Overview
Twichell Survey Records
AR.16.TSR
Texas General Land Office, Archives & Records
120.22 Linear feet, (122 document boxes, 34 flat files, 4 photograph boxes, 24 slide boxes, 2 oversized boxes)
1832-1984
In attempts to verify and prove land ownership and boundaries, Humble Oil acquired surveying records related to lands primarily in West Texas. The Twichell Survey Records Committee was created to manage the Twichell Records, and all surveying records held by Humble and the Committee became known as the Twichell Survey Records. The Twichell Survey Records Committee was created in 1959 by a legal agreement between six oil companies for the purpose of managing the Twichell Survey Records. Surveying sketches, cadastral maps, town and neighborhood plats, field books, field notes, correspondence, and photographic materials comprise the Twichell Survey Records, 1832-1984.
Map Vault, OVR
Materials are written in English.
Humble Oil & Refining Company.
Twichell Survey Records Committee.
Administrative History - Twichell Survey Records Committee
Humble Oil & Refining Company was chartered in 1911 in Humble, Texas. In attempts to verify and prove land ownership and boundaries, Humble Oil acquired surveying records related to lands primarily in West Texas. The Twichell Survey Records Committee was created to manage the Twichell Records, and all surveying records held by Humble and the Committee became known as the Twichell Survey Records.
In attempts to verify and prove land ownership and boundaries, Humble Oil acquired surveying records related to lands primarily in West Texas. The Twichell Survey Records Committee was created to manage the Twichell Records, and all surveying records held by Humble and the Committee became known as the Twichell Survey Records.
The Twichell Survey Records Committee was created in 1959 by a legal agreement between six oil companies for the purpose of using and managing the Twichell Survey Records, jointly acquired by these companies.
The agreement determined joint ownership, stewardship, and access to the records. Humble Oil was designated custodian, and was responsible for storing and making the records available to the rest of the Committee. Records were declared confidential and access limited to those on the Committee or to those with stated permission from a Committee member. C. C. Cool, licensed land surveyor in Midland, Texas, was not a Committee member, but was given access to the records in return for his role in the acquisition of the records.
The six companies that made up the Committee were The Atlantic Refining Company; Continental Oil Company; Gulf Oil Corporation; Humble Oil & Refining Company; Mobil Oil Company; and Sinclair Oil & Gas Company.
Biographical Note - Twichell, W. D. (Willis Day), 1864-1959
W. D. (Willis Day) Twichell, 1864-1959, influential surveyor in West Texas and the Texas high plains area, is credited with platting 50 Texas towns and surveying 15 million acres of Texas land. He is famous for introducing cadastral surveying to Texas and for correcting many earlier faulty survey lines.
Twichell surveyed lands in over half of Texas counties, including the XIT ranch and other Panhandle and West Texas ranch lands, oil vacancies, the 103rd meridian which marks the boundary between Texas and New Mexico, numerous city plats and boundaries for organizing counties. He surveyed lands for the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company, Texas and Pacific Railroad, George Littlefield; and worked as a state surveyor surveying public school lands, and as a county surveyor.
Twichell was born in Minnesota and earned a master’s degree in civil engineering at the National Normal Institue in Ohio. He came to West Texas in 1885 under the employ of an immigration company to plat a county seat. Twichell then worked for William S. Mabry, a surveyor employed by the Capitol Syndicate to re-survey the XIT Ranch lands. Twichell surveyed the Yellow House Division and Spring Lakes Division of the XIT in 1886, locating fence lines and divisional headquarters, and supervising improvements such as water reservoirs. Twichell and Mabry then conducted right of way surveys for Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad in 1887, and Southern Pacific Railroad in 1888, significantly changing the Southern Pacific route.
Chronology
- 1885-Came to Texas, staked out proposed county seat of Garden City, Glasscock County
- 1887-With William S. Mabry, conducted right of way surveys for Fort Worth & Denver City
- 1887-Located corner of Amarillo; Potter County organizes
- 1888-Opens an office in Tascosa with parter W.S. Mabry (Oldham Land District)
- 1889-Dissolves partnership with Mabry
- 1899-1891- City engineer for Amarillo
- 1890- Moves office to Amarillo
- 1892-1893- County surveyor in Potter County
- 1893- Helps plat Enid, OK
- 1898-Surveys LIT ranch for Littlefield, graded Polk Street in the town of Littlefield
- 1900-1914- Resurveys Capitol Lands
- 1901-State surveyor
- 1918-Moves to Austin
- 1901-Works for TPRR
- 1905-Works for C.W. Post
- 1907-Works for Kokernot Ranch
- 1914-State survyor for Potter and other counties
- 1939-1959 Retires, does consulting work from San Angelo
Biographical Note - Sanders, Sylvan, 1894-1984
Sylvan Sanders, 1894-1984, was a Licensed State Surveyor in Lubbock County. He was an apprentice to and good friend of W.D. Twichell. Sanders first worked for Twichell in 1912 platting the town of Littlefield, and then on the re-survey of the XIT Ranch in 1914-1916. He went on to become a respected surveyor in his own right. Sanders served in the American Expeditionary Force, 23rd Highway Engineers Regiment in France during World War I.
