urn:taro:utexas.cah.00008 A Guide to the Hogg Family Papers, 1895-1948 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, March 2001.Edited with XMetal 2.0 by Bob Stewart, May 5, 2002. Re-edited with addtions by Edward Sevcik, August 9, 2006 Finding aid written in English. Tue Jul 22 15:26:02 CDT 2003 urn:taro:utexas.cah.00008 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (20030505). Descriptive Summary Hogg family Hogg Family Papers 1895-1948 AR80-1; 81-18; 81-86 25 ft. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin Business and legal records of Will C. Hogg (1875-1930), lawyer and businessman, son of Texas governor James Stephen Hogg, including papers of the Hogg Brothers firm. English. Biographical Note

Shortly after the 1918 discovery of petroleum on their property near West Columbia, Texas, the brothers William C. Hogg (1875-1930), Mike Hogg (1885-1941), and Tom Hogg (1887-1949), together with their sister Ima Hogg (1882-1975) organized the firm of Hogg Brothers to co-ordinate the family’s investments in oil, agriculture, real estate and other interests. The Hogg Brothers headquarters building at 401 Louisiana Street in Houston (1921, listed on the National Register 1975) featured a large penthouse office with a rooftop garden where the Hoggs entertained visitors. Hogg Brothers owned several subsidiary corporations, notably Varner Realty which invested in real estate ventures and petroleum lands. The company also had interests in cotton warehousing and export, Kentucky coal mines, deep-water port development in Houston, and speculative ventures including the Findex indexing system, shoe manufacturing and gold mining. The Hogg family used wealth from these interests to promote philanthropic projects centered on the arts, housing, education, mental health and historic preservation. After Will C. Hogg’s death in 1930, Hogg Brothers was supervised in part by his brother Michael and sister Ima.

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Deeds, contracts, lease agreements, securities records, business correspondence, land surveys, account books, financial ledgers and journals, legal filings and briefs, wills, transcripts of testimony, oil and gas well logs (1895-1956, bulk 1919-1940) document the commercial and legal activities of Hogg Brothers, and other business interests of the Hogg family during the first half of the 20th century. Title deeds, transfers and related financial instruments reflect land use and the interests of the Hogg Brothers firm in its primary money-making enterprise: petroleum. Securities records (stock and bonds) document the investments of the firm. Legal briefs and proceedings, mostly concerning land claims and estates, include depositions and testimony by William C. Hogg, Michael Hogg and other parties. Audits, reports, ledgers, journals, tax filings and correspondence document the financial history of Hogg Brothers and its relations with other firms, including the River Oaks Corporation, a development project in Houston, and the Texas Company, predecessor of the Texaco Oil Company. Well-logs document the geologic structure under the West Columbia area and other Hogg Oil Company properties.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) Hogg Brothers (Firm) Governors--Texas--Children--Biography. Petroleum industry and trade--Texas. Texaco, inc. Texas Company Real estate development--Texas. West Columbia (Tex.) Other Authors Hogg, Will C. (William Clifford), 1875-1930. Hogg, James Stephen, 1851-1906. Hogg, Ima, 1882-1975 Hogg, Michael, 1885-1941 Hogg, Thomas, 1887-1949 Related Material

