Related Collections

J. K. Northway Papers
Dr. J.(James) K.(Kellogg) Northway was a long time veterinarian with the King Ranch at the beginning of the 20th century. Included in the collection he left for the Archives are correspondence, literary productions, photographs, and printed and oversized materials of his early days as a King Ranch veterinarian and his activities.

Sam A. Millar Photograph Collection
The collection is a one album containing photographs of quarter horses and racehorses on the King Ranch, mostly on the Norias Division, around 1944. Sam Millar was a friend of Dr. J. K. Northway's, King Ranch's veterinarian.

Conner Family Collection
John E. Conner was a member of the first faculty at the South Texas State Teachers College that opened in Kingsville in 1925. He was a chairman of the history department, and later dean of the college. He trained students in history by having them visit historic sites and collect documents throughout South Texas; establishing the Robert J. Kleberg History Club and laying the foundation of the South Texas Archives. He left personal papers, records of the South Texas Historical Association, and the early days of Texas College of Arts & Industries as well as research materials from his work and his study. His son, Dr. William Conner and his daughter-in-law Katherine Smith Conner also gave historical records, and family photographs.