Descriptive Summary
Campbell, William Lindsey
William Lindsey Campbell
Family Papers,
1879-1986 and undated
The collection
contains personal papers of members of the Campbell and Edwards families,
pioneers in the Texas Panhandle and eastern New Mexico.
S1650.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 Boxes (2.5 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
The collection concerns William Lindsey Campbell, his wife Mary
Florence Edwards Wise Campbell, and their respective families. Lindsey was born
in 1895 to William A. and Mattie Lindsey Campbell. William and Mattie were
pioneers in the Panhandle region of Texas and William served as a Commissioner
of Potter County. The Campbells also had a daughter, Sadie Campbell Holden.
Lindsey attended Texas A & M and Baylor University then returned to
ranching in the Panhandle and in eastern New Mexico. Mary Florence Edwards was
born to Charles W. and Viola Elam Edwards in 1900. The family moved from
Illinois to Quay County New Mexico early in the 20th century. Viola died in
1910 leaving Florence and her five siblings to be raised by their father. Quay
County ranchers and pioneers J. M. and C. Elizabeth Burnam Wise later adopted
Florence. In 1946, Lindsey and Florence were married and continued ranching
until his death in 1954. Florence married again to Marlin Gilbreath.
Scope and Contents
The collection includes correspondence, bank records and receipts,
genealogic material, sales contracts and deeds, class notes, text books, and
memorabilia and scrapbook material. Letters Lindsey Campbell wrote to his
family while away at college comprise the bulk of the collection.
Organization
The collection is organized in the following series:
- Correspondence (Box 1)
- Financial Material (Box 1)
- Genealogy Research (Box 2)
- Legal Material (Box 2)
- Literary Production (Box 2)
- Printed Material (Boxes 2-3)
- Memorabilia (Box 3)
- Scrapbook Material (Box 3)
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)
Campbell, Mary Florence Edwards Wise
(1900-1986)
Campbell, Mattie Lindsey
(1867-1951)
Campbell, William A. (-1937)
Campbell, William Lindsey
(1895-1954)
Wise, James M. (1866-1937)
Wise, C. Elizabeth Burnam (1866-1944)
Subjects
Ranch life--Texas
Ranch life--New Mexico
Genealogy--Texas
Genealogy--Illinois
Frontier and Pioneer life--Texas
Frontier and Pioneer life--New Mexico
Collection accession #(s):
94-0076-B
Gift, 1994
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Karen Hicks, 2004
Preferred Citation
William Lindsey Campbell Family Papers, 1879-1986 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:
- William Lindsey Campbell Family Photograph Collection
- Corinne Jowell Jennings Neely Papers, 1926-1972
Collection Inventory
Correspondence, 1881-1981 and undated
1
1
Burnam, Lizzie,
1885-1913
1
2
Campbell, Mary Florence Edwards Wise,
1921-1952 and
undated
Campbell, Mattie Lindsey
1
3
Personal Correspondence,
1883-1929
1
4
Personal Correspondence,
1930-1939
1
5
Personal Correspondence,
1940-1949 and
undated
1
6
Campbell, William A.,
1881-1924
Campbell, William Lindsey
1
7
Personal Correspondence,
1906-1908 and
undated
1
8
Personal Correspondence, March-October,
1914
1
9
Personal Correspondence, November-December,
1914
1
10
Personal Correspondence, January-February,
1915
1
11
Personal Correspondence, March-May,
1915
1
12
Personal Correspondence,
1916
1
13
Personal Correspondence, January-February,
1917
1
14
Personal Correspondence, March-May,
1917
1
15
Personal Correspondence, September-December,
1917
1
16
Personal Correspondence,
1918-1942 and
undated
1
17
Edwards, Charles W.
