Descriptive Summary
Texas Land and Development
Company
Texas Land and
Development Company Records,
1898-1956
These are the records
detailing the activities of the Texas Land and Development Company in West
Texas.
S31.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
9 boxes and 5 ledgers
(10.0 linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Founded in 1912 by Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson and Milton Day
Henderson, the land development operation was centered in Plainview, Hale
County, Texas. The company also included subsidiaries and holding companies
(Texas Prairie Land Ltd. and Staked Plains Trust). After four decades of
selling land to farmers and ranchers and city developers, the Texas Land and
Development Company ceased operations in 1956.
Scope and Contents
The collection bulks in business correspondence, financial documents,
such as ledgers and sales records, and legal documents, such as contracts and
deeds. Other records consist of printed material, annual reports, and business
minutes.
Organization
The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence,
Finanical Material, and Legal 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)
Pearson, Frederick Stark
Henderson, Milton Day
Subjects (Places)
Hale County (Tex.)
Subjects
West Texas-–Real estate development
Staked Plains Trust
Texas Prairie Land Ltd.
Texas Land and Development Company
Collection accession #(s):
None for the record.
Gift, 1963
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, July 2002.
Preferred Citation
Texas Land and Development Company Records, 1898-1956, 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:
- Yellow House Land Company Records, 1912-1943
- Littlefield Lands (Texas) Records, 1912-1918
- Arthur P. Duggan, Sr., Papers, 1860-1951
Collection Inventory
Development Files, 1916-1952
1
1
Development Files #6-43,
1916-1919
1
2
Development Files #63-80,
1916-1952
1
3
Development Files, #3-15, 3-18, and 3-23,
1915-1946
1
4
Development Files, #2-3, 3-1, 3-5, and 101-102,
1916-1946
1
5
Development Files, #3-24,
1915-1932
1
6
Development Files, #3-27, 3-33, 3-39,
1916-1946
2
1
Warranty Deeds, #1-47,
1912-1927
2
2
Warranty Deeds, #48-105,
1912-1937
2
3
Warranty Deeds, #106-153,
1912-1937
2
4
Contract Files, #410-443,
1946
2
5
Contract Files, #444-480,
1947-1952
3
1
Contract Files, #224-250,
1916-1928
3
2
Contract Files, #251-294,
1929-1943
3
3
Contract Files, #295-325,
1943
3
4
Contract Files, #326-370,
1943-1946
3
5
Contract Files, #371-409,
1944-1945
4
1
Sales Files, #1-23,
1952
4
2
Sales Files, #25D-47A,
1951-1952
4
3
Sales Files, #49-100,
1946-1947
4
4
Sales Files, #102-125,
1946-1949
4
5
Sales Files, #130-153,
1924-1946
General Files and Subsidiaries, 1913-1956
5
1
Staked Plains Trust, Ltd., Miscellaneous Account Sheets,
1919-1939
5
2
Baldwin, Slaton and Randolph (Trustees) and Staked
Plains Trust, General Ledger,
1913-1918
5
3
Staked Plains Trust, Ltd., General Ledger,
1920-1954
5
4
Texas Securities Company, Ltd., General Ledger,
1912-1914
5
5
Texas Prairie Lands, Ltd., General Ledger,
1913-1915
Staked Plains Trust, Ltd., 1915-1956
6
1
Minute Book,
August 1949-May
1956
6
2
Minute Book,
February 1915-June 1949
6
3
Annual Reports,
1920-1955
6
4
Cash Book,
January 1920-March 1926
6
5
Cash Book,
April 1926-April,
1932
6
6
Cash Book,
May 1932-July
1938
6
7
Cash Book,
August 1938-July
1944
6
8
Cash Book,
August 1944-November
1949
6
9
Cash Book,
December 1949-March
1954
6
10
Correspondence from Childs, Jeffries and Thorndike,
Inc., Including Journal Entries, Disbursements, and Cash Receipts,
March 1954
7
1
Newspaper Clippings, Miscellaneous Annual Reports,
Photos, etc.,
1925-1947
7
2
Patents on School Lands,
1898-1946
7
3
Extensions and Releases,
1914-1949
7
4
Inventory (1912) and Minute Book,
1912-1954
7
5
Legal Documents,
1907-1953
7
6
Miscellaneous,
1928-1947 and
undated
7
7
Short Logs on Farm Wells, Including Photos,
undated
7
8
County Surveys, Original Field Book,
undated
8
1
Final Correspondence,
1950-1955
8
2
Correspondence,
1913-1947
8
3
Correspondence,
1913-1948
8
4
Financial Documents,
1913-1955
8
5
Legal Documents,
1912-1916
8
6
Miscellaneous,
1912-1949
8
7
Printed Material,
undated
8
8
Charter and By-Laws, Supplemental Trust Deed, etc.,
1912-1914
8
9
Plainview Trustees Account, Cash Book,
April 1913-January
1917
8
10
Texas Prairie Lands, Ltd., Journal,
December
1912-1918
8
11
Texas Land and Development Company, Cash Book,
1913-1917
8
12
Texas Land and Development Company, Description Book,
1935-1950
Financial Material
Staked Plains Trust Journals
9
1
Journal #1,
January 1920-August
1927
9
2
Journal #2,
September 1927-August
1936
9
3
Journal #3,
September 1936-November
1943
9
4
Journal #4,
December 1943-May
1946
9
5
Journal #5,
June 1946-May
1954
Other Financial Ledgers
9
6
Time and Payroll #1,
November 1918-April
1920
9
7
Time and Payroll Book #2,
May 1920-October 1922
9
8
Time and Payroll Book #3,
November 1922-December
1926
9
9
Time Book #1,
January 1927-November
1935
9
10
Time Book #2,
December 1935-December
1953
Ledger 1
Accounts Receivable,
August-December
1941
Ledger 2
Cash Book,
August 19,1941-November
1943
Ledger 3
Voucher Entry Book,
April 1942-July
1943
Ledger 4
New York Office,
1915-1918
Ledger 5
Vouchers,
August 1943-August
1945