Biographical Note - Estes, Robert E., d. 1952
Licensed State Surveyor in Midland County, surveyed areas in West Texas in the first half of the 20th century. He began his career in 1900 as an assistant to Col. D. S. Woods who was then surveying public school lands for the state. Towards the end of his career, Robert E. Estes had a consulting firm called Estes and Rankin which operated out of Midland, Texas.
Biographical Note - Estes, Robert A., 1910-2003
R. A. Estes, 1910-2003, son of Robert E. Estes, was an engineer for Humble Oil & Refining Company. He began his career as a chain carrier on surveying crews as early as 1928. In 1969 he was a Senior Supervising Engineer at Humble Oil. He served on the Twichell Records Committee.
Biographical Note - Saunders, Edgar C.
Edgar C. Saunders, Licensed Land Surveyor and County Surveyor of Sutton County, was an active surveyor in West Texas.
Appraisal
During processing, maps created by the General Land Office were identified and compared with GLO holdings. If found to be duplicates, with no added notations, these maps were documented and deaccessioned.
Digital Copies
Digital copies of Maps in Series I: Twichell Records and Series II: Sylvan Sanders Records are available for search and viewing at the Archives web site, however there is no way to search within the collection of Twichell Survey Records maps.
To view a listing of all 3,256 digitized maps associated with the Records,
click here to open a session, then
click here to view the Twichell Survey Records maps.
Indexes
Indexes to materials in Series I: Twichell Records are available in paper format in Box 130.
The Map Index is available in print format in Box 129. Indexes to materials including maps in Series II: Sylvan Sanders Records are available in paper format in Box 131.
A folder list for Series III: Robert E. Estes Records is available in paper format.
All indexes can be accessed in the GLO research room.
Access Restriction
Unrestricted access
Arrangement
Records are arranged in 7 series:
I: W.D. Twichell Records
II: Sylvan Sanders Records
III: Robert E. Estes Records
IV: Edgar C. Saunders Records
V: Robert A. Estes Humble Research Files
VI: Photographic Materials
VII: Administrative Records
Materials are arranged as they were received from the donors. This arrangement reflects the use by the donors, and ensures access via donor indexes.
Individual maps and folders within the sub-series Maps, Correspondence, and Field Books are either arranged by county and block or area, or are indexed by county and block or area. Photographic Materials are arranged by state, county, and block or area.
Use Restriction
Materials may be under copyright protection. US copyright law does allow for reproduction of materials under copyright for uses such as critique, criticism, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research. The researcher has full responsibility for determining copyright status, locating copyright holders, and abiding by current copyright laws when publishing or displaying copies of Special Collections material in print or electronic form.
Scope and Contents of the Records
Surveying sketches, cadastral maps, town and neighborhood plats, field books, field notes, correspondence, and photographic materials comprise the Twichell Survey Records. The Records document surveys of public and private land, land use and development, and the business of land surveying in West Texas from the frontier era through the settlement and oil period. Dates of recordkeeping activities are approximately 1900-1960, however, there are copies of maps, sketches, and field books from as early as 1832. Administrative records are dated as late as 1984.
Geographic coverage includes West Texas and the Texas High Plains, including 132 counties, and limited coverage of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Significant documentation includes surveys of state-owned University Land and Public School Lands, Texas and Pacific Railway reservation lands, Texas and Pacific Railway lands, various town plats of Lubbock, and lands formerly part of the XIT Ranch. Records also include surveys of Littlefield lands, copies of Jacob Kuechler field books, correspondence between surveyors and clients, between surveyors and the Texas General Land Office, and photographic evidence of surveying monuments.
Maps vary widely in their coverage, style, purpose, and degree of completeness. Many maps may be more accurately called sketches or surveying sketches, as they appear to be made in the field or as short annotations used for reference when later creating maps to accompany official field notes.
Materials are not complete archives of individual surveyors, but rather business records created or compiled by the surveyors. Personal papers are not part of this collection.
Custodial History
A consortium of oil companies headed by Humble Oil & Refining Company collected the Twichell and Sanders Records under the auspices of the Twichell Survey Records Committee. The Robert E. Estes papers were acquired by Humble Oil. All other materials were held by Humble Oil.
The collection materials changed location several times, which is documented in the Administrative Records. The records were always owned and managed by Humble Oil and the Twichell Survey Records Committee, until they were acquired by the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Ownership of records was transferred to the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records on August 25, 2010 by Humble Oil & Refining Company and the Twichell Survey Records Committee.
Related Materials
The Texas General Land Office Archives and Records holds land grant documents, maps, and sketches related to land now known as Texas as it passed from the sovereign, including Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas, and the State of Texas, into private hands. Please visit the Texas General Land Office Archives and Records in person or on the web at
http://www.glo.texas.gov/what-we-do/history-and-archives/index.html
The
Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum holds the records of the XIT Ranch.
Preferred Citation
Twichell Survey Records (AR.16.TSR). Archives and Records Program, Texas General Land Office, Austin.
Processing Information
Processed by Lauren Goodley, Alex Chiba, Ileana Gutierrez, and Jan Root in 2010-2011.
Separated Materials
One photo album labeled W.D. Twichell with dups and negs and IDs taken from Twichell Field Book #10. Now located in Box 133.
Index Terms
Estes, R. A., 1910-2003
Estes, Robert E. , d. 1952
Sanders, Sylvan, 1894-1984
Saunders, Edgar C.
