Descriptive Summary
Benton, Marion B.
Marion B. Benton Papers,
1882-1999 and undated
The collection
consists of material generated by personal activities of members of the Benton
and Klattenhoff families.
S 1682.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
5 boxes (5.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Marion B. Benton was born in San Angelo, Texas in 1904. He lived in
Slaton, Dimmitt, and Lubbock, Texas and, after attending Texas A & M
University, was a farmer and in agriculture business. He married Lena
Klattenhoff in 1929. Lena attended Texas Tech University and taught school for
a time. The couple's children were Helen Benton Williams, Ruth Ann Benton Hill,
and Robert Benton. Lena Klattenhoff was the daughter of W. F. Klattenhoff and
Lina Pfluger Klattenhoff, early settlers in the Slaton, Texas area. Marion died
in 1977. Lena survived until 1999.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material related to the Benton and Klattenhoff
families and bulks with travel memorabilia. Additional material includes
personal and family correspondence such as letters received from Ben C.
Klattenhoff during his service in the Pacific during World War II. Of special
interest are letters from Germany regarding care packages sent by members of
the Klattenhoff family to aid acquaintances there after World War II.
Organization
The collection is organized into the following series:
- Correspondence
- Financial Material
- General Files
- Literary Production
- Printed Material
- Memorabilia
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)
Benton, Marion B.
Benton, Lena Klattenhoff
Klattenhoff, M. F.
Subjects
Slaton (Tex.)--history
Dimmitt (Tex.)--history
Lubbock (Tex.)--history
Lubbock County (Tex.)--history
Texas--history
Collection accession #(s):
2004-0019-B and 2004-0121-B
Gifts, 2004
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Karen Hicks, 2004
Preferred Citation
Marion B. Benton Papers, 1882-1999 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:
- Marion Benton Photograph Collection
- Marion Benton Oversize Collection
- William J. Klattenhoff Papers, 1887-1979 and undated
- William J. Klattenhoff Papers, 1900-1977 and undated
Collection Inventory
Correspondence,
1905-1998 and undated
1
1
Family Correspondence,
1905-1989 and
undated
1
2
General,
1907-1989 and
undated
1
3
Greeting cards and announcements,
1927-1998 and
undated
1
4
Greeting cards and announcements,
1929-1945 and
undated
1
5
To Clara Klattenhoff Hayes re care packages sent to
Germany and Holland after World War II,
1946-1947
1
6
From Ben C. Klattenhoff,
1942-1945
1
7
To John Schreiver, Lena, Clara, William, and M. F.
Klattenhoff,
1902-1928 and
undated
1
8
Re travel,
1958-1993
Financial Material, 1938-1985
1
9
Margie Benton, Cotton Receipts and Bank Deposits by P.
C. Kitchens,
1943-1945
1
10
Margie Benton, Deposit slips,
1952
1
11
Margie Benton, Cotton and Grain rents from Tom
Respondek,
1943-1944
1
12
Cattle,
1938-1967
1
13
Ledger,
1939-1942
1
14
Ledger,
1940-1949
1
15
Stock certificates,
1946-1962
1
16
Weekly Time Book, Texas Wheat Pool Elevator, Dimmitt,
Texas,
1931-1933
2
1
Lena Klattenhoff Benton - Ledger,
1963-1985
2
2
Miscellaneous,
1925-1971
General Files, 1915-1999 and undated
2
3
Margie (Mrs. J. L.) Benton,
1936-1944 and
undated
2
4
Composition/Exercise booklet in German and English,
undated
2
5
Dimmitt Independent School District, School tax rate
election,
undated
2
6
Dimmit Wheat Growers, Inc.,
1939-1948
2
7
Girl Scouts of the U. S. A.,
1946 and
undated
2
8
