R. C. Crane, Sr.: An Inventory of His Papers, 1788-1969 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library


Descriptive Summary
	Creator	Crane, R. C. (Royston Campbell), 1864-1956
	Title:	R. C. Crane, Sr., Papers,
	Dates:	1788-1969 and undated


	Abstract:	This collection concerns the professional and civic life of Royston Campbell Crane, Sr., while living in Sweetwater, Texas.
	Collection #	S224.1
	Quantity:	43 boxes (49.0 linear feet)
	Language	English
	Repository:	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University

Biographical Sketch

R. C. (Royston Campbell) Crane, Sr., was one of the founding members of the West Texas Historical Association. He was president of the organization from 1925-1948. As a lawyer, he practiced in Sweetwater, Texas. He was born in Independence, Texas, 1864 and past away in 1956 in Sweetwater. He had an interest in history and in promoting the West Texas region. As land speculators, he and his partners invested in land around Sweetwater and sold the parceled property to businesses and homesteaders. His son Roy C. Crane was the author of “Buzz Sawyer” and “Wash Tubbs,” comic strips from the 1920s and 1930s. Crane County, Texas is named after Royston’s father William Carey Crane a prominent Texas educator, president of Baylor University, and Baptist preacher.

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Scope and Contents

The collection contains mostly business correspondence concerning his law practice, real estate and investments in Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas. Few letters deal with his family. There are ledgers of his financial ventures, land abstracts and deeds, and two dozen family scrapbooks. Some files deal with the Texas Tech Locating Board, whose efforts decided the location of a new college in West Texas. Other items are files with printed materials, speeches and literary production, and research materials as well as files on West Texas Historical Association.

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Organization
	The collection is organized into the following series: Correspondence, Box 1-19 Coin and Stamp Material, Box 19-20 Family Material, Box 20-21 Financial Material I, Box 21-23 Fraternal Clubs, Box 23 Government Material, Box 23 Historical Material, Box 23-26 Legal Material, Box 26-30 Literary Production, Box 30 Photographs, Box 30 Printed Material, Box 30-32 Railroad Material, Box 32-33 Religion Material, Box 33 School Material, Box 33-34 Scrapbook Material, Box 34-35 Sweetwater, Texas Material, Box 35 West Texas Scrapbooks, Box 36-41 Financial Material II, Box 42 Oversized Items, Box 43

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open for research.

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Index Terms
	The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
	Subjects (Persons)
		Crane, R. C. (Royston Campbell), 1864-1956.
		Crane, Roy C., Jr.
	Subjects (Organizations)
		West Texas Historical Association.
		Texas Tech University--History.
	Subjects (Places)
		Sweetwater (Tex.)--History.
		Nolan County (Tex.)--History.
		Fisher County (Tex.)--History.
	Subjects
		Attorneys--Texas--History.
		Land speculators--Texas--History.
		Texas Tech Locating Board--Texas--History.

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Related Materials:



	Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:
		R. C. Crane Oversized Items (Maps, etc.) Samuel Dale Myres Papers, 1879-1961 Sweetwater, Texas, Photograph Collection, 1870-1970

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Correspondence: Chronological
Box	Folder
1	1	General, undated
	2	General, 1851
	3	General, 1851-1896
	4	General, 1866
	5	General, 1881
	6	General, 1883
	7	General, 1884
	8	General, 1885
	9	General, 1886
	10	General, 1887
	11	General, 1888
	12	General, 1888
	13	General, 1889
	14	General, 1889
	15	General, 1889
	16	General, 1890
	17	General, 1891
	18	General, 1891
	19	General, 1892
	20	General, 1892
	21	General, 1892
	22	General, 1893
	23	General, 1893
	24	General, 1894
	25	General, 1894
	26	General, 1895
Box	Folder
2	1	General, 1895
	2	General, 1895
	3	General, 1896
	4	General, 1896
	5	General, 1896
	6	General, 1896
	7	General, 1896
	8	General, 1896
	9	General, 1897
	10	General, 1897
	11	General, 1897
	12	General, 1897
	13	General, 1897
	14	General, 1897
	15	General, 1897
	16	General, 1898
	17	General, 1898
	18	General, 1898
	19	General, 1899
	20	General, 1899
	21	General, 1899
Box	Folder
3	1	General, 1900
	2	General, 1900
	3	General, 1901
	4	General, 1901
	5	General, 1902
	6	General, 1902
	7	General, "A-L", 1902
	8	General, "M-Z", 1902
Box	Folder
4	1	General, 1903
	2	General, "A-C", 1903
	3	General, "D-P", 1903
	4	General, "R-Z", 1903
	5	General, 1904
	6	General, "A-G", 1904
Box	Folder
5	1	General, "H-S", 1904
	2	General, "T-Z", 1904
	3	General, 1905
	4	General, "A-D", 1905
	5	General, "E-M", 1905
	6	General, "N-S", 1905
	7	General, "T-Z", 1905
Box	Folder
6	1	General, 1906
	2	General, "A-C", 1906
	3	General, "D-M", 1906
	4	General, "N-Z", 1906
	5	General, 1907
Box	Folder
7	1	General, 1907
	2	General, "A-L", 1907
	3	General, "M-Z", 1907
	4	General, 1908
	5	General, 1908
	6	General, 1908
	7	General, "A-G", 1908
Box	Folder
8	1	General, "H-Z", 1908
	2	General, 1909
	3	General, 1909
	4	General, 1909
	5	General, "A-F", 1909
	6	General, "G-Z", 1909
	7	General, 1910
	8	General, 1910
	9	General, 1910
	10	General, 1910
Box	Folder
9	1	General, 1910
	2	General, 1911
	3	General, 1911
	4	General, 1911
	5	General, 1912
	6	General, 1912
	7	General, 1912
	8	General, January-May 1913
	9	General, June-December 1913
	10	General, 1914
	11	General, 1914
Box	Folder
10	1	General, 1915-1921
	2	General, 1915
	3	General, 1915
	4	General, 1916
	5	General, 1916
	6	General, 1917
	7	General, 1918
	8	General, 1819
	9	General, 1920
	10	General, 1921
	11	General, 1922
	12	General, 1923
Box	Folder
11	1	General, 1923
	2	General, 1924
	3	General, 1924
	4	General, 1925
	5	General, 1925
	6	General, 1926
	7	General, January-June 1926
	8	General, July-December 1926
Box	Folder
12	1	General, 1927
	2	General, January-April 1927
	3	General, May-December 1927
	4	General, 1928
	5	General, January-May 1928
	6	General, June-December 1928
	7	General, 1929
	8	General, January-September 1929
	9	General, 1930
	10	General, 1931
	11	General, 1932
	12	General, 1933
	13	General, 1934
Box	Folder
13	1	General, 1935
	2	General, 1935
	3	General, 1936
	4	General, 1936
	5	General, 1937
	6	General, 1938
	7	General, 1939
	8	General, 1940
	9	General, 1941
	10	General, 1942
	11	General, 1943
	12	General, 1944
Box	Folder
14	1	General, 1945
	2	General, 1946
	3	General, 1947
	4	General, 1948
	5	General, 1949
	6	General, 1950
	7	General, 1953
	8	General, 1954
	9	General, 1955
	10	General, “A-W”, 1931-1939

