Descriptive Summary
Klattenhoff, William J.
William J. Klattenhoff Papers,
1900-1977 and undated
The collection
consists of personal and business records generated by the activities of
William J. Klattenhoff, his father M. F. Klattenhoff, and other family
members.
S546.2
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
5 boxes (5.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
An early Lubbock County, Texas, settler, farmer, landowner, and civic
and political leader, Klattenhoff was born in 1899 in Taylor, Williamson
County, Texas to M. F. and Lina Pfluger Klattenhoff. In 1883, at the age of 16,
M. F. Klattenhoff came to the United States from Germany. He later left his
store in Williamson County and brought his family to West Texas in 1911,
settling on a farm three miles east of Slaton, Texas. William, a long-time
Rural Letter Carrier, was active in the Republican Party, the Lutheran Church,
land settlement, and farming activities. He died in 1979.
Scope and Contents
Includes business and personal correspondence, legal and financial
materials, scrapbook materials, and printed materials pertaining to the
business, political, religious, and personal activities of William J.
Klattenhoff, his father, M. F. Klattenhoff, and other family members. Much of
the correspondence pertains to arrangements for agricultural leases of pasture
and cultivated land. Of particular interest are details of Klattenhoff's day to
day farming activities during World War II as described in letters written to
Ben C. Klattenhoff, who served in the Pacific (1942-1945).
Organization
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Correspondence (Boxes 1-2)
- Financial Material (Boxes 2-3)
- General Files (Box 4)
- Legal Material (Boxes 4-5)
- Literary Production (Box 5)
- Printed Material (Box 5)
- Scrapbook Material (Box 5)
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)
Klattenhoff, Ben C.
Klattenhoff, M. F. (Magnus Friedrich), 1867-1945
Klattenhoff, William J., 1899-1979
Subjects (Organizations)
Republican Party of Texas
Subjects
Agriculture--history
Lubbock County (Tex.)--History
Collection accession #(s):
86-0026-B
Gift, 1985
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Karen Hicks, 2004
Preferred Citation
William J. Klattenhoff Papers, 1900-1977 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 J. Klattenhoff Papers, 1887-1979 and undated
- William J. Klattenhoff Photograph Collection
- William J. Klattenhoff Film Collection
- Lutheran Church (Texas) Records, 1911-1972 [1 microfilm reel]
Collection Inventory
Correspondence, 1906-1966 and undated
1
1
Klattenhoff, Ben,
1930-1937 and
undated
Klattenhoff, M. F. (Magnus)
1
2
General,
1912-1943 and
undated
1
3
D. S. Schreiber,
1930-1937
1
4
John Windham,
1930-1937
Klattenhoff, William J.
1
5
Charles Aderholt,
1929-1930
1
6
T. E. Allen,
1938-1942
1
7
L. A. Armstrong,
1934-1935
1
8
Automobiles,
1934-1936
1
9
Plant Nurseries,
1930-1931
1
10
Marion B. Benton,
1930
1
11
E. J. Brandt,
1945-1947
1
12
W. W. Brunson,
1930-1936
1
13
Foster Carroll,
1943-1944
1
14
Collecting,
1936-1961
1
15
J. O. Currie, Carl Ganzert,
1929-1930
1
16
Elliott and Waldren Abstract Companies, Rankin, Texas,
1947-1948
1
17
Estate of M. F. Klattenhoff,
1945-1947
1
18
Family Correspondence,
1907-1962 and undated
1
19
Farm Labor,
1942-1944
1
20
Farm Rental, General,
1934-1948
1
21
General,
1928-1969 and undated
1
22
J. V. Gilliam,
