TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Correspondence, 1909-1956
Financial Material, 1913-1956
General Files, 1947-1950
Legal Material, 1951
Miscellaneous, 1925-1948 and undated
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R. C. Couch:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1909-1956 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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| Creator | Couch, R. C. |
| Title: | R. C. Couch Papers,
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| Dates: | 1909-1956 and undated |
| Abstract: | The collection
consists of correspondence and other documents generated by the business,
civic, and personal activities and interests of R. C. Couch of Haskell, Texas
from 1909-1956 and undated. |
| Collection # | S 1683.1 |
| Quantity: | 5 boxes (5.0 linear
feet) |
| Language | English. |
| Repository: | Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
R. C. (Riley Carlton) Couch was a long-time resident of Haskell,
Haskell County, Texas. He was born in the early 1880s in Coleman County and
moved with his wife Ada Baker Couch from Munday in Knox County to Haskell in
1915. In addition to managing his farming and cattle interests, Couch served as
an officer for a number of West Texas banks and held land in a number of West
Texas counties. In 1919, Couch, his brothers E. C. Couch, D. R. Couch, and
brother-in-law R. L. Reeves, established the Weslaco Townsite Company which
promoted the development of the town of Weslaco in the Rio Grande Valley. Civic
posts held by Couch include Postmaster of Munday and Haskell, Mayor of Haskell,
President and member of Haskell School Board, President of Haskell Chamber of
Commerce, and Vice President and member of the Executive Board of the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce. Couch was active in the Southern Baptist Church
where he taught Sunday School classes and served as Superintendent.
Politically, Couch was an active member of the Republican Party.
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The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence sent and
received by R. C. Couch. The material relates to Couch's activities in his
various business enterprises, civic affairs, and some family and personal
matters. Topics include agriculture, agricultural and oil industry leasing,
banking, finance and credit, and land sales. The material provides a view of
how the depression of the 1930s affected banking and other businesses in which
Couch and his associates were engaged.
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Organization
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| The material was housed in letter file boxes and the original
organization has been retained. In addition to correspondence, the collection
includes lesser amounts of financial material and legal material, much of which
was filed with the correspondence. The original organization is generally
alphabetical. The basis for alphabetizing includes name of correspondent,
business, subject, or place origin of correspondence. Correspondence with
brothers E. C. and D. R. Couch is found in "C." Materials concerning various
banking ventures are filed by the town in which a particular bank was located.
Chronological arrangement of the material within files was generally from most
recent to more distant. The material is organized by the following series:
Correspondence, Financial Material, Legal Material, Miscellaneous. |
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Access Restrictions
Open for research
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| The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed. |
| Subjects (Persons) |
| | Couch, R. C. |
| | Couch, E. C. |
| | Couch, D. R. |
| Subjects |
| | Agriculture--Texas,
West--History |
| | Banks and
banking--Texas--History |
| | Cattle industry--Texas,
West--History |
| | Depressions--1929--Texas |
| | Haskell (Tex.)--History |
| | Hidalgo County (Tex.)--History |
| | Weslaco (Tex.)--History |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
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- Virgil Sonnamaker oral history interview [sound recording],
1976
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R. C. Couch Papers, 1909-1956 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection accession #(s):
89-0135-B; 90-0032-B; 90-0264-B
Gifts, 1989-1990.