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Correspondence: Friends, Family and Colleagues
Box	Folder
14	11	Charlie, 1920
	12	Crane, Oscar W., 1937
	13	Dorset, 1940
	14	Hallie, 1938
	15	Lute and Luta, 1937
	16	“Mama Loudie”, 1930
	17	“Mamie”, 1918
	18	Mattie, 1938
	19	Mother and Father, 1919-1927
	20	Abrams, W. H., 1924
	21	A.H. Belo and Company, 1913
	22	Aldine, Book Company, 1924
	23	Allen, Beverly Whiffle, 1941
	24	Allen, S. T., 1941
	25	Alexander, George, 1894-1895
	26	Allen, Winnie, 1939-1940
	27	Anderson, George S., 1894-1942
	28	Andrew, Nell, 1920-1933
	29	Andrews, Thelma, 1941
	30	Armstrong, George D., 1918
	31	Arnold, D. S., 1895-1931
	32	Arrant, Hiram, 1941
	33	Bailey, B. P., 1930
	34	Ball, Robert L., 1938
	35	Baker, Andrew J., 1895-1897
	36	Baker, H. J., 1895-1896
	37	Ballard, J. B., 1921
	38	Ballinger, Murray, 1942
	39	Bandeen, D. A., 1942
	40	Barber, George P., 1937-1939
	41	Barker, E., 1922
	42	Barlow, R. W., 1930
	43	Barnes, W.W., 1938-1943
	44	Beall, Jas. H., 1924
	45	Beauchaup, H. B., 1931-1932
	46	Bedichek, Wendell, 1940-1942
	47	Beinke, Allen P., 1933
	48	Belo and Company, 1913
	49	Belew, H. George, 1940
	50	Benedict, H.Y., Dr., 1920
	51	Biography on R.C. Crane, 1953-1954
	52	Birdwell, Quida, 1939-1940
	53	Blanton, Thomas L., 1918-1934
	54	Blanton, W. P., 1894-1895
	55	Blasig, Carl, 1938
	56	Blount, E. A., 1888
	57	Bondies, Harry R., 1930-1938
	58	Boyd, J.L., 1931-1932
	59	Breedlove, C. R., 1888-1940
	60	Brelsford, H. P., 1913
	61	Bridgman, C. L., 1921
	62	Brooks, S. P., 1911
	63	Bryan, E. F., 1923
	64	Bryan, Lewis R., 1931
	65	Bryant, Hattie Meyers, 1940
	66	Bryson, Johnny, 1940
	67	Bullard, E. G., 1938-1941
	68	Bullington, Orville, 1921-1922
	69	Burton-lingo Company, 1912
	70	Butler Brothers, 1920
	71	Caldwell Frank, 1922-1942
	72	Campbell, Bob, 1930-1942
	73	Carter, E. H., 1892
	74	Chadwick, H.K., 1927
	75	Chalk, S. L., 1929
	76	Chamber of Commerce, 1927-1941
	77	Chapman, John, Dr., 1937-1938
	78	Chatfield, Elizabeth, 1931-1932
	79	Chief Inspector, 1932
	80	Circle Stamp Shop, 1942
	81	Clark, J. L., Dr., 1933-1937
	82	Clay, John, 1931
	83	Cockrell, Fred, 1932
	84	Cole, Mary, 1942
	85	Coffee, V.C., 1907
	86	Coleman, Vancy Ham, 1939
	87	Collie, W.B., 1933-1940
	88	Collie and Son, 1913
	89	Collins, Jim, 1913
	90	Commission of Control, 1937
	91	Conley, B. L., 1931
	92	Connally, Tom, 1942
	93	Connelley, William E., 1924
	94	Cope, Millard, 1942
	95	Coombes, C. E. (Judge), 1939-1941
	96	Cowan and Fisher, 1888-1895
	97	Cowan, W.H., 1892
	98	Crane, Dorset, 1940
	99	Crane, Mattie, 1931-1937
	100	Crane, R.C., to his mother, 1912
	101	Crimmins, M.L., 1938-1942
	102	Crouch, Carrie J., 1927
	103	Cunningham, J.F., 1932
	104	Curtis, James R., 1930-1940
	105	Damon, S.E., 1941
	106	Dansby, Florence O., 1938
	107	Dealey, G.B., 1922-1939
	108	Dealey, Ted, 1921-1942
	109	Decker, Arthur F., 1942
	110	Denman, Franklin, 1931
	111	Derrick, W. H., 1924
	112	Dickey, J. H., 1911
	113	Dickson, L. L., 1921-1941
	114	Dienst, A. Dr., 1918
	115	Digges, Eugene, 1924
	116	Doe, John, 1941
	117	Doran, E. B., 1921
	118	Doran, N. S., 1908
	119	Dorchester, E. D., 1938
	120	Douthit, Ellis K., 1931-1942
	121	Dudley, R. E., 1940
	122	Duff, Helen, 1942-1943
	123	Earl, 1918-1932
Box	Folder
15	1	Edison, J. F., 1897
	2	Editors, (General), 1932
	3	Edmiston, Dorothy, 1930
	4	Edmondson, W. L., 1922
	5	Edmundaz, J.C., Dr., 1931
	6	Edwards, Alvah B., 1924
	7	Edwards, E. F., 1928-1934
	8	Edwards, J. S., 1913
	9	Elliott, L., 1930-1942
	10	Elomnoelley, William, 1927
	11	Emmett, Chris, 1930-1939
	12	England, B.A., 1908
	13	Eskridge, Hinda B., 1933
	14	Etheridge, F.M., 1922
	15	Evans, Ira H., 1888-1897
	16	Fisher, F.A., 1888
	17	Fleming, Bill, 1937
	18	Flemister, J.H., 1937
	19	Foose, C. W., 1931-1932
	20	Forse, Selma P., 1941
	21	Fry, 1911
	22	Gambrell, Herbert, 1922-1942
	23	Garrett, Clyde, 1940-1941
	24	Gibbs, C. C., 1897
	25	Giesecke, J., 1897
	26	Gilbert Book Company, 1888-1942
	27	Giles, Bascom, 1939
	28	Granberry, John C., 1932
	29	Green, Ben G., 1911
	30	Guinn, Leon, 1937-1942
	31	Haley, Evetts, 1931-1934
	32	Haley, R. R., 1913
	33	Hall, R. M., 1888-1942
	34	Hamner, Ponder and Neblett, 1942
	35	Haney, W. D., 1941
	36	Hardin-Simmons University, 1897-1942
	37	Harrington, J.T., Dr., 1931
	38	Harris, Evelyn, 1941
	39	Harris, Jennie, 1938-1942
	40	Harrison, 1929-1942
	41	Hayley, Hubert A., 1924
	42	Hendrix, John M., 1931-1937
	43	Hitt, C. A., 1937
	44	Hill, Robert T., Dr., 1896-1937
	45	Hogg, J., 1897-1921
	46	Holden, W. C., 1938-1942
	47	Hollywood Fort Builders, 1932
	48	Holt, R. D., (Dr.), 1927
	49	Home, A. E., 1907
	50	Hord, H. C., 1888
	51	House, Boyce, undated
	52	Houston, Richard C., 1937-1938
	53	Hudson, W. A., 1921-1930
	54	Hughey, A. W., 1924
	55	Hull, James, 1923
	56	Hunter, Marvin, 1931
	57	Hutchison, George W., 1933
	58	Hutto, John R., 1939-1940
	59	Jamieson, W. D., 1918
	60	Jansen, J. H., 1923
	61	Jenkins, Millard A., (Dr.), 1933
	62	J. L. G., 1934
	63	Johnson, Cone, 1913
	64	Johnson, L. J., 1933-1940
	65	Jones, Charles I., 1908
	66	Jones, F. M., 1907
	67	Jones, J. Lee, 1887-1942
	68	Keeney, Eva, 1933
	69	Keith, Mary C., 1933
	70	Keith, Wibur, 1923
	71	Kemp, L. W., 1932-1942
	72	Kiefer, F., 1899-1900
	73	Kirby, Harper, 1919
	74	Lamborn, E. P., 1927-1931
	75	Landers, Emmett M., 1931-1942
	76	Landon, Frances O., 1932
	77	Landrum, Sam, 1930-1940
	78	Larathas, Rayree, 1912-1942
	79	Larkin, Thomas, III, 1941
	80	Larrimore and Nichols, 1930
	81	Lazenby, Georgia, 1937-1938
	82	Leach, Jim, 1931
	83	Lee, C. K., 1922
	84	Leslie, W. P., 1937
	85	Leve, A. A., 1918
	86	Librarian, 1941
	87	Lincoln Oil and Paint Company, 1930-1931
	88	Lomax, John, 1921
	89	Lorine, 1942
	90	Louisiana Lumber and Supply Company, 1930-1938
	91	Lowe, Callie E., 1931 and undated
	92	Malone, Sam, 1921-1938
	93	Mansell, D. H., 1918
	94	Martin, W. C., 1921-1939
	95	Mathews, E. J., 1919-1933
	96	Mathews, H. P., 1921
	97	McCall, J. S., 1889-1897
	98	McCarty, John, 1917-1938
	99	McConnell, H. G., 1888-1889
	100	McCurdy, John A., 1924
	101	McDowell, Ray, 1931-1942
	102	McGregor, Stuart, 1931-1933
	103	Mencken, H. L., 1931-1932
	104	Mercer, W. R., 1924
	105	Meyer. L. C., 1941
	106	Mitchell, Adelfhia, 1931-1937
	107	Moffitt, William, 1913
	108	Molyneaeex, Myrtle, 1941
	109	Montgomery, R. W., 1908
	110	Moody, Alvin, 1930-1932
	111	Mooar, J. Wright, 1930-1939
	112	Moore, S. B., 1919-1934
	113	Morrell, S. F., 1942
	114	Morrill, Ed, 1940
	115	Morrow, 1941
	116	Moses, Tad, 1937
	117	Murray, Tom, 1923
	118	Myres, S. D., 1927-1942
	119	Nail, Robert, 1941
	120	Neff, Pat M., 1921-1942
	121	Nelson Grain Company, 1922
	122	Newburn, John, 1932
	123	Newman, 1933-1941
	124	Noble, W. H., 1931
	125	North, J. M., Jr., 1932
	126	O’Brien, N. J., 1911
	127	Oglesby, John S., 1931
	128	Oil Interest, 1901
	129	Qui, 1932
	130	Owen, Monte E., 1930
	131	Parker, W. L., 1927
	132	Patton, R. F., 1912-1933
	133	Pearce, Geo. A., 1921
	134	Pearson, J. C., 1932-1937
	135	Pioneer Editor, 1933
	136	Pool, W. H., 1927-1939
	137	Post-Master, 1918-1941
	138	Porter, Daphne, 1942
	139	Powers, L. L., 1911
	140	Praetorians, 1931
	141	Priest, O. G., 1921
	142	Putnam, G. P., 1938
	143	Pyron, R. B., 1930
	144	Ragan, Rex, 1937-1939
	145	Ragland, R. A., 1897
	146	Ratliff, A. C., 1913
	147	Ray, Jeff D. (Dr.), 1937-1939
	148	Record, James R., 1933-1938
	149	Rector, John B., 1888-1896
	150	Rector, Luther E., 1930
	151	Rich, Jack, 1941
	152	Richardson, Rupert N., (Dr.), 1931-1942
	153	Richardson, Vivian, 1932
	154	Rippitian, Hallie Crane, 1941-1944
	155	Rister, C. C., 1927-1940
	156	Roberts, (general), 1922-1931
	157	Rose, N. H., 1927-1940
Box	Folder
16	1	Routh, 1932
	2	Rowland, Lass B., 1919
	3	Royston, 1918-1942
	4	Russell, L. B., 1932-1941
	5	Sayles, John, 1889-1918
	6	Sandfer, J. D., 1921-1942
	7	Sandell, A. J., 1930-1931
	8	Sayles, Sayles, and Sayles, 1913
	9	Scarborough, Geo. A., 1927-1929
	10	Seward, Oscar, 1930-1931
	11	Shamblin, W. C., 1938-1941
	12	Sheppard, Morris, and G. H., 1896-1940
	13	Sibloy, J. M., 1939-1942
	14	Silliman, C. H., 1896-1897
	15	Sills, V. J., 1931
	16	Simmons University, 1922-1934
	17	Skinner, 1918-1922
	18	Sledge, Jas. E., 1932
	19	Sleeper, Dwight W., Jr., 1921-1937
	20	S and M writers Service, 1931
	21	Smith, Fritz R., 1919-1927
	22	Smiths (general), 1918-1933
	23	Smith, Hoyt A., 1941
	24	Smith, J. D., 1942
	25	Smith, J. K., 1918-1933
	26	Smith, W. M., 1888-1889
	27	Smith, W. R., 1913
	28	Smither, Harriet, 1933
	29	Smyth, J. C., 1938
	30	Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1927-1939
	31	Southworth, J. D., 1922
	32	Stamp Exchange, 1940-1942
	33	Starr, T. J., 1927
	34	Stationery, Martin, 1924
	35	Steele, W. C., 1931-1932
	36	Stewart, J. W., 1920
	37	Steward, W. G., 1924
	38	Strickland, Tom, 1921
	39	Strong, Sterling P., 1932
	40	Stephens, Jas. L., 1927
	41	Stewart, J. W., 1920
	42	Students Clipping Bureau, 1941
	43	Summers, J. A., 1913
	44	Surface, E. B., 1941
	45	Taylor, George E., 1911
	46	Taylor, T. U., 1922-1939
	47	Terry, J. W., 1932
	48	Texas State Historical Association, 1920-1942
	49	Thomas, Mike H., 1921
	50	Thompson, Ray W., 1930-1938
	51	Thornhill, Carrie Clay, 1930
	52	Tice, Edmund E., 1941
	53	Times Publishing Company, 1937-1941
	54	Toomey, D. P., 1913
	55	Townsend, Elli M., 1920-1940
	56	Trantham, W. A., 1918
	57	Tranthum, Pvt. Henry, 1919
	58	Trentman, 1913
	59	Trueheart, H. M., 1888
	60	Tullis, Coral H., 1932-1934
	61	Vaughan, George W., 1897
	62	Vick, M. R., 1931
	63	Vining, B. W., 1933
	64	Wade, Homer D., 1927-1932
	65	Wagner, C. J., 1922-1939
	66	Walker, H. A., 1920-1939
	67	Walker, John C., 1897
	68	Walter, 1922
	69	Ward, Bess, 1940
	70	Watson, Naomi, 1938-1940
	71	Webb, Chas S., 1929-1939
	72	Webb, George E., 1911
	73	Webb, Walter P., Dr., 1940-1941
	74	Wedemeyer, C. H., 1927-1937
	75	Weed, Thurlow B., 1937
	76	Wellington, J. F. Jr., 1913
	77	Wentz, W. Jr., 1942
	78	Westmoreland, Roy, 1912
	79	West Texas Historical Association, 1927-1942
	80	West Texas Historical Association, 1929-1939
	81	West Texas Historical Association, 1939
	82	White, J. R., 1922-1942
	83	Wiener, Jeanette, 1922
	84	Wilkirson, O. L., 1911
	85	Willey, S. B., 1908
	86	Williams, M. O., 1933-1942
	87	Willner, Chas, 1911
	88	Winkler, E. W., 1918-1933
	89	Wolff, D., 1918-1932
	90	Wood, Eugene, 1913
	91	Wood, W. A., 1920-1940
	92	Wren, T. L., 1889
	93	Wright, John N., 1934-1939
	94	Young, John A., 1942
	95	Young, S. O., Dr., 1913
	96	Zantow, E., 1932
	97	Zerbe, Farran, 1913
	98	Ziegler’s Book Shelf, 1940-1941

