Papers, 1836-1973, 1919-1972.

Mercantile National Bank (Dallas, Tex.)

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Haley, J. Evetts (James Evetts), 1901-1995

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Born July 5, 1901. Raised in Midland, Texas. Worked his family's ranch along the Pecos River. Graduated West Texas State University. Fired from University of Texas in 1936 for denouncing President Roosevelt. Director of Institute of Americanism at Texas Technological College. Known for his books and articles on Southwestern frontier. Author of A Texan Look at Lyndon: A Study in Illegitimate Power (1964). From the description of Letter, 1954. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record i...

Jones family.

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Guy, Charles A., 1903-1985.

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Newspaper publisher and editor. Born in 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland, and grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Earned his degree at the University of Oklahoma and worked on the "El Reno American," the "Tulsa Democrat," the "Tulsa World," and the "Bristow Record." Came to West Texas in January, 1924, to work for the Lubbock "Avalanche-Journal." Became editor and publisher in 1931 and kept the position until October, 1972. Active in civic and professional organizations. The circulation of the "Avalanche-Jou...

Jones, Clifford Bartlett, 1885-1972

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Businessman, ranch manager and college president. Born in 1885 in Rico, Colorado. Manager of the Spur Ranch in Dickens County, Texas, from 1913-1939. Instrumental in the establishment of Texas Technological College, served on the original Board of Directors, and was the third president of the college from 1939-1944. Member of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Good Roads Movement. Active in land sales and colonization, banking and politics, and numerous social, historical and fraternal o...

Spur Farm Lands.

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Bartlett family.

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Spur Security Bank (Spur, Tex.)

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Texas. Highway Dept.

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The Texas (State) Highway Department (merged into the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation in 1975, and merged again into the Texas Department of Transportation in 1991) was responsible for the building and maintenance of the state's roads and highways from its creation in 1917. Its governing body was a three-member Highway Commission who appointed the state highway engineer, held public hearings, had the authority to create geographical divisions within the Depart...

Texas Technological College

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Dr. Billy Ross, the chair of the School of Mass Communications at Texas Tech University, and a Mass Communications faculty member, Richard Schroeder, went to Pueblo, Colorado, to film German World War II art works which were supposed to be returned to Germany. Ross received permission from the U. S. Army to film the works. Ross wrote down the documentation information that went with each art work while Schroeder did the photography work. From the guide to the German Art from the Bill...

Lubbock National Bank (Lubbock, Tex.)

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S. M. Swenson and Sons.

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