Twichell, W.D., (Willis Day), 1864-1959
103rd Meridian
Cadastral maps
Cadastral surveys
Correspondence
Maps
New Mexico Maps
Oklahoma Maps
Photographic materials
Surveying--Texas
Texas
Texas High Plains
Texas Panhandle
Texas, West
Texas, West--History
Texas--Boundaries--Maps
Texas--Boundaries--New Mexico
Trans-Pecos
W. D. Twichell Records
(25 flat files, 54 document boxes, 3 oversized boxes)
1832-1953
Scope and Content of the Series
Maps very widely in their coverage, style, purpose, and degree of completeness. Many maps may be more accurately called sketches or surveying sketches, as they appear to be made in the field or as short annotations used for reference when later creating maps to accompany official field notes.
Correspondence Series contains correspondence between Twichell and his clients, his surveyors, and the GLO. Folders also contain maps and sketches of particular land blocks or areas. Folders are labeled by Index Number range, i. e. A 1-90. Because folders contain multiple non-consecutive dates, the Box/Folder list will not contain dates.
Maps and correspondence regarding particular land blocks or areas can be found using the printed Twichell Correspondence Index in box 130. The Index is arranged by primarily by County.
Field Books Series contains field books created by Twichell and other surveyors from 1874 to 1941. Box 54 is labeled and indexed as Twichell Field Books 219-251; however it contains Texas & Pacific Railroad strip maps, 1851.
Twichell Indexes
136; 129-131
1960
Map Index
129
1960
Correspondence Index
130-131
1960
Field Book Indexes
131136
1938; 1960
Twichell Maps,
See Administrative Information - Digital Copies,
1, 70-71, 93-94
1837-1950
Twichell Correspondence, A-Z,
1832-1953
Twichell Correspondence, A 1-293
1
1-3
Twichell Correspondence, B 1-355
1
4-6
Twichell Correspondence, C 1-525
2
1-3
Twichell Correspondence, D 1-598
2
4-6
Twichell Correspondence, D 599-789
3
1
Twichell Correspondence, E 1-607
3
3-7
Twichell Correspondence, F 1-62
3
2
Twichell Correspondence, F 63-165
4
1-2
Twichell Correspondence, G 1-262
4
3-6
Twichell Correspondence, H 1-171
5
1-5
Twichell Correspondence, I 1-140
5
6-8
Twichell Correspondence, I 141-169
6
1-2
Twichell Correspondence, J 1-146
6
3-8
Twichell Correspondence, J 147,
7
1
1901
Twichell Correspondence, K 1-70
7
2-5
Twichell Correspondence, L 1-20
7
6-13
Twichell Correspondence, L 21-52
8
1-3
Twichell Correspondence, M 1-79
8
4-11
Twichell Correspondence, N 1-45
9
1-11
Twichell Correspondence, O 1-20
10
1-17
Twichell Correspondence, P 1-50
11
1-31
Twichell Correspondence, Q 1-44
12
1-21
Twichell Correspondence, R 1-14
13
1-14
Twichell Correspondence, S 1-11
14
1-10
Twichell Correspondence, S 12
14
11
Twichell Correspondence, S 12
15
1-2
Twichell Correspondence, T 1-6
15
3-8
Twichell Correspondence, T 7-13
16
1-7
Twichell Correspondence, U 1-15
16
8-22
Twichell Correspondence, U 16-21
17
1-6
Twichell Correspondence, V 1-459
17
7-9
Twichell Correspondence, W 1-344
18
1-3
Twichell Correspondence, X 1-343
18
4-6
Twichell Correspondence, X 344-464
19
1-2
Twichell Correspondence, Y 1-77
19
3-12
Twichell Correspondence, Z 1-87
20
1-10
Twichell Correspondence, AA-ZZ,
1832-1953
Twichell Correspondence, AA 1-55
21
1-5
Twichell Correspondence, BB 1-345
22
1-14
Twichell Correspondence, CC 1-500
23
1-5
Twichell Correspondence, DD 1-349
24
1-7
Twichell Correspondence, EE 1-620
25
1-11
Twichell Correspondence, FF 1-440
26
1-7
Twichell Correspondence, GG 1-282
27
1-6
Twichell Correspondence, HH 1-159
28
1-5
Twichell Correspondence, HH 160-161, Bound Volumes
28
Twichell Correspondence, II 1-3, Bound Volumes
29
Twichell Correspondence, II 4-5
29
1-2
Twichell Correspondence, JJ 2-341
30
1-5
Twichell Correspondence, JJ 94-294, Folded Maps
30
6
Twichell Correspondence, KK 1-98
31
1-8
Twichell Correspondence, LL 1-68
32
1-6
Twichell Correspondence, MM 1-47
33
1-4
Twichell Correspondence, NN 1-34
33
5-12
Twichell Correspondence, OO 1-249
34
1-18
Twichell Correspondence, PP 1-235
35
1-19
Twichell Correspondence, QQ 1-59
36
1-9
Twichell Correspondence, RR 1-804, Bound Volumes
37
Twichell Correspondence, SS 1-744, Bound Volume
38
Twichell Correspondence, TT 1-614, Bound Volumes
39
Twichell Correspondence, TT 615-616
39
1-2
Twichell Correspondence, UU 1-236
40
1-12
Twichell Correspondence, Numerical Index
40
13
Twichell Correspondence, Un-indexed
40
14-16
Twichell Correspondence, by County
Gaines County - Copies of field notes
41
1-3
1915
Pecos County - Yates Area Papers
41
4-7
1933-1949
Pecos County - Yates Area Papers
42
1-5
Field books
1874-1941
Field Books, 1-16
43
Field Books, 17-45
44
Field Books, 46-72
45
Field Books, 73-95
46
Field Books, 96-136
47
Field Books, 137-158
48
Field Books, 159-176
49
Field Books, 177-200
50
Field Books, 201-218
51
Field Books, 219-251
54
Field Books, 252-269
51
Field Books, 270-338
52
Field Books, 339-382
53
W. R. Standifer Field Books (5),
137
7
1901-1912
Sylvan Sanders Records
(9 flat files, 22 document boxes, 1 oversized box)
1845-1980
Scope and Contents of the Series
Maps very widely in their coverage, style, purpose, and degree of completeness. Many maps may be more accurately called sketches or surveying sketches, as they appear to be made in the field or as short annotations used for reference when later creating maps to accompany official field notes.
