Manuscripts Guide - H
Hagler, Mrs. Noah
Papers, 1851-1973
1 microfilm reel (80 ft.) : negative
Consists of seven notebooks containing genealogical charts and related material such as correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs on the Dupree, Durham, Hagler, Henderson, Lambert, and Reed families.
Hale Center School (Texas)
Papers, 1800-1911 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Is comprised of business forms, fraternal organizations, a newspaper, and lists of students from 1911. Contents also include memorabilia and photographs dating 1800-1911. This collection came from the cornerstone of the Hale Center School of Hale Center, Texas.
Hale, Leon
Papers, 1966-1975
953 leaves
Consists entirely of newsclippings from Hale's column in the Houston Post. The columns deal with general manners and customs in Houston and throughout the South.
An author and journalist, Hale was born in 1921, and awarded his B.A. in journalism by Texas Technological College (1946). Hale is the author of several books, and was a columnist for The Houston Post since 1956. He moved to The Houston Chronicle in the late 1980's.
Haley, J. Evetts (James Evetts)
Papers, 1932-1964
560 leaves
Includes correspondence, campaign materials and newsclippings relating to his political involvements and his son's (J. Evetts Jr.) controversy with the federal courts concerning over-production of wheat. Copies of several of Haley's literary productions are also included.
Born July 5, 1901, in Belton, Texas, Haley moved with his parents, John and Julia (Evetts) Haley, to Midland at an early age. He graduated from West Texas State and University of Texas with B.A. and M.A. degrees and invested in rangelands and cattle in West Texas and Arizona. Known for his numerous books and articles on the Southwestern frontier and its heroes, Haley became involved in Texas politics and made an unsuccessful bid for the governor's chair in 1956. For several years he was field secretary of the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon and later established the Haley Library in Midland in memory of his wife, Nita, who died in 1958. Haley died at Midland, Texas on October 9, 1995.
Hall Family
Papers, 1887-1957
1 microfilm reel (25 ft.) : negative
Contains genealogies for the Hall family and for Charles Black. Also includes reminiscences by Fred S. Hall, Hamilton Hall, and Mary Hall Patterson.
The Hall family emigrated from England to San Antonio, Texas, in 1884-1885. Fred S. Hall was an Eden, Texas, citizen and former South Texas county agent.
Halsell, William Electious
Papers, 1929-1945
1 microfilm reel (5 ft.) : negative
Contains photographs and newspaper clippings from the late 1940s. Also includes several telegrams from the late 1920s from Will Rogers to W. E. Halsell.
Halsell was the owner of the Mashed O Ranch, which he opened for settlement in 1923. His son, Ewing Halsell, started building the town of Amherst, Texas, on August 1, 1923. William E. and Ewing Halsell were largely responsible for the settlement of Earth, Texas. Halsell was born near Decatur, Alabama, in 1850. He died on November 25, 1934.
Halsell, Ewing
Papers, 1876-1977 and undated
80 boxes and 180 ledgers (108.0 linear feet)
The collection bulks (1904-1972) with financial materials from Halsell's ranching affairs, materials related to personal investments, and tax, land, and leasing records. Also includes personal correspondence and related materials and general files pertaining to ranching and farming, oil, gas, and mining. For further details, click here: Halsell.
A rancher whose operations spanned both Texas and Oklahoma, Halsell helped to open the Texas South Plains to farm settlement. He was born in 1877, in Jacksboro, Texas. He purchased Bird Creek Ranch in Vinita, Oklahoma, from his father in 1899, and assumed management of the Spring Lake Ranch in Lamb and Bailey counties of Texas. Halsell contracted for the digging of the first irrigation well in Lamb County and, in the 1920s, along with a small group of other ranchers, initiated the use of milo maize as cattle feed in the arid regions of West and Southwest Texas. He built feed lots on his Oklahoma and Texas ranches in the 1930s and 1940s. He formed the Halsell Farms Company in 1923 to facilitate land sales from the Spring Lake Ranch (Mashed O) to settlers, and founded the Texas towns of Amherst and Earth to further promote land sales. He purchased the 100,000 acre Farias Ranch southwest of San Antonio, Texas, in 1944, and moved his home and business headquarters there. A life member and former vice-president of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, he was also a charter member of the Santa Gertrudis Breeder International Association and member of the Blue Stem Cattle Raisers Association. Halsell died in 1965 at his Farias Ranch.
Hamby, Arlee
Papers, 1896-1996 and undated
2 wallets (0.2 linear feet)
This collection has correspondence, hand written history of Becton, Texas, and printed material of the Becton family of Becton, Texas. Arlee Hambys ancestors lived in Estacado around the turn of the Twentieth Century and were founders of the town of Becton, Texas a small community in Lubbock County.
Hamby, Thornton
Papers, 1945 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Pertains to correspondence on American Prisoners of War during World War II as well as a written account of Indian raids. Thornton Hamby was an American soldier captured on the Island of Corregidor in the Philippines. After the island was surrendered to the Japanese, he was sent to work in the coal mines in southern Honshu at Omini Machi, Japan. Mr. Hamby was interred until September 17, 1945 when he was liberated at the end of the war. He has held various offices within the American Ex-Prisoners of War Association.
Hamilton, Alexander Duncan
Papers, 1790-1974
3 microfilm reels : negative
Includes correspondence, legal and financial documents, genealogical materials, which trace the Hamilton, Hart, Rice, and Tyson families.
Hamilton was an attorney and politician. While attending Pennsylvania State College, Hamilton was the editor of the "Students Miscellany of the Cresson Literary Society." He served in the Texas House of Representatives from 1899-1902.
Hamilton, Mrs. John
Collection, 1884-1916
159 leaves
Contains court briefs and records of court cases involving the Matador Ranch, Fort Worth and Denver City Railroad, and Thomas B. Richardson. Also includes deeds, letters by J. M. Jackson, petitions and surveys.
Mrs. Hamilton collected the various legal materials.
Hamlin, James Darlington
Papers, 1946
433 leaves
Includes transcripts of interviews with Judge Hamlin by J. Evetts Haley and William Curry Holden. Most of the material in the collection was used in The Flamboyant Judge.
A lawyer, judge, educator, and businessman, Hamlin came to Amarillo, Texas, from Kentucky in 1897 and, with Willis Day Twichell, established Amarillo College. He served as college president and professor of Latin and Greek until 1909. Hamlin was elected Potter County Attorney in 1902 and was appointed an agent for the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company in 1905. He founded the town of Farwell, and served as county judge of Parmer County from 1907-1919 and as president of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce from 1934-1936. His reminisc ences were published in 1972 by J. Evetts Haley and William Curry Holden as The Flamboyant Judge. Hamlin died in 1950 in Clovis, New Mexico.
Hammond, J. Walter
Papers, 1905-1963
1 microfilm reel (85 ft.) : negative
Includes correspondence, scrapbook material, and photographs. Bulks with biographical material on Walter J. Hammond, and with material relating to the history of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation.
The president of the Texas Farm Bureau Federation (1939-1958), Hammond was also a member of the Texas Governor's Statewide Water Committee in 1959.
Hammons, Anne Lee, Estate
Papers, 1927-1991
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
Contains scrapbook material, which consists of photographs, printed material, newsclippings and brochures.
Hammons, Annie
Collection, undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection contains applications of womens clubs for entering into the Americanism Contest sponsored by the Texas Federation of Womens Clubs.
Hampton, John Howard
Papers, 1659-1957 and undated
3 boxes and 1 oversized box (4.5 linear feet)
Finding aid for digitized elements of this collection
Contains land deeds, inventories, family correspondence, and genealogical histories collected by Hamptons uncle, Dr. Joseph L. Miller of Thomas, West Virginia. The materials were collected for a genealogy of the Hampton and Miller families and include records dating to 1659. For further details, click here: Hampton.
John Howard Hampton was born in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 17, 1898, and later began ranching near Clarksville, Texas. He later worked on 6666 Ranch and directed ranch operations near Slaton, Texas and Tucumcari, New Mexico. Hampton was the president of West Texas Museum Association, 1956-1958, and donated extensive Indian and western collections to area museums. Hampton died in 1967 at his Tucumcari (N.M.) Ranch.
Hance, Kent
Papers, 1953-1984 and undated
213 boxes (214 linear feet)
Includes correspondence, constituent correspondence, proceedings, reports, photographs, legislative material, newsletters, newsclippings, Senate bills, general office files and miscellaneous items all relating to his tenure in the 64th and 65th legislatures. Includes papers concerning the State Senate impeachment of O. P. Carillo, former Duval County District Judge, and attempts to remove Associate Justice Donald Yarbrough from the Texas Supreme Court. Papers also have his constituent correspondence, case reports, mail survey of 1979-1984 from both his Washington Office and District Office. For further details, click here: Hance.
A native of Dimmitt, Texas, Hance received his B.A. degree at Texas Technological College in 1965 and his law degree at University of Texas in 1968. He married Carol Hays in 1964 and they had two children. He opened his own law firm and taught business law for five years at Texas Tech. Hance served as an area campaign manager and was appointed to the West Texas State University Board of Regents and the Texas Citizens Water Advisory Council. He was elected to the Texas State Senate in 1978 and to the U.S. House of Representatives (from the 19th Congressional District) in 1978. After serving three terms, he ran unsuccessfully for governor but later was elected to the Texas Railroad Commission, where he served until 1991.
Hancock, James E.
Papers, 1958
174 leaves
Consists of a photocopy of an oral deposition filed by James Hancock on March 13 and 14, 1958, and includes two photocopied photographs.
A businessman and manufacturer, Hancock was the owner of Hancock Manufacturing Company of Lubbock, Texas. He filed a civil suit against Robert C. Johnson, Jr. and the Johnson Manufacturing firm in March, 1958.
Hannah, Craig
Papers, 1932-1993
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Is comprised of research material on the history of Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock, Texas. Included is the research paper Hannah wrote for Dr. Carlsons history class in 1995.
Haragan, Don
Papers, 1978
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection contains a manuscript titled "Hail Suppression on Rainfall," written by Dr. Haragan. Donald R. Haragan became President of Texas Tech University in 1996 after serving as Interim President and Provost.
Hardeman, Dorsey B.
Papers, 1800-1973
6 microfilm reels : negative
Consists of scrapbooks containing correspondence, newsclippings, printed speeches and addresses, photographs, manuscripts and programs relating to Hardemans political career in the Texas Senate and his appointment as chair of the Texas Water Rights Commission. Also contains clippings and speeches pertaining to Hardeman's two-year tenure as mayor of San Angelo and copies of addresses by Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, and Pat Neff.
An attorney from San Angelo, Texas, Hardeman served in the Texas Senate, on the Railroad Commission of Texas, and as first assistant Attorney General under Governor Price Daniel. In 1968, he was defeated in a re-election bid by W. E. (Pete) Snelsen. In 1969, he was named executive director of the Texas Water Rights Commission.
Hardy, Ben
Papers, 1878-1945
1 microfilm reel (12 ft.) : negative
Contains Masonic certificates, legal documents, and Hardy's "Pastor's Books" from Plainview and Lubbock, Texas.
Hardy was born in 1870 in Russellville, Kentucky. He was admitted to the Old Northwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church in 1897 and served as minister n Clarendon, Matador, Memphis, Seymour, Stratford, Big Spring, Haskell, Hamlin, Roscoe, Albany, Anson, Floydada, Quanah, Lubbock, Childress, and Tahoka, Texas. He retired in 1938 and died in Tahoka, Texas on February 13, 1953.
Harkey, Jacob M
Family papers, 1885-1930
1 microfilm reel(10 ft.) : negative
Contains correspondence, photographs, and a history of the Harkey family. The Harkey family originally came to the United States in 1776, settling in North Carolina.
Harlan, Nolan
Papers, 1942-1994 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Consists of mostly materials dealing with World War II and those who spent their lives as Prisoners of War. Nolan Harlan, from Bula, Texas was a World War II veteran, serving in the 101st Airborne. German soldiers captured him in 1944 not long after D-Day. He later escaped and rejoined American forces. Nolan Harlan past away in 1998.
Harnett, Esther C. Dalton
Papers, 1893-1903
1 microfilm reel (15 ft.) : negative
Consists of typed transcripts of letters written by Mary E. Brannon Dalton, to her daughter, Mary Frances Dalton.
Mary E. Brannon Dalton (1856-1916) lived in Palo Pinto, Texas, and was the wife of Charlie A. Dalton (1851-1934). The couple had eight children. Esther C. Dalton Harnett was attending the Urseline Academy, Dallas, Texas, when the letters were written.
Harper, James W.
Collection, 1843-1989 and undated
4 boxes (3.5 linear feet)
The collection contains copies of Dr. Harper’s writings on General Scott and notes and materials used in his research. Types of material in the collection include personal and official correspondence, financial material, government reports, news clippings, and printed material. Much of the collection consists of photocopies or microfilm copies of selected material held in other archives or from descendents of Hugh Lenox Scott. Sources of material include the Library of Congress, United States Army Military History Institute - Carlisle Barracks, United States Military Academy Library - Special Collections, United States National Archives, and the University of Texas Library. The source collection and subject of contents is noted on each file and many leaves include additional location information. For further details click here: JWHarper.
The bulk of the collection consists of items from the Hugh Lenox Scott Family papers. In addition to correspondence between Scott family members, the Family papers contain documents and correspondence of the Lewis Merrill family. Scott’s wife Mary was the daughter of General Lewis Merrill, a veteran of the Civil War and Indian campaigns in the western United States. Dr. Harper obtained photocopies from originals in the possession of Hugh Lenox Scott II, General Scott’s grandson. Some of the correspondence had been arranged in chronological files by Dr. Harper and this arrangement was preserved in the files labeled “General.” All the correspondence files contain similar material, comprised mostly of letters between General Scott and his wife Mary. At this time, the Southwest Collection has no confirmation as to the disposition of the original documents in the Hugh Lenox Scott Family papers. Copied microfilm rolls from the United States National Archives and the Library of Congress have been transferred to the Microfilm Collections of the Southwest Collection.