1945-1946
1
23
Goldwater for
President,
1960
1
24
Government Employees Insurance Company,
1944-1961
1
25
Grass Lease, General,
1929-1937
1
26
John Griffith,
1944
1
27
Henry Halff,
1929
1
28
P. J. Hart,
1935-1936
1
29
High Plains Underground Water District,
1965
1
30
A. C. Hoover,
1930-1937
1
31
Mary E. Jamison,
1933-1943
1
32
Ben C. Klattenhoff,
1942-1945
1
33
Land in Mexico,
1942-1946
1
34
H. O. Lown,
1936
1
35
Carlos Minvielle Roca,
1947-1951
1
36
Jess Neal,
1947-1948
1
37
Oil/Gas Lease,
1929-1963
1
38
R. N. Rau (Holland),
1950-1951
1
39
Rural Mail Carriers,
1925-1954
1
40
Clara E. Schreiber,
1931-1953 and
undated
1
41
John Schreiver,
1921-1931
1
42
H. V. Seggern,
1930-1935
1
43
Southwest Publishing Company,
1930-1931
1
44
Robert Stumhofer,
1930-1931
1
45
F. H. Teggeman,
1930-1936
1
46
Terry County Land (SW¼ Section 172, Block T),
1929-1944
1
47
Terry County Land,
1944-1948
1
48
United States Department of Commerce re: Schuster and
Flores, Mexico,
1930-1931
1
49
Mrs. W. G. Weber,
1929-1942 and
undated
1
50
Rosilio Ybarra,
1947
Schreiver, John
1
51
General,
1925
United States Department of Agriculture
1
52
Re: Farm Programs,
1942-1966
Financial Material, 1903-1968 and undated
2
1
Building Materials Inventory - Type, Grade, Cost, etc.,
circa 1962 and
undated
2
2
Check Register and Bank Statements (Alvin M. Pfluger),
1958-1960
2
3
Farm Account Information,
1951-1957
2
4
Financial Statement,
1942-1945
2
5
Income Tax,
1920-1929
2
6
Irrigation pipe, pumps, etc.,
1952-1964
2
7
Irrigation pipe, pumps, etc. (Clowe and Cowan, Inc.),
1962-1966
Klattenhoff, M. F. (Magnus)
2
8
Bank Statements and associated records,
1925-1929
2
9
Bank Statements and associated records,
1939-1940
2
10
Bank Statements and associated records,
1941
2
11
Bank Statements and associated records,
1942
2
12
Deposit Slips,
1935-1944
2
13
Deposit Slips,
1935-1945
3
1
Deposit Slips,
1943-1945
3
2
Income Tax Reports 1917, 1919, and 1927,
1917-1928
3
3
Promissory Notes,
1908-1912
3
4
Returned Checks,
1911-1940
3
5
Returned Checks,
1934-1939
3
6
Statements/Invoices,
1938
3
7
Statements/Invoices,
1939
3
8
Statements/Invoices,
1940
3
9
Tax Receipts,
1903-1916
3
10
Tax Receipts,
1905-1916
3
11
Tax Receipts,
1910-1930
3
12
Tax Receipts,
1911-1917
3
13
Tax Receipts,
1916-1918
3
14
Tax Receipts,
1919
3
15
Tax Receipts,
1919-1920
3
16
Tax Receipts,
1920-1922
3
17
Tax Receipts,
1920-1922
3
18
Tax Receipts,
1921-1923
3
19
Tax Receipts,
1924
3
20
Tax Receipts,
1924-1926
3
21
Tax Receipts,
1925
3
22
Tax Receipts,
1927
3
23
Tax Receipts,
1927-1930
3
24
Tax Receipts,
1929-1930
3
25
Taxes - Mexico land,
1938-1939
3
26
West Texas Hospital charges,
1929
Klattenhoff, William J.
3
27
Bank Deposits,
1924-1969
3
28
Receipts/Statements,
1917-1955
3
29
Ledger,
1936-1943
3
30
Ledger Texas Farm Record
Book Farm Accounts,
1940-1945
3
31
Plumbing Materials for Klattenhoff Mobile Home Sites,
Slaton, Texas,
1968
General Files, 1919-1974
4
1
Candidates' Campaign Cards,
1936
4
2
Christmas Card List,
undated
4
3
Consumer Report,
1956
4
4
Cotton,
1934-1973
4
5
Diet/Recipes,
undated
4
6
Drawing for terraces built by Civilian Conservation
Corps, Lubbock County, Texas,
1937
4
7
First State Bank of Shallowater, Shallowater, Texas,
1960-1974
4
8
Insurance,
1944-1967
4
9
Ben Klattenhoff - Application for Discharge,
1944-1945
4
10
Ben Klattenhoff - Miscellaneous,
1934-1945
4
11
M. F. (Magnus) Klattenhoff, Information for Obituary,
ca.
