This series consists mainly of social and informal correspondence, including letters, greetings, and Christmas cards. Also present are spiral-bound guest notebooks containing names and contact information for people who visited Evans at his various ranches through the years. Also included with their related correspondence, is an annotated draft of the foreword composed by Evans for the biography of Gus Wortham, Gus Wortham: Portrait of a Leader, written by Fran Dressman (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1994).

1/1 through 1/16
Miscellaneous business and personal communications including social notes, invitations, greeting cards, Christmas cards, medical, and miscellaneous informal correspondence.

10/1 - 10/2: Financial statements and accounts, 1955-1977 (2 of 2)
Drafts of land and lumber contracts income and expense reports, annual and monthly financial reports and contracts and correspondence regarding the sale of Liggle Eva to Herald Hill and renting of Little Eva Plantation pastures to Carlos del Valle. Rough figures, finished financials, and correspondence concerning miscellaneous financial aspects of the plantation operations; also Expense Account #21 for 1973. Oil, gas, and mineral leases correspondence with Shell Oil Company; lumber purchase contracts.

10/3: Advertising brochures, 1959-1966, undated
Clipped article on "Productions Tested Bulls" regarding extra daily weight gain through an added ½ lb. Graining ability. IBM advertisement from U.S. News and World Report 7 January 1963, Duane's Agricultural Report v.29: no.6-3 (16 February 1966). Travel brochure "San Juan/National Historic Site/Puerto Rico." Acknowledgement concerning purchase of imprinted tumblers; fertility information. Brochure for Santa Gertrudis bulls in commercial herds from Nine Bar Ranch. Article from "American Fruit Grower." Page 50 titled "2066-One Hundred Years from Now." Registration certificate for Nine Bar Santa Gertrudis cattle. Other advertisements include "Welcome to King Ranch, Home of Santa Gertrudis" brochure, Western Livestock Journal from December 1962, page 5 article "Today's Trend…Measurements," Briggs Ranches performance and production advertisement for Santa Gertrudis, abstracts from Journal of Animal Science relative to heat tolerance work done by the University of Missouri, comparative relationships on the age of women and cows concerning physiological functions, graph and figures of average adjusted wearing weights by month, and the Cattleman May 1968 issue featuring Evans and Nine Bar in their "Medals for Fertility" article regarding Santa Gertrudis cattle.

10/4: Cattle breeding, 1973-1978
Application for Little Eva Plantation for membership to Santa Gertrudis Breeders International, including correspondence as well as certificates of registration for Sterling C. Evans of Little Eva Plantation and cattle initial pedigree records. Cattle breeding advertisements.

10/5: Cattle purchases, 1974
Purchase chits for steers bought in Louisiana from Lacy Cattle Co. in Alexandria, LA from 16 December 1974-Spring 1975. Includes description, # of head, weight price and amount.

10/6 - 10/7: Horse and cattle sales, 1965-1979
Records of Little Eva Plantation cattle sold to buyers and shipped to N.M., weight cards and sales receipts for sales of cattle. Also included is the legal transfer of 9- (Nine Bar) brand to new Little Eva Plantation owners, A. D. Taylor and David E. DeVille. King Ranch cattle and horse literature as well as solicitations from cattle buyers. Cattle purchase receipts 9-chits of sold cattle. Horse breeding advertisements.

10/8 - 10/10: Insurance, 1957-1978
Bound insurance proposal from Niagara Fire Insurance Company with 18 4"x6" photos of the plantation in Louisiana including a plot map and correspondence and invoices concerning insurance coverage on Little Eva Plantation, and, to a minor extent, on the U-Bar Ranch, principally from John L. Wortham & Son Insurance Co. Also present are documents concerning a large personal injury claim and court award. Photocopies of insurance payments and policies. Automotive insurance policies from The Maryland.

10/11: Investments. Mississippi Chemical Corporation, 1958-1980
Correspondence and investment documents from Mississippi Chemical Corporation, a company in which Evans apparently invested at its inception, and with which Evans continued to do business for his ranches. Includes patronage refund allocation stubs.

10/12: Invoices and receipts, 1973-1974
Sales chits from furniture purchases. Invoice and bill of lading for moving of the contents of Evans' house at Nine Bar Ranch in Cypress, Texas to Little Eva Plantation in Chopin, La.; receipts and correspondence concerning remodeling the home at Little Eva Plantation including hand drawn floor plans and a layout of estimated cost of services. Photocopies of plumbing bills and appliances.

10/13: Loans. Alexandria Production Credit Association, 1973-1979
Loan documents from and correspondence with Alexandria Production Credit Association. Includes collateral pledges, statements of interest and fees paid to Production Credit Association, and annual income and expense reports.

10/14: Loans. Federal Land Bank of Louisiana, 1959-1983
Various loan documents, financial projections, and correspondence from and with the Federal Land Bank of Louisiana. Loan applications, annual balance sheets, finance statements, account statements and payment receipts. Loan disbursement statements, where Evans' name is misspelled on the documents as "Stirling." Financial disclosure statements and stock certificates.

10/15: Oil leases, 1977-1982
Oil leases on Louisiana hill land and bottomland owned by Evans, correspondence, legal documents, and photocopies of checks regarding mineral leases on Little Eva Plantation. Includes plot and contour maps and tax receipts.