James Harper is a retired history professor who formerly taught at Texas Tech University. In researching his dissertation, Dr. Harper collected copies of documents pertaining to the military career and personal life of Major General Hugh Lenox Scott and his family. As a professor, Harper’s continued research included conducting oral history interviews with some of General Scott’s descendents.
Major General Hugh Lenox Scott was born in Kentucky in 1853. An 1876 graduate of the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, Scott began his career as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Cavalry on the northern plains. During his time in the west, Scott studied Native Americans and used his knowledge and skill in sign language to promote peaceful relations. Scott served in the Spanish-American War and assisted in the reconstruction period in Cuba. Other offices held by Scott include Governor of Sulu Archipelago in the Philippines, Superintendent of the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point, Chief of Staff of the Army, interim Secretary of War, Commandant of Fort Dix, Chairman of the New Jersey Highway Commission, and a member of the Board of Indian Commissioners. Scott’s skill as a negotiator helped avert conflict in a number of incidents with Native Americans and with Francisco “Pancho” Villa on the Mexican border. Hugh Lenox Scott married Mary Merrill, daughter of General Lewis Merrill, in 1880. He died in 1934.
Harper Seed Farms
Records, undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Consists of information on Harper Seed Farms involvement in hybrid research. The Farms were located in Martindale, Texas.
Harper, Louise
Papers, 1989-1990
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection contains news articles authored by Harper concerning the changing role of women in the 1940s and World War II.
Harrell House
Papers, 1882-1931
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Photocopied land abstracts dealing with the ownership of Harrell House and land in Scurry County, Texas where the V Bar Ranch is located. Harrell House was relocated to the Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas in 1969. It came from the V Bar Ranch which was founded in 1883 by Charles Mallory and is now owned by the Harrell sisters on the site near Snyder, Texas.
Harrell, Lucile Ingham
Papers, 1900-1936
1 microfilm reel (50 ft.) : negative
Includes the papers of George L. Harrell and B. B. Ingham who were involved in sheep ranching in the Ozona area.
Harrell was the daughter of B. B. Ingham and the daughter-in-law of George L. Harrell.
Harrington, Florence McWhorter
Collection, 1937-1986 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Includes mostly printed material but also has correspondence and literary production. It concerns the McWhorter Family and the towns they lived at in Texas. Florence McWhorter Harrington was born to a Texas pioneer family in 1982 in Denton County. She later married and moved with her husband onto the South Plains in 1888. She lived in several towns, including Amarillo and Throckmorton, Texas. She died in 1958 in Plainview, Texas.
Harris, Bernard
Papers, 1997-1998 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection contains a SPACEHAB annual report, NASA space patches, and a vitae on Bernard Harris. Harris lived in Houston until the age of seven. From age 7 to age 15 he lived with his mother on the Navajo Indian Reservation, where his mother was a teacher. After graduating from high school in San Antonio, he attended the University of Houston where he a B.S. in Biology. After receiving a M.D. from Texas Tech Medical School, he pursued fellowships at the Mayo Clinic and elsewhere. In 1993, he flew two space shuttle missions to study the effects of space on muscular and skeletal processes. He is currently employed by SPACEHAB, which manufactures space habitat modules. Dr. Harris is on the Texas Tech Board of Regents.
Harris, Clara
Collection, 1935-1976
6 boxes (6 linear feet)
There are no materials of a personal nature in the collection. There is a large collection of periodicals disseminated by Masonic organizations, such as New Age, The Texas Freemason, Order of the Eastern Star, and Rainbow Girls. Another large body of periodicals originated with Phillips 66 Petroleum Company. These include, Philnews, and Make Tank, and relate to safety, employee training, production and financial subjects. Other publications dealing with a range of topics are also part of the collection. These include college textbooks, Toastmaster and Toastmistress periodicals, and business-related materials dealing with the petroleum industry. For further details, click here: CHarris.
Although entitled Clara Harris, most of this collections materials are those of her husband, Foster Harris. He was employed by the Phillips Petroleum Corporation and was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Harris, D. W.
Papers, 1889-1915
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Bulks with a ledger of ranch expenses belonging to D. W. Harris.
Harris, Frank Leasel
Papers, 1887-1964
1 microfilm reel (7 ft.) : negative
Includes correspondence and genealogical notes that contain information on the Shaw, Jones, and Wells families, all ancestors of Mrs. Frank L. Harris. Also includes newspaper clippings concerning the Harris family.
A rancher in San Angelo, Texas, Harris was also a partner in the L7 Cattle Company, which was dissolved in 1928.
Harris, Harve H.
Papers, 1931-1965
3 microfilm reels : negative
Contains correspondence and literary productions.
Harris was a farmer in West Texas and eastern New Mexico.
Harris, Jay
Papers, 1970-1985
3,374 leaves
Includes tearsheets of columns and editorials written by Jay Harris and published in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. The articles are arranged chronologically.
A Texas journalist, Harris, in 1938, joined the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal while a student at Texas Tech University. He returned after World War II to work for twenty years as managing editor of the morning edition, and was the executive editor over both editions until 1972. Harris replaced Charles Guy as editor. He retired from the A-J in 1994.
Harris, Leon
Papers, 1938-1985 and undated
3 boxes and 1 wallet (3.3 linear feet)
Leon Harris was a longtime announcer for the Texas Tech University Band as the "Voice of the Goin Band" during half time and pre-game shows. He began announcing in 1946. He graduated from Texas Tech in 1941 and was a World War II Navy veteran. After the war, he set up an advertising agency in partnership with Rex Webster. Click here for further details.
The pre-game and half time marching band scripts which Harris used are a major portion of this collection. Very little of this collection contains correspondence, literary production printed material, and scrapbook material.
Harris, Leon
Papers, 1983-1985
534 leaves
Includes pre-game and half-time marching band programs, a program for the 8th Annual Texas Marching Band Festival, line-up cards, scripts and other band related items..
Harris, a 1941 Texas Technological College graduate and World War II Navy veteran, returned to Lubbock after the war and set up an advertising agency in partnership with Rex Webster. A former Tech band member, Harris served for many years as the "Voice of the Goin' Band" during its football half-time and pre-game shows.
Harris, William James (Billy)
Papers, 1897-1972
378 leaves
Contains correspondence, scrapbook material, and photographs. The collection bulks (1920-1968) with newsclippings and photographs concerning Harris' musical and labor union activities.
Harris was born in 1889 in Dallas, Texas. He served as chair of the Dallas Draft Board during World War II, as president of the Dallas Chapter of the American Federation of Musicians (1928), president of the Dallas Central Labor Council (1941-1947), and as president of the Texas State Federation of Labor (1947-1954). Harris was also a member of the Dallas City Council (1953-1957), Oak Cliff Masonic Lodge, and the Hella Shrine Temple. He played in the Shrine Band for 25 years. Harris died in 1972.
Harrison, Preston E.
Papers, 1922-1977
71,213 leaves.
Includes correspondence, association files, financial materials, legal materials, literary productions, office files, photographs, printed material and scrapbook material organized into two sections. The personal papers include correspondence, files on the organizations Harrison worked with, financial material, legal material, literary productions, photographs, scrapbook material, and religious materials. The Big Spring State Hospital materials cover operations from the state government level to patient care. The collection documents changes in psychiatric theory and the Texas Mental Health and Retardation system.
A physician, educator, lecturer and a pioneer in the mental health field, Harris was born in Cass County, Texas, in 1911. He received degrees from East Texas State University, University of Texas, Baylor College of Medicine and University of Chicago. He served as Chief Administrator at the State Hospital in Big Spring, Texas, from 1953 to 1975 and instituted many changes in the treatment of the mentally ill. Harrison was also active in the American Psychiatric Association and the American Medical Association. He published several medical articles and co-authored a book, Special Problems in Rehabilitation in 1975. Harrison died in 1975 in Big Spring, Texas.
Hart, Julia Duggan
Papers, 1837-1970
3,684 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, genealogical material, literary productions, photographs, printed material, and scrapbook material pertaining to the life and activities of Julia Duggan Hart, the Duggan family, and other related families. The collection bulks (1902-1966) with personal papers, especially correspondence. For further details, click here: JDHart.
A poet and musician, Hart was born in 1873 in Hays County, Texas. She graduated from the Waco Female Academy in 1890, and married Edward H. Hart in 1894, who died in 1900. Her well known poem, "Star Gold," was written in memory of her son, Vernon Duggan Hart, who died in France during World War I. She lived in Stamford, Texas, and Abilene, Texas, and was active in Gold Star Mothers, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and United Daughters of the Confederacy. She died in 1970 in Abilene, Texas.
Harter, Jim
Collection, 1928-2004
1 oversized box (1.5 linear feet)
Collection bulks with 353 items, measuring mostly 10" x 12" and some 12" x 17", of b & w negatives of railroad engravings, which Jim Harter compiled, for a recent book on railroads, which he is publishing. The photographic work was handled by Miller Blue Print of Austin. Also included in this collection are two printed materials on the McCormick-Deering tractors, a parts catalog and instruction book (1928).
Jim Harter a Lubbock native currently lives in San Antonio. He is a member of the West Texas Historical Association. The railroad industry has been vital to the U. S. in transporting goods and commuters from region to region. They helped to promote population and economic growth to regions isolated by long distances and extreme terrain.
Hartley Meat Market (Hartley, Texas)
Records, ca. 1900
1 microfilm reel (15 ft.) : negative
Contains a ledger from the Hartley Meat Market of Hartley, Texas. The ledger lists types of meats and their prices. The materials are undated, although they are assumed to be of the late 19th century.
Hartman, Elizabeth Fox
Papers, 1922-1988 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection of research material accumulated during Hartmans research on the career of Mary Virginia Woodward Doak. Also, contain correspondence from Doak and her associates to Hartman.
Hartman, J. Ted
Papers, 1988-1997 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Contains journal articles written by Dr. J. Ted Hartman concerning rural health care and a paper discussing his early days at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Dr. J. Ted Hartman is an Orthopedic Surgeon, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (1971-1982); Dean of the School Of Medicine (1982-1989); Executive Director, Texas Tech Med-Net Project (1989-1992).
Harvey, Marshall
Papers, 1946-1953
470 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, literary productions, memorabilia, photographs, printed material, and scrapbook and miscellaneous material. The collection bulks (1949-1952) with newsclippings concerning area Lions Club activities.
A chiropodist, Harvey was born in 1905 and educated at Abilene Christian College and the Illinois College of Chiropody and Foot Surgery. He operated a chiropody clinic in Lubbock, Texas, and was president of the Chiropody Society of Texas, Inc. Harvey was also active in a number of civic groups including the Toastmasters Club, Masons Club, Elks Club, and the Lions Club, and served as a District Governor of the Lions Club in 1950 and 1951.
Haskell Chamber of Commerce (Texas)
Records, 1967-1970
1 microfilm reel (15 ft.) : negative
Contains a record book containing correspondence, financial statements, lists of activities, and minutes from meetings of the Board of Directors.
The Chamber of Commerce was organized in 1924 with Dr. T. W. Williams as president.
Haskell County, Texas
Collection, 2000-2001
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Items consist of genealogy records of families who have lived in Haskell County, Texas. They include memoirs of Sula Mae Ratliff, Frank Spencer, Fischer family, Lena Spitzer Rueffer, Paul Zahn, Josselet family, and the Harrell family. Also included a history of the Haskell County Library written by Ernestine Cox Herren. Mrs. Herren is a resident, genealogist, and historian of Haskell, Texas. Haskell County was created in 1858 and organized in 1885. Its primary economy relies on agribusiness and oil field operations. Haskell is the county seat and is located north of Abilene.
Haskew, Eula M.
Papers, 1875-1975
2 microfilm reels : negative
Reel A contains newsclippings and Haskew's personal notes, as well as correspondence, photographs, and related material concerning Cornelius Kinchelo Stribling and George A. Kirkland. Reel B contains personal notes, newsclippings, and correspondence, plus a series of articles by Eula Haskew entitled "Out of Yesterday's Mailbag," concerning information on Stribling, Terry's Texas Rangers, and Fort Griffin.
A professor at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Haskew was active in the American Association of University Women. She was known for her research in genealogy, tracing her own family lineage to 1215, when the Magna Carta was signed.
Hastie, Reid
Papers, 1927-1989
6 boxes (6 linear feet)
Collection bulks with correspondence and printed material, which includes brochures, catalogues, journals, educational curriculum records, publication research files, and organizational records. Also, it includes photographs and slides of still artwork used in his many publications. These include preparation material related to his renowned art education text, "Encounter with Art."
Reid Hastie was Professor of Art Education at Texas Tech University (1969-1984). As an educator, Hastie was a nationally prominent figure who helped to found numerous art education professional organizations, and affiliated professional publications. Hastie had a significant influence upon the growth of the National Art Education Association (NAEA) during the 1960s. He was a talented artist and an influential teacher. Before coming to Tech, he had been a professor at the University of Minnesota.
Hastings, Frank S.
Papers, 1922-1957
7 leaves
Includes correspondence, printed material, and miscellaneous material. The collection bulks (1922) with newsclippings concerning the death of Frank S. Hastings.
A pioneer Texas rancher, and author, Hastings was born in 1860 in Leavenworth, Kansas. He was employed by Phillip D. Armour to oversee the importation of Hereford cattle from England to the West, and was later employed by the Swenson brothers as the manager of the SMS Ranch, headquartered in Stamford, Texas. Hastings is the author of Recollections Of A Ranchman. He was a member of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser's Association, Masonic Order, and Episcopal Church. Hastings died in 1922 in Stamford, Texas.
Haverstock, Harvey C.