1945
4
12
M. F. (Magnus) Klattenhoff, Miscellaneous Business and
Personal Records,
1921-1925
4
13
M. F. (Magnus) Klattenhoff, Partnership with J. S.
Edwards,
1937-1938 and
undated
4
14
Lutheran Church,
1946-1968
4
15
Massie Wholesale Grocery, Floydada, Texas,
1919-1926
4
16
Patent #1869057 granted to Walter C. Gannon
Shaving Aids,
1932
4
17
Proposed Texas Tech recognition of R. A. Baldwin,
1967 and
undated
4
18
Republican Party/Politics,
1960-1964 and
undated
4
19
Republican Party of Texas,
1948-1970 and
undated
4
20
1960 Republican National Convention,
1960
4
21
John Schreiver - Miscellaneous,
1929 and
undated
4
22
Slaton Savings and Loan Association - Bylaws,
Correspondence, Stock offering, etc.,
1958-1971
4
23
Slaton School Homecoming/General Ben Schreiver,
1965
4
24
T-Bar Farmers Cooperative Society,
1953-1954
4
25
Texas Rural Letter Carriers Association Annual Meeting,
1938-1953
4
26
John Tower Senate Campaign,
1960-1961
4
27
Water Wells - Permit, Registration, and Drillers Log -
Lubbock and Hockley Counties, Texas,
1952-1959
4
28
West Texas Hospital - Statements, Stockholders, Sale,
1957-1969
4
29
Wilson Cooperative Gin,
1963
4
30
Miscellaneous,
undated
Legal Material, 1900-1977 and undated
4
31
Agricultural Lease,
1922-1924
4
32
Agricultural Lease,
1924-1926
4
33
Agricultural Lease,
1926-1927
4
34
Agricultural Lease,
1927-1929
4
35
Agricultural Lease,
1929-1931
5
1
Agricultural Lease,
1931-1933
5
2
Agricultural Lease,
1934-1938
5
3
Agricultural Lease,
1938-1939
5
4
Agricultural Lease,
1939-1940
5
5
Agricultural Lease,
1960-1971
5
6
Agricultural Lease - M. H. Edgar,
1933-1939
5
7
Case No. 2072 - John Schreiver vs. W. J. Klattenhoff -
Terry County, Texas,
1936-1940
5
8
Case No. 6839 - John F. Schreiver, et ux. Vs. M. F.
Klattenhoff et al., Lubbock County, Texas,
1932-1944
5
9
Correspondence and Documents re Terry County Land and
Litigations with John Schreiver,
1923-1937
5
10
General,
1907-1961
5
11
Chloe Klattenhoff Estate -Inventory,
1977
5
12
M. F. Klattenhoff (Magnus),
1900-1938
5
13
M. F. Klattenhoff (Magnus) - Blank Forms,
undated
5
14
William J. Klattenhoff - Amos Knight Vendor's Lien,
1956-1966
5
15
William J. Klattenhoff - Paving Lien, Slaton, Texas,
1965-1966
5
16
William J. Klattenhoff vs. Swerno Garza et al.,
1961-1966
5
17
Mineral Rights/Royalty,
1950-1975
5
18
Re: Section No. 13, Block 8, Lynn County, Texas,
1933-1945
Literary Production, 1974 and undated
5
19
The M. F. Klattenhoff Farm
House, Slaton, Texas by Kathy G. Johnson, Architecture Conservation,
1974
5
20
Notebook,
undated
Printed Material, 1920-1965 and undated
5
21
Agriculture,
1938-1942 and
undated
5
22
Re: American Lutheran Church,
1939-1963
5
23
Civil Service Retirement Act
of May 29, 1930,
1951
5
24
Lubbock Daily Business
Report, January 1 to September 1,
1936
5
25
Newsclippings,
1926-1965 and
undated
5
26
Otto Goedecke Cotton, Hallettsville, Texas,
undated
5
27
Regulations Governing United
States Savings Bonds,
1945
5
28
Soil Survey of Lubbock County,
Texas,
1920
5
29
Re: Water,
1931-1954
Scrapbook Material, 1902-1966 and undated
5
30
County Plat Maps,
1902-1948 and
undated
5
31
Scrapbook Material and Memorabilia,
1928-1966 and
undated
5
32
Artifact: 16mm film cartridge,
undated