10/16: Operations, 1961-1977
Photocopies of articles regarding pecan crop production brochures for Little Eva. Contracted agricultural studies on crop yields, maps, brochures, inventories of farm equipment, production projections, affidavits of size, copy of mineral lease, copy of deed in which Evans purchases an undivided half-interest from Wortham; equipment inventory and plot maps with areas indicated by hand in colored pencil. [ITEMS REMOVED, held in box 11] six oversized ledger books.

10/17: Pecans and soybeans, 1955-1980

Six oversized ledger books recording the operations of Little Eva Plantation, U Bar Ranch and other aspects of the Evans & Wortham partnership.

12/1 - 12/2: Appraisals of Little Eva Plantation
Pecan production appraisals; information on pecan horticulture from Texas A&M University and Louisiana State University, memberships in pecan-growing organizations, equipment purchases, insecticides, fertilizers, harvesting machines; pecan orders, boxes, bags, probably items used in designing marketing for the Little Eva pecans; miscellaneous sales records for sales of pecans and soybeans

12/3 - 12/6: Real Estate. Land sales. Little Eva Plantation, 1912-1991
Agricultural leases for land sale. Photocopies of mortgage. Correspondence concerning leases and sales of Little Eva. Six black and white 8"x10" photos and one 8"x10" color picture of farm scenes. Correspondence with many different parties concerning the prospect of purchasing the Little Eva Plantation; copies of important documents related to sale of Little Eva Plantation, including reproduced financial and descriptive documents; papers recording sale of Little Eva Plantation [31 December 1975-June 1987]; final transaction documents for the sale of Little Eva Plantation, including a photograph of closing-day gathering in the office; documents related to closing of sale and final settlement; records of sales, transfers, and plat maps; newspaper and tabloid clippings of articles related to Uncle Tom's Cabin, the Little Eva Plantation and its pecan orchards. Also included are many photographs and real estate brochures. One letter from the person who apparently bought the plantation from Evans. Also included is a log of the oil well from Newman Brothers Drilling Company, the deed for Little Eva, Survey maps of the plantation, and the state of Louisiana tax receipts.

12/6a: Documents, undated
Important documents photocopied for the purpose of selling Little Eva, including an oil/mineral lease, plot maps, and pecan information.

12/7 - 12/8: Real Estate. Land sales. Legal Materials of Little Eva Plantation, 1955-1972
Correspondence and legal documents concerning the Little Eva Plantation land transactions from law firms and real estate agencies. Legal correspondence with Evans' lawyers: Watson, Williams, Brittain, and Murchison. Legal documents concerning the cash sale of deed for Little Eva. Land deeds from Abraham Land and Mineral Co.

12/9: Real Estate. Land sales. Rex Fair Real Estate. circa 1972
The file created by Rex Fair Real Estate contains photographs and advertising material apparently used to sell the Little Eva Plantation. Descriptive photographs of land and houses as well as professionally produced sales literature, brochure from Rex Fair Real Estate. Fifteen 4"x4" color photographs, two 5"x7" color photographs, and an article titled, "A Statistical Profile of the City of Natchitoches and Natchitoches Parish. [ITEM SEPARATED, held in 19/1] One-page written description of property indicated by hand with pink pencil; forty-eight photographs mounted on black paper (twelve pages with four photos per page) with captions. Photographs are 4"x5" color. Also includes twelve 4"x5" color photographs of interior and exterior of one of the houses on the property.

12/9a: Inspection reports, undated
Inspection reports of pecans on Little Eva Plantation. Includes a list of farm equipment found on Little Eva.

12/10: Real Estate. Land sales. Taylor land, 1953-1957
Surveys, correspondence from the law offices of J.A. Robinson and Watson and Williams, as well as miscellaneous documents concerning acquisition of property called Taylor land in Louisiana.

12/11: Real Estate. Land sales and leases. David Deville, 1977-1981
Photocopies of "Act of Exchange" land releases. Documents and correspondence concerning personal notes held by Evans for David Deville, related to the purchase of Little Eva Plantation; documents and correspondence concerning agricultural lease and ownership transfer of Louisiana bottom land leased to Deville by Evans.

12/12: Stock certificates, 1965-1976
Stock certificates for grain cooperative and statements of capital credit.

12/13 - 12/14: Taxes, 1955-1978.
Receipts for county and state property tax paid by Evans on land and cattle owned in Louisiana; documents pertaining to taxes refunded for farm use of oil and gas.

12/14a: Louisiana agricultural lands, 1975-1977
Thaxton deals with real estate correspondence. Information regarding Louisiana agricultural lands.

12/15: Uncle Tom's Cabin, 1929-1976
Correspondence and a few clippings concerning Evans' interest in publishing a reprint of the book A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin written by D. B. Corley, published in 1895. In 1893, D. B. Corley had persuaded the plantation owner to allow the original Uncle Tom's Cabin to be transported to the Chicago World's Fair for display. Since, according to Evans, Corley never saw that the original cabin was returned to the plantation, Evans had a modern replica reconstructed from available illustrations and descriptions. Also present is a photostatic copy of the Library of Congress copy of Corley's book. Correspondence with J. D. Thomson, curator of Uncle Tom's Cabin Museum in Dresden, Ontario, Canada. [Later Uncle Tom's Historic Site.] [For microfilm of the Library of Congress copy of the Corley book see folder 13/4]

12/16: "A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin," undated
The book "A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin," by D. B. Corley, a reprint of 1893 edition. Seventy-eight pages.