William Clifford Hogg Papers, 1897-1932, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

James Stephen Hogg Papers, 1836-1969, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 3F348 Hogg Brothers business records: 3F348 Mineral properties, depletion, 1924-1927 3F348 Smackover district, Arkansas, 3F348 Boling district, 3F348 Branyon district, Texas, 3F348 Mineral leases, Louisiana 3F349 Mineral properties 3F349 Bunte Brothers property 3F349 Louisiana royalties 3F349 Ashe purchase, 1926-1929 3F349 Louisiana, 1925-1943 3F349 Clarenton district, Louisiana, 1939-1944 3F350 Louisiana: Morgan and Ashe properties, securities: 3F350 Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling Company, 1920-1941 3F350 Fifteen Oil Company, 1938-1948 3F350 Hogg Oil Company, 1938-1944 3F350 Ingleside Channel and Dock Company, 1926-1938 3F351 290 Park Avenue Incorporated, 1925-1941 3F351 Peoples Gin Company 1938-1944 3F351 Taft Properties Incorporated, accounting, 1936-1944 3F351 Varner Company, 1925-1932 3F352 Taft Properties Incorporated, statements, 1932-1940 3F352 Taft Property Syndicate, auditor's report, 1930 3F352 Taft Farms 3F352 banking, 1938 3F352 titles, 1928-1940 3F352 Lease, Magnolia Petroleum Corporation, 1936-1938 3F352 Lease, Stanolind Oil and Gas, 1935-1939 3F352 Lease, Sinclair Prarie Oil Company, pipeline and tanks, 1940 3F353 Wild Cat Investment Company 3F353 Theo Development Company, 1919-1921 3F353 Taft Compress and Warehouse Company, 1925-1943 3F353 Texas Cotton Finance Corporation 3F353 Abstracts, 1916, 1921, 1941 3F353 Hogg Brothers and Mike Hogg, trustee, audit working papers and reports, 1921 3F353 Mineral properties, depletion 3F353 Smackover district, Arkansas 1923-1924 3F354 Securities: 3F354 Taft Farms 1928-1942 3F354 Coleman-Fulton Pasture Company, lawsuit 3F354 Petition between Ima Hogg, et al., 1942 3F354 West Columbia Oil properties, 1939-1942 3F354 University of Texas Library, 1939-1943 3F354 Maps, 1922-1940 3F354 Dissolution, extra copies of partition deed, 1939-1940 3F355 Hogg Brothers limited partnership, dissolution, 1938-1939 3F355 Appraisal of assets 3F355 Louisiana 3F355 Texas 3F355 Properties 3F355 Thomas E. Hogg v. Mike Hogg, et al., partition suit 3F355 Appraisal of assets, other than mineral 3F355 Miscellaneous working papers 3F355 Securities, Taft Farms 3F355 Accounting, 1936-1943 3F355 Leases, O.W. Killam, Josey et al., 1936-1941 3F356 Hogg Brothers: 3F356 Drawing accounts, statements, 1918-1930 3F356 Hogg, Mike 3F356 Hogg, Ima 3F356 Hogg, William C. 3F356 Furniture and fixtures, sales and inventories, 1921-1942 3F356 Articles of co-partnership, 1920 3F356 Mineral properties, 1927-1939 3F356 Oil and Gas Royalty Operations, Arkansas 3F356 Montgomery County 3F356 Smackover district 1925-1925, 1939 3F356 Organization, 1921-1942 3F356 Varner Oil Company, 1921-1927 3F357 Hogg Brothers: 3F357 Depletion, 1921-1932 3F357 Crane-Upton, Caddo and Muckleroy districts 3F357 Fry and Smith-Ellis districts Raccoon Bend, Weaver and Salt Flats districts 3F357 West Columbia 3F357 Depreciation, 1921-1926 3F357 Employees, 1920-1945 3F357 Drawing accounts, 1921-1931 3F358 Investments: 3F358 Taft Farms: 3F358 Alleged vacancy, Bailey Hardy 1936-1937 3F358 Appraisals, October 1938 3F358 MHA securities, Mound Creek Oil Company, Montgomery County, abstracts, 1932 3F359 Stocks and bonds: 3F359 Reed Roller Bit Company, 1927-1933 3F359 Rio Grande Oil Company (Consolidated Oil Corporation), 1929-1936 3F359 Municipal Bonds, 1922-1926 3F359 Securities: 3F359 Pacific Western Oil Corp., 1929-1935 3F359 MacGregor Drive Development Company, 1926-1942 3F359 River