1911
1
18
Edwards, Clarence J. and Edith,
1932-1964 and
undated
1
19
Genealogy Information,
1952-1981 and
undated
1
20
Holden, Sadie Campbell,
1903-1945
1
21
Lindsey Family - Business,
1916-1942
1
22
Wise, James M. and C. Elizabeth Burnam Wise,
1895-1937
1
23
Miscellaneous Personal Correspondence,
1881-1941 and
undated
Financial Material, 1888-1976
1
24
Burnam, T. M. - Workmen's Time Book,
1888-1889
1
25
Campbell, William A. - Bank Statements, Returned Checks,
Paid Notes, Miscellaneous Receipts,
1891-1924
1
26
Campbell, William A. - Tax Receipts,
1897-1923
1
27
Campbell, William Lindsey - Bank Statement, Returned
Checks, Paid Notes, Tax Receipts, Federal Land Bank,
1921-1945
1
28
Tax Receipts,
1910-1955
1
29
Wise, James M. - Tax Records, Cancelled Checks,
1921-1935
1
30
Miscellaneous,
1900-1976
Genealogy Research, undated
2
1
Campbell and Edwards Families,
undated
Hospital Records, 1938 and undated
2
2
Hospital Records,
1938 and
undated
Insurance Documents, 1912-1946
2
3
Insurance Documents,
1912-1946
Legal Material, 1885-1986 and undated
2
4
Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, Marriage
License,
1904-1986
2
5
Campbell, William A. and Mattie Lindsey Campbell,
1885-1920 and undated
2
6
Campbell, William Lindsey and Mary Florence Edwards Wise
Campbell,
1920-1957
2
7
Lindsey, Almarene A. (Lots 2 and 3 - Denver Heights
Addition to Amarillo, Texas),
1907-1909
2
8
Warranty Deeds Concerning NW ΒΌ of Section 148 in Block
41, Hemphill County, Texas,
1912-1914
2
9
Wise, James M. and C. Elizabeth Burnam Wise,
1909-1937
2
10
Miscellaneous Documents,
1885-1937 and
undated
Literary Production, 1890-1936 and undated
2
11
Bushland Baptist Church Sunday School Record, Bushland
Texas,
1918-1920
2
12
Class Notes,
1904-1917 and
undated
2
12
Hand-Copied poem: The Freight
Wreck at Altoona, Author unknown,
undated
2
13
Hand-Copied poem: This Day is
Ours, by Elizabeth Clark Grady,
1936
2
14
Journal and Cattle Sales,
1890-1936 and
undated
2
15
Notebooks - Addresses, Recipes, and Notes,
undated
Printed Material, 1879-1977 and undated
2
16
Baylor University: Catalog,
1917
2
16
Baylor University: The Baylor
Bulletin December,
1918
2
17
Church related,
1879-1917 and
undated
2
18
Music Books,
1926-1935 and undated
2
19
News Clippings,
1910-1977 and
undated
2
20
News Clippings - Obituaries,
1924-1984 and
undated
2
21
Text Books: Elements of
Algebra, by Wentworth, A. G.,
1883
2
21
Chaucer's Prologue, Knight's Tale,
and Nun's Priest's Tale,
1909
2
21
Analytic Geometry for
Colleges, Universities, and Technical Schools, by Nichols, E. W.,
1908
2
21
Civil Government, by
Townes, John C.,
1908
2
21
Elementary Composition, by
Webster, William Frank,
1903
2
21
First Principles of
Chemistry, by Brownlee, Raymond B., et al.,
1907
2
21
First Book in German, by
Bagster-Collins, E. W.,
1917
3
1
Virgil's Aenid: Books I-VI, Introduction and Notes by
Bennett, Charles,
1904
3
2
Miscellaneous,
1942-1953 and
undated
Memorabilia, 1905-1937 and undated
3
3
Campbell, Mary Florence Edwards Wise - Autograph Book,
1928-1937
3
4
Campbell, William Lindsey, - High School, Texas A &
M, Baylor University,
1905-1917 and undated
Scrapbook Material, 1893-1984 and undated
3
5
Announcements - Death, Marriage, Birth,
1893-1984 and
undated
3
6
Business Cards,
undated
3
7
Recipes,
1902 and
undated
3
8
Miscellaneous,
1910-1958 and
undated
3
9
Miscellaneous Papers,
1882-1947 and
undated