Papers, 1893-1976
7,680 leaves
Includes correspondence, playbills, programs, scripts, business, and financial materials, music books, tent plans, theatrical catalogs, poems, photographs, scrapbook material, and other memorabilia. Also contains materials on Harvey's Comedians and other tent shows like Harley Sadler's Own Company, Wayne Bobb Players, Schaffner Players and Brunk's Comedians.
Harvey C. Haverstock organized his first tent show at St. Louis in 1904. From then until the 1940s, he traveled with repertory tent theaters throughout Illinois, Indiana, Texas, and Oklahoma.
Haverstock, Rolland
Papers, 1911-1980
3,437 leaves
Includes correspondence, material on magic, photographs, poems and gags, newsclippings, school material, scrapbook material, and papers relating to the U.S. Post Office in Wichita Falls.
A tent show entertainer and son of tent show man, Harvey Haverstock, Rolland Haverstock continued to operate his father's repertoire, Harvey's Comedians, until 1956. He then worked as a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service in Wichita Falls, Texas, until his retirement in 1978.
Havins, Thomas Robert
Papers, ca. 1955
26 leaves
Includes literary productions and photographs. The collection bulks with "Preliminary Report on a Site of Undetermined Age in Brown County." The other literary production is entitled Personal Recollections and deals with such topics as firefighting, the cotton industry, business and transportation in Brownwood, Texas, circa 1907.
An educator and author, Havins was a professor of history at Howard Payne College. His publications include Something About Brown, a history of Brown County and numerous articles. He also co-authored Centennial Story of Texas Baptists. Havins died in 1976.
Havran, Ed
Papers, 1862-1991 and undated
15 boxes (15 linear feet)
This collection is subdivided into two collections: Texas Dairy Heritage Foundation and the Texas Jersey Cattle Club. Havran and Bob Claussen founded the Texas Dairy Heritage Foundation in 1986 and began actively collecting documents that reflect the history of the dairy business in Texas. These include material on dairy science research, cattle breeds, marketing, and the evolution of agricultural technology. The Texas Jersey Cattle Club includes materials concerning Jersey breeders and dairymen.
Ed Havran received his masters degree in agricultural economics from Texas Tech University and was active in the Texas dairy industry from 1947-1984. He is a co-founder of the Texas Dairy Heritage Foundation and member of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club. For further details, click here: Havran.
Havran, Ed
Papers, 1934-1999 and undated
1 box (1 linear foot)
The Havran Papers are mainly in manuscript form and photographs. Additionally, he managed to acquire material from Metzger Dairy, Knolle Farms, and the Texas Brown Swiss Association. The heritage material is subdivided into artifacts, correspondence, financial material, legal material, literary productions, printed material, and scrapbook material.
Ed Havran, a long time resident of Colleyville, Texas, was an alumnus of Texas Tech University who had worked with the Texas dairy industry from 1947-1984. He and his wife, Muriel, had collected material from the Texas dairy industry for thirty years. Most of Havran's life had been involved with the dairy industry. His father sold milk in Oklahoma during the 1920's and later moved the Havran family to Texas. As a member of the Future Farmers of America, Havran showed dairy cattle for competition. He received his master's degree in agricultural economics from Texas Tech and served as a vocational agriculture teacher at one time. As a result of his participation in the dairy business, he was an active member of the Texas Jersey Cattle Club and founder of the Texas Dairy Heritage Foundation.
Havran, Ed
Papers, 1888-1977
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection contains three land abstracts for property, approximately 57 ½ acres, from the E. J. Johnson Survey in Hood County, Texas. J. H. Bills and his wife Margaret Bills were some of the principal property owners. Also includes a sale contract for 16.6 acres in the same survey from Edward F. Havran to Melvin R. Long in 1977.
Ed and Muriel Havran along with their close associates had collected materials documenting the history of the dairy industry in Texas. Ed Havran is a retired dairy industry public relations employee. They have also contributed to the Grapevine Historical Museum artifacts dealing with the dairy industry. The Havrans have been residents of Colleyville, Texas for 28 years.
Hawk, Nita
Papers, 1963-1965
99 leaves
Includes correspondence and photographs. The collection bulks (1964) with correspondence dealing with personal and family matters.
Hawk resided in Amarillo, San Antonio, and Brownsville, Texas, during the 1960s and worked for various radio and television stations.
Haynes, Clarence Beverly
Papers, 1909-1935
1 microfilm reel (25 ft.) : negative
Consists of promotional material relating to Chillicothe, Texas, and a brief history of the following Methodist churches in Wilbarger County: Fargo, Tolbert, Farmers Valley, and Wilcat.
Born on August 22, 1894, in Bell County, Texas, Haynes moved with his family to Wilbarger County in 1898 settling near the county line east of Chillicothe. Later, he worked as a Conoco dealer, served as postmaster in Chillicothe, and owned farmlands in Wilbarger and Hardeman counties and in Nebraska. He married Mary Foylle Tabor of Goodbett in 1932, and the marriage produced two sons. He was a member of the Chillicothe Methodist Church. Haynes devoted much time to masonry, rising to the level of most illustrious Grand Master of Texas in 1966-67. Haynes died June 3, 1983.
Haynes, Glen
Papers, 1904-1961
1 microfilm reel (10 ft.) : negative
Includes scrapbook material of Glen Haynes and printed items concerning the history of Coleman County.
Haynes was the postmaster of the town of Trickham, in Coleman County, Texas.
Hayter, Delmar
Papers, 1857-1999 and undated
6 boxes (5.5 linear ft.)
The collection is dominated by research materials, mostly photocopies of journal articles, book excerpts, and archival material. Subjects covered in the collection include Murdo Mackenzie and his family, the Matador Land and Cattle Company and associated persons, the ranch industry in Brazil, and general ranching history and concerns. The collection also includes research notes and manuscript drafts of a biography of Murdo Mackenzie. It is important that material originating from other archives such as the Baker Library at Harvard be properly cited. For further details, click here: DHayter.
Delmar Hayter, a veteran of World War II, was a local historian and received M. A. and Ph. D. degrees from Texas Tech University. He wrote his dissertation on the Pecos River Irrigation Company. At the time of his death, Hayter was preparing a book on Murdo Mackenzie, a prominent cattleman and long-time manager of the Matador Ranch. Hayter also contributed to the Handbook of Texas and history journals.
Headlee, James Emmett
Papers, 1899-1977
1 microfilm reel (60 ft.) : negative
Includes genealogical information on the Headlee family, correspondence of Emmett, James and Gordon Headlee, financial statements of the Texas Gulf Producing Company and Headlee Clinic, legal documents, a physician's daily log, and printed and scrapbook material. The three scrapbooks deal with Mrs. Emmett Headlee being named as First Lady of Odessa, the death of Dr. Emmett Headlee, and Headlee family oil interests.
James Headlee is the son of Dr. Emmett V. Headlee, one of the first physicians in Odessa, Texas, and founder of its Headlee Clinic. His grandfather, Dr. Emory V. Headlee, practiced medicine in Teague, Texas, for over 55 years.
Hearner, Mrs. R. Russell
Papers, 1901-1985
167 leaves
Consists of a scrapbook prepared by Mrs. Hearner on the history of Bronte, Texas, located in Eastern Coke County. Includes histories of early pioneer families, the Bronte High School, the Bronte Methodist Church, and the Women's Progressive Club. Also includes newsclippings, from Bronte's diamond anniversary celebration held in September, 1964.
Heart O' Texas Hereford Association
Records, 1954-1959
4,924 leaves
Contains correspondence, financial and legal material, printed material, and scrapbook material pertaining to the association, the Heart O' Texas Fair, and the sale and promotion of Hereford cattle. The collection bulks (1954-1957) with financial material concerning the sale of cattle at Heart O' Texas Fairs. Of special note is correspondence with the Secretary of Agriculture of Mexico concerning the sale of Texas livestock to the Mexican government.
The association was founded in 1954 to promote the sale of Texas Hereford cattle in conjunction with the annual Heart O' Texas Fair in Waco, Texas.
Hedwigs Hill Store (Hedwigs Hill, Texas)
Records, 1884-1895
1,682 leaves
Contains two ledger series, customer account books and day books. The collection bulks (1884-1891) with account book I. The ledgers list merchandise prices, purchases by individuals and store operations.
Hedwigs was a mercantile store established in 1857 near the Llano River, operated by the Charles Martin family. Hedwigs Hill community is located near Mason, Texas. The Martins were the first German family in Mason County, and the Hedwigs Hill Community was named for Hedwig Martin. After Martin's death in 1880, his wife, Anna, and sons, Max and Charles continued to operate the store.
Heide, Jean M.
Papers, 2000
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Manuscript entitled "Selma, Texas: Did You Know?" by Jean M. Heide. It details the life of her ancestors in the small town of Selma, Texas as well as its history. It includes photocopies of photographs, documents, and news clippings.
Jean M. Heide compiled a short history of her ancestors in the small town of Selma, Texas. Selma is northeast of San Antonio bordering the counties of Bexar and Comal. Its population is listed as 545 and is quickly changing to accommodate major construction for growth space.
Heineman, Ellis Richard
Papers, 1920-1973
1 microfilm reel (50 ft.): negative
The collection consists of two scrapbooks. The first contains correspondence, newsclippings, publications, programs, poetry, and an invitation, all concerning Dr. Heineman's career, achievements, honors, and family. The second scrapbook concerns Heineman's family and teaching career, including newsclippings, programs, drawings, poetry, placecards, pamphlets, resume, publications, and photographs.
A professor of mathematics at Texas Tech University from 1928 until his retirement in 1973, Heineman published seven math textbooks during his academic career, as well as numerous essays.
Helen Jones Foundation
Records, 1944-2003 and undated
15 boxes (14.5 linear feet)
The collection bulks with material related to grant requests made to the Helen Jones Foundation including correspondence, proposals, and supporting materials. The grant requests are organized by requesting agency and then by year. The remainder of the collection consists of financial material relating to banking and investments of the Foundation and personal financial and legal material of Helen Jones and the Helen Jones guardianship with a small amount of CH Foundation financial material.
Helen DeVitt Jones organized the Helen Jones Foundation, Inc. in 1984 as a continuance of the charitable work in which she and her sister Christine DeVitt had long engaged. Helen DeVitt Jones was born in 1899 to parents David and Florence DeVitt, owners of the Mallet Ranch on the Llano Estacado of West Texas. Following a childhood split between time in Fort Worth and the ranch, Helen attended Texas Christian University and the University of California where she received a degree in English, graduating with highest honors. After the death of her husband in 1955, she returned to the South Plains to assist her sister Christine in managing the ranch. Oil revenues from the Mallet Ranch enabled the sisters to make generous charitable donations in support of local and regional organizations promoting the arts, culture, and education. Helen DeVitt Jones died in 1997. Louis Arnold, long-time friend and guardian, held several offices with the Helen Jones Foundation, Inc. and helped to continue Helen DeVitt Jones’ legacy of giving.
Helen Jones Foundation
Records, 1988-2011 and undated
15 boxes (14.5 linear feet)
The Helen Jones Foundation Records bulks with correspondence and official records documenting its charitable giving and endowments, primarily the grant requests and awards given to Lubbock- and West Texas-area charities and non-profit organizations during the period from 2002-2009. Additional materials such as pamphlets explaining opportunities provided by the Foundation, legal and governance records, and financial records are also included.
Helen DeVitt Jones organized the Helen Jones Foundation, Inc. in 1984 as a continuance of the charitable work in which she and her sister Christine DeVitt had long engaged. Helen DeVitt Jones was born in 1899 to parents David and Florence DeVitt, owners of the Mallet Ranch on the Llano Estacado of West Texas. Following a childhood split between time in Fort Worth and the ranch, Helen attended Texas Christian University and the University of California where she received a degree in English, graduating with highest honors. After the death of her husband in 1955, she returned to the South Plains to assist her sister Christine in managing the ranch. Oil revenues from the Mallet Ranch enabled the sisters to make generous charitable donations in support of local and regional organizations promoting the arts, culture, and education. Helen DeVitt Jones died in 1997. Louis Arnold, long-time friend and guardian, held several offices with the Helen Jones Foundation, Inc. and helped to continue Helen DeVitt Jones’ legacy of giving.
Hemphill-Wells Company (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1941-1977
1,793 leaves
Contains newspaper advertising scrapbooks by the Hemphill-Wells Company and national ratings of their advertising strategies.
The department store was established 1923 in Lubbock, Texas, as Hemphill-Price. The name was changed to Hemphill-Wells when Spencer A. Wells succeeded M. L. Price as store manager in 1925. In 1929, a branch store established in San Angelo, Texas, and, in 1955, a second Lubbock store was established at Monterey Center on 50th Street, and this store was moved to the South Plains Mall in 1973. In 1986 Dillards bought out the San Angelo and South Plains Mall stores, and the downtown store was closed.
Henderson, F. W.
Papers, 1836-1972
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection consists of correspondence, legal materials in the form of land deeds, and printed material of F. W. Henderson. Mr. Henderson was a native of Brady, Texas and had also lived in Houston, Texas at one time. His land deeds lead one to believe that he might have been a real estate agent for the Central Texas region.
Henderson, Keeci
Papers, 1939-1957
5 boxes (5 linear feet)
The collection contains printed material and magazine clippings from Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Charm, and Mademoiselle Magazines dating from 1939 through 1957.
Keeci Henderson went to college circa 1921 at the age of 16 and majored in fashion design (Rosalie McGlaun) at Snyder Art Guild.
Henderson, Margaret M.
Papers, 1943-1996
2 boxes (2 linear feet)
Papers from Margaret M. Henderson’s collection consisting of correspondence, reports, programs, newspaper clippings, orders, speeches, telegrams, travel vouchers, papers, calendars, literature, and memorabilia in alphabetical order. As well as commemorative stamps.
