Box

Cattle, Real Estate, and Financial

19 folders

14/1: Real estate. Advertising and land sales. Bear Lake Plantation, Tallulah, La., 1960-1961
Includes narrative written by Teddy Roosevelt about the region, used for publicity purposes, news clipping of Roosevelt statue in Tallulah, and sales brochures

14/2: Cattle breeding. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., July 14, 1955 - February 27, 1969
Brand registrations, hand-written figures on cattle, ledger listing of cattle, registration of cattle held at Crescent Plantation in Tallulah, La.

14/3: Financial and legal documents. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La. and Mansford Plantation, May 1, 1962 - July 9, 1970
Deeds, appraisals, accounting, liens, promissory notes, correspondence

14/4: Financial Statements. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., December 31, 1955 - March 31, 1970
Profit/Loss Reports

14/5: Legal materials. Lawsuit. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., December 2, 1965 - January 31, 1966
Concerning lawsuit brought by Wortham & Evans against Louisiana Power & Light regarding power lines

14/6: Loans. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., 31 July 1959- 13 May 1970
Crescent Plantation mortgage loan documents and correspondence

14/7 - 14/8: Real Estate. Land appraisals and sales. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., 1955-1972
Promotional materials for Crescent Plantation; professional photographs of plantation and Gus Wortham; correspondence, appraisals and title opinions; correspondence concerning highway and utility right-of-way; advertising concerning attempts to sell the plantation; legal documents concerning a land foreclosure; extensive historical information on the plantation; correspondence with vendors for promotional items.

14/9: Tax receipts and correspondence. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., December 30, 1955 - May 13, 1970

14/10: Clipping, report on social event. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., 1967

14/11: [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in 20/2] Photographs. Crescent Plantation, Tallulah, La., circa 1950s-1960s, undated
Photographs of Crescent Plantation home (interior and exterior) including pictures of Evans with his family and friends as well as house maids. Sixty-one total photographs. Thirty-four 4"x4" color; ten 4"x4" black and white; fifteen 4"x5" color; one 4"x5" black and white; one 5"x7" color.

14/11a: Crescent Plantation Pamphlet, undated

14/12: Hirsch Ranch, May 8, 1967 - November 6, 1972
Recipe for beef cattle protein supplement, income and expense statements for the Wortham & Evans partnership for years 1967-1968, news clippings and letter concerning a 'pear-burner' to control prickly pear cactus, miscellaneous correspondence

14/13: Depreciation Schedule 1987
Photocopy of full-size ledger sheets for depreciation schedules.

14/14: Real estate. Land sales, July 27, 1936
Warranty deed for 336 acres in LaSalle County, Texas

14/15: Real estate. Land sales, December 29, 1986 - June 15, 1988
Prospective land acquisitions. Various pitches by individuals and real estate companies for Evans to consider properties available for purchase. Includes 4"x6" color photographs (10) of a ranch in Uvalde, TX. One 3"x4" color photograph of ranch in between Leakey and Campwood, TX.

14/16: Real estate. Title abstracts, 1961-1980
Seventeen abstracts of title for lands in South Texas owned by Evans and the Texas Livestock Marketing Company

14/17: Taxes, 1989 December 31, 1991
Miscellaneous calculations of property taxes owed by Evans for Medina and Kinney County

14/18: Walnuts. Russia, 1936-1985
Correspondence and translations from Russian journals concerning Evans' interest in developing a horticultural experiment station in Russia for growing walnuts