The Correspondence, Field Notes, Working Sketches Series intellectually places all document types together organized by County. The exceptions are Correspondence in New Mexico and records relating to T&P Railroad.
The Correspondence follows the Committee's Index stored in Box 131. Folders contain correspondence between Sylvan Sanders and his clients, his surveyors, and the General Land Office. Folders also contain maps and sketches of particular land blocks or areas. Folders are labeled and organized by county and block or area.
Sylvan Sanders Field Notes contains field notes for Texas and Pacific Railway lands and Andrew-Yoakum counties. Field Notes are indexed by county and block or area in the Sylvan Sanders Field Book Index stored in Box 131.
Sylvan Sanders Working Sketches contains working sketches for Andrews-Lynn counties and Texas and Pacific Railway lands. Working Sketches are indexed by county and block or area in the Sylvan Sanders Field Book Index stored in Box 131.
Sylvan Sanders Indexes
131
Map Index
131
Correspondence Index
131
Field Book Index
131
Sanders Maps,
See Administrative Information - Digital Copies,
1, 70-71, 93-94
1846-1956
Correspondence, Field Notes, Working Sketches, by County,
56-73
1845-1959, undated
Andrews County
Andrews County
56
1
Field Notes, Andrews County
74
2
Working Sketches, Andrews County, 901-1100,
76
1
1943-1953
Armstrong County
56
2
Bailey County
Lge 212
56
3
Blum Lands
56
4
Crosby County School Land
56
5
Capitol Lands
56
6
Fisher County School Land
56
7
Floyd County School Land
56
8
Hale-Hansford, Irion County School Land
56
9
Maloy Strip Maps
56
10
Lubbock County School Land, Motley County School Land
56
11
Ochiltree--Blk O
56
12
Roberts-Swisher
56
13
Blk 5-2, Blk 5-3, JH Stephens
56
14
Sutton County School Land
56
15
Lubbock Water District
56
16
Blk R
56
17
Blk X, Blk Z
56
18
Blk Y
56
19
Working Sketches, Bailey County, 1501-1700,
76
2
1929
Baylor County
56
20
Borden County
Clayton and Johnson, Block 32 - T4N
56
21
W.D. Johnson
56
22
Borden County
56
23
Field Notes, Borden County
74
3
Callahan and Carson Counties
57
1
Castro County
Kelly Subdivision plat
57
2
Castro County
57
3
Cochran County
Brewster County School Land
57
4
Childress County School Land
57
5
Coke County School Land
57
6
Carrie Dean Mills--Martin Lipscomb
57
7
Nelle DeLoache, Potter County School Land
57
8
Garza County School Land
57
9
Greer County School Land
57
10
Hall County School Land
57
11
Harrison & Brown
57
12
Hemphill County School Land
57
13
Texas Highway Dept Right of Way Map
57
14
1956
Jeff Davis County School Land
57
15
1938
Block JRM
57
16
1938
Block L tracings
57
17
Lipscomb County School Land tracing
57
18
Martin County School Land field notes
57
19
Morton townsite plats
57
20
Oldham County School Land field notes
57
21
Block P field notes
57
22
Potter County School Land tract tracings
57
23
Randall County School Land 1949
58
1
Block Q S2,3
58
2
Refugio County School Land field notes
58
3
Slaughter Ranch plat 774
58
4
C.A. Slaughter tracings of tracts
58
5
C.C. Slaughter
58
6
Dick Slaughter tracings of tracts
58
7
G.M. Slaughter
58
8
Sherman County School Land tracings
58
9
Stonewall County School Land
58
10
Triangulation
58
11
Block U
58
12
Block V field book and official field notes,
58
13
1923
Veal--Minnie Slaughter tracings
58
14
Wright, Dela Slaughter tracings
58
15
Block W field notes
58
16
White Face townsite
58
17
Block Y field notes
58
18
R.C. Burns SF field notes
58
19
Block Z field notes
58
20
Field Notes, Cochran County
74
4
Working Sketches, Cochran County,
76
3
1923-1956
Coke County
Coke County Official field notes
58
21
Field Notes, Coke County
74
5
Concho County Official field notes
58
22
Crane County Official field notes
58
23
Crockett County Official field notes, tracings
59
1
Crosby County
Crosbyton townsite maps,
59
2
Lorenzo--Ralls tracings,
59
3
Crosby-Garza County Line plat,
59
4
1887
Crosby tracing, field notes,