Margaret M. Henderson was born in Cameron, Texas on February 6, 1911. A B.A. graduate from Texas in 1932, she taught in Lubbock, Texas until 1942. In 1943, she enlisted in the United States Marine Corps, completed Reserve Officer Training and began her career in the military as a second lieutenant. She served from 1943 to 1946 and then temporarily resigned from active duty to teach at Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University). Henderson taught for two years then returned to the Marine Corps in 1948. Henderson spent most of her career in the Marines, which spanned 21 years, as a teacher and administrator. She reached the pinnacle of her career when she was named the Director of the Women Marines. She served in that position from 1959-1964. Following her retirement, Henderson was an active citizen in Lubbock, as a member of the United Fund Planning Council. She is one of many women who served in the Marine Corps.
Hendley, Josephine
Papers, 1862-1977
1 microfilm reel (100 ft.) : negative
Contains correspondence, charts, legal material, and archaeological and historical research notes relating to Seven Rivers, Eddy County, and Lincoln County, New Mexico. Also includes handwritten and published deeds and documents by such pioneers as General James H. Carlton, Ash Upson, and John Harton Slaughter.
Hendley collected historical documents on the history of Lincoln County and Eastern New Mexico.
Hennessey, Gerard
Papers, 1989-1998 and undated
4 boxes (4 linear feet)
The Gerard Hennessey Papers consist of a variety of legal material including appeals, briefs, case summaries and related documents, exhibits of evidence, depositions, motions, and a variety of other printed materials primarily related to the case of Hennessey v. Blalack and others, including Judge Don McBeath heard by the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, case 94-10629, in 1995. One box of cassette recordings in full-size and micro format containing testimony, depositions, and similar information is also included.
The Gerard Hennessey Papers was donated by the Texas Tech University Law Library to the Southwest Collection, and concerns a Hennessey v. Blalack, a pro se civil rights lawsuit filed in 1992 by Gerard Hennessey (deceased as of 2014) that reached the United States Court of Appeals, 5th District. The defendants were Lubbock County Judge Don McBeath and local Justice of the Peace L. J. Blalack (also deceased as of 2014), et al. Don McBeath began his local government career in 1981, when he served as chief of staff and chief information officer in the Lubbock County District Attorney’s Office. In 1990, he was elected as Lubbock County Judge, a position he held from 1991 to 1998. There h was responsible for administrative and budgetary oversight of the county, including the county’s hospital, University Medical Center, the teaching hospital to Texas Tech University. L. J. Blalack was a local justice of the peace in Lubbock, TX throughout the 1990s.
Herbst, Carl
Papers, 1880-1902
87 leaves
Includes photocopies of hand-written family biographies and notes, plus a few printed items on the Herbst family and the Comfort community, most of which is written in German.
Born December 5, 1828, in Hildesheim, Germany, Herbst emigrated to Texas in 1846, settling at New Braunfels and, in 1854, helped to establish the settlement of Comfort, in Kendall County. He married Sophia Mahrhoff and the couple had five children. During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army and saw most of his duty in the Rio Grande border area. Afterward, Herbst became District Clerk for Kendall County and taught in Comfort's first school. He died in 1902.
Heritage Study Club
Records, 1966-1996
3 boxes (2.5 linear feet)
The records of the Heritage Study club, dating from 1966-1996, consist of scrapbooks that contain newspaper clippings, brochures, programs, and photographs, all of which document the activities of the club both during its meetings and within the Lubbock community.
The Heritage Study Club was a social civil group in Lubbock, Texas.
Herndon, Thomas T. and Evelyn Hyde
Papers, 1900-1928 and undated
1 box (0.5 linear feet)
The collection is comprised of letters received by Evelyn Rice Hyde Herndon and bulks with correspondence from Thomas T. Herndon during their courtship, with lesser amounts following their marriage Thomas T. Herndon, from St. Jo, Texas in Montague County, was the son of a local doctor and worked for the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company of Texas as a lawyer. Evelyn Rice Hyde Herndon lived in Sherman in Grayson County, Texas. Their courtship correspondence provides a glimpse of the couple’s interests and activities in north Texas in the early twentieth century, including some related to Thomas’ work for the railroad, family illness, the temperance movement, oil speculation, and contemplation of moving to west Texas.
Herren, Ernestine Cox
Papers, 1987 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet))
Includes literary productions and newspaper articles. The literary production is Herren's family genealogy, while the newspaper articles deal with Hispanics in Abilene, Texas.
Ernestine is her family's genealogist and a descendent of pioneer West Texans. The Herren family settled and ranched in Harkell, Texas. Her husband, Sam P. Herren II, served for thirty years as the official weather recorder for the National Weather Service in Haskell.
Herren, Ernestine Cox
Papers, undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Item is a manuscript titled History of Greater Independent Baptist Church in Haskell, Texas written by Mrs. May Lou Yelldell. Mrs. Herren is a resident, genealogist, and historian in Haskell, Texas.
Hertzog, Carl
Papers, 1949-1982 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
The collection contains mostly literary production and printed material from Carl Hertzog. Some items deal with typography. Carl Hertzog was a typographer and professor at Texas Western College in El Paso (now the University of Texas at El Paso). His work spans over 50 years and includes collaborations with prominent Texas writers.
Hester, Goldia
Papers, 1901-1965
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Includes correspondence, legal materials, literary productions and printed material. The collection bulks (1931-1964) with literary productions which include research about Elizabeth Howard West, former Texas Technological College librarian. The collection also includes Hester's correspondence with various Texas Tech officials concerning Elizabeth Howard West.
Goldia Hester was a graduate student in Library Science at the University of Texas at Austin. Her thesis was written on Elizabeth Howard West, a librarian at Texas Technological College.
Hester, Goldia
Papers, 1939-1942 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
A collection of early financial materials that concern the Hesters Office Supplies in Sweetwater, Texas. Goldia Hester is related to the founder of Hesters Office Supplies. There is one in Lubbock, Texas. They provide office furniture and equipment for daily business activities.
Hickerson, Nancy P.
Collection of Historic Documents, 1572-1996 and undated
1 box (0.50 linear feet)
The bulk of the collection is comprised of photocopies of historic documents from the Archivo General de Indias (A. G. I.) in Seville, Spain. The documents, in 16th and 17th century Spanish, include reports, letters, etc. from the audencias de Guadalajara and Mexico and address conditions and relations with native populations, especially in present-day Texas. In the inventory, each document is identified according to the accompanying A.G.I. designators. No attempt was made to translate or further identify the contents of the documents, although at least some reference the Presidio Bahia Espiritu Santo and some mention the Jumanos (Humanos). The collection also includes a photocopy of Dr. Hickerson’s article: The Servicios of Vicente de Zaldívar: New Light on the Jumano War of 1601 (Ethnohistory, 43:1) and associated research material.
Nancy P. Hickerson retired from teaching after serving many years as Professor of Anthropology at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas where she taught courses in Anthropological Linguistics and Ethnology. In her later career, Dr. Hickerson focused her research on native populations in Texas and the North American southwest during the Spanish colonial period, especially the Jumanos. In addition to her many journal articles on linguistics, teaching, and ethnology, Nancy Hickerson is known for her books The Jumanos: Hunters and Traders of the South Plains and Linguistic Anthropology, a widely-used linguistics textbook.
Hickey, Thomas A.
Papers, 1886-1967
5,751 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, printed material, photographs, and posters. The collection bulks (1897-1925) with correspondence relating to Hickey's political activities, campaign and political pamphlets, and journals. Included in the correspondence are letters from Eugene V. Debs and Theodore Debs. For further details, click here: Hickey.
A machinist, journalist, and socialist party organizer, Hickey was born January 14,1869, in Dublin, Ireland. He emigrated to New York City at the age of twenty-three and after holding jobs in New Jersey and Montana, came to Texas in 1904, where he assumed duties as an organizer of the Socialist party in Texas. In 1911, he became editor of The Rebel, a weekly newspaper published in Hallettsville, Texas. In 1917 publication of The Rebel was suppressed under the Espionage Bill of that year. Hickey subsequently became an organizer for the National Non-Partisan League in Texas; organized the National Workers and Drilling Company; and published Tom Hickey's Magazine. Hickey died on May 2, 1925.
Hicks, F. D.
Papers, 1960
85 leaves
Consists of a photocopied, typed manuscript of memoirs Hicks wrote for his children and grandchildren in 1960 while living in Jefferson, Texas.
A newspaper publisher and farmer, Hicks was born near Fayette, Mississippi, in 1890. His first job was as a printer's devil for the Fayette Chronicle. For several years he farmed and worked as an itinerant small town newspaper editor in central and East Texas. During his career, he owned newspapers in the Texas towns of Hico, Ranger, Desdemona, DeLeon, and Jefferson. Hicks also managed a drugstore in Bluff Dale, Texas.
Higginbotham, Laura Lee
Papers, 1941-1965
1 microfilm reel (20 ft.) : negative
Includes handwritten and printed autobiographical and genealogical materials concerning the Higginbotham and Lattimore families of Dublin, Texas, along with some family photographs and newsclippings.
Higginbotham is a descendant of Rufus W. and J. M. Higginbotham, who opened their second mercantile in Dublin, Texas, in 1885.
Higginbotham Brothers and Company (Texas)
Records, 1890-1950
2 microfilm reels : negative
Contains financial and stockholder's records, minutes of the Higginbotham-Currie-Williams Company (Ballinger, Texas), records of the undertaking business, and funeral records.
The company began operation in January 1881, when J. M. and Bolivar T. Higginbotham opened a mercantile store at the DeLeon townsite on the Texas Central Railroad. Another store was started in nearby Dublin four years later and the two were incorporated in 1891 as the Higginbotham Company. The DeLeon Store was similarly established in various towns. In 1917, these corporations were merged as Higginbotham Brothers and Company, with headquarters at Comanche, where they invested in a lumber company, a funeral parlor, and an insurance firm.
Higginbotham Brothers and Company (Texas)
Records, 1854-1959 and undated
9 boxes, 3 wallets, 3 scrapbook materials, 5 ledgers, and 2 oversized items (14 linear feet)
Collection contains mostly financial records showing business activities for the Higginbotham Brothers and Company located at several towns in Texas: Cross Plains, De Leon, Brady, Comanche, and Rising Star. Some items are correspondence, legal documents, company catalogs, irrigation files, war rationing efforts, and scrapbook materials.
Higginbotham Brothers and Company was one of the most influential mercantile firms in West Texas. They began operation in January 1881, when J. M. and Bolivar T. Higginbotham opened a general store in De Leon a new townsite on the Texas Central Railroad. Over the years they expanded their operations to other towns such as Dublin, Brady, Cross Plains, Comanche, and Rising Star. The Higginbotham records details their influence on the cattle industry, agriculture, petroleum industry, and investments abroad and show the struggles from the depression, urbanization, and weather.
Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumber Company (Texas)
Records, 1907-1920
1 microfilm reel (30 ft.) : negative
Contains legal records of property held in Texas by the Higginbotham-Bartlett Lumber Company, a subsidiary of Higginbotham Brothers and Company.
The first lumber yard owned by the firms was in Ballinger, Texas, and subsequently expanded to other West Texas towns. Jeff and Charles Bartlett were the firm's co-owners doing business with R.W., J.M., and B.T. Higginbotham.
Higginbotham-Barlett Lumber Company (O'Donnell, Tex.)
Records, 1917-1920
1 ledger (2 linear feet)
Item is ledger showing daily sales for the Higginbotham Bartlett Lumber Company in ODonnell, Texas.
High Plains Research Foundation
Records, 1962-1977
1 box (1 linear feet)
Bulks with records, correspondence, printed material, newsletters, reports and speeches of the High Plains Research Foundation.
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Texas)
Records, 1928-1976
17 microfilm reels : negative
Consists of the office files of the High Plains Underground Water District No. 1, including correspondence, newsclippings, reports, scrapbooks (1949-1953), and files of "U.S. v. Shurbet, Et Ux," the test case establishing a depletion allowance for "mining" ground water.
The High Plains Underground Water District No. 1 works for the conservation of underground water in fifteen West Texas counties.
High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Texas)
Collection, 1980-1981
1 wallet (0.3 linear feet)
The collection includes hydrologic atlases for counties in the West Texas area, including Armstrong, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Deaf Smith, Floyd, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lynn, Parmer, Potter, and Randall. Duplicate copies are included. The High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 in Lubbock, Texas published the atlases. The SWC/SCL is the repository for materials dealing with water and conservation.
Hight Family
Papers, 1949-1990
1 small box (0.2 linear feet)
This collection includes a 35-page genealogy booklet on the Hight family, a copy of George Leslie “Les” Hight’s scrapbook on four CD's accompanied by a hardcopy format.
George Leslie "Les" Hight was born in Menard County, Texas on October 23, 1911. He was raised on a stock farm and began cowboying at a young age. Most of his life he worked as a cowboy moving about from one ranch to the other. He used to work on the Matador Ranch at one time. In the mid 1950s he moved his family to Quay Valley, New Mexico and eventually acquired his own ranch. He also leases other ranch properties and practices water-witching. Mrs. Doris Hight Collier is Les Hight's daughter.
Highway 67 Association (Texas)
Collection, 1955-1976
2 microfilm reels : negative
Consists of correspondence, clippings, and minutes, and the topics include Marfa and Big Bend National Park.
U.S. Highway 67 runs via Fort Davis and Marfa to Presidio, Texas, just west of the national park.
Hill County Cotton Oil Company (Hillsboro, Texas)
Records, 1918-1931
1 microfilm reel (20 ft.) : negative
Consists of appraisals of the Hill County Cotton Oil Company and cotton mills and gins in Texas.
Hill, Curtis Hughes
Papers, 1917-1965
266 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial material, scrapbook material, and memorabilia. The collection bulks (1940-1965) with scrapbook material and memorabilia, including newsclippings, cards, and a calendar.
A lawyer and rancher, Hill married Eloise Slaughter, the daughter of George and Allie Slaughter. He practiced law in Roswell, New Mexico, with a local firm. Hill retired to a ranch west of Border Hill in Lincoln County, New Mexico, and raised prize steers.
