Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records, 1887-1969 and undated
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10605/352843
Biographical Sketch
The company was formed by Colonel Robert Dickie Hunter in 1888 in Erath County, Texas. Hunter also formed the company town of Thurber, named for H. K. Thurber, his business partner. The area reached peak development in the early 1900s, providing half the coal supply for Texas. Oil discoveries near Ranger, Texas in 1917 prompted the company to cease operations. In 1933, the company moved its headquarters to Fort Worth and, in 1963, after Seagrams Distillers Company purchased the company, the offices were moved to Dallas, Texas, and its operations were merged to the Frankfort Oil Company.
Scope and Content
The collection contains correspondence, financial material, legal materials, charter records, business reports, meeting minutes of the directors, stockholders, and executive committees relating to the company's operation, including Green and Hunter Brick Company, Texas Coal and Fuel Company, Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, Thurber Brick Company, Thurber Construction Company, and Thurber Earthen Products Company.
Organization
The records are organized in the following series:
Wallets #1-32 and Ledgers #1-454 and #701-740: Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, 1888-1969 and undated
Ledger #455: Amarillo Realty Company, 1921-1926
Ledgers #456-457 and #741-748: Comet Oil Company, 1918-1934
Ledgers #458-459 and #749-750: Elro Oil and Gas Company, 1916-1928
Ledgers #460-462: Extension Gas Company, 1924-1929
Wallets #33-35 and Ledgers #463-561 and #751: Green and Hunter Brick Company (Thurber Brick Company), 1897-1942
Wallet #36 and Ledgers #562-563 and #752-761: Homestake Exploration (Oil) Company, 1921-1929 and undated
Ledger #564: Land and Fuel Company of New Laredo, Inc., 1920-1921
Wallet #37: Seagrams Distillers Company and Frankfort Oil Company, 1959-1966
Ledgers #565-590: Texas Coal and Fuel Company, 1891-1909
Ledgers #591-598: Texas Pacific Fidelity and Surety Company, 1928-1930
Wallets #38-40 and Ledgers #599-691 and #765: Texas Pacific Mercantile and Manufacturing Company, 1887-1935
Ledgers #692-694: Thurber Construction Company (Valient and Toomey, Inc.), 1922-1942
Ledgers #695-696: Thurber Earthen Products Company, 1919-1936
Ledgers #697-698 and #766-774: Thurber Pipe Line Company, 1922-1948
Wallet #41, Ledgers #699-700 and #775-778: Thurber Tank Line Company, 1921-1934
Ledger #762: J. C. Clower Well, 1937-1940
Ledgers #763-764: Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company of Delaware, 1929-1930
Ledgers #779-813: Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, 1915-1939
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Open for research.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally developed.
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Related Material
Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records, 1889-1979 and undated
Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records, 1887-1969 and undated
Thurber, Texas Collection, 1897-1976
Thurber, Texas Photograph Collection, SWCPC 209
Erath County, Texas Photograph Collection, SWCPC 209
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Texas and Pacific Coal Company Records, 1887-1869 and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
Acquisition
Gifts, 1978
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, May 2002.