Slaughter, R. L., Papers, 1921-1960 and undated

Creator: Slaughter, Robert Lee, 1892-1969

Collection #: S 932.1

Language: English

Biographical Sketch

Born in 1892, R. L. (Robert Lee) Slaughter was the grandson of C. C. Slaughter and was a rancher, oilman, and entrepreneur. From 1915-1916, he operated the family's 300,000 acre ranch in Sonora, Mexico, until he was forced to leave as a result of the Mexican Revolution. Afterwards, he operated the family ranch in West Texas and then became involved with the growth of the oil industry in Hockley County, Texas. R. L. died 1969.

Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, financial materials, maps, and photographs. A majority of the financial documents relate to the operation of the ranch and with correspondence between R. L. Slaughter, Jr. and Ira Wells regarding operation of the ranch.

Restrictions

Open for Research

Related Material

For related materials in the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, see the following collections:

++Ira Byrd oral history interview [sound recording], 1969

++Hiley Thompson Boyd, Jr. oral history interview [sound recording], 1970

++Nettie Hyatt and Joe Bridges oral history interview [sound recording], 1975

++Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jennings oral history interview [sound recording], 1973

++Mrs. M. C. Linsey oral history interview [sound recording], 1975

++Lynn County (Tex.), Photographs, 1900-1950

++Ralph McWhorter oral history interview [sound recording], 1979

++Mrs. J. F. Reeves oral history interview [sound recording], 1970s

++Jot Smyth oral history interview [sound recording], 1959

Preferred Citation

R. L. Slaughter Papers, 1921-1960 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas

Accession Information

Gift, 1972

Processing Information

Abel Ramirez, 2000

Additional Sources

++Murrah, David J. "C. C. Slaughter, Rancher, Banker, Baptist. "Austin: University of Texas Press, 1981.

++Murrah, David J. "A Cattle Kingdom on Texas' Last Frontier: C. C. Slaughter's Lazy S Ranch. "Thesis (M. A.)--Texas Tech University, 1970.

Collection Inventory

Box 1

General Office Files

• Folder 1, Aloco Pipe Line, 1941 and undated
• Folder 2, Cotton, 1949-1960
• Folder 3, Cotton Sales, 1951-1952
• Folder 4, Grain, 1956-1959
• Folder 5, Farm Rents, 1958
• Folder 6, Farmers Rent Statements, 1940
• Folder 7, Farm Rents, 1950-1951
• Folder 8, Farm Rents, 1954-1955
• Folder 9, Farm Rents, 1955-1956
• Folder 10, Farm Rents, 1957
• Folder 11, Letters, 1939-1941
• Folder 12, Letters, 1942-1943
• Folder 13, Lyntegar, Electric Cooperative, 1941-1945
• Folder 14, Maturities, 1939-1942
• Folder 15, Mineral Assessments, 1940-1942
• Folder 16, Montgomery Storage at Lubbock, Texas, 1941
• Folder 17, Motor Fuels, Inc., 1940-1942
• Folder 18, Passing Payments, 1939
• Folder 19, Pipe Lines and Rights of Way, 1941-1944
• Folder 20, Proration Schedule, 1940-1941
• Folder 21, Roy Reid of Quemado, Texas, 1939
• Folder 22, Reimbursements Paid, 1938-1948
• Folder 23, Renters Rent Statements, 1938
• Folder 24, Removal Farm Notices, 1942-1948
• Folder 25, Removal Notices, 1939-1941
• Folder 26, Power of Attorney, 1959
• Folder 27, Republic of National Bank of Dallas, 1942-1947
• Folder 28, Resettlement Loans, 1939-1940
• Folder 29, Richardson Oils, Inc., 1939-1943
• Folder 30, Richardson, Royalty Runs, 1953 and undated
• Folder 31, Rights of Ways for Oil, Gas, and Electric, 1946-1950
• Folder 32, Royalty Runs, 1937-1938
• Folder 33, Soil Bank Payments, 1956
• Folder 34, Sid Richardson, Inc. and Crop Damage Claims, 1941
• Folder 35, Stanolind Oil Division Order and Right-of-Way, 1938-1944
• Folder 36, Tax Assessments, 1941
• Folder 37, Tax Assessments Matters, 1945-1946
• Folder 38, Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block, 1921-1925
• Folder 39, Taxes, Bob Slaughter's, 1926-1927
• Folder 40, Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block, 1927-1929
• Folder 41, Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block, 1927-1928
• Folder 42, Tax Letters, Drafts, and Notices on Bob Slaughter's Block, 1929-1931

Box 2

• Folder 1, Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block and Dr. Veal's Tax Report, 1929-1934
• Folder 2, Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block, 1929-1936
• Folder 3, Tax Collection, 1945
• Folder 4, Tax Correspondence, 1937-1942
• Folder 5, Tax Notices, 1929-1954
• Folder 6, Tax Payments of Sundown School, 1935-1937
• Folder 7, Tax Renditions, 1940
• Folder 8, Tax Statements, Hockley County, Texas, 1935
• Folder 9, Tax Statements, Sundown School, 1941
• Folder 10, Tax Statements, Sundown School, 1942
• Folder 11, Tax Statements, State, County, and School, 1939-1941
• Folder 12, Tax Statements, Hockley County, Texas, 1938
• Folder 13, Tax Statements, Hockley County, Texas, 1943
• Folder 14, Taxes, Miscellaneous, 1936-1938
• Folder 15, United Savings Bank, Detroit, 1939-1941
• Folder 16, Utilities Cash Deposits, 1938-1942

Box 4

• Folder 1, Taxes, Bob Slaughter Block, 1929-1930
• Folder 2, Tax Receipts, 1929-1930
• Folder 3, Tax Receipts, 1928-1947

Financial Documents

Box 2

• Folder 17, Bills, 1942-1951
• Folder 18, Bills, 1951
• Folder 19, Bills, 1951-1952
• Folder 20, Trial Balances, 1943-1946
• Folder 21, Check Stubs, 1952-1959

Box 3

• Folder 1, Checks, 1938-1943
• Folder 2, Checks, 1944-1949
• Folder 3, Checks, 1950-1956
• Folder 4, Bank Statements, 1936-1951
• Folder 5, Bank Statements, 1941-1953
• Folder 6, Bank Statements, 1952-1956

Miscellaneous

Box 2

• Folder 22, Maps and Blueprints, 1938-1951 and undated
• Folder 23, Photograph of Oil Rig and Platform, Slaughter Field, 1941