Knitting (includes Red Cross patterns for military
items) and sewing patterns ,
circa 1941-1955 and
undated
2
9
Lutheran Church,
1915-1990 and
undated
2
10
Methodist Church,
1939-1990 and
undated
2
11
Ranching Heritage Center (Lubbock, Texas), Docent Open
House Guidebook, Picket and Sotol House,
1976
2
12
Recreation School,
1946
2
13
Slaton exes,
1965-1972
2
14
Travel Guides, Kansas City and Yellowstone National
Park,
1922 and
undated
2
15
Travel memorabilia,
1927-1999 and
undated
2
16
Travel memorabilia - Western U. S., Canada, and
Louisiana,
1954-1955 and
undated
2
17
Royal Caribbean Cruise Trans Canal (Panama),
1982
3
1
Trip to Africa 1983 - Memorabilia,
1983 and
undated
3
2
Trip to Alaska 1979,
1978-1979
Trip to Europe 1925
3
3
Correspondence,
1925
3
4
Financial material,
1925
3
5
General,
1925
3
6
Tourist guides,
1923-1925 and
undated
3
7
Memorabilia,
1925 and
undated
3
8
Trip to Europe 1958 - Memorabilia,
1958
3
9
Trip to Hawaii 1959 - Memorabilia,
1959 and
undated
Trip to Mexico 1948
3
10
Correspondence,
1948
3
11
Memorabilia,
1938-1948 and
undated
Literary Production, 1920s and undated
4
1
Friedrich Klattenhoff, Lina Pfluger, and Louise Fuchs
(in German),
undated
4
2
Lena Klattenhoff Benton - Notebooks,
circa 1920s and
undated
Printed Material, 1900s-1999 and undated
4
3
Communicating with the People
behind the Iron Curtain, American Committee for Liberation,
1957
4
3
Foreign Trade as an
Instrument of Soviet Policy, American Committee for Liberation,
1957
4
4
Castro County Texas - Diamond Jubilee,
1966
4
5
Early History of San
Angelo, by Rose Austin and Tom Green
County, by Mrs. S. C. Autry,
1950
4
6
The Furrow, Bicentennial
Issue, John Deer Company,
1976
4
7
The History of
Pflugerville, Historical Committee of the Bicentennial Committee of
Pflugerville,
1976
4
8
The Lubbock Tornado, Boone
Publications, Inc., Lubbock, Texas,
1970
4
9
Lubbock - Your
Opportunity,
circa early
1920s
4
10
New American Readers: Book
One, by Lila Baugh and Paul Whitfield Horn,
1918
Newsclippings
4
11
General,
1924-1999 and undated
4
12
Early Days in
Lubbock,
1964-1968
4
13
Engine #1809 Moving From
Santa Fe Park to City Park, Slaton,Texas,
1976
4
14
Obituaries of Family and Friends,
1929-1999 and
undated
4
15
Mrs. Poke Bonnett,
Amarillo-Globe News,
circa
1940s
4
16
Old Time Agriculture in the
Ads, by Robert F. Karolevitz, North Plains Press, Aberdeen,South Dakota,
1970
4
17
The Pathfinder, November 24
and December 15, 1923 and April 12, 1924,
1923-1924
4
18
Recipes and food preparation,
1923-1950 and
undated
4
19
Sam Bass: One Hundred Years Later
1878-1978, by the Sam Bass Historical Commission, Round Rock, Texas,
1978
4
20
Sketches of Early Days in
Taylor,
1923
4
21
The Tumbler, Slaton High
School Yearbook, Slaton, Texas,
1920
4
22
Miscellaneous,
1900s-1981 and
undated
Memorabilia, 1882-19990 and undated
4
23
Lena Klattenhoff Benton, Hospital visitor register,
1975
4
24
Lena Klattenhoff Benton - Portrait (pastel),
1961
4
25
Margie Iola Benton - Funeral Register,
1970
4
26
Marion B. Benton - Funeral,
1977
4
27
Marion B. and Lena Klattenhoff Benton - Wedding,
1929
4
28
Marion B. and Lena Klattenhoff Benton - 25th Wedding
Anniversary,
1954
5
1
Club activities,
1934-1964
5
2
Lina Pfluger Klattenhoff - Autograph books,
1882-1891
5
3
M. F. Klattenhoff - Funeral,
1945
5
4
Picture Post Cards,
1921-1947 and
undated
5
5
Museums,
1955-1976
5
6
Universities - Texas Tech, Southern Methodist, Simmons,
and Texas A & M,
1924-1990 and
undated
5
7
Valentine's Day cards,
undated
5
8
Miscellaneous,
1924-1982 and
undated