13/7: Financials. Evans and Peterson, 1971-1972
Regarding Evans and Russel G. Peterson dealings with Trans Delta Real Estate

13/8: Grain Elevator. Evans and Peterson, 1959-1967
Correspondence and information on a grain elevator in Tallulah, La., jointly owned by Evans and Russell G. Peterson

13/9: Annual reports. New Mexico properties, 1961-1969
Annual Reports for Belen Ranch, Tucker Town Farm, Meadow Lake Farm, and New Mexico Ranch

13/10: Annual reports. Wortham & Evans, 1950-1973
Financial data on ranching interests held jointly by Wortham and Evans.

13/11 - 13/12: Real estate. Wortham & Evans, 1967-1973
Materials concerning the dissolution and disposition of Wortham & Evans Properties includes correspondence between Wortham and Evans, as well as legal documents concerning separation of properties.

13/13: Magazine ads and brochures. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas. 1954

13/14: Real estate. Land sale. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas, 1941-1968
Deeds of Trust and a few items of correspondence

13/15: Taxes. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas, 1945-1963
U.S. Income tax receipts for taxes paid on Randle Lake Plantation, U. S. Social Security tax documents for farm workers' wages

13/16: Articles. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas, 1954
Farm Family story on Randle Lake Plantation cattle feeding operation

13/17: [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in 20/1] Photographs. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas, circa 1960-1994
Twenty-nine color polaroid pictures with captions typed on labels and placed on bottom of picture border. Pictures are dated 2 February 1994 and depict the weekend home, pecan orchard, show barn, headquarters, corral pins, grain elevator, Caffield Lake, river bottoms, pastures, managers home, and the workshop.

13/17a: Farm Family, undated
Copy of Farm Family and a picture of the county from the Cameron Herald.

13/18: [ITEMS SEPARATED into flat files] Maps. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas, circa 1950s
Four Randle Lake Plantation Plat maps

13/19 - 13/21: Financial and legal documents. Bear Lake Plantation, Tallulah, La., 1959-1978
Correspondence, mineral leases, deeds, and promissory notes, mineral leases, deeds, promissory notes

13/1: U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural and Stabilization Service, 1973-1976
Documents from U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Agricultural and Stabilization Service.

13/2 - 13/3: Clippings and articles, 1929-1991
Clippings and magazine articles including: 1929 newspaper article, consisting of copies and pieces of original news page with story about Uncle Tom's Cabin; announcement of Wortham & Evans purchase of Little Eva Plantation; issue of Santa Gertrudis Journal; "Cyanograms" article; clipping about Mr. Dave Mitchell, 60-year Evans' employee.

13/4: Microfilm, undated
A Visit to Uncle Tom's Cabin, by D. B. Corley, published in 1895, [microfilm copy produced by Library of Congress]

13/4a: Two brochures of Little Eva Plantation, undated

13/5: [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in 19/2] Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s, undated
Photographs of exterior and interior scenes of Little Eva Plantation and church, negatives and copy of article.

13/5a: [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in 19/3] Slides, undated
Forty-nine color slides made from aerial photographs of Little Eva Plantation. Slides include arial views, landscapes, and structures.

13/6: [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in flat files] Maps, undated
Over 20 maps of the Little Eva Plantation and surrounding Cane River area of Louisiana.

14/19: Correspondence, 1977-1983
Correspondence related to Santa Gertrudis Auctions including letters of thanks from owners and managers of ranches; correspondence, along with publications, concerning advertising and other miscellaneous matters

14/20 - 14/21: Cattle sales, 1977-1982
Pedigrees and photographs; sales chits, hand tallies and some correspondence regarding Santa Gertrudis cattle sold

14/22: Cattle sale catalogs. Armstrong Ranch, February 21, 1967
Second production sale featuring the blood of "Thirteen."

14/23: Cattle sale catalogs. Briggs Ranches, September 29, 1977 - October 5, 1982

14/24: Cattle sale catalogs. Cauble Ranch, October 16, 1968

14/25: Cattle sale catalogs; clippings; cattle sales report. Chaparrosa Ranch, 1971-1988

14/26: Cattle sale catalogs. Clarendon Plantation, Burton, South Carolina, December 13, 1985

14/27: Cattle sale catalogs with image of John Connally and his wife on cover. Connally Ranches, July 17, 1979

14/28: Cattle sale catalogs. Fitzhugh-Straus-Fay-Monsen, 20 May 20, 1974
Second Annual 100% Purebred Simmental Sale, San Antonio, TX

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

15/1: Cattle sale catalogs. King Ranch, 1950-1984

15/2: Cattle sale catalogs. Los Amigos, March 31, 1978

15/3: Cattle sale catalogs. Pioneer Breeders Sale, October 13, 1973 - October 5, 1981

15/4: Cattle sale catalogs. Rancho La Puerta, April 14, 1982 - May 1, 1982
Also contains invitation to sale and note from Evans to B. K. Johnson

15/5: Cattle sale catalogs. Rio Grande Valley Sale, November 9, 1977 - November 15, 1978

15/6: Cattle sale catalogs. San Jose Cattle Company, May 8, 1978 - October 2, 1979

15/7: Cattle sale catalogs. Shelton Ranches, 1980
With two photographs of Evans with Robert Shelton

15/8: Cattle sale catalogs. South Texas Santa Gertrudis, 1979-1984

15/9: Cattle sale catalogs. Tri Star Production Sale, 1978-1980

15/10: Cattle sale catalogs. Western Heritage, 15 July 1978
Catalogue for a large charity sale of Santa Gertrudis cattle, Quarter Horses, and art.

