Charles W. Hamilton Collection
Scope and Contents
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Petroleum geologist. Geological reports for Oklahoma, Venezuela, and Mexico; materials concerning oil production in the Middle East and Central and South America; correspondence (1912-1922) with Mexican Gulf Oil Company; Hamilton's family correspondence (1909-1926), some (1914) concerning the Mexican Revolution; general business correspondence (1911-1923), some with Everette L. DeGolyer; Hamilton's geology class notes (1914-1915); Hamilton's diary (1912-1914); and a draft of a book-length work by Hamilton entitled "Americans in the Middle East." Charles W. Hamilton Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- 1909-1962
Restrictions on Access
Available for public access.
Extent
2.6 ft. (2.6 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Charles W. Hamilton.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Hamilton, Charles W. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1968.
- Arabian American Oil Company
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- DeGolyer, Everett L. (Everett Lee), 1923-1977 -- : Correspondence
- Diaries Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hamilton, Charles W. (Charles Walter), 1890-
- Koninklijke Nederlandsche Petroleum Maatschappij
- Manuscripts Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Mexican Gulf Oil Company
- Oil fields -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Middle East Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oil fields -- Venezuela Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petroleum -- Mexico Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petroleum -- Middle East Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petroleum -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Petroleum -- Venezuela Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Ftamc
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