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Correspondence: Professional
Box	Folder
17	1	Letter Book, 1887-1889
	2	Letter Book, 1889-1890
	3	Letter Book, 1890-1891
	4	Letter Book, 1891-1892
	5	Letter Book, 1892
	6	Letter Book, 1892-1893
	7	Letter Book, 1893
Box	Folder
18	1	Letter Book, 1893-1894
	2	Letter Book, 1894-1896
	3	Letter Book, 1897-1899
	4	Letter Book, 1898-1899
	5	Letter Book, 1900-1901
	6	Letter Book, 1901
	7	Letter Book, 1901-1902
	8	Letter Book, 1902-1903
Box	Folder
19	1	Letter Book, 1916-1917
	2	Letter Book, 1917-1919
	3	Letter Book, 1919
	4	Letter Book, 1920-1921
	5	Letter Book, 1921-1923
	6	Letter Book, 1924-1925
	7	Letter Book of Robert S. Simmons of New York City, 1881-1894

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Correspondence: Cards

Box

Folder

Post Cards, 1882-1935

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Coin and Stamp Material
Box	Folder
19	9	Catalogues, 1919-1928 and undated
	10	Coins: Ads, 1943 and undated
	11	Coins: American Numismatic Association, 1906
	12	Coins: “Coins of the World,” 1909
Box	Folder
20	1	Coins: Mehl, B. Max, 1908
	2	Coins: Prices, 1906-1911 and undated
	3	Coins: Texas Money Steal, 1915-1945
	4	Stamps: Ads, 1905-1920 and undated
	5	Stamps: American Philatelic Association, 1905
	6	Stamps: Prices, 1930 and undated