59
5
1922, 1934
Culberson County
Field Book,
59
6
1948
Block 66, 94, 98, 99, 100 Field Notes,
59
7
1948
Tracings
59
8
USC & GS
59
9
Dallam County
59
10
Dawson County
Ackerly
59
11
Block CC-41 tracings
59
12
C Blocks field note copies,
59
13
1949, 1958
Lamesa townsite
59
14
T6N-B34,35 field notes,
60
1
1929-1941
Block M, Block 2, Taylor County School Land tracings
60
2
Godair, School File field notes,
60
3
1948
Poitevent 1 &2 TTRy No. 2 tracing
60
4
Texas Elect. Co. Lamesa to Denver City Power Line
60
5
Dawson Triangulation
60
T & P Blocks tracings,
60
7
1944-1947
Field Notes, Dawson County
74
6
Dickens County
Kent-Dickens County Line plat,
60
8
1892
Dickens County Field notes
60
9
Ector County Field Book,
60
10
1938
Floyd County
60
11
1940
Gaines County
A Blocks
61
1
1934-1955
Block A-19 sketches,
61
2
1943-1955
Dalmont Ranch sketch
61
3
C Blocks,
61
4
1942-1959
Dawson County School Land,
61
5
1950
Schleicher 284, Hutchinson 282,
61
6
1952
Block H,
61
7
1944-1950
Yoakum County to Seminole Highway
61
8
Highway Map Seminole to State Line
61
9
Seagraves RR survey,
61
10
1948
Gaines County, School File field notes,
61
11
1938-1940
Triangulation
61
12
ACH&B Block AX,
61
13
1950-1958
Block G,
61
14
1950-1955
Seminole,
61
15
1948
Field Notes, Gaines County
74
7
Working Sketches, Gaines County,
76
4
1938-1953
Garza County
Garza County, Working Sketch
62
1
George Williams, Block G-2, 7, 8
62
2
2 & Lee Davis School File,
62
3
1948
Carmichall, FL S7,
62
4
1948-1949
Blocks 5, 6,
62
5
1951
Block 97,
62
6
1928
County Line Judgement,
62
7
1925
Brooks, LN St.,
62
8
1922
Llano Corners Description
62
9
Post Estate,
62
10
1954
Field notes and plats, various,
62
11
1906-1959
Post City,
62
12
1949
Scoggins Estate,
62
13
1927
Slaughter Estate,
62
14
1905-1926
Hale County
Abernathy,
62
15
1948
DT,
62
16
1920
Petersburg,
62
17
1927
Field notes and plats, various,
62
18
1926
Plainview,
62
19
1920
Hall County,
62
20
1925
Hansford County map, field notes,
62
20
1924
Hartley County,
62
20
1908
Haskell County field notes,
62
20
1894
Hockley County
Atascosa County School Land,
63
1
1912
Block A,
63
2
1920
Anton
63
3
Baylor County School Land,
63
4
1924
McCulloch County School Land,
63
5
1923
Capitol League,
63
6
1924-1949
Concho County School Land,
63
7
1912-1925
County Line
63
8
Block D,
63
9
1922
Ellwood Ranch,
63
10
1899
Donley County School Land,
63
11
1926-1949
Nell DeLoache,
63
12
1950
Edward County School Land,
63
13
1912-1925
Garza County School Land,
63
14
1912-1924
Goodman, G.W.,
63
15
1903-1924
Hamilton Estate, Lamar-Wharton plat,
63
16
1922
Hardeman County School Land,
63
17
1912-1930
Haskell County School Land,
63
18
1932-1949
Hood County School Land,
63
19
1912-1954
Block I,
63
20
1934-1948
Jones County School Land,
63
21
1923-1953
Kaufman County School Land,
63
22
1912
Levelland,
63
23
1926
Maverick County School Land,
64
1
1912
Midland County School Land,
64
2
1955
Ropes,
64
3
1956
Block I field notes,
64
4
1912, 1922
Block O field notes,
64
5
1912-1943
Raines County School Land,
64
6
1927
Reeves County School Land,
64
7
1912
Rusk County School Land,
64
8
1900-1924
School FIles,
64
9
1924
Scurry County School Land,
64
10
1941
Shackelford County School Land,
64
11
1912
A. A. Slaughter,
64
12
1929
Bob Slaughter Block,
64
13
1925
Smyer,
64
14
1951
Sundown, Texas,
64
15
1938
Triangulation,
64
16
1956
William Tubbes Block A
64
17
Val Verde County School Land,
64
18
1912
Wichita County School Land,
64
19
1944-1948
Wilbargar, Howard,
64
20
1921
Block X-1900
64
21
Zavala County School Land,
64
22
1912
Field Notes, Hockley County
75
1
Field Notes, Hockley County
75
2
Working Sketches, Hockley County,
76
5
1928-1951
Hockley County Plat Book
78
Howard County
Howard County,
64
23
1905
Hutchingson, Roberts County Line plat
64
24
County Line Sherman Moore and Potter
64
25
Hudspeth County,
64
26
1910
Hutchinson County,
64
26
1881
Irion County,
65
1
1881, 1956
Jack County,
65