Karen Hicks, 2004
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Correspondence, 1909-1956
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| box | folder |
| 1 | 1 | | Business,
1949-1951 |
| 2 | | Cattle Sales,
1949-1951 |
| 3 | | Cotton Seed Products,
1950 |
| | | General |
| box | folder |
| 1 | 4 | | | General,
1909-1914 |
| 5 | | | A-G,
1915-1916
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| 6 | | | H-K,
1914-1916 |
| 7 | | | L-R,
1914-1916 |
| 8 | | | S-Z,
1914-1916 |
| 9 | | | A-G,
1917-1919
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| 10 | | | H-M,
1916-1919 |
| 11 | | | N-Z,
1917-1919 |
| 12 | | | A-C,
1920-1922
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| 13 | | | D-H,
1920-1922 |
| 14 | | | I-O,
1920-1922 |
| 15 | | | P-Z,
1920-1921
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| 16 | | | A-B,
1922-1923 |
| 17 | | | C,
1921-1922 |
| 18 | | | D-M,
1922-1923
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| 19 | | | N-Z,
1922-1923 |
| box | folder |
| 2 | 1 | | | A-C,
1925-1926 |
| 2 | | | B,
1925 |
| 3 | | | D-L,
1925 |
| 4 | | | M-Z,
1925 |
| 5 | | | A-C,
1927 |
| 6 | | | D-J,
1927 |
| 7 | | | K-Z,
1927 |
| 8 | | | A-B,
1928 |
| 9 | | | C,
1928 |
| 10 | | | K-L,
1927-1928 |
| 11 | | | M-Z,
1927-1928 |
| 12 | | | A-B,
1928-1929
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| 13 | | | C,
1928-1929 |
| 14 | | | D-M,
1928-1929 |
| 15 | | | N-Z,
1928-1929
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| box | folder |
| 3 | 1 | | | A-B,
1930 |
| 2 | | | C,
1930 |
| 3 | | | D-J,
1930 |
| 4 | | | H-Z,
1930 |
| 5 | | | A-B,
1931 |
| 6 | | | C,
1931 |
| 7 | | | D-L,
1931 |
| 8 | | | M-Z,
1931 |
| 9 | | | A-C,
1932 |
| 10 | | | D-F,
1931-1932 |
| 11 | | | G-L,
1932 |
| 12 | | | M-Z,
1932 |
| 13 | | | A-C,
1933-1934 |
| 14 | | | D-L,
1933-1934
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| 15 | | | M-W,
1933-1934 |
| box | folder |
| 4 | 1 | | | A-D,
1934-1936 |
| 2 | | | E-G,
1934-1935
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| 3 | | | H-P,
1934-1936 |
| 4 | | | R-Z,
1934-1936 |
| 5 | | | A-D,
1936-1938
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| 6 | | | E-J,
1934-1937
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| 7 | | | K-M,
1934-1937 |
| 8 | | | N-Z,
1933-1937
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| 9 | | | A-D,
1938-1939 |
| 10 | | | E-K,
1937-1939 |
| 11 | | | L-Z,
1938-1939
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| 12 | | | A-C,
1940-1941 |
| 13 | | | D-G,
1940-1941 |
| box | folder |
| 5 | 1 | | | H-L,
1940-1941 |
| 2 | | | M-Z,
1939-1941 |
| 3 | | | A-D,
1945-1949 |
| 4 | | | E-L,
1946-1948 |
| 5 | | | M-Z,
1944-1948 |
| 6 | | | A-B,
1951-1955 |
| 7 | | | C-O,
1948-1954 |
| 8 | | | P-Z,
1952-1954 |
| 9 | | | A-Z,
1955-1956 |
| 10 | | Insurance,
1949-1950 |
| 11 | | Personal,
1949-1951 |
| 12 | | West Texas Chamber of Commerce,
1930 |
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Financial Material, 1913-1956
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| box | folder |
| 5 | 13 | | General,
1949-1951 |
| 14 | | Loan agreements, Invoices, Receipts, and Statements,
1953-1956 |
| 15 | | Returned checks,
1913-1917 |
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General Files, 1947-1950
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| box | folder |
| 5 | 16 | | Cattle,
1950 and
undated |
| 17 | | American Hereford Records - Pedigree Certificates,
1947-1949 |
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Legal Material, 1951
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| box | folder |
| 5 | 18 | | Real Estate Lease,
1951 |
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Miscellaneous, 1925-1948 and undated
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| box | folder |
| 5 | 19 | | Miscellaneous,
1925-1948 and
undated |
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