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Family Material
		Crane, A. Judson
Box	Folder
20	7		“Mechanism of Faces,” 1866
		Crane, Charles Judson
Box	Folder
20	8		Miscellaneous, 1899 and undated
	9		“The Expenses of a Colonel of Infantry,” 1921
		Crane, Mamie D.
Box	Folder
20	10		Biography, undated
	11		DAR, 1941-1949
	12		“Ladies’ Own Journal,” 1924
	13		Order of the Eastern Star, 1926-1940 and undated
	14		PTA, 1907-1913
	15		Red Cross, 1919-1937
	16		Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1935-1940
	17		United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1929-1942
		Crane, R. C., Sr.
Box	Folder
20	18		Biographies, undated
	19		Journal, 1884-1922
	20		News Clippings, 1953-1954
	21		School Material, 1880-1886
		Crane, R. C., Jr.
Box	Folder
20	22		Biographies, undated
	23		Diary, 1916-1917
	24		Drawings, 1919-1933 and undated
	25		Miscellaneous, 1924-1939 and undated
	26		Printed Material: “Cartoonist Profiles,” 1969
	27		Printed Material: Clippings, 1930-1954
	28		Printed Material: Pen and Ink,” undated
	29		School Material, 1919-1922
		Crane, William
Box	Folder
20	30		Correspondence, 1830-1847
		Crane, William Carey
Box	Folder
20	31		Correspondence, 1834-1836
	32		Biography, 1929-1947
	33		Financial Material, 1842-1892
Box	Folder
21	1		Legal Material, 1847-1893
	2		Philadelphia Exhibition, 1876
	3		Printed Material, 1878-1929
	4		Re-internment, 1937
	5		Speech, 1869
	6		General, 1853
	7	Genealogy, 1900-1910 and undated

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Financial Material I
Box	Folder
21	8	Letters and Receipts, 1885-1889
	9	Receipts, 1890-1894
	10	Receipts, 1895-1899
	11	Receipts, 1900-1904
	12	Receipts, 1905-1909
	13	Receipts, 1910-1914
	14	Receipts, 1915-1919
	15	Letters and Receipts, 1920-1924
Box	Folder
22	1	Letters and Receipts, 1925-1934
	2	Letters and Receipts, 1935-1941
	3	Babson Brothers, 1919
	4	Barnhart, J. E., 1922
	5	Breedlove, R., 1922
	6	Cash Book, 1934-1936
	7	City National Bank, 1921-1928
	8	Daybooks, 1888-1904
	9	Deposit Booklets, 1888-1920
	10	Expenditures, 1895-1907
	11	May, Roberts A., 1919
	12	Miscellaneous, 1838-1943 and undated
	13	Post Office Department, 1919
	14	Receipts, 1882-1919
Box	Folder
23	1	Redpath-Horner, 1919
	2	Robinson, J. T., 1919
	3	Stocks and Bonds, 1900-1925
	4	State Treasury Receipts, 1902-1947

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Fraternal Clubs
Box	Folder
23	5	Correspondence, 1926-1932 and undated
	6	Applications, undated
	7	Dues, 1904-1919
	8	Historical Material, 1955 and undated
	9	Invitations, 1902-1928 and undated
	10	Miscellaneous, 1911-1931 and undated
	11	Printed Material: Pamphlets, 1923-1926 and undated
	12	Printed Material: Certificates, 1903-1932
	13	Printed Material: “The New Age,” 1918
	14	Printed Material: Programs, 1900-1928
	15	Printed Material: Reports, 1935 and undated
	16	Resolutions, 1922-1931 and undated
	17	Scottish Rite, 1910 and undated
	18	Shrine Show, 1925
	19	Woodmen of the World, 1899-1940

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Government Material
		Counties In Texas
Box	Folder
23	20		Fisher County, 1886 and undated
	21		Miscellaneous, 1888-1908
	22		Nolan County, Democratic Committee, 1924-1926
	23		Nolan County, Miscellaneous, 1905 and undated
	24		Nolan County, Poll Lists, 1905-1934
	25	Mayors’ Association, 1905
	26	Miscellaneous, 1884-1925 and undated
		National
Box	Folder
23	27		Legislature: Printed Material, 1914-1934
	28		Legislature: 17th District, 1922-1934
	29		Legislature: Miscellaneous, 1890-1932 and undated
	30		Legislature: Printed Material, 1914-1934
	31		Miscellaneous, 1887-1934
	32		President: Cleveland, 1884
	33		President: Miscellaneous, 1892-1940
	34		President: Truman, 1948
		Personal
Box	Folder
23	35		County Attorney, 1934 and undated
	36		Democratic National Committee, 1900-1911
	37		Mayor, 1903-1904 and undated
	38		Miscellaneous, 1888-1926 and undated
	39		Notary commons, 1887-1943
	40		Post Office, 1917 and undated
	41		State Senate, 1908
		State
Box	Folder
23	42		Attorney General, 1934-1938 and undated
	43		Governor, 1914-1936
	44		Individual, 1934 and undated
	45		Legislature, 1896-1914 and undated
	46		Miscellaneous, 1933-1934 and undated
	47	Texas Old Age Assistance Commission, 1936-1937