2
1926
Jeff Davis County,
65
3
1931
Kent County
Cogdell Ranch,
65
4
1950
A&K W.P. Wilson Field notes,
65
5
1947
Block L,
65
6
1946
Mays Ranch Block 4, G,
65
7
1942
Assorted Maps,
65
8
1929
Field notes--Preemptions
65
9
1947
2 & 4 Blocks
65
10
1894
Block 5
65
11
1925
97 & 98 Blocks
65
12
1947
O-O Ranch
65
13
1946
King County
Block 1,
66
1
1924-1953
King County,
66
2
1943
Lamb County
Capitol Leagues,
66
3
1912-1954
Castro, Cottle, Crockett County School Lands,
66
4
1910-1954
Dallam County School Land,
66
5
1910-1947
Deaf Smith County School Land
66
6
Fieldton plats,
66
7
1928
Garza County,
66
8
1916-1925
Halsell Cattle Co.,
66
9
1907-1955
King County
66
10
1926-1957
Lamb-Castro County Boundary,
66
11
1916-1935
LIttlefield,
66
12
1920-1945
Block 2 Sketches
66
13
1953
Olton
66
14
Springlake School District boundary descriptions,
66
15
1950
Stephens, Johnathan H. Pinkney Strip,
66
16
1912-1950
Sterling County,
66
17
1858-1924
Sudan
66
18
Warren Subdivision I, Block W,
66
19
1954-1955
Block T
66
20
Lipscomb County, Llano County boundary descriptions
66
21
1845-1882
Loving County
67
18
Lubbock County
City of Lubbock
Section 1 Block A,
66
22
1921-1955
Section 3 Block A,
66
23
1945
Section 15 Block A,
66
25
1922-1946
Section 19 Block A,
66
24
1909-1949
Section 20 Block A,
66
26
1948-1955
Section 79 Block A,
66
27
1906-1949
Section 80 Block A,
67
1
1910-1950
Section 3 Block B
67
2
Section 4 Block B,
67
3
1907-1945
Section 5 Block B,
67
4
1926-1952
Section 6 Block B,
67
5
1929
Section 7 Block B,
67
6
1907-1956
Section 8 Block B,
67
7
1953
Section 9 Block B,
67
8
1928-1948
Section 10 Block B,
67
9
1953
Section 13 Block B,
67
10
1953
Section 14 Block B,
67
11
1928-1948
Section 15 Block B,
67
12
1924-1957
Section 17 Block B,
67
13
1929
Section 18 Block B,
67
14
1941-1950
Original Lubbock,
67
15
1891-1955
Overton Addition,
67
16
1909-1956
Section 3 Block O,
67
17
1909-1945
Section 4 Block O,
68
1
1927-1955
Block A,
68
2
1922-1959
Brown County School Land
1921-1953
Baer Estate,
68
4
1949
County Line,
68
5
1921-1931
Block D,
68
6
1928-1953
D2, D5, D6, D7,
68
7
1927-1948
E--E2,
68
8
1879-1956
Blocks S-X
68
9
J.R. Robinson
68
10
San Augustine County School Land
68
11
Shallowater,
68
12
1913
Slaton
68
13
I 20- I 24,
68
14
1920-1942
Triangulation,
68
15
1954
Wolfforth
69
1
1940
Block I,J,S,O,P,R-G
69
2
1917-1957
Field Notes, Lubbock County
75
3
Field Notes, Lubbock County
75
4
Working Sketches, Lubbock County, 1101-1300,
76
6
1935-1952
Lynn County
Block 1
69
4
Blocks 2-8
69
5
Blocks 9-12, 18, 21, 32
69
6
Blocks A1, CB, C-O, C40, C41, C42
69
7
Blocks, D20, D23, E
69
8
Block H
69
9
Blocks D23, I, J and Ketner School File
69
10
Newhome
69
11
O'Donnell
69
12
Blocks L, MH, O, P, Z, Y and Wilson School Land
69
13
Railroads: AB&M, B&B, D&SE, EL&RR, GRR, HE&WT, H&OB, LS&V, Rusk Transportation, TTRR
70
1
Tahoka
70
2
Triangulation
70
3
Wilson
70
4
T Ranch
70
5
Working Sketch
70
6
Field Notes, Lynn County
75
5
Working Sketches, Lynn County, 301-500
76
7
Martin County
Agreements T&P RR
70
7
Cole-Stroud
70
8
C. C. Slaughter
70
9
J. D. Slaughter
70
10
T&P Field Book
70
11
T&P Railroad
70
12
Mills County, Survey Notes
70
13
Mitchell County
Mitchell County, folded maps
70
14
Field Notes, Michell County
74
5
Working Sketches, Mitchell County, 1001-1500
76
8
1932-1940
Moore County
71
1
Oldham County
71
3
Pecos County
Railroad field notes
71
4
R. S. Dod
71
5
Field notes
71
6
Working Sketches, Pecos County,
77
1
1927-1937
Field Notes, Pecos County
75
6
Reagan County
Field notes
71
7
Plats
71
8
T&P University Land
71
9
Reeves County
72
1
Roberts County
72
2
Schliecher County
72
3
Scurry County
72
4
Sterling County
Sterling County
72
5
Field Notes, Sterling County
74
5
Stonewall County
Stonewall County
72
3
Stonewall - Haskell County Line
72
6
Stonewall - King County Line
72
7
Stonewall County
72
8
Swisher County
72
9
Terrell County
72
10
Terry County
Brownfield
72
11
Blocks C36-C39
72
12