Oaks Corporation: 3F359 1924-1942 3F359 1933-1934 3F360 1931-1932 3F360 1936-1938 3F361 San Antonio Pictures Corporation: 3F361 1920-1927 3F361 1919-1927 (also Producers Security Corporation) 3F362 River Oaks Corporation, 1929-1930 3F362 Skelly Oil Company, 1924-1936 3F362 Southern Pacific Company, 1924-1926 3F362 Skelly Oil Company, 1936-1940 3F362 Texas Company, 1923-1925 3F362 Security Union Insurance Company, 1926-1931 3F362 Stocks and bonds: 3F362 Stude Holding Association, 1921-1922 3F362 Texas Bread Company, 1922-1928 3F363 Securities: 3F363 Wolfelt Stores, 1922 3F363 Worthless stocks 3F363 Varner Securities Company, November, 1919 3F363 Wilson Process Incorporated: 3F363 1920-1921 3F363 1922-1925 3F364 Stocks and bonds: 3F364 Varner Oil Company, 1924-1925, 1941 3F364 F.B. Warren Corporation, 1921-1922 3F364 Varner Realty Company (Stude Lot subdivision), 1920-1930 3F365 Securities: 3F365 Union Motors Incorporated: 3F365 Classification of accounts 3F365 Chrystler franchise, 1924-1926 3F365 Miscellaneous contracts, 1923-1928 3F366 Statements, 1925-1927 3F366 Report of audit, December 31, 1925 3F366 Organization, 1922-1923 3F366 Statements, balance sheets, 1922-1927 (Will C. Hogg's file) 3F366 Corporate income tax returns, 1924-1928 3F366 Thompson and O'Brien Oil Company, August, November 1929 3F366 Union Carbide and Carbon Company, 1922-1926 3F366 Litigation 3F366 Union Motors Incorporated et al. vs. First National Bank, 1927 3F367 Clements case, pleadings, 1920-1924 3F367 Securities 3F367 Union Motors Incorporated, audit working papers, 1924-1925 3F368 Litigation: 3F368 Clements case, general, 1921-1924 3F369 McFarland case, 1920-1924 3F369 Clements case, jury, 1922 3F369 Conley vs. Hogg Bros. et al., 1920-1923 3F369 Clements (Sallie J.) case: 3F369 Appeal, 1922-1923 3F370 Charges, 1922 3F370 Evidence, 1922-1923 3F370 Severance authorities, 1922, 1924 3F370 Re-hearing, 1925-1926 3F370 General, 1920-1922 3F370 Kaiser place, title, 1911-1919 3F371 McFarland case, 1924-1925 3F371 Clements case: 3F371 Bills of exception, 1922 3F371 Memoranda of corrections made in Clements record 3F371 Index to S.F. Clements case 3F371 Testimony, 1922-1924 3F371 Expense, 1922-1925 3F371 Briefs, 1922-1924 3F371 Lawreed Carpenter, 1922-1923 3F372 Texas Gulf Sulphur Company vs. T.M. Neal et al.: 3F372 Pleadings and trial papers, 1929-1930 3F373 Evidence, originals and certified copies of instruments, 1930 3F374 Transcripts of testimony, 1921-1922 3F374 Lynne, et al. vs. Coons, et al., 1921 3F374 Wyatt vs. Texas Company and Hogg Heirs, 1922 3F374 Conally vs. Texas Company, 1921 3F374 Legal Briefs: 3F374 John C. Underwood vs. Will C. Hogg et al., January 1915 3F374 Contest of will of Sarah Ross, undated 3F374 McFarland deed, undated 3F374 Agreement of counsel to permit testimony, Clements case, March-June 1923 3F374 Texas Gulf Sulphur Company vs. T.M. Neal et al., title, abstracts and opinions, etcetera, 1929-1930 3F375 Transcripts of testimony, 1921-1922 3F375 Conally vs. Texas Company 1921-1922 3F375 Underwood vs. Hogg, 1921 3F375 Synopsis of statement by Will C. Hogg 1915 3F375 Estate of Sarah Ross, undated 3F375 Clements vs. Texas Company, 1922 3F375 Depositions, [circa 1922] 3F375 Pleadings, 3F375 Clements vs. Texas Company, with index 1922 3F375 McFarland vs. Hogg, et al., 1921 3F375 McFarland vs. Texas Company, et al., 1921 3F375 Deed of Laura J. McFarland et al, to Ellen Bell, brief, undated 3F376 Securities: 3F376 Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Company Incorporated, 1929-1941 3F376 Widee Realty Company, 1924-1926 3F376 Litigation, Will C. Hogg