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Historical Material
		Correspondence
Box	Folder
23	48		Martin, Thomas P., 1933-1938
	49		Moseley, J. N., 1926-1933 and undated
	50		Smith, R. B., 1938
	51		U. S. War Department, 1938
	52		Young, R. L., 1931-1945
		Artifacts
Box	Folder
23	53		Fisher and Miller Colonization Contract, 1856
	54		Land Grant, 1856
	55		List of Artifacts Owned, undated
	56		Rose, Newton G., 1862-1938
	57		Railroad Passes, 1864-1905
		Biographies
Box	Folder
23	58		Augur, C. C., undated
	59		Bailey, Hobart J. and Miles, Nelson A., undated
	60		Baldwin, Frank D., undated
	61		Bennett, Jim, undated
	62		Buell, George P., undated
	63		Carroll, J. M., 1931
	64		Carson, Kit, undated
	65		Chafee, Adam R., undated
	66		Chapman, Dr. A. A., 1938
	67		Cochran, Robert, undated
	68		Compton, Charles E. and Biddle, James, undated
	69		Cook, 1930
	70		Cooke, William G., undated
	71		Crane, Charles J., 1935 and undated
Box	Folder
24	1		Davidson, John W., undated
	2		Hall, R. Walker, undated
	3		Houston, Temple, undated
	4		“Life and Work of O. H. Cooper,” 1925
	5		Lyon, H. C., 1930-1949
	6		Mackenzie, Ronald S., undated
	7		Marcy, Randolph D., undated
	8		McClellan, George B., undated
	9		Miles, Nelson A., undated
	10		Mooar, J. Wright, undated
	11		Pope, John, undated
	12		Sheridan, Phillip H., undated
	13		Walker, Prof. Ned, 1885-1932 and undated
	14	Colorado and Mitchell Counties, Texas, 1940
		Data
Box	Folder
24	15		Correspondence: Daubs, Emanuel, 1931
	16		Franco-Texas Land Company, 1876-1949
	17		Gils Trap, L.T., 1883
	18		John V. Roy’s Service with Texas Rangers, 1933
	19	Fisher County, Texas, 1888-1933 and undated
		Historical Associations
Box	Folder
24	20		Dallas Historical Society, undated
	21		Fort Concho Museum, 1944
	22		Kansas State Historical Society, 1922-1930
	23		Miscellaneous, undated
	24		Mississippi Valley Historical Association, 1926 and undated
	25		Panhandle-Plains Historical Society, 1934-1939
	26		Texas Heritage Foundation, 1953-1955
	27		Texas Historical Survey, 1933-1934
	28		Texas State Historical Association, 1900-1940 and undated
	29		West Texas Historical Association: Correspondence, 1954
	30		West Texas Historical Association: History, 1924-1949
	31		West Texas Historical Association: Miscellaneous, 1938-1940 and undated
	32		West Texas Historical Association, 1938-1942
		Historical Stories
Box	Folder
24	33		“50 Years Ago,” 1935 and undated
	34		Adobe Walls, 1924 and undated
	35		Barbed Wire and Fence Cutting, 1938
	36		“Battle of Buffalo Wallow, The,” undated
	37		“Battle of Lexington-Concord,” 1946
	38		Baylor County, 1929
	39		“Beginning of Courts in the Panhandle,” undated
	40		“Bexar Municipality,” undated
	41		Bragg, Braxton: Love Letters, 1849
	42		Camels, undated
	43		Camp, Jim, undated
	44		“Charge of the Wagon Train,” undated
	45		“Creation of 54 in Panhandle Regions,” undated
	46		Crimmins, M.L., 1861-1943 and undated
	47		Dallas, undated
	48		“Early Days in Fisher Co.,” 1930 and undated
	49		“Font Rep. in the Legislature from the Panhandle,” undated
	50		“First Senator from the Panhandle,” undated
	51		“First Sessions of District Court for Young Co.,” undated
	52		France’s Loan to Texas, 1925
	53		Ft. Elliot, Texas, undated
	54		Ft. Griffin, Texas, 1876-1932
	55		Ft. Worth, Texas, undated
	56		General Miles, undated
	57		General Robert E. Lee in West Texas, 1856-1939 undated
	58		“Ghost Towns of West Texas,” undated
	59		Greer County, Texas Material, undated
	60		“History of Texas Shown in County Names,” undated
	61		Houston, 1931 and undated
	62		Houston, Sam, 1939 and undated
	63		“How the Lines of Life Run,” 1909
	64		“How the U.S. Army Changed Posts on the Texas Frontier in 1880-1881,” undated
	65		“Instructed Verdict,” undated
	66		Jones, Frank, 1939 and undated
	67		Jones, Tom, undated
	68		Judicial Districts of Texas, undated
	69		Large Game of West Texas, undated
	70		Marcy, R. B., 1857-1938 and undated
	71		Marcy’s Expedition Across West Texas in 1849,” undated
	72		Masterson, Bat, undated
	73		“Meeting the Bad Man,” undated
	74		Mt. Vernon, undated
	75		Nolan County, Texas, undated
	76		Norfleet, J. F., 1931
	77		“Old Fashioned Negro Mammies Not All Dead,” undated
	78		“Old Man Keeler,” undated
	79		“On the History of the Panhandle-Plains Region of Texas, undated
	80		“On Indian,” undated
	81		Rejection Letter, 1921-1935 and undated
Box	Folder
25	1		Russell, Nathan Beaks, 1921
	2		Santa Anna, 1835
	3		Santa Fe Railroad, undated
	4		Scurry County, Texas, 1916-1937 and undated
	5		“Some Aspects of the History of West and Northwest Texas Since 1845,” 1922
	6		“Stage Coaching in the Concho Country,” 1934
	7		“Story of Cynthia Ann Parker,” undated
	8		“The Cowboy---Knight of the Nineteenth Century,” undated
	9		“The Influence of Immigration Laws on Americanization,” undated
	10		“The Fisher County Democratic Convention of July 1892,” undated
	11		“The Part Played by the Press in the Development of West Texas,” undated
	12		“The Settlement in 1874-1875 of Indian Troubles in West Texas,” undated
	13		Thomas, George H., undated
	14		Titles of Stories, undated
	15		Trail Blazing Pioneers, undated
	16		Vince’s Bridge, 1915
	17		“The War in the Panhandle of Texas,” undated
	18		Wash am, John C., 1931 and undated
	19		Water in Sweetwater, undated
	20		Wegefarth Co., undated
	21		West Texas, undated
	22		West Texas Counties, 1934
		Interviews
Box	Folder
25	23		Bogwill, W. A., 1923
	24		Brewer, M. V., 1923
	25		Crane, R. C., 1955
	26		Henning, L. H., undated
	27		McGough, Billie, 1923
	28		Norren, J.P., 1923
	29		Vickers, S. P., 1923
	30	Memoirs: Thomas Fletcher Scott, 1936
	31	Miscellaneous, 1935 and undated
		Notes
Box	Folder
25	32		Boyhood Recollection, undated
	33		Forts, 1944
	34		Galveston Storm, 1900-1932
	35		Genealogical Material: Dorset, undated
	36		Genealogical Material: Edwards and Douthit, 1901-1927
	37		Genealogical Material: Moore, James, undated
	38		Greer County, Texas, 1935
	39		Independence, Texas, undated
	40		Indians in Texas, undated
	41		Laws Organizing Minute Men, undated
	42		Mail Routes, undated
	43		Miscellaneous, 1928 and undated
	44		Newspapers, 1917-1949
	45		Receivers Inventory of Col. Vol., 1899
	46		Sixty Years in West Texas, undated
	47		Texas Rangers, undated
	48		Warren Murder, undated
	49		West Texas, undated
	50		Young County, Texas, undated
	51	Old Books, 1922
	52	Personal Material, 1953 and undated
		Printed Material
Box	Folder
25	53		El Paso Troubles, 1878
	54		List of Books, 1890
	55		Map of West Texas, 1935
	56		“Record of Engagements with Hostile Indians,” 1882
	57		Reviews: “History of Hale Co.,” 1938
	58		Reviews: “Some Recent Books by West Texas,” undated
	59		Reviews: “The Life of Billy Dixon,” undated
	60		Sam Houston, 1860-1928 and undated
	61		“Some Southwestern Trails,” 1948
	62		Texas in 1893, 1893
	63		“The Age of Reinterpretation,” 1960
	64		“The Dallas Spirit,” 1959
	65		“The Great Comanche War Trail,” 1950
	66		“The South Plains of Texas,” 1936
	67		“The Texas Declaration of Independence,” 1943
	68		“Tropical Studies and References on the History of American Agriculture,” 1940
Box	Folder
26	1	Roth City, Texas, ca. 1950
	2	Speeches: Independence Home Coming, 1950
	3	Speeches: West Texas Press Association, 1929
		Sweetwater, Texas Material
Box	Folder
26	4		“Fifty Years Ago,” 1935
	5		Notes: Early Days in Sweetwater, undated
	6		Notes: Sketch of Sweetwater, undated
	7		Notes: What it Cost to Build Sweetwater, undated
	8		Old Times: List, 1933
	9		Old Timers: Statements, 1931-1935
	10		Pep Talk, undated
	11		R. C. Crane’s Activities in Sweetwater, undated
	12		Stories: Judge Manzey, 1935
	13		Stories: Sweetwater in 1900, undated
	14	Texas Centennial, 1935-1937 and undated
	15	War Telegraphs, 1881-1882
		Writer's Project
Box	Folder
26	16		Correspondence: Arnold, D. S., 1930-1931
	17		Correspondence: Beauchamp, T. H., 1931-1932
	18		Correspondence: Chatfield, Elizabeth, 1931
	19		Correspondence: Douthit, J. H., 1931
	20		Correspondence: Douthit, Loudie, 1931
	21		Correspondence: Steele, Flora Hester, 1931-1932
	22		Correspondence: WPA, 1936
	23		Baylor University, undated
	24		Boyd, W. H., undated
	25		Childers, John D., undated
	26		Clay, Nestar and Nancy, 1936
	27		Data: Minutes for Nolan County, 1881
	28		Hilliard, A. W., undated
	29		Hord, H. C., 1935
	30		Interviews, 1931
	31		List of Pioneers, undated
	32		Miscellaneous, 1912-1931 and undated
	33		Prince, A.A., undated
	34		Smith, Tonk, undated
	35		Speech: “History of West Texas,” 1929
	36		Speech: San Angelo Club, undated
	37		Stories: Arnold, D.S., 1930
	38		Stories: “Beginning of 1883,” undated
	39		Stories: Colorado Valley Railroad, 1930
	40		Stories: “Farmers and the Effect of the Drouth,” undated
	41		Stories: “First Baptist Church of Sweetwater,” undated
	42		Stories: Location of the Indian Reservations,” 1929
	43		Stories: “Nolan County’s Birthday,” undated
	44		Stories: Odds and Ends, undated
	45		Stories: Sweetwater, 1931
	46		Stories: “The New Charter for Sweetwater,” 1927
	47		Stories: “When the First Railroad Came to Sweetwater,” 1932
	48		Texas Heroes, 1936

