undated Collection Inventory Correspondence, 1933-1989 1 1 Mason Chain Letters, 1965 1 2 Mason, Lester R., 1904-1933 1 3 Mason, Lester R., 1904-1933 1 4 Mason, Robert L., 1961-1965 1 5 Mason, Ruby, 1970-1989 Financial Material, 1923-1924 1 6 Junior Ku Klux Klan Receipts, 1924 1 7 Mason, Lester R., Banking Records, 1923-1924 Legal Material, 1900 1 8 Census Records, 1900 Literary Production, 1912-2003 1 9 Daily Diary, photocopied and original versions, 1912 1 10 Early Mason Family Records, 1997 2 1 L.R. Mason's 1912 Diary (Part 1) and Mason Family 1918 Letters, Vol. I, Transcriptions, 1995 2 2 Transcriptions of 1930, 1931-1933 L.R. Mason's Diaries, Vol. II, , 1996 2 3 Scraps of Family History, A Collection of Memories of L. R. Mason Family of Garza County, Texas, 1998 2 4 Transcriptions of 1934-1936 L.R. Mason's Diaries, Vol. III, 1997 2 5 Transcriptions of 1937-1939 L.R. Mason's Diaries, Vol. IV, 1999 2 6 L. R. Mason's Diaries (5 items), 1934-1939 3 1 Transcription of 1940-1942 Diaries of L.R. Mason, World War II Years, Vol. V, 2001 3 2 Transcription of 1943-1945 Diaries of L.R. Mason, World War II Years, Vol. VI, 2001 3 3 Diaries of L.R. Mason (3 items), 1940-1942 3 4 Diaries of L.R. Mason (3 items), 1943-1945 3 5 Transcriptions of L. R. Mason's 1946-1948 Diaries, Vol. VII, 2001 4 1 Transcriptions of L. R. Mason's 1949-1952 Diaries, Vol. VIII, 2002 4 2 Diaries of L. R. Mason (3 items), 1946-1948 4 3 Diary of L. R. Mason (1 item), 1949-1950 4 4 Diaries of L. R. Mason (3 items), 1952-1954 5 1 Diaries of L. R. Mason (2 items), 1955-1956 5 2 Diary of L. R. Mason (1 item), 1957-1958 5 3 Transcriptions of 1953-1955 L.R. Mason's Diaries, Vol. IX, 2002-2003 5 4 Transcriptions of 1956-1958 L.R. Mason's Diaries with notables attached, 2002-2003 5 5 Transcriptions of 1956-1958 and 1961 L.R. Mason's Diaries, Vol. X, 2002-2003 5 6 Journal of Robert L. Mason, USNR, Okinawa Military Government, 1944-1946 5 7 In Memory of Private Clinton D. Morrison, 1941 Printed Material, 1930-1998 and undated 5 8 Fireman's Fund Calendar, 1930 5 9 Genealogical Information, undated 5 10 William T. Mason Grave Marker Dedication, 1998 Miscellaneous Materials, 1920-1932 5 11 Letters, Certificate, and Bill of Sale, 1920-1932