Petroleum industry and trade -- Oklahoma
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Carl J. O'Hornett Collection
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Attorney. Correspondence (1946) regarding Carl J. O'Hornett's inquiries to oil companies in Oklahoma to lease 1250 royalty acres out of approximately 5400 acres of the North Burbank area of Kay and Osage Counties. Also, a map of the North Burbank area and a map of a plat in Washita County, Oklahoma.
Charles Albert Prevost Collection
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Investor. Correspondence from, advertisements about, and stock certificates (1918-1919) issued by the Okmulgee-Youngstown Oil Co. and the Indian Chief Oil and Gas Co. along with an advertisement (1919) regarding the productivity of the Okmulgee Oil Field. Charles A. Prevost Photograph collection also in repository.
Charles Francis Colcord Collection
Cherokee Nation Papers Collection
Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation Collection
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Administrative reports, publications, manuscripts, and financial reports regarding the history and the domestic and international operations of the Cities Service Oil Company, later the Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation, as well as of other energy industry companies. Cities Service Oil and Gas Corporation Photograph Collection also in repository.
Clarita Farmers State Bank Collection
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Ledgers and account books (1903-1943) of the Clarita Farmers State Bank, and the "96" Ballard Oil and Gas Co. of Inola, Oklahoma.
Clayton H. Hyde Collection
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Farmer. Personal correspondence (1881-1946) of Hyde, including copies of addresses and public statements; correspondence (1909-1939) with farm, business and political organizations at the local, state and national level, together with informational circulars on their activities.
Cruce, Cruce and Bleakmore Collection
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Legal documents and correspondence of the law firms of Cruce, Cruce and Cruce (1895-1901); Cruce, Cruce and Bleakmore (1901-1912); and Potter and Cruce (1912-1928) reflecting the firms' practice, representing Indian citizenship and allotment claims, banking interests, and oil and gas companies. Also in the collection are correspondence and speeches from Lee Cruce's Oklahoma gubernatorial campaign of 1907 and his senatorial campaign of 1930.
Cushing Refining and Gasoline Company Collection
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Correspondence (1927-1945) to and from other petroleum companies regarding orders and shipments of petroleum products, and from various federal agencies concerning gasoline rationing and price regulations during World War II; pamphlets (1941-1943); and additional business records (ca. 1935-1945) concerning Cushing's production. Also included is a blueprint (n.d.) of an underground oil tank.
E. L. Malone Collection
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Oil field worker. Letters (1904-1905) from E.L. Malone to his wife and son, describing life in the oil field and Oklahoma Territory boom towns.
Emmett Caldwell Searcy Collection
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Businessman. Correspondence (1902) and manuscripts regarding the Red Moon Indian Boarding School for Cheyenne-Arapaho Indians; musical scores by Mrs. Kate Searcy; publications by temperance societies; items from the World's Fairs of 1893 and 1904; correspondence (1933-1934) from a veteran of the Battle of the Washita of 1868 describing General Custer's role and the conflict in general; and textbooks (1832-1866).
Eugene P. Ledbetter Collection
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Attorney. Case files (1892-1952) of Ledbetter, an Oklahoma City attorney, concerning oil, gas and railroad leases and stock; the payment of Oklahoma Supreme Court justices' salaries (1933-1935); and the payment of a reward offered for the arrest of George "Machine Gun" Kelly (1934).
Harold Beach Goodrich Collection
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Petroleum geologist. Correspondence (1931-1943) of Goodrich regarding his geological interests and research; blueprints and charts (ca. 1930) showing geological data, as well as one entitled "Graphic History of Oklahoma Oil Production, 1930" all compiled by Goodrich; news clippings (ca. 1940) regarding geological developments; annual report (1904) of the Chausler, Canfield Midway Oil Co., written by Goodrich; data in manuscript form and a bibliography compiled by Goodrich regarding the availability of oil in California.
