J A Cattle Company (Texas)
Photograph Collection, 1819-1989 and undated
1320 prints, 744 negatives, and 212 slides
SWCPC 755

Collection of portraits of the Ritchie family and friends on the JA Ranch and on vacation. It includes ranch activities, Arctic sailing trip and Eskimos, fishing trip, mountain skiing in various parts of the globe, the Ritchie home in England, cowboys working with livestock, scenic ranch land, mountains, and oceans. Family members include M. H. W. "Montie" Ritchie, Cornelia "Ninia" Ritchie Bivins, R. M. W. "Dick" Ritchie, and Daisy Muriel Ritchie. Click here for more details.

The JA Ranch located in the Panhandle of Texas is the oldest privately owned cattle company. Its history can be traced as far back as 1876 when Charles Goodnight started his own ranch. The JA Ranch began with the partnership of Charles Goodnight and John G. Adair. After several years as manager, Goodnight took his part of the ranch and left the JA. Cornelia Ritchie Adair became sole owner after the death of John Adair. She ran it until her death in 1921. Her only remaining son Jack Ritchie passed away shortly in 1924. Jack Ritchie was Montie’s father.

The ranch was incorporated in the late 1940s and became the JA Cattle Company. It is currently operated by the Ritchie family in the Palo Duro Canyon and consists of over 335,000 acres of land across portions of Armstrong, Briscoe, Donley, and Hall counties. Much of the land is leased to local ranchers to ease the cost of operations. Montie Ritchie ran the ranch until his death in July 19, 1999. The heirs to the ranch are his daughter, Cornelia "Ninia" W. Ritchie Bivins, and her son Andrew M. Bivins.

J A Ranch (Texas)
Photograph Collection, 1910
3 copy prints
SWCPC 165

Consists of photographs of the JA Ranch (1910) and bulks with photographs of cowboys and chuckwagon scenes. Charles Goodnight and John Adair of Ireland established the JA Ranch in 1877. It was located on 427,000 acres of the Texas Panhandle in Armstrong, Donley, Swisher, Briscoe, and Hall Counties. Adair provided the capital, while Goodnight furnished the herd and managed the ranch. Following Adair's death in 1885, his widow Cornelia Adair took over the ranching enterprise. Her son, James Ritchie, and his son, Montgomery, continued as owners and managers of the JA Ranch.

Jacobs, Evangeline
Photograph Collection, 1930s
25 B/W photo prints
SWCPC 739 E1

This collection contains photographs related to cotton production and cotton gins. Most were taken in cotton fields. Some of the cotton industry photos were taken near Red River, New Mexico, with TTU geology professor Raymond Sidwell and other unidentified people. Other photos consisted of a banquet held by the Home Economics Department welcoming Texas Tech Alumni. Evangeline Jacobs is a native of Lubbock, Texas.

Jakobsmeier, Fritz
Photograph Collection, undated
255 prints and 260 negatives
SWCPC 853 E1-E2

Photographs of Germany and its army during World War II, especially in North Africa.

James, Wanda
Photograph Collection, 1899-1981
396 photos, 24 postcards
SWCPC 404 E1-E9

Consists of photographs of the Macie Huffman family and the Roland Redus family (ca. 1899-1944). James is a native of Anton, Texas, and published a history of the First United Methodist Church in Anton in 1988.

James, Wanda L.
Photograph Collection 1905 and undated
79 B/W photo prints
SWCPC 908

Includes family photos, newspaper clippings, and wedding announcements.

Jennings Tent Show Company
Photograph Collection, 1910-1920
10 postcards, 38 photos, 56 copy prints
SWCPC 367 E2-E5

Consists of photographs of the Jennings Tent Show Company and entertainers (1910-1920). Thomas Jennings formed the Jennings Dramatic Company in 1920 and toured California and the Midwest. The Jennings tent show performed in small towns through the 1920s and 1930s. Tom's daughter, Marguerite Jennings Secrist, was a player in the traveling company.

John F. Kennedy
Photograph Collection, undated
1 print
SWCPC 848 E1

Photo of JFK with unidentified man and woman

John Sauls Ranch
Photograph Collection, 1918
5 copy prints
SWCPC 29 E4

This artificial collection contains photographs of the John Sauls Ranch in Coke County, Texas, which bulks with photographs of geological formations on the ranch (1918). It also contains a photograph of mud swallows' nests. The John Sauls Ranch covers 60,000 acres on the Colorado River in Coke County, Texas. In 1918, drought in the area became so severe that the entire ranch supported only 35 head of cattle.