5/11 - 15/12: Cattle sale catalogs. Winrock Farms, 1958-1978
Contains: invitations and catalogs for Winthrop Rockefeller's annual cattle sales; photographs of Evans attending sales and social engagements; clippings

15/13: Cattle sale catalogs. Miscellaneous, October 1, 1963 - October 12, 1972

15/24: Correspondence, 1982-1991
Correspondence regarding: Sterling C. Evans Library; concerning a dispute about the provenance of the Mariposa Ranch Papers, 1991.

15/25: Library Events and newsletters, 1961-1979
Program, speech, and related news clippings for 1975 Dedication of Sterling Evans Library; invitation, photographs, and program for 1979 Dedication of Evans Library building addition; correspondence, issues of library newsletters, script of a speech given by writer James Michener at library fundraiser hosted by Evans; San Antonio Excellence Dinner materials, including interview with James Michener, photographs of guests, Evans, and newspaper item describing event.

15/26: Photographs. [ITEM SEPARATED held in 20/3] undated
Pictures of Evans with friends and library personnel. Later pictures depict Evans in his home and office in a donor development visit by Fred Heath, Dean of TAMU Library and Adelle Heddleston and Dorothy Whitely. Eighteen color 4"x6" color photographs; one black and white 5"x7"; five color 3"x5"

15/27: Clippings and articles, 1974-2000
Clippings and other published articles concern: Evans donation to library; article in The Texas Aggie about Evans and the library; library publication about Arco donation to library; miscellaneous newspaper clippings and newsletter concerning Evans' philanthropic efforts on behalf of Sterling C. Evans Library. Two periodicals "Spirit: News from the Texas A&M Foundation." The Spring 1998 issue features Sterling C. Evans on the front cover and is autographed by him as well. Article regarding Evans appears on pages 2-3 and was written by Mary Jo Powell. Spring 2000 issue, page 15, displays John H. Lindsey '44 of Houston, who became the third recipient of the Sterling C. Evans medal.

15/14: Correspondence. Administration, July 1, 1983 - June 13, 1994
Three 4"x6" black and white photos of Eugene Butler and Evans

15/15: Correspondence. Aggie Club, October 1, 1985 - November 12, 1985

15/16: Correspondence. Agriculture Departments, 1985-1992

15/17: Correspondence. Development Office, December 30, 1983 - October 15, 1986

15/18: Correspondence. Former Students Association, February 14, 1984 - February 8, 1995

15/19: Correspondence. Students, April 24, 1988

15/20: Telegram. Price Daniel, January 17, 1959
Telegram to Evans from U. S. senator from Texas, Price Daniel

15/21: Program, May 4, 1973
Program for Texas A&M University commencement in 1973

15/22 - 15/23: Clippings, 1959-2003

16/ 1: Personal Correspondence. 1983-1993
One letter from 1964 from Internal Revenue Service references checks (attached) supplied in the Dr. Ross, 1983-1987 Margraves income tax investigation. One letter from 1974 references a silver replacement for Mrs. Sterling Evans. The bulk of the correspondence is comprised of personal notes and Christmas cards

16/2 - 16/9: Personal Financial Information, 1956-1996
Internal Revenue and Social Security Administration, bank statements, cancelled checks, ledgers, legal documents, receipts, statements, credit card accounts, and miscellaneous hand-written notes

16/10: Personal Clubs, Memberships, and Charitable Donations, 1967-1987
Represented are memberships in the Houston Junior League, San Antonio Tea Room, San Jacinto High School Reunion planning, Vanderbilt School of Music

16/11 - 16/12: Real estate. Homes owned, 1963-1991
Titles, transactions, receipts for remodeling of homes in Castroville and Houston; principally 2305 Persa, Houston, Texas and the Redus House, Castroville, Texas

16/13 - 16/14: Legal documents. Wills and inheritances, 1939-2001
Legal documents pertaining to the estates of Dorothy Whitley, Spencer C. Evans, Catherine T. Evans, and Ruby Ross Mitchell

17/1: Notary Public Office, 16 November 1959-1992
Ledgers, records, and certificates resulting from Whitley's appointment and service as notary public

17/2: Personal memorabilia, 1966-1987
Programs, invitations, materials related to auto repair, stamps, business cards, photographs as well as newspaper and magazine clippings

