Thurber (Tex.) collection, 1897-1976, 1910-1936.

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Thurber (Tex.) collection, 1897-1976, 1910-1936.

Thurber (Tex.) collection, 1897-1976, 1910-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24782093

This is an artificial collection built around an initial donation of Thurber historical information compiled by the Texas and Pacific Coal and Oil Company. The Southwest Collection built on this information by making an appeal to former Thurber residents for historical background and by conduction interviews at the yearly reunions at the Thurber town site. As a result, a large body of information has been compiled which provides information on life, the culture, class system, strike actions and politics of a company town around the turn of the century. Also information exists about the life and customs of immigrant workers. The interview forms also contain a wealth of genealogical information about families who lived and worked there as well as rent records tracing who lived in the town and when. Of particular interest is a manuscript written for the twenty-fifth anniversary of Thurber. Also includes photographs and newsclippings.

3,495 leaves

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