Johnson, Carl August
Photograph Collection, 1885-1940
13 copy prints
SWCPC 176

Consists of portrait photographs of the Johnson family (1885; 1897-1918; 1940). Carl August Johnson, born in 1846 in Sweden, emigrated to the United States in 1870, and married Alda Hurd in 1877. The Johnsons became one of the first Swedish families to buy land and build in McCulloch County, Texas. In 1890, they helped establish the community of East Sweden between the towns of Brady and Rochelle.

Johnson, Mary Jane
Photograph Collection, 1965-1996 and undated
180 photo prints, copy prints, negatives, contact sheets, and slides
SWCPC 614 E1-E2

This collection consists of photographs from the donor’s childhood, teenage years, friends, opera singers, and her professional singing career. Mary Jane Johnson is an opera singer currently living in Amarillo, Texas. Ms. Johnson has led a successful singing career performing worldwide and winning international acclaim. A native of Pampa, Texas, she graduated from Texas Tech University and received her Master’s degree in music from West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas.

Johnson, Mary Jane
Photograph Collection, 1998
7 color photo prints
SWCPC 545 E1

This collection consists of seven performance rehearsal and recording images. Mary Jane Johnson is an opera singer currently living in Amarillo Texas. She is a native of Pampa, Texas and she graduated from Texas Tech University and received her Master’s degree from West Texas State University. Ms. Johnson has led a successful singing career performing in numerous operas nation-wide.

Johnson, Robert LeThay
Photograph Collection, 1920-1930
26 B/W copy prints
SWCPC 366 E1

Contains images of entertainers from Harve Holland's Tent Show Company, circa 1925. Bulks with entertainers. Robert LeThay Johnson traveled across the mid-western United States in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1950s, as member of various theatrical and entertainment troupes.

Johnson, William Whipple
Photograph Collection, 1905-1915
9 copy prints
SWCPC 301 E4

Consists of photographs of the William Whipple Johnson residence and coal mines located in Strawn, Texas (ca. 1905-1915). The collection also contains photographs of the Strawn Railroad Station, an unidentified church or schoolhouse, and the Lumber Yard in Strawn.

William Whipple Johnson, of Ionia, Michigan, came to Texas in 1881 as a civil engineer for the Texas and Pacific Railway. He settled his family at Strawn, Texas, where he provided cedar ties for the railroad. In 1886 Johnson began mining coal in Palo Pinto County. This operation became the base for the newly formed Texas and Pacific Coal Company in 1888.

Johnson, William Whipple
Photograph Collection, undated
1 sepia photo print
SWCPC 727 E1

This collection consists of a single portrait of an unknown woman. William Whipple Johnson (1884-1914), originally from Ionia, Michigan, was active in the coal mining and lumber industries in Texas. He helped found the town of Thurber, Texas.

Joiner, Ernest V.
Photograph Collection, 1890s-1980s
442 photo prints, copy prints, and negatives
SWCPC 627

Bulks with photographs of individuals, groups of people, agricultural and ranching endeavors, building structures, World War I-related scenes, a zoo, biplanes, sports, and vehicles of transportation.

Ernest Victor Joiner, born August 20, 1911 in Sherman, Texas, was an editor for a number of newspapers, such as the Ralls (Texas) Banner, the Sebastopol (California) Times, and the Lincoln County (NM) News. He graduated from Texas Tech University with a degree in Mass Communications and is now a member of the Texas Tech Hall of Fame. He passed away in 1998.

Joiner, Ernest
Photograph Collection, undated
99 prints, 1 page of negatives, 46 slides
SWCPC 854 E1

Photos featuring his time at Texas Tech.

Jones, Clifford B.
Photograph Collection, 1857-1972 and undated
4 boxes of B/W prints and negatives
SWCPC 422 E5

Collection of mostly prints (personal and public) and some negatives detailing the activities of Clifford B. Jones and his family as they traveled the country and the world and his involvement with the Spur Ranch and Texas Technological College. Some images are in scrapbooks and two exist as ambrotypes. The images describe a variety of activities such as hunting, ranching, homes, college activities, recreational activities and social events, sports watching, rodeos, mountains, cowboys, family and associate portraits, and power plants. 

A businessman, ranch manager and college president, Jones was born in 1885 in Rico, Colorado. He managed the Spur Ranch in Dickens County, Texas, from 1913-1939. Jones was also instrumental in the establishment of Texas Technological College, served on the original Board of Directors, and was the third president of the college from 1939-1944. He was a member of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Good Roads Movement. Active in land sales and colonization, banking and politics, and numerous social, historical and fraternal organizations, Jones died in 1972 in Lubbock, Texas. 