17/20: Photographs, [ITEMS SEPARATED see 20/4] 1917-2001, undated
Evans' parents, circa 1930s-1960s; One photo of Evans as a young boy with a group of other boys, one of Evans appearing reflective with a quotation stapled to it, other miscellaneous photos, undated; Evans in youth; school picture, circa 1917; Evans alone; circa 1940s-1980s; Evans with Mrs. Evans, circa 1940s-1950s; Cathrene Thomas Evans, circa 1920s-1980s; Evans in early agricultural context, circa 1930s-1950s; Evans in banking contexts, circa 1940s-1960; Evans with and around cattle, circa 1960s; Miscellaneous photos of Evans, circa 1955-1985; Evans with Gus Wortham, circa 1950s-1970s; Evans in casual contexts, circa 1940s-1990s; with family and friends, circa 1950s-1990s; Evans office, undated circa 1980s; Awards and speeches, undated circa 1960s-1980s; Miscellaneous, 1966; Evans with W.N. Stokes, 1980; Evans' personal photos of Dorothy Whitley, circa 1950s-1990s; Trip to Davis Mountains/ Gearhart Ranch. Photos of landscape and cattle, circa 1985; Grandfather Crutchfield, undated; Houston Excellence Dinner, undated circa 1980s; Evans and figurines, circa 1980s; Charlene Clark's visit to U Bar Ranch, 1986; Evans in Texas A&M University context, circa 1980s-1990s; Evans in later years, circa 1990s-2001; Mexico, undated circa late 1990s; various individuals, undated; Unidentified, undated; Aesthetic; animals, flowers, etc., undated; photographs of Chagua Martinez, Evans' long-time domestic assistant, circa 1980s-1990s; view of Earth taken from Apollo 8 space capsule, 1969. Four 8"x10" black and white; forty-five 5"x7" black and white; thirteen 5"x7" color; seventy-nine 3"x5" black and white; two-hundred and thirty-three 3"x5" color. Included correspondence to Mr. Evans from Bill Stokes, Jr. regarding pictures.

17/21: Castroville guide, undated
Castroville visitor's guide with information on Castroville, photographs of points of interest and city map

17/22: Color Transparency, June 30, 1969
Apollo 8 color transparency and photo release; correspondence with the Santa Gertrudis Journal regarding the return of the Apollo 8 earth view transparency.

17/23: Photographs. Brazil [ITEMS SEPARATED see in 22/1], 1939
Scenes depicting cotton gins in South Brazil. Black and white photographs depicting the Brazilian cotton industry, including the clearing of land, as well as picking, transporting, and ginning of the cotton. Evans appears in some photographs; some photographs annotated; related to an article Evans published in Progressive Farmer. Two-hundred and forty-two black and white 3" x 5" photographs

17/24: Clippings and published articles, 1938-1985 (1 of 2)
-File contains originals and photocopies including: autographed reprint of article by Margaret Lothrop, 1938; clippings and articles about Brazil, including several articles written by Evans and about perceived cotton industry threat from Brazil, circa 1939; clipping from Paraguay-Guarani about figurines collected by Evans on his 1939 trip to South America early banking career, circa 1940s-1960s; awards and honors, circa 1950s-1960s; Interview with parents, 1961; three issues of Houston Magazine containing stories related to Evans' banking career, 1941-1945; miscellaneous newspaper articles about Evans, 1985-1992; issue of The Cattleman magazine containing story about Evans, accompanied by correspondence concerning it. 1993; miscellaneous articles about Gus Wortham and the Wortham Foundation, 1973-1990; Article about Watler L. Pfluger, a close personal friend of Evans, 1983; news articles concerning life and death of Evans' long-time friend and Texas A&M University alumni, Pat Zachry, 1984; news article and program regarding James Earl Rudder and D-Day commemoration activities in College Station, Texas 1994; news clippings on various people and events in Castroville, circa 1985; issue of True West Magazine, with annotation referring to an article on the U-Bar Ranch history circa 1914, 1968; newspaper clipping about Chagua Martinez, a long-time domestic assistant, circa 1970s; issue of Bank of Cooperatives newsletter, featuring Evans as a past president, 1983

17/25
Clippings and published articles, 1987-2003 (2 of 2)

17/3: Journal, March 22, 1939 - June 13, 1939
Extremely detailed handwritten journal of about 70 pages chronicling a trip Evans took to Brazil to investigate cotton production

17/4: Notes, circa 1955
Handwritten notes and outline by Evans, apparently for an article or speech on cooperatives

17/5: Pocket notebooks, 1940s-1960s
Over 20 pocket-sized notebooks and address books containing a wide variety of notes written by Evans

17/6: Manuscript, March 1995
Draft of narrative, containing photographs, by Evans' friend and biographer, W. N. Stokes, about a trip to Big Bend and a visit to an 1889. Draft for Santa Gertrudis Journal's April issue on Briggs Ranches. Cyndy Cowley sent Evans the manuscript for corrections before it was published. Evans made notes and corrections on the draft in red ink.

