The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Texas Tech University
Title of Collection: Lone Star Land Company Records, 1879-1955 and undated
Institution: The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library
Texas Tech University
MS 41041
Lubbock, Texas 79409
806-742-3749
Contact Person: Reference Librarian
Date: March 18, 2005
Accession number(s): None for the record.
Collection number: S582.1
Size of Collection: 35 boxes and 10 ledgers (37 linear feet)
Biographical Sketch: The Lone Star Land Company was formed in 1924 by William
Pulver Soash and members of the C.C. Slaughter family for the
purpose of selling Slaughter lands in West Texas, primarily in
Howard, Borden, Dawson, Martin, Lamb, Cochran, Hale, Hockley,
and Hartley counties of Texas. Most of the company’s activities
were completed by 1944, and the firm dissolved in 1955.
Scope and Content: Contains correspondence, financial material, land sales files, legal
material, township files, miscellaneous files and Slaughter family
files. The collection bulks with financial materials (1922-1955)
and land sales files (1915-1954) concerning transactions of the
company. For details to an inventory click here: Inventory.
Location: A172.4A-174.2B
Organization: Organized by series.
Correspondence: Box 1-3
Land Sales: Box 4-13
Miscellaneous Box 13-15
Financial Documents: Box 16-23
Legal Documents: Box 24-26
Slaughter Family Affairs: Box 27-30
Townships: Box 30
Miscellaneous II: Box 31
Financial Documents II: Box 32-35
Financial Documents III: Ledgers 1-10
Related Materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library:
W. P. Soash Land Company Records, 1907-1918
William Pulver Soash Papers, 1894-1967 and undated
Lone Star Land Company Photograph Collection, SWCPC 419
Acquisition: Gift, 1968
Access Restrictions: No restrictions on access.
Processed by: Abel Ramirez, Spring 2005
Preferred Citation: Lone Star Land Company Records, 1879-1955 and undated,
Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas
Collection Topics: Lone Star Land Company
C. C. Slaughter Cattle Company
Slaughter family
Land development – West Texas
Soash, William Pulver
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.