Livestock
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
J. M. Frost Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2011-013
Dates:
1887-1990
Scope and Contents
The J. M. Frost Family Papers contain printed and photographic volumes about various members of the Frost family, specifically John Miles Frost, Sr., Rosa Lula Bering Frost, Vernon W. Frost, Sr., and Vernon W. Frost, Jr.Included are a family photo album of John and Rosa Frost with their children and relatives; two notebooks of genealogical data about the Bering family; a notebook of historical data about the Waldo-Frost Mansion, compiled by Vernon Frost, Jr., a former resident...
Pecan Acres Ranch Advertising Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: 2012-011
Found in:
University of Houston Libraries Special Collections
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Pecan Acres Ranch Advertising Scrapbook
Dates:
1946-1973
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an oversized scrapbook of newspaper and magazine clippings, brochures, articles, and other promotional materials about Pecan Acres Ranch, a ranch in Simonton, Texas, purchased by Vernon W. Frost in 1946 to herd and sell Brahman cattle. The scrapbook broadly chronicles the sales and acquisitions of Brahmans at the ranch, as well as appearances at livestock shows (including the Houston Fat Stock Show, now the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo) and other...