Yellow House Land Company

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This trust estate, an agency of Malcolm Hiram Reed, organized in 1923 to purchase 300,000 acres of land in Hockley and Lamb counties of Texas from the heirs of George W. Littlefield. The land was then resold in small plots to farmers. It is the successor of the Littlefield Lands Company. Like other land developers their company helped to settle the West Texas region, which eventually prospered through the decades.

From the guide to the Yellow House Land Company Records, S1226. 1., 1912-1943, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)

Trust estate, an agency of Malcolm Hiram Reed organized in 1923 to purchase 300,000 acres of land in Hockley and Lamb counties of Texas from the heirs of George W. Littlefield. The land was then resold in small plots to farmers. Successor of the Littlefield Lands Company.

From the description of Records, 1913-1943, 1923-1943. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24342316

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Arthur P. Duggan, Sr. Papers, S 275. 2., 1860-1957 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn Cocke, Joseph. Papers, 1932-1942. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Littlefield, George W. (George Washington), 1842-1920. Littlefield, George Washington, papers, 1860-1942. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Wills, Ira. Papers, 1930-1953, 1932-1942. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Gracy, David B. Papers, 1966-1968, (bulks 1968). Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Littlefield, George W., 1842-1920. Papers, 1860-1922. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Gracy, Alice Duggan. Papers, 1845-1951, 1935. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Reed, Malcom Hiram, 1876-1945. Papers, 1928-1940. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
creatorOf Yellow House Land Company Records, S1226. 1., 1912-1943 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
creatorOf Yellow House Land Company. Records, 1913-1943, 1923-1943. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Alice Duggan Gracy Papers, S 378. 1., 1910-1951 Southwest Collection/Special Collections Libary, Texas Tech University
referencedIn Duggan, Arthur P., Sr., 1876-1935. Papers, 1860-1951, 1893-1944. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Badger, Robert T. person
associatedWith Badger, Walter H. person
associatedWith Brownlee, Houghton. person
associatedWith Cocke, Joseph. person
associatedWith Duggan, Arthur P. (Arthur Pope), 1876-1935 person
associatedWith Gracy, Alice Duggan person
associatedWith Gracy, Alice Duggan. person
associatedWith Gracy, David B. person
associatedWith Littlefield, George W. person
associatedWith Littlefield, George W., 1842-1920. person
associatedWith Perry, E. H. person
associatedWith Plains Investment Company corporateBody
associatedWith Reed, D. C. person
associatedWith Reed, Malcolm Hiram, 1876-1945. person
associatedWith Reed, Malcom Hiram, 1876-1945. person
associatedWith Reed, Walter Seldon. person
associatedWith Wills, Ira. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Hockley County (Tex.)
Hockley County (Tex.)
Texas
Lamb County (Tex.)
Littlefield (Tex.)
Lamb County (Tex.)
Subject
Agriculture
Farms
Hockley County (Tex.)
Lamb County (Tex.)
Land companies
Land development
Land titles
Land titles
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Corporate Body

Active 1913

Active 1943

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