urn:taro:utexas.cah.01426 A Guide to the R. Beal Pumphrey, Jr., Collection, 1873-1942 Original EAD encoding by Linda Peterson according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. April 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Pumphrey, R. Beal, Jr. R. Beal Pumphrey, Jr., Collection 1873-1942 Materials are written in English. 63-31 10 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin R. Beal Pumphrey, Jr., was in the stockyards business in Missouri and Texas.The images in this collection range from photographs of soldiers and cowboys to livestock and other scenes of Texas and Missouri. Other subjects include the oil fields, the trial of members of the 24th infantry for the 1917 Houston race riot and a barbecue by the “Boys of the Old Trail” at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio in 1915. Biographical Note

R. Beal Pumphrey, Jr. was a native of Taylor, Texas, and the son of a pioneer cattleman. He worked as assistant to the general manager and president of the San Antonio Union Stockyards from 1937 to his death in 1957. Prior to that time he had worked for the Kansas City stockyards. Pumphrey was also a founder of the San Antonio Livestock Exposition.

 Scope and Contents

The images in this collection range from photographs of soldiers and cowboys to livestock and other scenes of Texas and Missouri. There is a series on angora goats taken by Alfred Eisenstadt for LIFE magazine and a photo of a “Texas X” dinner in Pompeo Coppini’s studio in 1932. The oil fields are also covered, as is the trial of the 24th infantry members for the 1917 Houston race riot and a barbecue by the “Boys of the Old Trail” at the Menger Hotel in San Antonio in 1915. An aerial view of Mission San José ca. 1935 includes a biplane. Kansas City, Mo., is represented by the American Royal Building and a series of images of cowboys in the city streets in 1921. Subjects also include the U. S. S. Houston, San Antonio’s “Battle of Flowers,” Will Rogers, the wheat harvest in Plainview, Texas in 1924, and longhorn cattle.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Cordova, Isidro Pumphrey R. Beal, Jr.—Archives Rogers, Will (1879-1935) Subjects (Organizations) U. S. Army Subjects Angora goat--Texas Battle of Flowers Festival (San Antonio, Tex.) Bison Cattlemen Cowboys Hunters Longhorn cattle Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo (San Antonio, Tex.) Oil fields--Texas Palo Duro Canyon (Tex.) Ranches—Texas Sheep Places Houston (Tex.) Kansas City (Mo.) Leon Springs (Tex.) Plainview (Tex.) San Antonio (Tex.) Preferred Citation

R. Beal Pumphrey, Jr., Collection, 1873-1942, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory 3T88 Photographs: 3T88 Ranch scenes 3T88 Oilfield scenes 3T88 Kansas City (Mo.) stockyards and cowboys 3T88 American Royal Building, Kansas City (Mo.) 3T88 Battle of Flowers 3T88 Hunters with deer, ca. 1915 3T88 Bison 3T88 U. S. S. Houston 3T88 San José Mission 3T88 Cattle branding 3T88 Portraits of cattlemen 3T88 Angora goats and portraits by Alfred Eistenstadt for LIFE magazine, 1942 3S204 Oversize photographs and prints: 3S204 Wheat fields, Plainview, Texas, 1924 3S204 4-H stock show 3S204 "Texas X” dinner in Pompeo Coppini’s studio, 1932 3S204 Will Rogers and two other men 3S204 Longhorn cattle 3S204 Trial of 24th infantry members for Houston race riot, 1917 3S204 Unidentified military groups 3S204 “Texas Terrain” photographs, including Palo Duro Canyon 3S204 Camp Leon Springs, ca. 1917-1918 3S204 San Antonio City Coliseum (architectural drawing) 3S204 Copy print of “Surrender of Santa Anna” painting 3S204 Battle of Flowers OP9 Bird's Eye view of Houston, 1873 OD 1288 “Lone Star Officers” soldiers group ca. 1917 [?] OD 1288 Aerial view of Mission San Jose, ca. 1935 OD 1288 Herding goats into a corral OD 1288 Flock of sheep at stock tank OD 1288 “Boys of the Old Trail” barbecue at Menger Hotel by Archey’s Art Shop, 1915 OD 1288 “Friedrichsburg” by Lungwitz AHC [restricted] Negatives [nitrate] Cowboys and ranch scenes