Papers, 1922-1960, (bulks 1938-1956).

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Papers, 1922-1960, (bulks 1938-1956).

Includes correspondence financial materials, maps, and photographs. Collection bulks (1938-1956) with financial documents relating to the operation of the ranch and with correspondence between R.L. Slaughter, Jr. and Ira Wells regarding operation of the ranch.

10,203 leaves.

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Slaughter Farms (Tex.)

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United States. Farm Security Administration

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The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established within the United States Department of Agriculture to implement the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Tenant Act of 1937. The agency also took over certain functions of its predecessor, the Resettlement Administration (RA). The FSA made available and administered long-term loans to tenants and sharecroppers, loaned funds to rural cooperatives, and operated camps for migrant farm workers. The FSA was abolished in 1946; the Farmers Home Adminis...

Slaughter, R. L., Jr. (Robert Lee), 1892-1969.

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Rancher, oilman, entrepreneur. Born in 1892. Grandson of C.C. Slaughter. Operated (1915-1916) family's 300,000 acre ranch in Sonora, Mexico until forced to leave as a result of the Mexican Revolution. Operated family ranch in West Texas and then became involved with the growth of the oil industry in Hockley County (Tex.). Died 1969. From the description of Papers, 1922-1960, (bulks 1938-1956). (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 25104454 ...

United States. Resettlement Administration

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Wills, Ira.

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Farm manager and owner. Managed the R. L. Slaughter, Jr., Farms and later owned part interest in the Watson-Wills-Combs farm in Hockley County, Texas. From the description of Papers, 1930-1953, 1932-1942. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24015698 ...

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Slaughter, R. L., Sr.

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Slaughter, Sue Alice.

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Soash, George W.

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Soash, W. P. (William Pulver), 1877-1961

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A real estate developer and land colonizer in the early twentieth century, Soash was born in 1877. He founded the W. P. Soash Land Company in 1905. Operating from Waterloo, Iowa, and later in Florida and West Texas, he sold land developments in the Midwest, the Plains States, and Florida, but principally in Texas. Soash founded, with members of the C. C. Slaughter family, the Lone Star Land Company in 1924, and was extensively engaged in the sale and purchase of oil leases and royal...