17/7: Address Pages, undated
Names and addresses in Evans' handwriting

17/8: Poems, Quotations, and anecdotes, 1921-1988, undated (1 of 2)
-Miscellaneous anecdotes, quotations, some handwritten on scraps of paper by Evans, poems, newspaper clippings, and typed poetical quotations as well as notes about poems collected by Evans; also a mock letter from the State Comptroller's office concerning reimbursement for the castration and accidental death of a TAMU Dairy bull

17/9: Poems, Quotations and anecdotes, 1989-1995 (2 of 2)

17/10: Published books, booklets, and brochures collected by Evans, 1921 (1 of 2)
Two small paperback books: Son, Remember, by the 75th Anniversary Committee of Texas A&M University, a story about Richard Coke; and The Romance of the Ranchos by Palmer Conner, a story about large and/or historical ranches of Los Angeles County, California, containing illustrations and map insert; 1921 Longhorn Yearbook; 1958 phone directory for Farm Credit Banks of Houston; Federal Land Bank of Houston History; brochure stating mission and listing members of the Philosophical Society of Texas; also, a menu for a Society dinner apparently attended by Evans in the 1960s

17/11: Published books, booklets, and brochures collected by Evans, 1939-1961 (2 of 2)

17/12: Calling cards, undated

17/13: Card, undated
Addressed to [Katchie?] enclosing an embroidered handkerchief

17/14: Certificates and Proclamations, 1936-1999, undated
Various documents commemorating honors given to Evans

17/15: Draft cards for Evans from the U.S. Selective Service, 1942

17/16: Pocket-knife; small, engraved, undated

17/17: Lenses for eyeglasses, undated

17/18: Library card, 1970

17/19: Postcards, circa 1955
Advertising postcards by Schiwetz from National Farm Loan Association. A reprint of Chapter XXIV of a Ranchman's Recollections by Frank S. Hastings. Forward states that Evans had it reprinted and sent to "special friends" during Christmas of 1980.

18/1: 22 color photographs (4" x 6") from reception held on August 5. [items separated from 12/5, Series 1]

18/2: Cattle sales and Advertising (items separated from 8/9), 1979-1983
Two index pages. Forty-two full-page advertisements; p. 5 of the Santa Gertrudis Journal; August 1979 - November 1982 and p. 5 and 15 from January 1983 regarding sale of U-Bar Ranch. [Items separated from 8/9, Series 3, Subseries 3.2]

19/1: One-page written description of property indicated by hand with pink pencil; forty-eight photographs mounted on black paper (twelve pages with four photos per page) with captions. Photographs are 4"x5" color. Also includes twelve 4"x5" color photographs of interior and exterior of one of the houses on the property. [Item separated from 12/9, Series 3, Subseries 3.3]

19/2: Photographs, circa 1960s-1970s, undated
Photographs of exterior and interior scenes of Little Eva Plantation and church, negatives (see 21/1) and copy of article. [items separated from 13/5, Series 3, Subseries 3.3]

19/3: Slides, undated
Forty-nine color slides made from aerial photographs of Little Eva Plantation. Slides include arial views, landscapes, and structures. [items separated from 13/5a, Series 3, Subseries 3.3]

This series contains mostly personal correspondence, including a few notes, pertaining to Evans' personal financial and legal affairs, particularly referring to family wills and estates. Financial documents include bank statements, tax forms, canceled checks, ledgers, receipts, and materials about credit card accounts. Files are arranged with general correspondence, financial and legal materials presented first, followed by two groups of subject files, the first arranged alphabetically by names of persons, the second alphabetically by names of business or other corporate bodies.

2/1: Greeting Cards [ITEMS REMOVED, now housed in Box 3]

2/2: Wedding Announcement, 1922
A formal wedding announcement from the bride's mother, Mrs. E. O. Thomas, announcing that her daughter Kate had married Sterling C. Evans; implies the couple's first home was in Bryan, Texas. The envelope is addressed to Miss Ollie Evans. The announcement reads "Mrs. E. O. Thomas, announces the marriage of her daughter, Kate, to Mr. Sterling C. Evans, on Thursday, December seventh, nineteen hundred and twenty-two, Whitewright, Texas, At Home, Bryan, Texas

2/3: Letters to Cathrene Evans, 1953-1955
Letters written by Evans to his wife while he was on business trips in New York, N.Y., and Washington, D.C. Six letters on Hotel stationery: Waldorf Astoria, New York, NY and Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C.

2/4: Inauguration of Texas Governor Allan Shivers, 1953
Invitation and program for the inauguration of Texas Governor Allan Shivers in 1953

2/5: Gus Wortham biography. January 1994 - July 11, 1996
Includes correspondence about and a draft of foreword composed by Evans for the biography of Gus Wortham, Gus Wortham: Portrait of a Leader, written by Fran Dressman (College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 1994). [ITEMS SEPARATED, held in 18/1] 22 color photographs (4" x 6") from the reception held on August 5.

2/6: Texas A&M University Football Game, November 1987
Correspondence, ticket stubs, hotel receipt, social invitations from the President of Texas A&M University, the Chancellor of Texas A&M University System, and the Director of the Sterling C. Evans Library, 1987

2/7: Evans' 100th birthday celebration, 1999
Includes letter of congratulations from family and business executives. The Brackett News 29 July 1999 article on front page "Evans Approaches Century Mark." Birthday Banner.

2/8: Blank Personal Stationery, undated
Address "P.O. Box 777/Castroville, TX 78009"

2/9: Guest books, 1949-1987
Three stenographer's notebooks, all in the same handwriting. Two recording telephone calls and addresses; one notebook of which is labeled as the "new book" and the other as the "old book." The third notebook lists the visitors.