Kerr-McGee Corporation Collection
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Energy corporation. Photocopies and printed material (1928-1978) issued by the Public Relations Department of the Kerr-McGee Corporation, including biographical information on Robert S. Kerr and Dean A. McGee; reports (1976-1977) to the Securities and Exchange Commission; material (n.d.) used for the report on drilling operations in the corporation's annual reports, 1960-1966; chronologies of corporate history; general statistics (1962-1977); an index (1977) to the minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings; and clippings and press releases (1975-1977), including information on Karen Silkwood.
Kiowa County Historical Society Photograph Collection
Black-and-white copy prints of Chickasha, Indian Territory; Mountain Park, Cooperton, Roosevelt, Cold Springs, Newkirk, Enid, Hobart and Lone Wolf, Oklahoma. Also photographs of farming, businesses, railroads, and the oil industry. Also scenes of Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians with photographs of Delos Lone Wolf, Geronimo and Quanah Parker.
L. L. Hutchison Collection
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Geologist. Correspondence (1910-1911) recommending Hutchison for employment and concerning his work as a consulting geologist; geological analyses (1911); two articles written by Hutchison; and Hutchison's book-length work"Geology and Resources of Oklahoma.".
L. Morton Rutherford, II, Collection
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Attorney. Report of the Senate Committee on Oil Investigation by the Fourteenth Legislature of Oklahoma, of which Rutherford was a member; and a letter to his son on the same subject.
Mary Brownlee Frederickson Collection
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Typescripts and manuscripts of poetry and short stories regarding the Oklahoma oil fields and the oil industry, all by Mary B. Frederickson. Mary Brownlee Frederickson Photograph Collection also in repository.
Paul Imbrie Johnston Collection
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Business executive. Corporate records (1934-1973), including articles of incorporation and minutes of the Oklahoma Public Services Corporation, the Oklahoma-Kansas Natural Gas Company, the Atlantic Oil Corporation, and the Continental Investment Corporation;operating manuals and brochures (1927-1930) of the Eason Oil Company, the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation, the Independent Oil and Gas Company, and the Transcontinental Oil Company; and a notebook (1957) labelled "Proxy Contest" including list of stock sales and stockholders for the Atlantic Oil Corporation. Johnston either worked for or helped to found all of the above-named companies.
Petroleum Industry Collection
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Subject collection. Brochures, stock certificates, contracts, and other materials (1935) related to the petroleum industry in Oklahoma.
Ray Miles Collection
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Historian. Correspondence (1985-1999) and research materials (1904-2000) compiled by Ray Miles for his dissertation and biography on oilman Thomas Baker Slick, titled King of the Wildcatters: The Life and Times of Tom Slick, 1883-1930.
Red Rabbit Oil Company Collection
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Petroleum company. Ledger containing the articles and certificate of incorporation, and minutes of the stockholders' meetings of the Red Rabbit Oil Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Richard A. Conkling Collection
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Petroleum geologist. Correspondence (1921-1922) to Conkling concerning personnel changes at Roxana Petroleum Corporation, Ardmore, Oklahoma, including Conkling's resignation as Head Geologist in 1922, and his subsequent employment; an employment contract (1914) between Conkling and the Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappy, a Dutch corporation; and certificates (1929-1946). Also included is a reprint of a biographical memorial (1952) of Conkling written by Albert S. Clinkscales shortly after Conkling's death.
Stephen Kirk Glasby Photograph Collection
Black and white copy prints of the Glasby family. Included in the collection are scenes of Lawton, Oklahoma Territory and state, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, businesses and an oil well.
Thomas Baker Slick Collection
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Oilman. Correspondence (1920-1939); reports (1930-1939); tax records (1926-1933); leases; and deeds (1914-1973) from the estate of Tom Slick, regarding his various petroleum and real estate interests in Oklahoma. Newspaper clippings and an article concerning the life, business, and death of Slick, as well as an obituary of Charles F. Urschel.
Walker D. Grisso Collection
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Oil producer and lawyer. Correspondence between Grisso, Arthur McAnally, and Colonel John Virden on various subjects, including the American Southwest, the Albert Jennings Fountain murder case, the Maxwell Land Grant, the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, western saloons, and the oil industry in Oklahoma. Walker D. Grisso Photograph Collection also in repository.