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Legal Material
Box	Folder
26	49	Abstract Copies Letter bound, Ragland and Crane, 1880-1900
	50	Abstract Copies Letter bound, Ragland and Crane, 1880-1900
	51	Abstract Copies Letter bound, Ragland and Crane, 1901-1904
	52	Abstract Copies Letter bound, Ragland and Crane, 1902-1903
	53	Abstract Copies Letter bound, Ragland and Crane, 1902-1904
Box	Folder
27	1	Attorney’s Pocket Docket, 1899-1933
	2	Bar Association, 1915-1935
	3	Bills of Costs, 1900-1934 and undated
	4	Bill of Sale, 1885-1900
	5	Case Docket, 1887-1903
	6	Case Numbers, 1929-1934 and undated
	7	Chapman, Susan, Land Papers, 1898-1905
	8	Citation from U.S. Circuit Court to R.C. Crane Concerning Beshlin vs. McSweeney Packing Company, 1911
	9	Contracts, 1901-1929
	10	Crane, R. C.: Correspondence, 1897-1930
	11	Crane, R. C.: Deeds, 1887-1899
	12	Crane, R. C.: Fisher County Land, 1890-1902
	13	Crane, R. C.: Land, 1909-1913
	14	Crane, R. C.: Miscellaneous, 1900-1937
	15	Creation of Nolan County, Texas, 1880
	16	Deed of Conveyance for Shadrach and Judy Dixon, 1875
	17	Fisher County, Texas Court Docket, 1887-1895
	18	Fox Stripling vs. Stagner Unknown Heirs, 1910
	19	Good Title Abstract Company, Land Sales, 1855-1908
	20	Hardie, 1885-1926
	21	Harris v. Hagelstein, 1936-1937
	22	Harris v. Shell Pipeline Company, 1933
	23	Hathaway, Frank M., 1931-1932
	24	Henderson v. Lister, 1929-1930
	25	Hodge v. Hendrick, 1936
		Hoffman and Page Company
Box	Folder
27	26		Chastain, G. D., 1875-1937
	27		Dunne, G.M., 1937
	28		Gas Contract, 1935-1937
	29		Hoffman v. Eppenauer, 1934-1938
	30		Matthews, J. E., 1937
	31		Morrow, 1937
	32		Phillips Petroleum Company, 1937
Box	Folder
28	1	Hoffman, C. W., 1930-1935
	2	Insurance, 1902-1903
		Land
Box	Folder
28	3		Abstracts, 1853-1949 and undated
	4		Application to Purchase, 1882-1906
	5		Carlisle, John, 1887-1907
	6		Chattel Mortgages, 1918-1925
	7		Deeds, 1893-1935 and undated
	8		Douthit, 1885-1906
	9		Jones, John E., 1882-1903
	10		Leases, 1896-1929
	11		Miscellaneous, 1887-1928 and undated
	12		Vendor Leins, 1889-1929 and undated
	13		Walker, P. C., 1885-1887
	14	Lawsuits, 1901-1934 and undated
Box	Folder
29	1	Legal Notes on Property, 1901-1933
	2	McCrory Stores Company, 1930-1932
	3	McFall, L. C., 1938-1936
	4	Miscellaneous, undated
	5	M. J. Daniel, vs. J. L. Daniel, 1923
	6	Motz, Charles, Sr., 1931
	7	Musser, J. M., 1931-1933
	8	Odell, Samuel, Last Will, 1788
	9	Page, K. F., 1937-1938
	10	Payton, Cross D., 1928
	11	Pennington, Noel Wayne, 1931-1932
	12	Personal Material and Miscellaneous, 1919-1938
	13	Printed Material, 1888-1950
	14	Rayland and Crane, 1903-1904
	15	Ralph v. Magnolia Petroleum Company, 1935-1936
	16	Record of Acknowledgement, 1899-1935
	17	Property Redemption Receipts, miscellaneous receipts and hand notes, 1896-1908
	18	Receipts, Purchases, and Commercial Letters, 1850-1950
	19	Receipts, Purchases, and Commercial Letters, 1851-1950
Box	Folder
30	1	Rumph v. Hollis, 1932-1936
	2	Shamblin, W. C., 1935-1944 and undated
	3	Subpoena for J. L. Gantt, South Carolina, 1852
	4	Sweetwater Light, Ice, and Water Company, 1909-1910
	5	Taylor and Anderson, Land Sales, 1909-1922
	6	Tom Mitchell Lease, 1903
	7	Townsend, Annie, 1929-1931
	8	Wallace and Skinner Land Deeds, 1903-1905
	9	Western Evangel Company Stock, 1907
	10	Wills, 1903-1938 and undated

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Literary Production
Box	Folder
30	11	“A Conversation,” author unknown, undated
	12	Airplane and Pilots Lost at Sea, 1927
	13	“Arkansaw Traveler” song, 1921
	14	New York City Judges, ca. 1930
	15	Nolan County, Texas School Lands, ca. 1930
	16	Peace Officers and the Unemployed, ca. 1930s
	17	Politicians and Germans, 1924
	18	Speech Womans Forum for Sweetwater Library, 1953
	19	U.S. 80 Highway Association of West Texas, undated

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Photographs

Box

Folder

Family, Texas Tech Locating Board, and Miscellaneous, ca. 1920s

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Printed Material
Box	Folder
30	21	Alcalde News, 1935-1940
	22	“Better Say,” 1907-1911
	23	Biographies, 1914-1915
		Business
Box	Folder
30	24		Audit Company of the Southwest, undated
	25		Bank and Loan Association, 1944 and undated
	26		Boy Scouts, 1930
	27		Central West Texas Association of Commercial Clubs, 1907-1909
	28		Franklin Life Insurance, 1948
	29		Great Western Loan and Trust Company, 1912
	30		Insurance, 1900 and undated
	31		Literary Material, 1895-1943 and undated
	32		Midwest Expeditions, 1927-1929
	33		Miscellaneous, 1907-1926 and undated
	34		Nolan County, Texas, 1886
	35		Nolan County Fair, 1913-1926
	36		Oil and Gas Journal, 1928
	37		Poultry Adviser, 1912
	38		Santa Fe System Bulletin, 1929
	39		Stories, 1927-1940 and undated
	40		Swift and Company, 1939
	41		Texas and Pacific Railway, 1930
	42		West Texas Cattle Raisers Association, 1910
	43		West Texas Chamber of Commerce, undated
	44		West Texas Pharmaceutical Association, 1934
	45		West Texas Today, 1952
	46		Your Exchange News, 1947-1948
	47	Cow Tales, 1901
	48	Current Opinion, 1923-1924
Box	Folder
31	1	DAR, 1943-1946
	2	“Driver’s Handbook,” 1925
	3	Eclectic Magazine, 1870
	4	Ennis, Texas Charter, 1913
		Entertainment
Box	Folder
31	5		Miscellaneous, 1924
	6		Geological Report on Nolan County, Texas, 1919
	7		Literary Map of the U.S., undated
	8		Little Blue Book, undated
	9		Maryneal, 1908
	10		Miscellaneous, 1933-1936 and undated
	11		Newspaper Clippings, 1920-1955
	12		“Our Rural Life and Farm Problems,” 1913
	13		Receipts, 1899-1926
	14		Sample Maps, 1929
	15		Song Sheets, 1874-1905
	16		“Spanish Self-Taught” undated
	17		Stephenville, Texas News Clippings, 1923
		Texas
Box	Folder
31	18		C.C.C., 1935
	19		Centennial, 1936
	20		League of Texas Municipalities, 1919
	21		Texas Parade, 1942
	22		Tall Tales, undated
	23		Texas Pioneers, 1925-1926
	24		Texas Folklore Society and News Clippings, 1927-1955
	25		Texas Women’s Press Association, 1943
	26		“The Literary Digest,” 1922
	27		“The Man of Sorrow,” undated
	28		The Register of Pennsylvania, 1829
	29		“The Worlds Work,” 1918
		Travel
Box	Folder
31	30		Arizona, undated
	31		Carlsbad Caverns, undated
	32		Colorado, undated
	33		Ft. Stockton, Texas, undated
	34		Ft. Worth, Texas, undated
	35		Los Angeles, undated
	36		Maps, 1940 and undated
	37		Oakland, 1897
	38		Pacific Northwest, 1922
	39		San Francisco, 1904 and undated
	40		Seattle, 1909
	41		Stanford, undated
	42		Transportation, 1926-1933 and undated
	43		Vicksburg, 1906
	44		“Travels in the Interior of the North America,” undated
	45		Treasure Hunting, 1960-1963
	46	Victor Brooks, An Address Delivered at the Elks’ Memorial Service, by R. L. Batts, 1925
		War Material
Box	Folder
32	1		Navy, 1936
	2		Recruiting Service, Army, Navy and Marines, 1917-1919
	3		United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliaries Program, 1932
	4		World War One: Maps, undated
	5		World War One: News Clippings, 1918
	6		World War One: Pamphlets, 1917-1918
	7		World War Two: Maps, 1944
	8		World War Two: Pamphlets, 1932
	9		“Western Story Journal,” 1944
	10		What, 1931