Estate: 3F376 Taxes, federal income, 1934-1935 3F376 Record book, 1930-1939 3F376 Statements, 1930-1930 3F377 Real estate, Claud Nash land (Trinity County) 3F377 Personal property, 1930-1931 3F377 New Madison Square Garden Corporation 3F377 290 Park Avenue 3F377 Paving, Shepherd Drive 3F377 Charles Brown subdivision, Brazoria County 3F377 Sodiphene Company, stock 3F377 Victoria County road bonds 3F377 Webb County bonds 3F377 Wesson Oil and Snowdrift Company 3F377 Cresson stock 3F377 Dallas Levee Improvement District bonds 3F377 Fort Bend County bridge bonds 3F377 Goliad City bridge refinancing bonds 3F377 Harford Agricultural and Breeders association stock 3F377 Houston Country Club sinking fund bonds 3F377 Seattle North Pacific Shipbuilding Company stock 3F377 San Saba County road warrants 3F377 J. B. Shearer and Company stock 3F377 Blakely Smith and Company preferred stock 3F377 Kerville land warrants 3F377 Resolutions, charity appeals, 1930-1931 3F378 Litigation: 3F378 Will C. Hogg estate, taxes, federal income, 1936-1939 3F378 Transcripts of testimony, 1922 3F379 Litigation, Will C. Hogg estate, personal property 3F379 Kirby Lumber Company stock, 1925-1939 3F379 Mineral Wells improvement bonds, 1921-1933 3F379 American Republics Corporation, 1929-1934 3F379 Aransas Pass sea wall bonds, 1920-1931 3F379 Casino Town Club Operating Corporation, stock, 1932-1934 3F379 Consolidated Oil Corporation stock, 1938-1939 3F380 Miscellaneous files: 3F380 Kentucky S/E Coal Corporation 3F380 Miscellaneous maps, sketches, drawings and data re. Kaiser and Patten place 3F380 Charts 3F380 Lee survey, letters patent 3F380 W. T. Williams file 3F380 McFarland et al. vs. Hogg et al. (briefs) 3F380 Legal citations for payment of taxes 3F380 Correspondence concerning Varner Plantation, Will C. Hogg to Bullock 3F380 Letters from W. M. D. Lee 3F381 Litigation: 3F381 W. C. Hogg et al. vs. George W. Sheffield et al., (Brazoria Company suit): 3F381 Briefs, 1927-1929 3F381 Galley proof 3F381 Office manuscript 3F381 Notes and legal instruments 3F382 Petitions, answers, agreements, exhibits and papers used as evidence in trial, 1927-1929 3F382 Papers pertaining to the brief, appellees briefs, other briefs, 3F383 Judgement and opinion, 1927-1935 3F383 Appeal for rehearing to Civil and Supreme Courts, 1933-1935 3F383 Pleadings, 1927 3F383 Briefs, 1928 3F384 Sarah Ross will case, 1921-1923 3F384 Will. C. Hogg et al. vs. Sheffield, Brazoria Company tax suit, correspondence, 1927-1935 3F385 Blueprints and miscellaneous materials concerning Clements, Underwood and McFarland suit, West Columbia 3F385 Sarah Ross will contest, depositions, 1922 3F385 Tom Tennille title to George C. Tennille estate, March 1922 3F385 Laura Jane McFarland et al., Memorandum of authorities, November 1920 3F385 Sallie J. Clements at al. vs. Texas Company et al., citations in error, January-February 1923 3F386 Clements case: 3F386 Depositions 3F386 Proceedings, June 1922 3F386 Correspondence, 1921-1922 3F386 John C. Underwood vs. William. C. Hogg et al., papers used in briefing, 1921-1922 3F386 McFarland suit, Crews case, August-November 1922 3F386 George C. Tenille will, briefs, 1921 3F387 Mrs. Hettie Neuman et vir. vs. Armor Auto Company, at al., transcript of testimony, Nov. 1922 3F387 Underwood vs. Hogg et al., correspondence and briefs, 1902-1926 3F388 Clements case, depositions, 1921-1922 3F388 Underwood vs. Hogg, deposition of John C. Underwood, October 1921 3F388 Clements case: 3F388 Brief for defendants [1921?] 