Papers, 1880-1978, (bulks 1905-1947).

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Papers, 1880-1978, (bulks 1905-1947).

Includes correspondence, financial material, legal material, and scrapbook material. Bulks (1905-1947) with business records concerning Williams' career as a surveyor. Also, includes records relating to the surveying his son, Carl Williams, did for Diamond Shamrock Corporation (1954-1971).

27 microfilm reels : negative

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Williams, Carl

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Texas Land and Development Company

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Founded in 1912 by Dr. Frederick Stark Pearson and Milton Day Henderson, the land development operation was centered in Plainview, Hale County, Texas. The company also included subsidiaries and holding companies (Texas Prairie Land Ltd. and Staked Plains Trust). After four decades of selling land to farmers and ranchers and city developers, the Texas Land and Development Company ceased operations in 1956. From the guide to the Texas Land and Development Company Records, S31. 1., 1898...

Williams, William Jeff, 1881-1973.

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Teacher, surveyor, engineer. Born 1881 in Johnson County, Texas. Moved to Hale County, Texas, in 1896 and taught school at Happy, Union, and Ivy before marrying a former student, Ethal Williams, in 1906. In 1902 Williams began a long career as surveyor which ended with his death in 1973. Served as Hale County Surveyor (1920-1973) and Chief Engineer for the Texas Land and Development Company (1916-1920). In addition, Williams assisted W. D. Twichell in locating Hale County's "Bottle Corner" (1904...

Williams, Ethal.

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Twichell, W. D.

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Williams family.

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Diamond Shamrock Corporation

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