urn:taro:utexas.cah.02384 A Guide to the Strawn Coal Mining Company Records, 1901-1906 Original EAD encoding by Laurel Rozema according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Strawn Coal Mining Company (Strawn, Tex.) Strawn Coal Mining Company records 1901-1906 Materials are written in English. 97-279 5 items Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Strawn Coal Mining Company Records, 1901-1906, comprise five letters to the company regarding deliveries of goods and account balances owed by the company to other merchants in Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and St. Louis, Missouri. Historical Note

The Strawn Coal Mining Company operated coalmines in Strawn, Texas, during the early to mid-20th century. After purchasing the town’s Mount Marian coal shaft from the Johnson Brothers in 1903, the company acquired another mine at Lyre in 1914. The two mines produced over one and a half million tons of coal between 1910 and 1920, but when the railroads switched from coal power to diesel, production dropped and by 1946 the Strawn mine closed.

Source:

Hunt, William R. Strawn, TX. Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed February 28, 2011. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hls79.

 Scope and Contents

The Strawn Coal Mining Company Records, 1901-1906, comprise five letters to the company regarding deliveries of goods and account balances owed by the company to other merchants in Texas; Chicago, Illinois; and St. Louis, Missouri.

 Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) Strawn Coal Mining Company (Strawn, Tex.) Subjects Coal mines and mining -- Texas -- Strawn. Places Strawn (Tex.) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. Preferred Citation

Strawn Coal Mining Company Records, 1901-1906, 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 2F75 Correspondence, February 21, 1901 - March 2, 1906