2/10: Correspondence between Evans and Gus Wortham, 1970
Letters concerning partnership and financial settlements [received in repository torn in four parts and taped back together]

2/11: Correspondence, February 13, 1973 - August 5, 1988
Concerns Evans' personal financial transactions. Includes Valentine's cards, get-well notes and thank-you notes from personal friends

2/12: Ledgers and check registers, 1959-1988
Contains photocopy of what appears to be a hand-written ledger for Evans' personal investments during 1959- 1982

2/13: Investments and check register, 1978-1991
Investments and check register on handwritten ledger sheets for 1978-1991; individual computer printouts of Evans assets and liabilities for years 1986 and 1988

2/14: Check registers, 1983-1986.
Three registers numbered by hand in ink "#5," "#6," and "#7"

2/15: Financial statements, 1977-1994
Original handwritten in pencil ledger for the year 1977 (not bound). Photocopy of 1978 income ledger. Photocopy of income and disbursements 12/31/1997 year ending unbound. Bound monthly reports from accounting firms; reports for the years 1979-1983 and 1989 are not present

2/16 - 2/19: Tax information, 1954-1983
Information, stubs, and receipts for charitable donations and miscellaneous expenses and income used in calculating Evans' personal tax returns; Income Reporting Slips for 1983

2/20: Working chart of accounts, October 31, 1992
Computer-generated working chart of accounts for general, U-Bar Ranch, Brackettville Ranch, and Spring Ranch.

2/21: Depreciation schedule, December 31, 1991
Photocopy, 14 p. depreciation schedule for D. Hannis Ranch, Spring Ranch, and Brackettville Ranch.

2/22: John Henry Evans, February 3, 1863
Birth Certificate for Sterling Evans' father. Also included are two pages of hand-written notes regarding the life of John B. Evans including his wife, Betty Roberts, and her parents. Undated and author unknown. "John B. Evans" is believed to be John Bell Evans, John Henry's father.

2/23 - 2/24: Ollie Evans Leuschner, 1981-1989
Financial and inheritance matters concerning the estate of Evans' sister, including ownership maps and correspondence and a photocopy of the will of Ollie Evans Leuschner.

20/1: Photographs. Randle Lake Plantation, Thorndale, Texas, circa 1960-1994
Twenty-nine color polaroid pictures with captions typed on labels and placed on bottom of picture border. Pictures are dated 2 February 1994 and depict the weekend home, pecan orchard, show barn, headquarters, corral pins, grain elevator, Caffield Lake, river bottoms, pastures, managers home, and the workshop. [items separated from 13/17, Series 3, Subseries 3.4]

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. [items separated from 14/11, Series 3, Subseries 3.4]

20/3: Photographs. undated
Pictures of Evans with friends and library personnel. Later pictures depict Evans in his home and office in a donor development visit by Fred Heath, Dean of TAMU Library and Adelle Heddleston and Dorothy Whitely. Eighteen color 4"x6" color photographs; one black and white 5"x7"; five color 3"x5". [Item separated from 15/26, Series 4, Subseries 4.1]

20/4: Photographs,] 1917-2001, undated
Evans' parents, circa 1930s-1960s; One photo of Evans as a young boy with a group of other boys, one of Evans appearing reflective with a quotation stapled to it, other miscellaneous photos, undated; Evans in youth; school picture, circa 1917; Evans alone; circa 1940s-1980s; Evans with Mrs. Evans, circa 1940s-1950s; Cathrene Thomas Evans, circa 1920s-1980s; Evans in early agricultural context, circa 1930s-1950s; Evans in banking contexts, circa 1940s-1960; Evans with and around cattle, circa 1960s; Miscellaneous photos of Evans, circa 1955-1985; Evans with Gus Wortham, circa 1950s-1970s; Evans in casual contexts, circa 1940s-1990s; with family and friends, circa 1950s-1990s; Evans office, undated circa 1980s; Awards and speeches, undated circa 1960s-1980s; Miscellaneous, 1966; Evans with W.N. Stokes, 1980; Evans' personal photos of Dorothy Whitley, circa 1950s-1990s; Trip to Davis Mountains/ Gearhart Ranch. Photos of landscape and cattle, circa 1985; Grandfather Crutchfield, undated; Houston Excellence Dinner, undated circa 1980s; Evans and figurines, circa 1980s; Charlene Clark's visit to U Bar Ranch, 1986; Evans in Texas A&M University context, circa 1980s-1990s; Evans in later years, circa 1990s-2001; Mexico, undated circa late 1990s; various individuals, undated; Unidentified, undated; Aesthetic; animals, flowers, etc., undated; photographs of Chagua Martinez, Evans' long-time domestic assistant, circa 1980s-1990s; view of Earth taken from Apollo 8 space capsule, 1969. Four 8"x10" black and white; forty-five 5"x7" black and white; thirteen 5"x7" color; seventy-nine 3"x5" black and white; two-hundred and thirty-three 3"x5" color. Included correspondence to Mr. Evans from Bill Stokes, Jr. regarding pictures [Items separated from 17/20, Series 7].