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Railroad Material
Box	Folder
32	11	Colorado Valley Railway, 1897-1909
		K.C.M. and O. Railway
Box	Folder
32	12		Correspondence, 1901-1912
	13		Case Material: Correspondence, 1907-1912
	14		Case Material: Miscellaneous, 1910-1912 and undated
	15		Case Material: Sweetwater vs. K.C.M. and O. Railway, 1908-1912 and undated
	16		Chihuahua and Sinaloa Development Company, 1905
	17		Historical Material, undated
	18		International and Union Construction Company, 1903-1912
	19		Miscellaneous, 1904-1911
	20		Orient Addition, 1902-1911 and undated
	21		Orient Land Company, 1903-1910
	22		Printed Material: Cities, 1903-1911
	23		Printed Material: Clippings, 1909-1923 and undated
	24		Printed Material: Miscellaneous, 1904-1912
	25		Printed Material: “The New Empire,” 1907-1908
	26		United States and Mexico Trust Company, 1903-1912 and undated
	27	K.C. Outer Belt and Electric R.R. Company, 1903
Box	Folder
33	1	Miscellaneous, 1909-1910 and undated
	2	Panhandle and Gulf Railway, 1899-1909
	3	Pecos and Northern Texas Railway, 1910-1912
	4	Santa Fe Railway, 1909-1913
	5	St. Louis Southwestern Railway, 1902
	6	Texas and Pacific Railway, 1903-1911
	7	Houston and Texas Central R.R. Company, 1891-1894

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Religion Material
		Baptists
Box	Folder
33	8		Baptist Convention, 1940-1948
	9		B.T.U., 1938-1939
	10		Church at Little Jordan, 1874-1880
	11		First Baptist Church: Budget, 1924-1950
	12		First Baptist Church: Class Book, 1915
	13		First Baptist Church: Directory, 1929 and undated
	14		First Baptist Church: History, 1934
	15		First Baptist Church: Printed Material, 1923-1949
	16		Independence Baptist Church, 1939 and undated
	17		Haskell Baptist Association, 1934
	18		History, 1935-1944
	19		Miscellaneous, 1861-1945 and undated
	20		Mission, Work, undated
	21		Sweetwater Baptist Association, 1891-1942
	22	Crane, R. C., 1910 and undated
	23	Financial Material, 1921-1941
	24	First Christian Church, 1903-1947
	25	Miscellaneous, undated
	26	Mormons, undated
	27	Printed Material, 1890-1923

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School Material
		Baylor University
Box	Folder
33	28		Address Before Alumni Association, 1920
	29		Copy of Minutes, 1857-1861
	30		History, 1936
	31		Miscellaneous, 1903-1933
	32		Tyron Hall, undated
		Hardin-Simmons University
Box	Folder
33	33		Commencement, 1904-1932
	34		Debate Note Book, 1917-1928
	35		History, 1932
	36		Printed Material, 1935-1967 and undated
	37		Miscellaneous, 1964 and undated
Box	Folder
34	1	Medical Education, 1928
	2	Miscellaneous, 1925-1953
	3	Newman High School, 1938
	4	Printed Material, 1893-1948 and undated
	5	School of American Research, undated
	6	Sweetwater: Commencement and Baccalaureate, 1922-1932
	7	Sweetwater: Miscellaneous, 1887-1949
		Texas Tech University
Box	Folder
34	8		Correspondence: Hodge, Thomas F., 1926
	9		Correspondence: Martin, Thomas P., 1938
	10		Correspondence: Establishment, 1920-1931
	11		Correspondence: Sale of Tech Collection, 1933
	12		Correspondence: Wade’s History of Texas Tech, 1944
	13		Establishment, 1916-1933
	14		Laying of the Cornerstone of the Library, 1938
	15		Newspaper Clippings, 1924-1935
	16		Resolution, 1921-1949
	17		“The West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Movement And the Founding of Texas Technological College,” by R.C. Crane, 1931
	18		West Texas A&M Movement, 1916-1921
	19		West Texas Jubilee Celebration, 1923
	20		Wright’s History of Texas Tech, undated
		University of Texas (Austin)
Box	Folder
34	21		Commencement, 1904-1934
	22		Fraternity Material, 1899-1949
	23		Miscellaneous, 1904-1965
	24		Webb, Walter P., 1943-1963

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Scrapbook Material
Box	Folder
34	25	Autograph Book, 1880-1882
	26	Certificates, 1891-1939
	27	Crane Library Check-Out Ledger, 1957-1967
	28	Crane’s Penmanship and Accounting Ledger, 1860-1881
	29	Home Book Register, 1933-1935
	30	Miscellaneous, 1880-1944
	31	Recruiting News, Scrapbooks, 1935-1937
Box	Folder
35	1	Recruiting News, Scrapbooks, 1935-1937
	2	Small Notebooks, 1891-1934

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Sweetwater, Texas Material
Box	Folder
35	3	Board of Development, 1926-1938 and undated
	4	Bonds, 1926-1929
	5	City Advertisements, 1913-1937 and undated
	6	City Materials, 1898-1902
	7	Charter Material: Correspondence, 1913
	8	Charter Material: Charter, 1913
	9	Charter Material: Charter, 1923-1928
	10	Charter Material: Aids, 1913-1925
	11	Charter Material: Ballot, 1913 and undated
	12	Charter Material: Charter Commission, undated
	13	Charter Material: Charters, 1927-1947
	14	Charter Material: Incorporation Notes, undated
	15	Charter Material: Miscellaneous, 1927-1934 and undated
	16	Charter Material: News Clippings, 1913 and undated
	17	Charter Material: Notes, undated
	18	Elections, 1925-1933
	19	Financial Material, 1907-1933
	20	Library, 1953
	21	Map and Zoning Material, 1910-1930
	22	Miscellaneous, undated
	23	Nolan County Health Unit, 1935
	24	Population Roll, 1899
	25	Post Office, 1913
	26	President’s Reemployment Agreement, 1933
	27	Public Notices, 1905-1916
	28	Summary of Sweetwater, 1922
	29	Sweetwater Club, 1927-1948
	30	Sweetwater Creamery Company, 1910
	31	Sweetwater Progressive Club, 1910