Hill, Ernest Chapman
Ernest Chapman and Ida Linda Blasienz Hill Papers, 1912-1963
9,924 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, lists, files, printed material, and scrapbook material pertaining to the Hill family, the Lions Club, the Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission, and the Schleicher County Democratic Committee. The collection bulks (1912-1963) with family correspondence and international, state, and local files of the Lions Club (1930-1962).
Ernest Chapman Hill (1893-1968) was the son of Daniel C. Hill of Eldorado, Texas, and operated the Eldorado Hardware Company with his father. In 1930, he purchased the company from his father and continued to operate it until his death in 1968. He was active in the Eldorado Lions Club, the school board, the Schleicher County Democratic Committee, and the Texas Game, Fish, and Oyster Commission. Ida Linda Blasienz Hill was born in 1895 and married Ernest Hill in 1920. She attended Sam Houston Normal school, Peabody College, and Vanderbilt University and taught school during World War I and World War II. She assisted in the operation of the Eldorado Hardware Company.
Hill, Frank P.
Papers, 1918-1970
48 leaves
Includes correspondence, literary productions, photographs and printed material. The collection bulks (1932) with literary productions, including an article about John P. "Jack" Alley, a pioneer on the South Plains. Of special interest are photos of rural area schools.
An editor and publisher, Hill was born in 1902 and was a resident of Tahoka, Texas. He began his career as associate editor and publisher of the Lynn County News in 1924, then took over management of the paper in 1949 and published the paper until 1967. Hill was also active in the Lynn County Historical Society and served as a weather observer for 29 years.
Hill, Jim Dan
Papers, 1860-1979
37,789 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, literary productions, printed material, newsclippings, photographs and scrapbook material pertaining to the interests and activities of Jim Dan Hill in his career as an educator, author, and National Guard officer. The correspondence also concerns family, business, and civic affairs. Some of his works include information on the Texas Navy and the U.S. Navy. For further details, click here: JHill.
A soldier, educator, and author, Hill was born in 1897 in Leon County, Texas, and educated at Baylor University, University of Colorado, and University of Minnesota. He served in the National Guard from 1923 to 1956, retiring as a Major-General. He was president of Wisconsin State College from 1931-1964, and moved from Wisconsin to Abilene, Texas, in 1971. Hill's published works include Sea Dogs of the Sixties, The Texas Navy, The Minute Men in Peace and War, and The Civil War Sketchbook. He also contributed book reviews to Abilene's Reporter-News and served as president of the West Texas Historical Association. Hill died in 1983 in Abilene, Texas.
Hill, Kate Adele
Papers, 1861-1971
ca. 3,700 leaves
Includes correspondence, legal documents, literary productions, photographs, post cards, printed material, and scrapbook material pertaining mainly to the business and civic affairs of Dr. Hill. The literary productions contain extensive information on cotton industry pioneer, A. L. Ward. Of special interest are family photographs on the Hill's Kerr County ranch, including some from Christmas seasons from 1905 to 1908, showing mesquite Christmas trees and Dr. Hill as a child with her parents. For further details, click here: KHill.
A home demonstration agent with the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Hill was born in 1900 in Travis County, Texas, and was the author of several books. Her family was engaged in breeding Angus cattle. She attended Texas Technological College and Texas Women's University, and received her Ph.D. from Texas Women's University in 1957. Hill was active in American Texas Home Economics Association, the Texas Agricultural Workers' Association, and the Business and Professional Women's Association. She died in 1983 in San Angelo, Texas.
Hill, Louis Hamilton
Papers, 1883-1947
ca. 196,000 leaves
Includes abstract books, acknowledgment record books, cash books, cattle books, deed books, ledgers, letter press books, and scrapbook material pertaining to the life and social and business interests of Louis Hamilton Hill of Albany, Texas. The collection bulks (1885-1927) with letter press books containing business correspondence from Hill's various businesses, the cattle industry, state and national politics, and land colonization. Other subjects include railroad expansion, weather, and prohibition.
A cattleman, real estate developer, and businessman, Hill was born in 1858 in Maringo County, Alabama. He moved with his family to Texas in 1870, and began working for George W. Littlefield as a trail driver in 1879. In 1883, he moved to Albany, Shackelford County, Texas, and began a business, owning or sharing interests in the following firms: Watts, Campbell and Hill (1883); Campbell and Hill (1883); Webb, Campbell, and Hill (1886); Webb and Hill (1888); L. H. Hill Agency (1927); Hill, King, and Hill (1929); Hill and Hill (1931); and Hill and Matthews. His business interests included real estate, cattle, oil and banking. Hill died in 1932 in Albany, Texas.
Hill, Robert Thomas
Papers, 1932-1941
37 leaves
Contains literary productions consisting of newspaper articles written by or about Robert Hill, based on his historic research and reminiscences.
A geologist and professor, Hill was born in 1859 in Nashville, Tennessee, and moved to Comanche, Texas in 1875. He attended Cornell University, and worked as a geologist for the United States Geographical Survey under the direction of John Wesley Powell and surveyed regions of the Southwest. He also taught at the University of Texas. Hill died in 1941.
Hill, Sam Houston and William Hickman Hill
Papers, 1881-1933
1 scrapbook (0.2 linear feet)
Collection consists of a scrapbook dated 1881-1933.
Hill, Sarah Miltia
Sarah Miltia Hill and Katherine Hill papers, 1852-1980
25,116 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial material, genealogical material, legal material, literary productions, organization and club material, photographs, printed material, scrapbook material, and memorabilia. The collection bulks (1882-1967) with family correspondence. Also includes a series of manuscript articles entitled "Let's Look at the Record," by Jim Dan Hill, president of Superior State College, Superior Wisconsin.
Teachers and Texas pioneers, the Hills were daughters of Daniel Chapman Hill and Alma A. Hill. Daniel Hill operated the Eldorado Hardware Company in Eldorado, Texas. Sarah Miltia Hill was born in Roger's Prairie (now Normangee), Texas in 1895. Katherine Bell Hill was born in Santa Anna, Texas in 1906. Both received B. S. degrees in education from the College of Industrial Arts (now Texas Woman's University) and taught at schools and colleges in Texas. Sarah Miltia was active in several women's clubs and in the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Daughters of the American Revolution. After retiring from teaching both sisters resided in San Angelo, Texas.
Hillcrest Country Club (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1956-1999 and undated
1 box (0.3 linear feet)
Collection contains information on the Hillcrest Country Club in Lubbock, Texas. It includes audit reports, bylaws and amendments, membership survey, news clippings, member correspondence, game rules, score sheets, tournament bulletins, stockholders meetings, financial statements and agendas.
The Hillcrest Country Club is a sports recreational facility. It has eighteen holes for people to practice and play golf. They hold annual golf tournaments as well as swim meets and tennis games in the country club located in Lubbock, Texas, north of the Lubbock Lake Landmark and Loop 289. Their first organizational meeting was held in May 20th, 1951 and thereafter they purchased 191 acres to create the country club. The clubhouse was designed by Albert Vaughn and the course was laid out by Warren Cantrell. The first game was played on September 1954.
Hillcrest Country Club (Lubbock, Texas)
Collection, 1968-1996
2 wallets (0.3 linear feet)
A collection of Hillcrest Country Club Rosters or membership directories as well as two Swinger newsletters for the clubs golf tournament. The club is a resort situated within the northern city limits of Lubbock, Texas from University Avenue. It is offers tennis courts and a swimming pool for members.
Hills, Frederick P.
Papers, 1882
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
The collection is a diary written by Frederick P. Hills of Delaware County, Ohio from May to September 1882 during a tour of several European countries such as England, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and France. His wife and a female companion also accompanied him on this journey. Penciled sketches are included as illustrations. The diary is 118 pages.
Frederick P. Hills and his wife Kittie spent almost four months in Europe. Mr. Hills while in Great Britain had a particular interest in locating quality cattle breeds and visited the local cattle breeders in an attempt to purchase some for his Ohio farm. He writes of his experience with the cattle raisers as well their visit through other parts of Europe.
Hillsdale Gravel Company
Records, 1925-1978 and undated
9 boxes (9 linear feet)
Collection contains financial records, correspondence, and general files of the Hillsdale Gravel Company. Also included are files on the U.S. Highway Association of West Texas and H&H Rock Company.
Hinchey, John J.
Papers, 1948-1981
1,551 leaves
Includes correspondence and general files relating to various affairs and happenings at Texas Tech during Hinchey's tenure on the University's Board of Regents.
Hinchey was a regent on the Texas Tech University Board during the 1970s.
Hittson, John Nathan
Papers, 1867-1909
1 microfilm reel (60 ft.) : negative
Includes docket entries and case papers relating to claims for damages resulting from Indian depredations against John Hittson, which were brought before the U.S. Court of Claims.
Born October 11, 1831, in Tennessee, Hittson came with his family to Palo Pinto County, Texas, in 1851. He married Salina Frances Brown in 1851, and the couple had ten children. In 1857 he was elected the county's first sheriff. Hittson began his rise as cattleman after the Civil War and, in 1867, he and John S. Chisum supplied beef to the Navajos in exile at Fort Sumner. In the 1870s, their cattle drives were extended into New Mexico. Hittson's Three Circle Ranch headquarters was on Battle Creek in Callahan County. In 1872, Indian depredations prompted him to purchase ranch land in Deer Trail, Colorado, where he raised Merino sheep. Hittson was killed by a runaway team on December 25, 1880.
Hockaday, Benton S.
Family papers, 1845-1966
872 leaves, 1 microfilm reel (5 ft.) negative
Includes financial material, legal material and scrapbook material. The legal and financial materials in the collection concern land in the Hill Country of Texas. The collection bulks (1913-1966) with scrapbooks pertaining to the Hockaday family. One scrapbook holds a small postage stamp collection. Also includes a family Bible, a notebook containing a few pages of reminiscences, and microfilm of scrapbook material concerning the 1913 graduating class of Honey Grove, Texas.
An assistant postmaster, Hockaday was born in 1895 in Honey Grove, Texas. After graduating from high school in 1913, he attended Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York. He served as assistant postmaster of Graham, Texas, from 1921-1957, and married Laulette Morris in 1922. Mrs. Hockaday was raised in Hubbard, Texas, and attended Baylor University. They had one son, John Benton Hockaday.
Hodges, J. C.
Papers, undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection consists of a catalog for the DeMoulin Brothers and Company in Greenville, Illinois.
Hoerster, Jane
Papers, 1877-1974
1 microfilm reel (12 ft.) : negative
Includes genealogical material on the Kothmann, Hofmann, Valliant, Hoerster and Jordan families, plus information on home and ranch life in the early German immigrant settlements. The collection also includes photographs.
Hoerster is descended from German immigrant pioneers who settled around Fredericksburg and Mason in the Hill Country of Texas.
Hoffman Funeral Home Records (Mason, Texas)
Records, 1929-1974
1 microfilm reel (100 ft.) : negative
Contains the funeral and burial records of the Hoffman Funeral Home.
Hoffman Funeral Home is located in Mason, Texas
Hofmann Dry Goods Company (Mason, Texas)
Records, 1909-1970
36 microfilm reels : negative
Contains account ledgers, cash and daily journals, day books, and miscellaneous items relating to the Hofmann Dry Goods Company.
Originally established as Hofmann & Co. by William Hofmann and Ernest Bogusch at Mason, Texas, in 1890, the mercantile was changed to Hofmann Dry Goods Company in 1903, and incorporated in 1911, with William and R.W. Hofmann, Loula Loring, and C. D. MacMillan as owners. The establishment became a partnership venture in January 1942.
Hogan, Ray
Papers, 1962-1964
440 leaves
Includes literary productions consisting of typewritten manuscripts with hand written corrections. These manuscripts were published as Johnny Ringo, Gentleman Outlaw, (1964) and The Trackers, (1965).
A western novelist, Hogan was born in 1908 in Missouri and reared in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He has published over 100 novels since his first title appeared in 1956. Hogan's father worked for the Albuquerque, New Mexico police department, and many of Hogan's books are based on the law vs. outlaw theme. Hogan has also written under the pseudonym of Clay Ringold. In addition to materials in the Southwest Collection, Hogan has deposited manuscript collections at the University of Wyoming in Laramie and the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Hogan, Ted
Papers, 1965-1998 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Includes printed material on James T. Henderson, Ted Hogan, Elmer Kelton, and Paul Patterson. Ted Hogan is a life-long resident of Crane, Texas. He is a classmate and long-time friend of Elmer Kelton. Mr. Hogan is active in the Crane Community, serving as the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 57.
Holden, Grace Elenor Davis
Papers, ca. 1925
150 leaves
Consists of typed autobiographical and genealogical reminiscences. Includes some notes by Grace Holden's son, William Curry Holden.
An early West Texas pioneer settler, Grace was born in 1873 in Sebastian County, Arkansas, and moved to Texas with her family in 1874. They settled in Navarro County, but due to economic changes were forced to move several times. The family lived in several counties in Central and West Texas. Grace Elenor married Robert Lee Holden in 1892. They established a farm and Robert also worked as a teacher and at freighting and carpentry. They had three sons: Harral, William Curry, and Thomas Calloway Tucker. Grace Holden died in 1958 in Lubbock, Texas.
Holden, Maggie Lee Bullion
Papers, 1944-1948
334 leaves
Includes literary productions and correspondence. The collection bulks with typed manuscripts of Mrs. Holden's reminiscences of farm life in Texas and New Mexico. The correspondence relates to the writing of these memoirs.
Holden was born in 1877 in Granbury, Texas, the daughter of George Wilson Bullion and Columbia Ann Phenix Bullion. She married Isaac Calloway Holden in 1902. They lived in Lubbock, Fisher, Taylor, Dickens and Somervell counties of Texas, and in the Animas and Playas valley of New Mexico. Mrs. Holden lived in Big Spring, Texas, from 1940 until her death in 1958.