Blocks D8, D11, D12, D14
72
13
Block DD
72
14
Block E
72
15
Triangulation
72
16
Block T
72
17
Grantee AB&M, Whitley, Blocks CB, CO, 4X, I, M, O, Y
72
18
Field Notes, Terry County
75
1
Working Sketches, Terry County,
77
2
1926-1952
Tom Green County
73
1
Upton County
73
2
Val Verde County
73
3
Ward County
73
4
Winkler County
73
5
Yoakum County
Twichell's 103rd Meridian
73
6
Block D, 1-249
73
7
Block D, 250-499
73
8
Block D, 500-906
73
9
Denver City
73
10
Triangulation
73
11
Block K
73
12
Field Notes, Yoakum County
75
7
Working Sketches, Yoakum County,
77
3
1929-1954
Correspondence, New Mexico
71
2
1951
Field Notes, T&P Railroad
74
1
Working Sketches, T&P Railroad,
77
4
1940
Field Books,
137
1
1929-1930
Robert E. Estes Records
(15 document boxes)
Maps, Sketches and Field Notes
1924-1950
Map Exhibits, A-Z
79
1-2
Map Exhibits, AA-AZ
79
1-11
Map Exhibits, BA-BZ
80
1-13
Map Exhibits, Unidentified Duval County
81
1
Map Exhibits, CA-CN
81
2-15
Map Exhibits, CO-CZ
82
1-10
Map Exhibits, DA-DZ
83
1-23
Map Exhibits, EA-EE
83
24-29
Map Exhibits, EF
Andrews County, Correspondence, A24-A81
84
1-2
Crane County Correspondence
84
3
Crockett County Correspondence
84
4
Ector County Correspondence
84
5
Glasscock County Correspondence
84
6
Martin County Correspondence
84
7
Duval County Correspondence
84
8
Culberson County Correspondence
84
9
Gaines County Correspondence
85
1
Howard County Correspondence
85
2
Reagan County Correspondence
85
3
Pecos County Correspondence
85
4
Midland County Correspondence,
85
5
1933-1948
Map Exhibits, EG
Scurry County Correspondence
85
6
Sterling County Correspondence
85
6
Tom Green County Correspondence
85
6
Upton County Correspondence
85
6
Ward County Correspondence
85
6
Unamed County Correspondence
85
6
Winkler County Correspondence
85
7
Personal Correspondence
85
7
Incomplete Correspondence
85
7
Map Exhibits, EH
Andrews County, Unorganized surveys
86
1
Andrews County, Field Notes, A19-A55
86
2
Andrews County, Public School Land, Field Notes
86
3
Andrews County, Strips, Field Notes
86
4
Andrews County, University Blocks, Field Notes
86
6
Andrews County, Original Blocks, Field Notes
86
7
Andrews County, Block C45, Field Notes
86
8
Andrews County, Blocks 40, 44, Field Notes
86
9
Map Exhibits, EI, PSL Field Notes
87
Map Exhibits, EJ
Crane Co., Blocks B2-4, B17-28, B32
88
1
Crane Co., Blocks X, University, Crane-Ward Line, PSL, Strips
88
2
Crockett Co.
88
3
Map Exhibits, EK
Culberson Co.
88
4
Dawson Co.
88
5
Duval Co.
88
6
Ector Co., Blocks A, B7-B15, 41-45
88
7
Ector Co., Original F/N, Strips, Lines, Assorted
88
8
Gaines Co., Blocks A8-A12, A20-A34, C43-C45, G, North Line Gaines Co & ties to all adjoining blocks
88
9
Gaines Co., Gaines to Fisher Co lines, Strips, Assorted
88
10
Glasscock Co.
88
11
Howard Co.
88
12
Pecos Co. F/N
88
13
Map Exhibits, EL
Reagan Co., Blocks B, C, D, 35-37
89
1
Reeves Co., Original F/N
89
2
Scurry Co.
89
3
Sterling Co., Blocks 18, 23, 31, J. A. Soulard
89
4
Tom Green Co.
89
5
Upton Co., Lines, Blocks A-E, Grants, blocks 37-42
89
6
Upton Co., Original F/N, Bocks N-Y, block 35 H&TC
89
7
Ward Co., Blocks 34, B29, Strips, Oringal F/N, University blocks, Blocks A-F, N, Assorted
89
8
Map Exhibits, EM, Winkler Co., Blocks 3, 26-46, A56-57, B2-B5, C23, Original F/N
89
9
Martin Co., Field Notes
90
1-8
Midland Co., Field Notes
90
9-17
Mitchell Co., Field Notes
90
18
Field books
Field Books, 1-18
91
Field Books, 19-21
92
1
Field Books, 22-42
93
Paper Index and Index to Microfilm
137
1-4
Weather Notes
92
2
1891-1917
Edgar C. Saunders Records
137
138
OS 139
(17 document boxes, 1 oversize box)
1882-1960
Scope and Contents of the Series
Deteriorating maps, sketches, field notes, field books, and correspondence comprise the Edgar C. Saunders Records. Geographic areas covered include Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kimble, Menard, Pecos, Presidio, Reagan, Real, Sutton, Schleicher, Terrell, Tom Green, and Val Verde counties.