3F388 Pleadings, 1921 3F388 Underwood vs. Hogg, question and answer transcript (2 copies), 1921 3F389 State of Texas vs. Mike Hogg et al., inheritance tax case, briefing, pleadings, etcetera, 1932-1934 3F389 Clements case, depositions, 1921-1922 3F390 Will C. Hogg Estate: 3F390 Will, letters of devisees, October 1930-February 1931 3F390 Taxes: 3F390 Louisiana property, 1930 3F390 Texas property, 1931-1939 3F390 Social security, 1939 3F390 Arkansas property 3F390 Texas inheritance, 1930-1931 3F390 Death taxes (French), 1930-1931 3F390 Mexican inheritance (San Rodrigo Land and Cattle Company), 1930-1938 3F390 Arkansas inheritance, 1930-1931 3F390 Arkansas income tax, 1930-1939 3F390 Federal income tax, 1930-1939 3F390 Max Voit et al., Ross will case depositions, July 1921 3F390 Brief, deed of Laura J. McFarland to Mrs. Ellen Bell 3F391 Miscellaneous briefings, 1920-1921 3F391 Ross will contest, brief of authorities, January 1921 3F391 Will C. Hogg Estate: 3F391 Probate proceedings, Harris County, 1930-1937 3F391 Will, 1930-1939 3F391 Probate proceedings, Union County, Arkansas 3F391 State of Texas vs. Mike Hogg et al., inheritance taxes, 1931-1934 3F391 Inheritance tax suit, correspondence, 1931-1934 2.325/A108 Deeds and agreements, 1834, 1869, 1880-1920, 1943 2.325/A108 Arnold's Mound property subdivisions, blueprint, 1903 Hogg Brothers Account Books 2.325/D12a Hogg Brothers joint bank account memo cash book 2.325/D12a October 1941-December 1942 2.325/D12b December 1938--December 1940 2.325/D12c Hogg Brothers account ledger, 1934-1939 2.325/D12d Hogg Brothers oil earnings, ledger, 1920-1924 2.325/D12e Hogg Brothers joint bank account memo cash book, January 1941--October 1941 2.325/D12f Hogg Brothers cash book, January 1926--June 1927 2.325/D12g Will C. Hogg, agent, cash book, September 1918--March 1921 2.325/D12h Martin Varner, agent, cash book, January 1946--June 1952 2.325/D12i Hogg Brothers cash journal, 2.325/D12i July 1923--April 1927 2.325/D12j May 1927--December 1938 2.325/D12k April 1921--June 1923 2.325/L22 Hogg family accounting records, 2.325/L22 Varner company, ledger, 1905-1910 2.325/L22 Union Motors Incorporated, minutes, November 1922--January 1928 2.325/L22 Varner company, account ledger, 1921-1923 2.325/L22 Hogg Oil Company, copy of charter, bylaws, minutes, certificates of dissolution, 1939-1951 2.325/L22 Mike Hogg, trustee, account journal, 1919-1921 2.325/L22 Hogg Oil Company, account ledger, 1939-1941 2.325/L22 Will C. Hogg, trustee, account ledger, 1917-1919 2.325/L23 Accounts receivable, ledgers, 1921-1938 2.325/L23 Electrical logs, West Columbia, undated 2.325/L24 Mike Hogg, agent, transfer ledger 1937-1940 2.325/L24 Electrical logs 2.325/L24 Jackson Subdivision, West Columbia Field 2.325/L24 Claud Hamill 2.325/L24 M.T. Habouty, Ima Hogg et al. #1 and #2 2.325/L24 Texaco Incorporated #2 2.325/L25 Hogg Oil Company, Mike Hogg et al., 1941, 1946 2.325/L25 Texas Company, Will C. Hogg, 1939-1948, undated 2.325/L25 Hogg Oil Company, Mike Hogg et al., 1938-1948, undated 2.325/L25 Gulf Production, Mays, 1940-1949 2.325/L25 Texaco Incorporated, Ima Hogg #3 and #4, 1963, undated 2.325/L25 Estate of Will C. Hogg, general ledger, 1930-1939 2.325/L25 Will C. Hogg, account ledger, 1920-1931 2.325/L26 Electrical Logs 2.325/L26 West Columbia Field 2.325/L26 Claud Hamill "D" Lease, 1952-1958 2.325/L26 Miscellaneous, 1938-1965 2.325/L26 Hogg Oil Company, Hogg-Hamman LS [lease?], 1938-1947 2.325/L26 Hogg-Hamman, Claud Hamill, 1953-1956 Governor James Stephen Hogg Files: 3F392 Miscellaneous business files: 3F392 Check stubs, 1906-1910 3F392 Checks, 1910 3F392 Litigation: 3F392 Legal documents, 1895-1910 3F392 Correspondence, 1900-1910 3F392 Blueprints