Holden, William Curry and Francis Mayhugh
Papers, 1836-1989 and undated
127,300 leaves (84 boxes, 2 oversized item, and 1 scrapbook)
Includes correspondence, financial material, research material, and literary productions pertaining to Holden's career as a teacher, writer and administrator. Also includes personal correspondence and scrapbook material. Bulks (1915-1973) with research notes, rough drafts, and correspondence related to his scholarly publications. Of particular interest is a collection of diaries written by Dr. Holden's students during an archaeological field expedition to Mexico. For further details, click here: Holden.
An author and historian, Holden was born in Coolidge, Limestone County, Texas. He attended high school in Rotan, Texas, and received B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Texas. He taught history at McMurry College (1923-1927), the University of Texas (1927-1928) and at Texas Tech University (1928-1965). At Texas Tech University, he served as professor of History, Sociology and Anthropology, Dean of Archaeological and Social Science, and Dean of the Graduate School. Holden was granted the status of Professor Emeritus of History in 1965. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Southwest Collection and the Texas Tech Museum. Holden died in 1993 in Lubbock, Texas.
Holden, William Curry and Frances Mayhugh
Papers, 1998
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Has a correspondence from Dr. Idris Traylor and Holden Lecture brochure. Dr. Idris Traylor is the executive director of the Office of International Affairs. Dr. William C. Holden was a professor of History and Archaeology and Chairman of the Department of History at Texas Tech University. In addition, he was an important member of the Texas Archaeological Association.
Holland, J. Harvey
Papers, 1908-1972
1 microfilm reel (15 ft.) : negative
Contains a scrapbook of Holland's career from 1908-1972. Also includes photographs and theater clippings.
J. Harvey Holland, his wife, Euna Holland, and family are former vaudevillian performers featured in the Vaudeville Hall of Fame in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. They performed in tent shows throughout the south from Florida to Texas.
Holland, R. A.
Papers, 1894-1920
551 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, election returns, newsclippings, pamphlets, brochures, and scrapbook material.
An abstractor and land speculator, Holland operated first in Dimmitt, Texas, and later moved to Lubbock, Texas.
Holloman Air Force Base (New Mexico)
Records, 1949-1971
1 microfilm reel (110 ft.) : negative
Contains documents relating to the United States Air Force Missile Development Center and the testing of missile track delivery systems.
Holly, Buddy
Collection, 1993
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Contains the First Day Issue of the Buddy Holly Stamp distributed in 1993 by the U.S. Postal Service. The Buddy Holly Stamp was produced to commemorate Lubbock, Texas native Buddy Holly. Other stamps in the collection feature various rock and blues musicians.
Holly, Buddy
Papers, 1937-1998
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Contains photocopied articles on the life and career of Buddy Holly. Buddy Holly was a Lubbock native and Lubbock High graduate. Born on September 7, 1936, he became a musician and singer and gain national fame with song hits like Peggy Sue and Oh Boy. He performed with a band known as the Crickets. Unfortunately his career was cut short when he died on February 3, 1959 on a plane crash that took off from Clear Lake, Iowa en route to Moorhead, Minnesota. He is buried in Lubbock, Texas.
Holman, Lottie
Collection, 1862
1 scrapbook (0.1 linear feet)
Collection consists of a valentine card to Evaline Folts Holman from her father in 1862.
Holmes, Alma Naomi Smith
Papers, 1935
63 leaves
Includes literary productions entitled "Some Things I've Heard About the Mickey Family" containing genealogical information and anecdotes about the settlement of Bosque and Floyd counties.
An author, Alma was born in Mickey, Floyd County, Texas. She was the daughter of Charlie Walker Smith of Brazos Point, Texas, and Emma Annie Mickey Smith of Kimball, Texas. Mrs. Holmes' first husband died, leaving her with four children. She later married Ed Holmes.
Holmes, Charles Eddie
Papers, 1924-1984
1 microfilm reel (50 ft.) : negative
Consists of a farm journal kept by Charles Eddie Holmes. Charles Eddie Holmes was a farmer in Floyd County, Texas.
Holmes, DeAlva Dudley
Papers, 1923
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Has a John Tarleton Agricultural College Graduation Exercise program for 1923. Mrs. DeAlva Dudley Holmes was a 1923 graduate of John Tarleton Agricultural College (now Tarleton State University). She now resides in the Western Hills Nursing Home in Comanche, Texas.
Holmes, Hugh B.
Papers, 1908-1959
151 leaves
Includes construction notes, instructions to division and resident engineers, photographs and a table of distances and elevation.
Holmes was a chief engineer of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railroad. He was a member of the first surveying parties locating a route through the Sierra Madre in Chihuahua, Mexico, in 1908. He became chief engineer in 1913. Later, Holmes was associated with the Coverdale and Colpitts consulting engineering firm of New York City.
Holmes, Dr. Jerry
1944-2010 and undated
8 boxes (8 linear feet)
The Dr. Jerry Holmes Papers consist of books, charts, coding materials, correspondence, diagrams, printed material both published and in draft form, graphs, journals, models, patents, photography, reports, and research materials related to Dr. Holmes’ career in the United States Air Force, Texas Instruments. Much of the material focuses on Dr. Holmes’ role in the creation of the Global Positioning System, or GPS.
Dr. Jerry Dale Holmes was born on March 11, 1937 in a farmhouse in the Irick rural community in Floyd County, Texas, near the town of Lockney, Texas. His father was Oliver Wendell Holmes and his mother was Buena Lou Weems Holmes. Jerry attended Irick country school for grades one through four, then rode a bus into Lockney schools for grades five through twelve. He graduated from Lockney High School in 1955 and attended Texas Technological College for four years, receiving a BS degree in Electrical Engineering in 1959. In the summer of 1960 Dr. Holmes married Glynda Kay Steelman, a Texas Tech student from Plainview, Texas.
Having been an AFROTC cadet for four years, at graduation he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the USAF. He was granted a delay by the USAF for a year to complete a Masters degree. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that year, earning a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1960, supported by a Schlumberger Foundation Fellowship. His thesis advisor at MIT was Prof. Amar G. Bose who later founded the Bose Corporation which became a world leader in a wide variety of high quality audio products. Dr. Holmes’s master’s thesis was an audio experiment related to Dr. Bose’s extensive investigations into requirements for high quality audio reproduction in the home. In the summer of 1960 Dr. Holmes married Glynda Kay Steelman, a Texas Tech student from Plainview, Texas.
From 1960 until 1963 Dr. Holmes fulfilled his military obligation by serving at the USAF Satellite Test Center in Sunnyvale, California, where he participated in the Command and Control of military satellites during the early days of the USA military space program. Leaving the USAF in 1963 Dr. Holmes enrolled in a PhD program at Oklahoma State University, supported by a NASA Traineeship. He received a PhD in Electrical Engineering from OSU in 1965 and accepted employment at the military electronics division of Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas. He then worked for Texas Instruments (TI) for 31 years on a variety of military programs performing systems analysis, system engineering, signal processing analysis and design, algorithm design, system simulation and technical direction. In 1976 he began a fifteen year stint working on a wide variety of military programs related to the Global Positioning System (GPS) for the US Department of Defense. Texas Instruments was an early manufacturer of precision GPS Receiver Systems for DOD customers. Dr. Holmes was a key contributor to the system design of military GPS receivers for man-portable GPS receivers, high-dynamics airborne receivers, receivers carried by Minuteman Missiles during two flight tests, and earth satellite GPS receivers.
Dr. Holmes was the last Technical Director for the G/AIT program at Texas Instruments which built a complex receiver/antenna system that was designed to be installed on military aircraft and used should a thermonuclear war erupt between the US and the Soviet Union. The Ground/Airborne IONDS Terminal would listen to signals transmitted by GPS satellites whose nuclear burst detection sensors would be relaying to earth the specific details concerning the location, timing, and strength of nuclear detonations near the surface of the earth. Such information would be used in the determination of where the US should aim its remaining ICBM inventory. Such a nuclear scenario would create a heavily disturbed ionosphere which would massively degrade the GPS radio waves as they passed through on their way to the G/AIT airborne system antennas. Dr. Holmes was also one of the principle designers of the Fade Resistant Receiver portion of the G/AIT system which was designed to maintain successful tracking of the GPS radio signals during this period of peak stress. Following Dr. Holmes work on GPS related programs, he worked for several years on classified programs related to Electronic Warfare (EW) where the goal is early detection of hostile radio and radar signals so that appropriate defensive and/or offensive measures can be taken in real time on the battlefield. Dr. Holmes was Technical Director for several years on one such classified system.
During his career Dr. Holmes was author or co-author for eleven technical publications and inventor or co-inventor leading to eleven patents. Dr. Holmes is considered one of the pioneers of the Receiver Systems portion of the Global Positioning System (GPS) due to the work he did at Texas Instruments beginning in 1976 and continuing for the next fifteen years. Dr. Holmes took an early retirement incentive offer from Texas Instruments and retired the last day of 1996 after working for TI military divisions for thirty-one years. In 1987 Texas Instruments cited Dr. Holmes for his technical contributions to Global Navigation by naming him a Texas Instruments Fellow, an honor that is restricted to the top 1% of the technical staff at TI. In 1989 Dr. Holmes was named a Distinguished Engineer by Texas Tech University. In 1996 Dr. Holmes received the Melvin R. Lohmann Medal from the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University which is awarded to one former student of OSU each year. Dr. Holmes is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Texas, currently on Inactive status.
Dr. Holmes’ wife, Glynda Kay Steelman (known today as Kay Holmes), was born in Lawton, Oklahoma, on February 3, 1942 to James Alvin Steelman and Vera Elnora Stair Steelman. At age 7 Kay moved to a farm in Hale County, Texas, near Plainview. She attended East Mound country school for grades three through six and then Plainview schools, finally graduating Plainview High School in 1958 at age 16. She enrolled at Texas Tech in 1958 as a Business Education major where her brother James Eldon Steelman introduced her to fellow EE classmate, Jerry Holmes, in January 1959. Jerry and Kay became engaged during the summer of 1959 while Jerry worked in the Summer Development Program at Texas Instruments in Dallas just prior to beginning graduate studies at MIT in September. Jerry and Kay married in June 1960 at the First Methodist Church in Lockney. Upon Jerry’s completion of graduate studies at MIT, they drove from Boston to Sunnyvale, California where they lived during his three year USAF tour. There, they had their first child, Kurt Alan Holmes, in 1962. Their next child, Eric Lane Holmes, was born in Dallas in 1966, and their daughter, Erin Lynette Holmes, was born in Dallas in 1970.
Genealogy Source for Dr. Jerry D. Holmes: See: The Killough Family in Ireland, Canada, and the United States - Compiled By Zora (Killough) Cunningham 1991 Edition, page 258 Oliver W. Holmes, copyright The Killough Reunion Association – Book Design and Typography by South Wind Graphics, Grove, Oklahoma – Printed in the USA by BookCrafters, 613 E. Industrial Drive, Post Office Box 370, Chelsea, Michigan 48118-0370 And: The Killough/Kellough Family in Ireland, Canada and the United States - Compiled By Zora (Killough) Cunningham 1997 Edition, page 370 Jerry Dale Holmes, copyright 1997 THE KILLOUGH REUNION ASSOCIATION – Zora (Killough) Cunningham, President
Holmsley, J. H.
Papers, 1901-1902
1 microfilm reel (3 ft.) : negative
Contains checks and bills between J. H. Holmsley and George Richardson, a wool merchant.
Holt, George
Papers, 1988-1996
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection of correspondence from George Holt and printed material on the Olympic Arts Festival and Margaret Lewis Warwick. George Holt was a member of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games.
Holt, Roy Davis
Papers, 1870-1987 and undated
31 boxes (39 linear feet)
Collection consists mainly of research files and written works of Roy Davis Holt, Sr. The research files include his work on Children Indian Captives, So You Dont Like Texas, Heap Many Texas Chiefs, and Fence Cutting: The Barbed Wire War in Texas. Also includes correspondence, literary productions, news clipping files, teaching files, and scrapbook material. The news clipping files have a variety of topics on the history of Texas and the West. For further details, click here: Holt.
Roy D. Holt was born in 1897 in Santa Anna, Texas. He was a graduate of Trinity University and University of Texas. He embarked on a career in public education where he taught at Santa Anna and Brady. He eventually became high school principal and superintendent at other schools. Mr. Holt was also a writer. He wrote several articles for such publications as The Cattleman, Sheep and Goat Raisers, True West, and Western Horseman as well as a few books. Roy D. Holt, Sr. died in 1985.
Holt, Roy Davis
Papers, 1937-1996 and undated
2 boxes (2.3 linear feet)
The collection consists mainly of printed materials and scrapbook files of Roy Davis Holt, Sr. The news clipping files have a variety of topics on the history of Texas and the West. Roy D. Holt, Sr. was born in 1897 in Santa Anna, Texas. He was a graduate of Trinity University and University of Texas. He embarked on a career in public education where he taught at Santa Anna and Brady. He eventually became high school principal and superintendent at other schools. Mr. Holt was also a writer. He wrote several articles for such publications as The Cattleman, Sheep and Goat Raisers, True West, and Western Horseman as well as a few books. Roy D. Holt, Sr. died in 1985. For further details, click here: RDHolt2.
Holub, E. J.
Papers, 1990s
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Two fan letters to E. J. Holub: one from Len Dutche and the other from Kirk. Both correspondence are undated (ca. 1990s) and compliment Mr. Holub as a former professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs. They also ask for autographs on some of their belongings.
Mr. Holub was an All-American football player for Texas Tech before beginning a twelve year professional football career. He played for the Kansas City Chiefs in two Super Bowls. He is currently a ranch foreman and assists the Chancellor's office in Development.
