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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Organization
Restrictions
Index Terms
Related Material
Administrative Information
Additional Sources
Description of Series
Dated Manuscripts
Undated Manuscripts
Financial Documents
Legal Documents
Literary Production
Printed Material
Scrapbook Material
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt:
An Inventory of His Papers, 1774-1953 and undated, at the
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
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Creator |
Van Zandt, Khleber Miller,
1836-1930 |
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Title: |
Khleber Miller Van Zandt
Papers,
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Dates: |
1774-1953 and undated |
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Abstract: |
The collection
concerns Khleber Miller Van Zandt, a Civil War veteran and banker of Fort
Worth, Texas. |
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Collection # |
S1121.1 |
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Quantity: |
1 box (1.0 linear
foot) |
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Language |
English |
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Repository: |
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University |
Van Zandt was a Confederate soldier, legislator, merchant, banker, and
community leader. He was born in 1836 in Salem, Tennessee, and moved to Texas
in 1839. He also spent part of childhood in Washington D.C. where his father,
Isaac Van Zandt (1813-1847), negotiated the annexation of the Republic of
Texas. He served as a Confederate officer during the Civil War. Following the
war, he moved to Fort Worth, Texas, and became a merchant and advocate of
railroad construction. In 1873, he organized the Tarrant County Construction
Company which supervised the grading for the Texas and Pacific Railroad. In
1874, he established the Fort Worth National Bank, of which he served as
president for fifty-six years. He also served as president of the K. M. Van
Zandt Land Company and as a director of the Fort Worth Life Insurance Company.
Van Zandt served for twenty years on the Fort Worth school board and served in
the Texas House of Representatives during Reconstruction. He supported
educational and religious movements and, for over sixty years, was a member and
elder of the First Christian Church at Fort Worth. Van Zandt died in 1930 in
Fort Worth.
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The collection includes correspondence, financial materials, legal
materials, scrapbook material, printed material, and photographs. Bulks
(1835-1942) with material related to Van Zandt's Civil War, business, and
personal experiences. Also contains genealogical material, including the
reminiscences of Van Zandt's son on the Mexican Revolution and a copy of Van
Zandt's memoirs which were edited and published as
Force Without Fanfare: The Autobiography of K. M.
Van Zandt.
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Organization |
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The collection is arranged into the following series: |
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Dated Manuscripts |
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Undated Manuscripts |
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Financial Documents |
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Legal Documents |
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Literary Production |
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Printed Material |
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Scrapbook Material |
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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
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Van Zandt, Khleber Miller,
1836-1930 |
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Van Zandt, Isaac, 1813-1847 |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Fort Worth National Bank |
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Subjects (Places) |
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Fort Worth (Tex.)--History |
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Tarrant County (Tex.)--History |
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Subjects |
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Banks and
banking--Texas--History |
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Civic leaders--Texas--Fort
Worth |
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Confederate States of
America--Veterans |
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Land settlement--Texas--History |
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Texas--History--Civil War,
1861-1865 |
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Texas--Politics and
government--1865-1950 |
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United States--History--Civil War,
1861-1865--Veterans |
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For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections: |
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- James Addison Abney Papers, 1838-1916
- Charles Anderson Papers, 1884
- Harry Wynne oral history interview [sound recording], 1969
- Alice Van Zandt Williams oral history interview [sound
recording], 1964
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Khleber Miller Van Zandt Papers, 1774-1953 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Collection accession #(s):
None for the record.
Gift and Purchase, 1965-1984
Abel Ramirez, 2005
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Van Zandt, Khleber Miller.
Force Without Fanfare: the
Autobiography of K. M. Van Zandt.Fort Worth, Texas Christian University
Press, 1968. |
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Dated Manuscripts |
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Correspondence,
1843-1867 |
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Correspondence,
1872-1893 |
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Legal and Financial Documents,
1774-1869 |
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Legal and Financial Documents,
1872-1893 |
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Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents,
1894-1896 |
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Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents,
1897-1903 |
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Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents,
1907-1920 |
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Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents,
1922-1940 |
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Van Zandt, Isaac, Personal Correspondence,
1950-1953 |
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Undated Manuscripts |
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Correspondence, Legal and Financial Documents,
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Financial Documents,
undated |
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Financial Documents |
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Cancelled Checks, Property Receipts and Check Stubs,
1858-1948 |
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Legal Documents |
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Warrenty Deeds and Lien Notes,
1864-1900 |
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Literary Production |
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Seventh Texas Regiment, History and List, Company C and
D,
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Printed Material |
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Bank Notes magazine,
1930 |
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Newspaper and Magazines,
1923-1926 |
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Miscellaneous,
undated |
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Scrapbook Material |
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Cards, Flyers and Miscellaneous,
1905-1956 and
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Photographs,
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Memorandum Booklets,
1867-1942 |
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