Chester Gilmore:

An Inventory of His Collection, 1868-2003 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Biographical Sketch

Chester "Pots" Gilmore was a farmer and lived in Idalou with his wife Cleta Belle Smallin Gilmore, a 1938 Home Economics graduate of Texas Technological College. Gilmore became a pilot in 1956 and he and Cleta were active in the International Convention of Flying Farmers and Ranchers and Texas Flying Farmers. Both Pots and Cleta Belle received recognition awards in these organizations. In addition to farming and flying Chester served as a Director of Idalou State Bank and actively supported many community projects. Cleta Belle served for many years as Superintendent of the Women's Division of the South Plains Fair. The couple's only child, Chester "Brownie" Brown Gilmore, Jr., died of polio in 1950.

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Scope and Contents

The collection includes correspondence from family and friends, printed materials, newsletters and other material relating to the Gilmores' activities in the Flying Farmers organizations, scrapbook materials and memorabilia concerning the Gilmore's wedding and "Brownie". Of special interest is a file of genealogical material collected on the Gilmore, Smallin, Faulkner, Oxford, Baker, and Wood families.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

Some archival collections may be housed in storage outside of the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library building. Requests to retrieve such materials may take up to 10 business days to complete. Please contact our Reference Department to arrange retrieval.

Audio, video, and film recordings may not be immediately accessible due to format, condition, or copyright status. All items must be digitized prior to patron use. Because not all collections materials have been digitized, please contact the Reference Archivist at least 10 days prior to arrival in order to coordinate digitization. Though we can digitize much of our holdings within two weeks, some media may be fragile and require specialized digitization outsourcing, which can take up to three months for completion.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Chester Gilmore Collection, 1868-2003 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Accession Information

Collection accession #(s):
2003-0126-B, 2003-0147-B

Gifts, 2003

Processing Information

Processed by: Karen Hicks, 2004

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Collection Inventory

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