Hopping, R. C. (Richard Coke)
Papers, ca. 1950
115 leaves
Consists of a literary production entitled The Ellwoods, Barbwire and Ranches or Colonel Isaac L. Ellwood and William L. Ellwood.
A sheriff, judge, land manager, and author, Hopping was born in Hood County, Texas, and moved to Clovis, New Mexico, in 1901. He lived at Texico-Farwell from 1905-1910, and served as sheriff and, in 1918, moved to Littlefield, Texas, where he was a county judge for five years. Hopping moved to Lubbock, Texas, in 1924, where he managed Ellwood Estates and the colonization of the Spade Ranch, owned by Isaac Ellwood, and later relocated to Lamb, Hockley, Hale, and Lubbock counties of Texas. Hopping also wrote A Sheriff-Ranger in Chuckwagon Days (1952).
Horizon Study Club (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1970-2003
1 small box (0.3 linear ft.)
The collection consists of a few correspondence, twenty-eight yearbooks listing club members from 1976-2003, minutes of the Horizon Study Club’s meetings from 1970-2002, and the club’s bank statements and financial records.
From the bylaws of the Horizon Study Club of Lubbock, Texas, their goal is “to foster the spiritual and cultural interests of family life and to promote education for family living through study programs centered on family concerns and community challenges.” The women’s study club has been active since 1964 and they periodically conduct activities such as luncheons, demonstrations, arts and crafts, and book reviews, which promoting their goals.
Horn, Dora H.
Papers, 1833-1968
1 microfilm reel (30 ft.) : negative
Consists of information concerning the Higginbotham and Durham families.
Horn, Paul W.
Collection, 1926
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Christmas card from Paul Horn, first president of Texas Technological College. Click here for further details.
Horn, Paul Whitfield
Papers, 1908-1932
595 leaves
Includes literary productions, printed materials, photographs, scrapbook material, which contains information on a dinner given for Horn to honor him for meritorious service as superintendent in Houston. The scrapbook also includes articles from The Houston Chronicle that were written by Horn from Mexico City documenting his experiences there. The collection bulks (1908-1918) with printed material written by Horn on education. Also of interest are scrapbooks (1916-1932) dealing with current events and interests.
An author and educator, Horn was born in 1870 in Boonesville, Missouri. He received an A.M. degree from Central College in Fayette, Missouri, in 1888 and his L.L.D. from Baylor University in 1917. He taught in rural schools (1884-1885) and the Pryor Institute (1889-1892), and served as a high school principal in Sherman, Texas (1895-1897). He was a school superintendent in Houston (1904-1921) and at the American School in Mexico City (1921-1922). Horn became president of Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas (1922-1923), and, in 1923, was appointed the first president of Texas Technological College where he selected faculty and drafted curricula. He authored or co-authored four textbooks: New Century Spelling Book (1908); School Room Essential (1911); Best Things in Our Schools (1913); and New American Readers (1919). He married Maud Keith in 1890, and the couple had one daughter, Ruth Horn Andrews. Horn died in 1932.
Horn, Robert Cannon
Papers, 1868-1976
8 microfilm reels : negative
Consists of Horn's sermon notes and diaries, which contain autobiographical information and records of marriages, baptisms, and funerals he performed. Also includes a scrapbook filled with clippings of newspaper columns he wrote, a biographical sketch of Horn by his daughter, Helen Horn Graves, C. E. Royston's Grand Fury Door Bailiff's Book, school records of Hackberry Grove, and Clergyman's Records (Vade Mecum). The January-February 1911 diary contains a list of Confederate veterans from Collin County.
Born April 26, 1844, in Wilson County, Tennessee, Horn moved with his family to Grayson County, Texas, in the fall of 1858. During the Civil War, he served with the 5th Texas Partisans and Rangers. Afterward, he became an Elder for the Disciples of Christ (Christian) Church and, in 1870, married Mildred Catherine Franklin, by whom he had six children. For over 60 years, he served as a minister, pastoring at the communities of McKinney, Hackberry Grove, and Vineland, while performing ministerial duties over the northwestern section of Texas. Horn died in 1936.
Horner, Bob
Papers, 1974-1991
1 box (1 linear foot)
The collection consists of scrapbook material relating to Bob Horner’s collegiate and professional baseball career. The collection includes newspaper and magazine articles about Horner and interviews with him. The collection also has newspaper clippings of the box scores from games that Horner played in.
Bob Horner was an All-American second baseman for Arizona State University where he set season and career NCAA homerun records. He would go on to play professionally for the Atlanta Braves, the Yakult Swallows of the Japanese League, and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Horsehead Crossing, Texas
Collection, 1997
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
The collection includes a 9” x 9” positive color infrared image (a reverse image of a negative), some photocopied maps, and a short article on Horsehead Crossing located on the Pecos River in Crane County, Texas.
Horsehead Crossing is located on the Pecos River in Crane County, Texas. It is about twelve miles northwest of Girvin or thirteen miles southwest of Crane, Texas. In that region the Pecos River is the county boundary between Crane and Pecos. The famous crossing has been the burial site of countless animals such as horses, cattle and mules, whose skeletons would collect along the Pecos River banks. They died drinking the salty water of the Pecos or become buried in the quicksand. Horse skulls were placed on the mesquite trees signifying the ford or the crossing junction of the river. Horsehead Crossing has also been used by native tribes and trailblazers such as pioneers and cattle drivers.
Hornaday, Joe
Collection, 1933-1956 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection of bumper stickers, campaign button, brochures, broadsides, Allan Shivers appreciation dinner invitation, Simon Legrees book, World War II ration books. Joe Hornaday was assistant athletic director for the Texas Tech University Athletic Department. He was also an employee of media relations and a photographer for the same department.
Houser, William
Papers, 1839
145 leaves
Includes copies of literary productions, recipes, and inspirational thoughts. A Baptist minister, Houser was born in North Carolina and later moved to the present-day area of Killeen, Texas.
Houston, Charles
Papers, 1938-1963
56 leaves
Includes scrapbook material, printed material, and photographs. Bulks (1941-1945) with original copies of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that depict the attack on Pearl Harbor, V-E Day, and V-J Day. Also includes a 1938 Texas Technological College Commencement program.
Houston Museum of Natural Science
Collection, 1897-1931 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
These items are picture postcards (1925-1931), publications on the death of George Washington, a Mexican conflict (1897), City of Houston history, and Texas Coast reports (1907).
The Houston Museum of Natural Science was established in 1909 to promote and educate the public on the natural wonders of the world. The city park department managed the facility until the Museum of Natural History of Houston a nonprofit organization took over in 1946.
Howard Family
Papers, 1919-1978 and undated
6 boxes (6 linear feet)
The bulk of this collection consists of official Postmaster correspondence between Postmaster Howard and Senator George H. Mahon from 1935-1965. News clippings from his tenure as Postmaster and office files from Amos Howard’s other business interests are included as well. Extensive bank statements and cancelled checks of Howard family accounts also represent a large portion of this collection. Amos’ personal materials include only his Army discharge papers. Amos Jr. is represented by high school papers, flight logs and diaries. The diaries are nearly complete, with an entry for nearly every day from 1937 to 1945. The school papers, dated and undated are extensive. Flight logs and study materials, some dated, some undated, document his interest in flying and his progress as a pilot. Una May and Elizabeth have relatively few materials. Una May’s portion of the collection is a scrapbook, two items of clothing and some bank statements. Elizabeth’s portion is a scrapbook and a few pieces of personal correspondence. For further details, click here: HowardFamily.
Amos Howard was born in Tennessee May 13, 1895. He moved to Lubbock after discharge from the U.S. Army in 1919. He married Una May Coleman in 1923. Amos Jr. was born on November 19, 1924. The Howards also had a daughter, Elizabeth. Amos had a farm near Lubbock and interests in several oil leases scattered throughout the region. He owned Security Abstract and Title from the 1920’s until he sold it to Amos, Jr. in the 1950’s. Amos was appointed Postmaster of Lubbock County in May of 1935 and served until 1965. Prior to becoming Postmaster, he was County Clerk. The family lived at 2309 17th Street.
Howard, William E.
Collection, 1814-1892
185 leaves
The collection consists of typed copies of original documents pertaining to sales and transfers of land and slaves and the lending of money for various purposes. Information concerning size of land lots, prices of land and slaves, legal suits and oaths of loyalty to Texas are also included.
A physician, Howard was born in San Antonio, Texas, and later lived in Dallas, Texas, until his death in 1940.
Howell, W. B. "Bernie"
Papers, 1906-1978
588 leaves
Includes a single scrapbook depicting the life and musical career of Bernie Howell. Bulks (1946-1975) with mementos relating to his career as a musician, and radio and television personality.
A musician, entertainer, radio and television personality, Howell was born in 1906 in Vernon, Texas, and educated at Texas Technological College and Oklahoma University. He served in Guam with the 20th Air Force during World War II. He played organ with Ned Bradley's Orchestra. Howell was the musical director for a Lubbock, Texas, radio station in late-1940s, and also had a topped ranked television show, "Here's Howell," in Lubbock during October 1954. He later hosted and performed on "The Bernie Howell Show." Howell founded, and led, several bands, including the Triolins, who performed for President Gerald Ford and Governor Ronald Reagan in Lubbock, Texas, during the 1976 presidential campaign. Known to Lubbock residents as "Mr. Music," Howell died in 1978 in Lubbock.
Howsley, William Davis
>Papers, 1873-1932
1 microfilm reel (50 ft.) : negative
Consists of correspondence, farm records, Ku Klux Klan booklets, financial material, and printed and miscellaneous items relating to Howsley's personal and business affairs.
Howsley came to Texas as a teamster and cowboy for the Reynolds Brothers and helped form the Ranger Cattle Company with the Reynolds and Matthews families. He married Annette Elizabeth Matthews, and the couple had eight children. In 1907, Howsley opened a hardware store in Throckmorton with his son, Louis. He was also instrumental in bringing the Texas and Pacific Railway to Throckmorton.
Hubbs, Barney
Papers, 1849-1976
4 microfilm reels : negative
Includes correspondence, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, legal documents, photographs, Jackson Thomason's diary, and other typed and printed materials relative to the history of the Pecos River area, Silver City, New Mexico, and Borger, Texas.
Born on a ranch in Sterling County, Texas, on July 7, 1897, Hubbs served in the Navy during World War I, during which he edited a newspaper, The Pauillac Pilot. Returning to Pecos, Texas, he founded the Pecos Gusher, which he later merged with the Enterprise. He married Luella Hart in 1923 and edited the Enterprise until 1960, when he sold it and subsequently established the Pecos Printing Company with Preston Hawks. Active in the Texas Historical Foundation and the Texas State Historical Survey Committee, Hubbs was famous as a regional historian. Hubbs also served as president of the West of the Pecos Museum Board, which he helped establish.
Huckabay, Robert C.
Papers, 1966
1 microfilm reel (30 ft.) : negative
Includes a printed history of the first 75 years of Castro County, including sketches of the XIT Ranch and reminiscences by county pioneers.
Born near Hart, Texas, in 1923, Huckabay was the son of a wholesale agent for Gulf Oil. He grew up in Dimmitt and served in the Air Force during World War II. Afterward, he married Bettye Newton, by whom he had three children, and set up a real estate and abstract business in Dimmitt, Texas. Huckabay died in 1980.
Hudspeth County Water Conservation and Reclamation District (Texas)
Records, 1925-1966
1,680 leaves
Contains correspondence, auditors' reports, M and O disbursements, other financial material, printed transactions of court cases, newsclippings, legal material, research reports, and a water pollution control guide.
The district was created during the 1920s to research and regulate water use in Hudspeth County, Texas.
Huffman, David Lenton
Family papers, 1868-1938
257 leaves
Includes ledgers and other financial material, a genealogical chart, and miscellaneous printed and scrapbook items, all concerning the Huffman and Rains families in Dallas and Royse City, Texas, Taiban, New Mexico and Tupelo, Mississippi.
A storekeeper and homesteader, Huffman was born March 1, 1875 in Beldon, Mississippi. He married Emma Rains on October 28, 1897, and the couple had one daughter, Macie. The family moved to Royse City, Texas, in September 1899, and later moved to Taiban, New Mexico, then to Dallas, Texas, where Huffman worked as a streetcar conductor. He died December 24, 1916 in Nevada, Collin County, Texas. Macie worked for many years in the alteration department of Sanger-Harris in Dallas.
Hufstedler, E. K., and Son (Lubbock, Texas)
Records, 1931-1974
20,438 leaves
Contains correspondence, general files, financial material, legal documents, photographs, catalogs and other printed advertising material, including some by the Ford Motor Company.
A farm implement business, the company has been in business in Lubbock, Texas, since 1931.
Hufstedler, J. D.
Papers, 1905-1980
2,000 leaves
Includes business account records, business school workbooks, financial statements, records of various committees on which Hufstedler served, income tax material, account ledger, and material concerned with Water, Inc., the Texas Water Development Board, and other various Lubbock organizations.
A car dealer and brother of E. K. Hufstedler, J. D. Hufstedler has been involved with numerous water conservation projects throughout the American Southwest, including Water, Inc. of California.
Hughes, Alton
Papers, 1972-1981
2 microfilm reels : negative
Consists of a series of newspaper articles by Hughes entitled "Just Musin." The articles concern the people, places, and events in early Pecos, Texas, and were published weekly in the Pecos Enterprise.
Born September 21, 1904, at Shelbyville, Texas, Hughes graduated from Sam Houston State College and taught at Ennis for four years, and then went to work for the Texas Highway Department. He married Janice McKellar in 1933, and the couple had two sons. Hughes was promoted to District Office Engineer in 1938 and, in 1944, left the department to become manager of the Pecos Chamber of Commerce. In 1952 he entered the insurance business and, in 1972, began the Alton Hughes Real Estate agency. A longtime civic leader, Hughes published the two-volume, Pecos: A History of the Pioneer West in 1978 and 1981.
