urn:taro:utexas.cah.01840 A Guide to the Tarkington Cotton Company Records, 1949-1967 Original EAD encoding by Jessi Fishman according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. August 2010 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Tarkington Cotton Company Tarkington Cotton Company Records 1949-1967 Materials are written in English. 80-057 39 ft., 1 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Tarkington family founded the Tarkington Cotton Company in Cuero, Texas, in the mid 20th century. The collection consists of the day-to-day business records of the company, including receipts, vouchers, invoices, bills, weight records, sales and purchase records, memos, correspondence, code materials, and regulations. Biographical Sketch

The Tarkington family founded the Tarkington Cotton Company in Cuero, Texas, in the mid 20th century. Shelley Grant Tarkington (1868-1939) married Lelia Lay (1869-1941) in 1890 and they had seven children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Their children were Jane Lay (1891-1945), Georgia Ellen (1893-1985), Shelly Grant (1895-1962), Friench Simpson (1898-1954), Powis Franklin (1900-1977), Lelia (1905-1978), and Leland Henry (1905-1906).

Source: Personal Ancestral File. Descendants of John Tarkington. http://www.angelfire.com/falcon/vbd/pafg20.htm (accessed July 29, 2010).

 Scope and Contents

The Tarkington Cotton Company Records, 1949-1967, consist of the day-to-day business records of the company, including receipts, vouchers, invoices, bills, weight records, sales and purchase records, memos, correspondence, code materials, and regulations. The records pertain to buying, selling, and shipping cotton. Additionally, they contain photographs of Shelley Grant Tarkington, Sr., Shelly Grant Tarkington, Jr., Powis F. Tarkington, and the H. K. Williams School.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

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A portion of these records is stored remotely. Advance notice required for retrieval. Contact repository for retrieval.

 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Tarkington, Shelley Grant, 1868-1939 Tarkington, Leila Lay, 1869-1941 Tarkington, Shelley Grant, 1895-1962 Tarkington, Powis Franklin, 1900-1977 Tarkington family Subjects (Organizations) Tarkington Cotton Company--Archives. Subjects Cotton trade--Texas Places Victoria (Tex.) Cuero (Tex.) Preferred Citation

Tarkington Cotton Company Records, 1949-1967, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Separated Material

Some material has been separated to the Library Unit.

 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.

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