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West Texas Scrapbooks
Box	Item
36	1	Scrapbooks, 1923-1949 and undated
	2	Scrapbooks, 1935-1936
	3	Scrapbooks, 1924-1935
	4	Scrapbooks, 1931-1935
	5	Scrapbooks, 1924-1940
	6	Scrapbooks, 1939
	7	Scrapbooks, 1952
	8	Scrapbooks, 1925-1951
	9	Scrapbooks, 1940-1941
	10	Scrapbooks, 1935
	11	Scrapbooks, 1933-1935
	12	Scrapbooks, 1935-1936
	13	Scrapbooks, 1936
Box	Item
37	14	Scrapbooks, 1924-1951
	15	Scrapbooks, 1936-1937
	16	Scrapbooks, 1924-1939
	17	Scrapbooks, 1936
	18	Scrapbooks, 1925-1931
	18	Scrapbooks, 1923-1924
	20	Scrapbooks, 1933
	21	Scrapbooks, 1926-1942
	22	Scrapbooks, 1884
	23	Scrapbooks, 1930-1951
	24	Scrapbooks, 1939-1952
	25	Scrapbooks, 1932-1942
	26	Scrapbooks, 1925-1952
	27	Scrapbooks, 1938-1940
Box	Item
38	28	Scrapbooks, 1937
	29	Scrapbooks, 1931-1951
	30	Scrapbooks, 1933-1939
	31	Scrapbooks, 1925-1937
	32	Scrapbooks, 1921-1937
	33	Scrapbooks, 1923-1937
	34	Scrapbooks, 1936-1951
	35	Scrapbooks, 1906-1927
	36	Scrapbooks, 1933-1936
	37	Scrapbooks, 1926-1951
	38	Scrapbooks, 1922-1951
	39	Scrapbooks, 1930-1934
	40	Scrapbooks, 1935-1951
	41	Scrapbooks, 1924-1942
	42	Scrapbooks, 1926-1944
	43	Scrapbooks, 1933
	44	Scrapbooks, 1934-1951
Box	Item
39	45	Scrapbook, 1933-1937
	46	Scrapbook, 1933-1934
	47	Scrapbook, 1927-1939
	48	Scrapbook, 1940
	49	Scrapbook, 1933-1934
	50	Scrapbook, 1923
	51	Scrapbook, 1884-1918
	52	Scrapbook item: Flags of Destiny poster, undated
	53	Scrapbook, 1912-1919
	54	Scrapbook, 1942
	55	Scrapbook, 1907-1952
	56	Scrapbook, 1925-1948
	57	Scrapbook, 1896-1951
Box	Item
40	58	Scrapbook, 1950-1951
	59	Scrapbook, 1908-1911
	60	Scrapbook, 1946
	61	Scrapbook, 1908-1947
	62	Scrapbook, 1954
	63	Scrapbook, 1924-1935
	64	Scrapbook, 1935-1952
	65	Scrapbook, 1925-1950
	66	Scrapbook, 1931-1939
	67	Scrapbook, undated
Box	Item
41	68	Scrapbook with postcards, 1906-1907
	69	Scrapbook with postcards, undated
	70	Scrapbook, 1915-1928
	71	Scrapbook, 1926
	72	Scrapbook with postcards, 1906-1909
	73	Scrapbook, 1943
	74	Scrapbook, 1939-1954
	75	Scrapbook with postcards, 1945-1951
	76	Scrapbook, 1935-1939
	77	Scrapbook, 1935-1940
	78	Scrapbook with funeral notices, 1925-1946
	79	Scrapbook, 1922-1931
	80	Scrapbook, 50 Years Ago, 1928-1943
	81	Scrapbook, 1887-1918

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Financial Materials II
Box	Item
42	1	General Ledger of Sweetwater City Hotel and Ragland and Beall, 1883-1891
	2	Daybook Schedule, 1928
	3	Daybook Schedule, 1934
	4	Daybook Schedule, 1935-1936
	5	Daybook Schedule, 1934-1935
	6	Daybook Schedule, 1930-1932
	7	Daybook Schedule, 1929-1930
	8	Daybook Schedule, 1928-1929

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Artifacts

Box

Item

Wooden Mallet, Wallet, Cardboard trinket box, and miscellaneous, undated

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Oversized Items
Box	Item
43	1	The Sweetwater Sun and Nolan County News, Sept. 9, 1905
	2	The Roscoe Times (3 issues), 1916-1917
	3	“Cattle Kings Pass With the Vivid West” New York Times Magazine, December 7, 1924
	4	“Thirty Years of Growth in the Drama”, New York Times Magazine, August, 3, 1924
	5	“The New Wild and Woolly and its City Cowboys”, The Country Gentleman, November 1, 1924
	6	“The Cut-up Range”, The Country Gentleman, November 15, 1924
	7	United Statements, Belton, Texas, June 3, 1920
	8	The Lariat, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, June 10, 1920
	9	Radford Grocery News, Abilene, Texas, February-March, 1931
	10	Sweetwater city development, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, May 1919
	11	Colt-Trax, John H. Reagan Junior High School newspaper, Sweetwater, Texas, Oct. 22, 1936
	12	G. K. Elkins article, The Colorado (Texas) Weekly Record, April 1924
	13	Howard Payne Yellow Jacket, Brownwood, Texas, April 30, 1926
	14	The Bronte Weekly Enterprise, Bronte, Texas, March 22, 1940
	15	The Blackburn Times, England newspaper, February 26, 1927
	16	Health and Horticulture, Canon City, Colorado, (2 issues), 1888
	17	The Salida News, Salida, Colorado, May 3, 1888
	18	The Solid Muldoon, Ouray, Colorado, August 10, 1888
	19	The Avenger, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas (3 issues), 1944
	20	West Texas Baptist, Abilene, Texas (4 issues), 1935-1940
	21	Baylor Aegis, Independence, Texas (4 issues), 1881-1882
	22	L. C. Curry Picture News, Sinclair Service Station, Sweetwater, Texas, ca. 1930s
	23	New Sweetwater, Texas charter campaign flyer, 1913
	24	Sharp County Record, Evening Shade, Arkansas (2 issues), 1877
	25	Panhandle Pen-points, Panhandle Pen Women, October 18, 1922
	26	Sweetwater American, Sweetwater, Texas, October 9, 1921
	27	The Daily Budget, Ouray, Colorado, January 1, 1887
	28	Durango Herald, Colorado, January 1, 1888
	29	Sweetwater Daily Reporter, April 12, 1921
	30	Sweetwater Sunday Reporter, June 9, 1935
	31	Sweetwater Reporter, September 1, 1936
	32	A Century of Books: 1851-1951, insert from The New York Times, 1951
	33	The Home and State, Dallas, Texas, March 30, 1912
	34	Army & Navy Courier, San Antonio, Texas, March 1939
	35	Hand notes from Jno. W. Rector to R. C. Crane, 1930
	36	Print of Well No. 1 of San Jacinto Oil Company of Beaumont, Texas, 1901
	37	Plat of Saratoga Oil Fields and Blake survey, Hardin County, Texas, 1902
	38	R. C. Crane’s Law Certificate from State of Texas, 1886
	39	Texas Land Patents issued: Nolan, Fisher, Palo Pinto and Bexar Counties (6 items), 1857-1899
	40	Warranty Deed for J. S. Douthit for Nolan County, Texas land, 1890
	41	Warranty Deeds, blank, ca. 1890s
	42	Thomas H. Ball political flyer, Ferguson Harris County Democratic Club (2 items), 1914
	43	Legal document concerning Fisher County, Texas land, 1888
	44	Art, The Art Publishers, portfolios 11, 12, 15 and 16, undated
	45	Circular speech of J. H. Beall on not relocating Sweetwater as county seat, ca. 1900s
	46	Circular concerning W. E. Pope as candidate for Texas Governor, undated
	47	The War Cry magazine, Texas Centennial Edition, The Salvation Army, June 30, 1936
	48	Sample ballots for 1928 presidential elections with Texas notice, 1928
	49	The Pony Express, Sweetwater, Texas Newman high school newspaper (28 issues), 1938-1947
	50	Fischer County, Texas “Lands For Sale” flyer, 1895

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

R. C. Crane, Sr.:

An Inventory of His Papers, 1788-1969 and undated, at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library

Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Organization

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Materials:

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Accession Information

Processing Information

Collection Inventory

Correspondence: Chronological

Correspondence: Friends, Family and Colleagues

Correspondence: Professional

Correspondence: Cards

Coin and Stamp Material

Family Material

Financial Material I

Fraternal Clubs

Government Material

Historical Material

Legal Material

Literary Production

Photographs

Printed Material

Railroad Material

Religion Material

School Material

Scrapbook Material

Sweetwater, Texas Material

West Texas Scrapbooks

Financial Materials II

Artifacts

Oversized Items