Hughes, Jack
Collection, undated
1 box (1 linear feet)
Collection concerns horse racing and Catholicism. Jack Hughes was born in 1902. He father came to the U. S. in 1906 with his family to help rebuild San Francisco. Jack was sent back to school in Wales, Great Britain in 1908. He served in the British Navy during World War I. Later he became a stone cutter and world traveler but his passion was photography.
Hughes, John
Papers, 1946 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection has cowboy poetry, publication of Street and Smiths Wild West Weekly, and scrapbook material. John Hughes is a professor in the College of Business Administration at Texas Tech University. He is also the Director of Petroleum Land Management.
Hughes, Nancy
Collection, 1922-2000 and undated
13 boxes (3.3 linear feet)
The collection is composed mostly of Texas postcards. Ten boxes have postcards from various cities and towns. One box has a miscellaneous collection of topics and the last box contains postcards of Texas courthouses. The postcards showcase famous landmarks, people, and historical events. The files contain news clippings, publications on postcard collecting, and oversized postcards. Also includes a postcard collectors newsletter entitled Glorias Corner, printed from Denison, Texas (1991-1995). For further details click here: NHughes.
Nancy Hughes is an avid collector of postcards building up her personal collection for many years beginning in the mid-twentieth century. She is a native of Santa Anna, Texas. Her father is Roy D. Holt, Sr., a Texas history scholar and educator.
Hughes, S. W. (Samuel W.)
Records, 1856-1952 and undated
40 boxes (40.0 linear ft.)
See S. W. Hughes and Company.
Hughes, Shannon
Papers, 1990-1998 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection with Windy Sitton correspondence and Hi-D-Ho Restaurant brochure. Shannon Hughes is the owner of Hi-D-Ho Restaurant, a long-time Lubbock, Texas fast-food restaurant. The printed material consists of song sheet, menu, and flyer on the Hi-D-Ho restaurant.
Hulen, John A. (Augustus)
Papers, 1908-1971 and undated
3 small boxes (0.7 linear feet)
Includes correspondence, literary productions, printed material, photographs, scrapbook material and memorabilia. The collection bulks (1936-1971) with correspondence and scrapbook materials pertaining to Hulen and his railroad career. There are lesser amounts of printed material, news clippings and other scrapbook material dealing with his military and railroad career. For further details, click here: JAHulen.
Hulen was a military officer and railroad executive, and a member of Texas Technological College Board of Directors from 1931-1937. Born in 1871 in Centralia, Missouri, Hulen moved to Texas with his parents in 1873, and attended public school in Gainesville, Texas. He also attended military academies in Virginia and Missouri, graduating in 1891. He joined the Texas Volunteer Cavalry in 1889, and served in the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, and World War I. Both before and after World War I, Hulen pursued a career as a railroad executive with various lines, including the Frisco Lines, the Rhode Island-Frisco Lines and the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Company. He became vice-president of both the Fort Worth and Denver City and the Wichita Valley railway companies in 1930. Hulen later served as vice-president and chairman of the board of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Company, holding the latter position until his death in 1957 in Palacios, Texas.
Huling, Elizabeth Bullock Smith
Papers, 1900-1909
1 microfilm reel (14 ft.) : negative
Contains a record of land titles and account book of Elizabeth Huling concerning the management of the estate of her husband, Thomas B. Huling, including titles held or transferred.
Huling and her husband, Thomas Byers Huling, held title to land in central and East Texas.
Humphreys, Jim
Papers, 1939-1954 and undated
1 wallet and 1 oversized box (1.6 linear feet)
Consists of printed material and scrapbook material of the Cattleman Magazine, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, Kansas City stockyards, William T. Humphreys death notice, blueprints, and postcards. Jim Humphreys was the former manager of the Pitchfork Ranch.
Humphries Family
Collection, 1876-1955
3 boxes (2.3 linear feet)
This collection contains personal papers, publications, news clippings, diaries, and journals from the Humphries family of Milburn, Texas. Much of the material focuses on Jessie and Kyle Humphries who were siblings and had careers in education in the early decades of the twentieth century. This collection also has numerous miniature books, an assortment of interesting artifacts, and the ca. 1880s family Bible. For further details, click here: Humphries.
William Humphries brought his family to Texas after the Civil War. Settling in Milburn, Texas, in Central Texas, he and his wife, Maggie Hollifield Humphries, had three children, Jessie, Lillian and L. Kyle. Although the entire family is represented, the papers of Jessie and Kyle dominate the collection. Jessie Humphries was the first female graduate of Howard Payne College and later served as Dean of Students at the College of Industrial Arts, which later became Texas Womens University in Denton, Texas. She never married. Sister Lillian was also an educator and served as the Director of the Extension Department at the College of Industrial Arts. Kyle attended Baylor University and became a teacher in New York City.
Humphries, Holle L.
Papers, 1974-1984 and undated
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Pertains to material collected by Holle Humphries from her class activities on cowboys, frontier education, and Ranching Heritage Center. Dr. Holle Humphries is a specialist in Philosophy/Art and graduate of Texas Tech University. She taught summertime classes on Cowboy Heritage at the Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock, Texas.
Humphries, Nancy
Papers, 1919-1920
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Consists of stock certificates dating from 1919-1920 held by members of the Humphries family. Nancy Humphries is a resident of Wichita Falls, Texas. She is a housewife and married to a retired U.S. Air Force officer.
Hunt, Clifford Earl
Papers, 1890-1961
500 leaves
Consists of diaries kept by Clifford E. Hunt pertaining to Lubbock and Lubbock County history. Includes information on "Lubbock Firsts," family activities, weather conditions, local events, and personalities.
A longtime Lubbock resident, businessman, and hospital administrator, Hunt was born in 1886 in Estacado, Texas. He moved with his family to newly-founded Lubbock, Texas, in 1890 and married Dora Lee in 1906. He was a partner in the electric light plant (1902), operated the first dairy near Lubbock (1907), and later opened a grocery business (1912). In 1919, he became the business manager of the Lubbock Sanatorium, and then served as superintendent of Lubbock General Hospital and administrator of Lubbock Memorial Hospital until his retirement in 1954. Hunt kept research diaries of Lubbock County history throughout his life. He died in 1961 in Lubbock, Texas.
Hunt, Sanford B.
Papers, 1997
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Pertains to the Hunt Family genealogy as researched by Sanford B. Hunt. Colonel Hunt is a retired U. S. Marine Corps officer and a member of the Vietnam Center Advisory in Lubbock, Texas.
Hunter and Evans Land and Cattle Company
Records, 1885-1887
146 leaves
Consists of company minutes and legal documents. The company was established in 1885 to deal in cattle sales, breeding and trading, land sales, and in leasing. The principal stock holders were Robert D. Hunter, Albert G. Evans, and Edgar S. Marston. These individuals also acted as the officers of the company. The company was based in Illinois, but handled business in Montana, Nevada, and the Indian Territory. The longevity of the company is unknown. For further details, click here: HunterEvans.
Huntt, George Gibson
Papers, 1948-1879
2 microfilm reels : negative
Includes military correspondence, financial documents, quartermaster and medical reports, and an 1879 map of Texas.
Among the first troops stationed at Fort Concho, Texas, Huntt served as quartermaster for the 4th U.S. Cavalry.
Hurd, Peter
Papers, 1953-1974
39 leaves
Consists of printed material, including brochures, greeting cards, and magazine and newspaper clippings concerning the artistic careers of Peter and Henriette Hurd and other artists from her family, the Wyeths.
An artist, writer, and rancher, Hurd was born in 1904 in Roswell, New Mexico. He became an artist in the 1920s, and painted primarily historical scenes and murals depicting the Southwest. Hurd died in 1984 in Roswell, New Mexico.
Husband, Rick
Papers, 1969-2008 and undated
96 boxes, 10 framed, oversized, and artifact items (106 linear feet)
The Papers of Commander Rick Husband are organized into four series: Texas Tech University (TTU), United States Air Force (USAF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), and records regarding his Death.
The first series, Texas Tech University, documents Husband’s time at that University. They include class records and assignments, employment memos, and even a letter wherein in Rick requested information from NASA about entering the astronaut program.
The next series, USAF, describes Rick Husband’s career as a trainee, pilot, and experimental test pilot in the United States Air Force. These include, among other things, training manuals; awards, certifications, assessments, reports, and certificates authenticating his accomplishments; and notes, pamphlets, workbooks, and other training materials dating from almost all of his years of service, particularly during his time training for F-15 fighter jets. Several boxes contain records of the Royal Air Force (RAF) exchange program in which he participated. This provided Rick the opportunity to work in London on joint United States-United Kingdom experimental aircraft projects. Of particular note are the application that he sent to NASA to enter the astronaut training program, the confirmation of admittance, and paperwork documenting his transfer from the USAF to NASA.
The third series, NASA, comprises the bulk of his papers. These range over a wide variety of topics, but can be generally summarized as: early training materials and manuals; mission training materials, including manuals, notes, diagrams, and similar items; photographs of Husband performing training, missions, and related duties; correspondence with a host of professional and personal contacts; and journals and publications included with the rest of the materials, some related to his career and some reflecting his personal interests.
The final series, entitled Death, concerns the aftermath of the accidental destruction of the Columbia Space Shuttle in mid-flight over Texas. Rick Husband’s death certificate is present, as are other related materials, but the vast majority of this series is dedicated to the many condolences, tributes, Congressional and Presidential citations, and similar items related to his tragic death. Newspaper and other periodical’s chronicles of the accident are also included, as are many large framed tributes and even a small statue. Many artifacts related to his career, including flight suits, military insignia and award pins, flight helmets, and even his office chair are a part of the collection.
Rick Douglas Husband (July 12, 1957 – February 1, 2003) was a United States Air Force Colonel, an astronaut, and the commander of the Columbia space shuttle during NASA’s STS-107 mission. He was killed when that craft disintegrated after reentry into the Earth's atmosphere. Husband is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. He and his widow, Evelyn, had two children, a daughter Laura and a son Matthew. Evelyn later married Bill Thompson in January 2008.
Born in Amarillo, Texas, Husband graduated from Amarillo High School in 1975. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University (TTU) in 1980, and a Master of Science degree also in mechanical engineering from Fresno State University in 1990.
After graduating from TTU, Husband was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force and attended pilot training at Vance Air Force Base (AFB) in Oklahoma. He finished his training there in October 1981, and was assigned to F-4 Phantom II training at Homestead AFB in Florida. After completion of F-4 training in September 1982, Husband was assigned to Moody AFB in Georgia flying the F-4E. From September to November 1985, he attended F-4 Instructor School at Homestead AFB and in December 1985 was assigned as an F-4E instructor pilot and academic instructor at George AFB in California.
In December 1987, Husband was assigned to Edwards AFB in California, where he attended the USAF Test Pilot School. Upon completion of its curriculum, Husband served as a test pilot flying the F-4 and all five models of the F-15 Eagle. In the F-15 Combined Test Force, Husband was the program manager for the Pratt and Whitney F100-PW-229 increased performance engine, and also served as the F-15 Aerial Demonstration Pilot.
In June 1992, Husband was assigned to the Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment at Boscombe Down, England, as an exchange test pilot with the Royal Air Force. At Boscombe Down, Husband was the Tornado GR1 and GR4 Project Pilot and served as a test pilot in the Hawk, Hunter, Buccaneer, Jet Provost, Tucano, and Harvard. He logged over 3,800 hours of flight time in more than 40 different types of aircraft.
Husband was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in December 1994. He reported to the Johnson Space Center in March 1995 to begin a year of training and evaluation. Upon completion of training, Husband was named the Astronaut Office representative for Advanced Projects at Johnson Space Center. In that capacity he worked on Space Shuttle Upgrades, the Crew Return Vehicle (CRV), and studies to return to the Moon and travel to Mars. He eventually served as Chief of Safety for the Astronaut Office. Lastly, he served as space shuttle Discovery’s pilot on the STS-96 mission to the International Space Station in 1999, where he logged 235 hours and 13 minutes in space. Husband was later assigned to command the crew of space shuttle Columbia on the STS-107 mission early in 2003.
Husband, Rick
Audio/Visual Collection, 1974-2007 and undated
348 items (18 linear feet)
The Rick Husband Audio/Visual Collection consists of video cassettes (including VHS), audio cassettes, mini cassettes, 8-tracks, and compact discs containing both audio and data. These items relate to both his personal life, for example via family photos on CD, as well as his professional life both in the USAF and at NASA. Items of note include launch and in-flight recordings aboard space shuttle flight STS-96 and a large number of memorial and tribute ceremonies at NASA, Washington D.C., and throughout the United States.
Huston, Ralph E.
Papers, 1898-1919
736 leaves
Includes correspondence, financial and legal material, and printed material pertaining to Huston's activities as a farmer, farm equipment operator and dealer, and with pre-depression agriculture. The collection bulks with printed material concerning farm buildings and various agricultural topics.
Huston was a farmer and sheep rancher in the Plainview-Kress, Texas, area (ca. 1911-1915). He operated a threshing business and sold the "Ruth Feeder" for the Maytag Company of Newton, Iowa.
Hutcheson, Zenas W.
Papers, 1949-1970s
1 wallet (0.1 linear feet)
Collection includes a 57-page report "Survey for Andrews Medical and Surgical Center" (ca. 1970s) on the clinic established by Dr. Hutcheson and his associates. Also includes an American Academy of Family Physicians (1949) certificate, photocopied news clippings on Dr. Hutcheson's activities and the oil industry in Andrews County (1963-1967), and a letter from W. P. Curtis (1963).
Dr. Zenas W. (Z. W.) Hutcheson attended Baylor Medical School in Dallas, Texas, interned in Washington, D. C. and served in England during World War II before establishing a practice in Andrews, Texas in 1946. He retired in 1985. Dr. Hutcheson retired in 1985 and moved to Amarillo in the Spring of 2000.