Steele M. Wright Papers
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Wright, Chairman of the Board of Texas Farm Products Company, with prominent public officials; material relating to the Federal Reserve System; genealogical material on Adams and Wright families; and items pertaining to Texas Farm Products Company, Nacogdoches.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1975
Creator
- Wright, Steele (Person)
Language of Materials
The collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research.
Biographical or Historical Information
M. Steele Wright and his wife, Elizabeth Adams Wright, moved to Nacogdoches in 1930 to establish a fertilizer manufacturing company. The Texas Fertilizer Company, later known as Texas Farm Products, manufactured Lone Star Brand fertilizers, feed, pet food, and farm supplies. In 1958, Wright's son, J. Steele Wright, Jr., succeeded his father as president of the firm, and was elected chairman of the board upon the death of his father in 1970.
Steele Wright was one of three Texans to receive the "Man of the Year" award in agriculture from the Texas County Agricultural Agents Association, and served as an honorary vice-president of the State Fair of Texas.
(Ericson. "Wright Family." Nacogdoches County Families. Dallas: Curtis Media Corporation, 1985. p. 729-30).
Extent
0.50 Cubic Feet
Arrangement
This collection consists of 33 items, is described in four folders and is housed in one clamshell box. The collection is organized at the item-level.
Subject
- Wright, Steele (Person)
- Texas Farm Products Company (Nacogdcohes, Tex.) -- Records and correspondence (Corporate Entity)
- Title
- Guide to the Steele M. Wright Papers
- Author
- Linda Nicklas
- Date
- 1976
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the East Texas Research Center Repository