Survey Records, by County
Brewster County Map
94
1
Crane County Working Sketch
94
2
Crockett County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
94
3-14
Crockett County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
95
1-21
Edwards County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
95
22-35
Edwards County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
96
1-30
Irion County Sketches
97
1-4
Kimble County: Field Notes and Working Sketches
97
5-11
Menard County Survey Map
138
1-4
Pecos County: Working Sketches and Field Notes
138
5-11
Presidio County Field Notes
138
12
Reagan County: City of Best Working Sketch
138
13
Real County Working Sketch
138
14
Schleicher County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
98
1-30
Schleicher County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
99
1-24
Sutton County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
100
1-25
Sutton County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
101
1-21
Sutton County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
102
1-21
Sutton County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
103
1-11
Sutton County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, County Map and Correspondence
104
1-21
Terrell County: Working Sketches, Field Notes, and Correspondence
104
22-27
Tom Green County: Working Sketches and Field Notes
104
28-32
Val Verde County: Working Sketches and Field Notes
105
1-37
Survey Records, unorganized
Sol Mayer: Working Sketches and Field Notes
106
1-4
W. L. Miers: Tax Valuation of property
106
5
Field Notes (unorganized)
108
2
1898-1940
University Land in Crockett, Reagan, Upton Counties
108
3
Various blank survey forms
108
5-14
Dobson Heirs Field Notes
138
15
Roy Hudspeth and Giles Hill Field Notes
138
16-18
Correspondence
Correspondence (unorganized)
106
6
Parker and Mund Survey Correspondence
107
1
Assorted Correspondence
107
2
Saunders, John McNichol and others
107
3
John McNichol
107
4
Organized by Company Name or Last Name
107
5
Field Books
Field Books 3-8; 22; undated (3),
137
5
1914-1920, undated
Field Book 70 with index,
108
1
1923-1924
Field Book Index (3 copies)
137
6
Field Books 1-27; 65
140
Printed Material: Legal and Reference publications
106
7-8
2nd and 3rd Annual Texas Surveyors Association Short Course
108
4
1953-1954
Robert A. Estes Humble Research Files
(12 document boxes)
1846-1972
Texas and Pacific Railway
109-115
1851-1972
Crockett County
115
1893-1934
Land District and Colony Sketch Files
116
1846-1882
Capitol Lands Maps and Reports
117
1880-1919, 1956
University Lands
118
R. A. Estes Files
119-120
1876-1944
Photographic Materials
(4 photograph boxes, 24 slide boxes)
1948-1964, undated
Scope and Contents of the Series
Slides prepared for presentation at the 1958 Exploration Conference. These presentation slides generally show geological maps and data on West Texas.
Photographic Prints
121-123
Arizona and New Mexico
Apache County, AZ
Boundary Butte Area
1948, 1955
Eddy County, NM
Seven Rivers Block
Huapache Area
1954, undated
Guadalupe County, NM
N. Newkirk Area
1963
Lea County, NM
Candill Devonian Area
1955
Rio Arriba County, NM
Jicarilla Area
1951, 1955, undated
Sandoval County, NM
McKeller Ranch Block
Nov. 13, 1953
San Juan County, NM
Beautiful Mountain Area/Block
1954, 1956
Chimney Rock Area
1949
SW Farmington Area/Block
Navajo Boundary Survey
1958
Preliminary Investigation of San Juan River
1956
Ute Mountain
Valencia County, NM
Evans Ranch
Los Lunas Block
1952
Texas
Andrews County
Freund Block
1947
Means Field
Coke County
N. Bronte Area
S. Bronte Area
Colorado River State Lease
1958
Johnson Area
1953, undated
McCabe Area
1961
Pioneer Area
1961
NW Robert Lee
1958, undated
S. Robert Lee
1952, 1953
Weaver Block
1955
Crane County
E. Cordova Lake Area
1954
Crockett County
Baggett Area
1958
Bailey Block
Bean Area
1963
Noelke Block
1953
Ranch Strawn Area
1961
Shannon Area
1963
Culberson County
Foster Area
Jan. 1953-Mar. 1954
Hunter Ranch
1961
Pratt Vacancy
1958
PSL Blocks 113 & 114
1958
T&P Blocks 53-61
1958
Gaines County
SE Gaines Area
1960
Justiceberg
Slaughter Area/Estate
1957, 1960, undated
Southland Area
1964
Glasscock County
Unidentified
Wilson Vacancy
Howard County
Edwards Lease
1964
SE Howard Glasscock (formerly Seven Rivers)
1957
Snyder Area
1962
Suggs Area
NW Suggs Area
1952, undated
Williams Block/Area
Irion County
Mertzon Block
Photo Album
133
1928-12
Photographic Negatives
124
Photographic Negatives
134
Slides
Field Slides
135
Conference Slides
125-128
1958
Administrative Records
(1 document box)
1952-1984
Twichell Survey Records Committee.
Robert E. Estes Inventory and Purchase Agreement
132
ca 1952
Twichell Survey Records Committee Correspondence
132
1959-1984
Ephemera,
(1 document box)
1935-1966; undated
Book. Mitchell, Hugh C.
First-order Triangulation in Texas (1927 Datum). Washington, D.C: Govt. print. off,
55
1935
Book plates (8)
55
Microfilm. Humble Oil Co., GLO (Federal) Plats, Illinois, So. Dakota,
55
1966
Material check-out forms,
137
8
1960-1984