Jones, Clifford B.
Photograph Collection, 1940-1960 and undated
54 glass slides, 332 color slides, and 122 color photo negatives
SWCPC 422

Consists of photographs of William Henry Jackson watercolors and family trips made by Clifford Jones. Locations varied in the United States, the Caribbean, and South America, the American West, wildlife, national parks, fishing, New York City, and Lubbock, Texas, during the 1940s and 1950s.

Clifford Bartlett Jones was born in 1885 in Rico, Colorado. He was a manager of the Spur Ranch in Dickens County, Texas, from 1913-1939. Jones was also instrumental in the establishment of Texas Technological College, served on the original Board of Directors, and was the third president of the college from 1939-1944. He was a member of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Good Roads Movement. Active in land sales and colonization, banking and politics, and numerous social, historical and fraternal organizations, Jones died in 1972 in Lubbock, Texas.

Jones, Clifford B.
Photograph Collection, 1959 and undated
125 B/W photo prints 43 negatives
SWCPC 910

Includes early photographs of Texas Tech, including the Administration building and the library. Early photos of Lubbock buildings, cattle and cowboy scenes are also included along with family photographs. Dr. Clifford B. Jones was President of Texas Technological College from 1939-1944. He was also ranch manager of the Spur Ranch in Dickens County, Texas from 1913-1938. Jones died in 1972.

Jones, Edward Newlon
Photograph Collection, 1973
4 B/W photo prints
SWCPC 546 E2

Collection contains images of David Murrah and Edward Newlon Jones, whom Murrah interviewed as part of an oral history project.

David Murrah is a historian and former director of the Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University. He has written books on ranching in Texas. Edward Newlon Jones was the sixth president of Texas Tech University (Texas Technological College) from 1952-1959.

Jones, Floyd (Judge)
Photograph Collection, 1910-1952
11 copy prints
SWCPC 92

Consists of photographs of the Judge Floyd Jones family (1910-1952). The Jones family came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin around 1825. Floyd Jones was born in Guadalupe County of Texas in 1889. He studied law at Cumberland University and opened a practice in Breckenridge, Texas in 1921. Jones received an appointment as district judge in 1943.

Jones, Helen DeVitt
Photograph Collection, 1921
1 copy print
SWCPC 319

Consists of a portrait of David Mantz DeVitt, which was made in Fort Worth, Texas, at the Heirloom Studio (ca. 1921). David M. DeVitt established the Mallet Ranch on 52,000 acres in Hockley, Cochran, and Terry Counties of Texas in 1903. His daughter, Helen DeVitt Jones, was a strong supporter of the Museum and Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University.

Jones, Helen DeVitt
Photograph Collection, 1925-1990 and undated
517 photo prints and copy prints
SWCPC 319 E2

This collection consists of photographs of family, friends, scholarship recipients, educational and social organizations, events, locations, building structures, and celebrities. Helen DeVitt Jones was the daughter of David M. DeVitt who established the Mallet Ranch in Hockley, Cochran, and Terry Counties of Texas in 1903. Helen DeVitt Jones was a strong supporter of the Museum and Ranching Heritage Center at Texas Tech University. She died in 1997.

Jones, J. Lee, Jr.
Photograph Collection, 1880-1970, 1944
82 copy prints
SWCPC 296 E2

Consists of photographs of business activity in Colorado City, Texas (1896-1913), the oil industry in Mitchell County, and World War II leaders, and bulks with photographs of store interiors (1896-1913). It also contains photographs of an oil well discovery in the Permian Basin and Winston Churchill's visit to Advance Headquarters of Supreme Headquarters American Expeditionary forces (SHEAF) at Portsmouth, England, during August 1944. The collection also includes photographs of Maurice Thompson as a child (1920).

An attorney in Colorado City, Texas, J. Lee Jones, Jr. received his law degree from the University of Texas in 1934. He specialized in mineral and gas law at the University of Texas, and served as chairman of the mineral law section for the State Bar of Texas. Jones collected material documenting the history of Texas.

Jones, Lewis
Photograph Collection, 1900-1914
1 B/W copy print; 1 B/W copy negative
SWCPC 579 E1

Includes image of men, women, and children of the J. J. Gibson family, posing at an outdoor event near a house and cabin between 1900 and 1914.

Jones, Lewis N.
Photograph Collection, 1930s and undated
10 B/W prints and 85 B/W negatives
SWCPC 579 E2-E3

This collection consists of images of the J. J. Gibson family. Also includes a Civil War veteran's reunion. Collection also contains a print of unknown man in suit and tie. Mostly negatives of football activities at the Mt. Pleasant, Texas, Public School grounds such teams playing, a team standing at attention, players posing, class photo, people on the stadiums, and field scoreboard. 