21/1: Negatives. circa 1960s-1970s, undated
Negative images of exterior and interior scenes of Little Eva Plantation and church. [Items separated from 13/5 and 19/2]

22/1: Photographs. Brazil, 1939
Scenes depicting cotton gins in South Brazil. Black and white photographs depicting the Brazilian cotton industry, including the clearing of land, as well as picking, transporting, and ginning of the cotton. Evans appears in some photographs; some photographs annotated; related to an article Evans published in Progressive Farmer. Two-hundred and forty-two black and white 3" x 5" photographs. [Items separated from 17/23, Series 7]

Various greeting cards from business affiliates, friends, and family. Includes birthday and Christmas cards.

This series details the development of Evans' ranching enterprises. Correspondence records Evans' incisive decision-making and the strong friendships he made and maintained within the cattle industry. Particularly noteworthy is the record of Evans' successful partnership with Gus Wortham, from the early growth of their association and friendship, through to the partnership's amiable dissolution in later years. In particular, information found in subseries 3.3. Little Eva Plantation, Chopin, La., 1864-1991 (bulk: 1941-1970) highlights the importance Evans placed on cultivating the historical context of many of his ranches.

This subseries mainly contains sale catalogs, Santa Gertrudis cattle breeding information, pedigrees, sales receipts, some correspondence, advertising tear sheets, and photographs of bulls, accompanied by many clippings regarding the Nine Bar Ranch in Cypress, Texas owned by Sterling C. Evans and Gus Wortham. This was the first major ranching and marketing venture by the two partners. Also present are correspondence and sales materials concerning cattle sales to Russian buyers. Though only in existence for about twenty years, Nine Bar Ranch's history of operations represents pacesetting marketing strategies still emulated by a multitude of modern cattle and horse ranches.

This subseries is composed predominantly of financial documents, advertising and promotional materials for cattle sales, photographs of ranch home interiors and exteriors, and correspondence surrounding the ownership and operation of three large ranches in Texas and New Mexico. Also present are several plat maps and blueprints housed separately as oversized items. Files are arranged first by type, with correspondence, then general financial and legal files, followed by a group of financial and legal subject files arranged alphabetically by topic, and finally files of photographs and clippings, followed by oversized maps and blueprints.

4/1 - 4/16: Financial, 1977-1993 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
Account balance sheets, yearly tax statements, and investment portfolios.

This series is comprised chiefly of correspondence between Evans and several administrative units of Texas A&M University, as well as the Aggie Club and Former Students Association. Also present is a telegram of the then U. S. senator from Texas, Price Daniel, a program for the 1973 Texas A&M University commencement exercises, and a file of clippings. Files are arranged first by format with correspondence files sub-arranged alphabetically by name of a university group, followed by three separate files for a telegram, the program, and clippings. Subseries 4.1. Sterling C. Evans Library, (1975-1994) contains materials more directly related to Evans' patronage of the Texas A&M University Libraries.

This subseries contains mostly correspondence and articles, with some photographs, illustrating Evans' involvement as a benefactor of the Texas A&M University Libraries, and the high level of esteem in which he was held by administrators, faculty, and staff within the library. Evans' patronage had a profound effect on elevating the status of Sterling C. Evans Library to that of a nationally ranked research institution.

5/1 - 5/3: Financial, 1993-1994 [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
Account balance sheets, yearly tax statements, and investment portfolios.

5/4: Alwilda Ryon and Mary Thomas Ryon, 1959-1972
Financial and inheritance information concerning E. O. Thomas, Alwilda Ryon, and Mary Thomas Ryon.

5/5: Clarice Thomas Scott, 1972-1973
Financial and inheritance information from Dorothy Ann Kinney attorney-at-law to Mrs. Sterling C. Evans regarding the sale of shares in the estate of Clarice Thomas Scott. Includes a check register with a blank check from the account of Helen T. Sparks.

5/6 - 5/7: Helen Thomas Sparks, 1979-1987
Tax Returns and trial balance sheets. Correspondence between Evans and Mary Evelyne Miller concerning the inheritance of Helen Thomas Sparks. Dorothy Ann Kinney held the Power of Attorney for Helen Thomas Sparks. Correspondence between Dorothy Ann Kinney and Evans regarding what Evans inherited from Helen and Helen's accounts.

5/8: Sheldon Z. Wert, July 5, 1977
Photocopy of two pages of financial information concerning the value of farm equipment. Equipment includes tractors, shredders, sprayers, mowers, trucks, joints, sprinklers, trailers, bale carriers, etc.

5/9: American General Companies, August 1, 1973
Contains a listing of staff and directors of all offices. An alphabetical listing of companies appears on pages i-iv of the directory.

5/10: Credit Card Service Bureau of America, 1980-1991
Includes membership card. Registered cards include VISA, Hertz, ATT, Texaco, Exxon, Phillips, Frost Bros., Joskes, Telephone Credit Card, and Southwestern Bell.

5/11 - 5/12: Evans & Peterson, 1959-1972
Correspondence concerning a large tract of investment real estate purchased from Texas A&M University by Evans and his partner Russell G. Peterson, miscellaneous financial documents, bank statements, and ledgers.

5/13 - 5/16: Evans & Wortham (also referred as E&W), 1955-1974
Letters to various managers concerning routine business matters and correspondence concerning joint financial accounts; a handwritten recap of joint financial relationships; check stubs and pocket ledger of Social Security tax breakdown of farm workers' income; tax documents regarding Social Security tax withholding for farm employees.