J. J. Gibson was a manager of the 6666 (Four Sixes) Ranch. His son J. J., Jr. also managed the ranch in the 1970s and 1980s. The 6666 was begun by Samuel Burk Burnett in the 1870s. Currently it has 208,000 acres of land in King County, Texas. Not only do they produce quality cattle and horses, they have large oil holdings. Lewis Norten Jones attended the Mt. Pleasant Public Schools and Cleburne High School before attending Texas Technological College in the 1930s. He played football for both schools. He was highly recommended by Coach Pete Cawthon. He also received several invitation letters to play professional football before and after he graduated from Texas Tech. Afterward, he embarked on a coaching career before returning to Texas Tech to serve as Dean of Men. Mr. Jones is currently retired.

Jones, Marvin
Photograph Collection, undated
1 B/W print
SWCPC 758 E1

This collection consists of one black and white photograph of an unidentified woman. Marvin Jones was born on February 26, 1882 near Cooke County, Texas. Educated at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas and the University of Texas, he was a lawyer, a politician, and served in all three branches of the Federal Government.

Jones, Otto F.
Photograph Collection, 1859-1975 and undated
2,301 B/W prints
SWCPC 836

Includes black and white photographs depicting ranch life on the Renderbrook Ranch and Otto F. Jones' family. Subject matter various from cattle, horses, ranch homes, family portraits, cooking, roundups, and working cowboys.

A ranch manager, Jones was born in 1888 in Nolan County, Texas. He joined Isaac Ellwood's Renderbrook Ranch in 1907 and managed the Ranch from 1912-1966. Jones married Mrytle "Honey" Annie Bartlett in 1914. Their daughter was Pauline Jones. He was active with the Texas Cowboy Reunion and served as its president in 1954. Jones was a master Mason and member of the Sweetwater Chuck Wagon Gang, Knights Templar, Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association, Southwestern Ranchers Association, Texas Hereford Association, and was a charter member of the Ranch Headquarters Association of Texas Tech University. Jones died in 1975.

Jones, Otto F.
Photograph Collection, 1905-1956 and undated
112 photo prints and 4 negatives
SWCPC 836 (B)

Includes photos of the Renderbrook Ranch and the Otto F. Jones family depicting ranch activities and family life. Jones managed Isaac Ellwood's Renderbrook Ranch from 1912-1966. He married Myrtle Annie "Honey" Bartlett in 1914. The couple had two daughters, Pauline and Francis Jones. Jones died in 1975.

Jordan, Carolyn
Photograph Collection, 1973
4 copy prints
SWCPC 57 (L) E10

This collection consists of aerial photographs of Lubbock, Texas, particularly the northern area of University Avenue (1973). Carolyn Jordan served three terms as city councilor of Lubbock, Texas, from 1974-1980.

Jowell, George R.
Photograph Collection, 1888-1972
29 copy prints
SWCPC 179

Consists of photographs of the Jowell family in Deaf Smith County, Texas (1888-1910; 1970-1972). James A. Jowell brought his family to Texas from Alabama in 1835. For a time, he farmed in Rusk County and then moved to Palo Pinto County, where he began raising cattle. His oldest son Richard served in the frontier army and also as a Texas Ranger. Another son, George, after serving in the Confederacy, entered the cattle business, moved west, and established a ranch in Deaf Smith County in the Texas Panhandle. George's son and nephews were instrumental in founding the Hereford industry in Deaf Smith County.

Junction, Texas
Photograph Collection, undated
2 B/W copy prints and 1 negative
SWCPC 213

This collection consists of aerial photographs of Junction, Texas. Junction is the county seat of Kimble County, located in southwestern Texas. The economic basis is livestock, wood products, a Texas Tech University center, and hospital services.

Jungman, Mrs. H. E.
Photograph Collection, 1890-1948
46 copy prints, 51 copy negatives
SWCPC 283

Consists of photographs of the family and friends of Mrs. H. E. Jungman (1890-1948), and also contains a photograph of a "cowboy card game" (ca. 1900).

The Jungman family came from Germany and in 1923 helped establish the community of Pep, Texas, in Hockley County, where they farmed through the Dust Bowl and Great Depression eras.

Junior League of Lubbock (Texas)
Peter Hurd Mural Collection, 1953-1954
97 slides
SWCPC 415 E1

Contains slides of the Peter Hurd Mural, located at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas (1953-1954). In September 1935, the Junior Welfare League of Lubbock was organized with 17 charter members. This organization for women, between the ages 21 and 39, performs thousands of hours of community service annually. Among the community presentations produced by the Junior League, was "Peter Hurd Paints a Mural."