Overview
Railroad Commission of
Texas. Oil and Gas Division.
Oil and Gas Division
correspondence and reports
1890-1943
bulk
1919-1935
The Railroad
Commission, through its Oil and Gas Division, regulates the exploration,
production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in Texas. This series
contains correspondence and reports of the Oil and Gas Division, covering the
years 1890-1943, bulk 1919-1938. Incoming correspondence is from the public and
the Division's field agents. The public correspondence includes cover letters
for completed forms sent in by oil and gas companies and pipeline carriers and
the general public asking for information. Correspondence from field agents
includes reports on their inspection activities of wells and enforcement of the
oil and gas conservation laws. Outgoing correspondence from the Division
responds to the public information requests and gives instructions to the field
agents.
39.2 cubic
ft. These
records are written in English.
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Agency History
The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the exploration,
production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in Texas. Its statutory
role is to prevent waste of the state's natural resources, to protect the
correlative rights of different interest owners, to prevent pollution, and to
provide safety in matters such as hydrogen sulfide. It oversees hazardous
materials pipelines and natural gas pipelines and distribution systems as well
as propane, butane, compressed natural gas, and liquefied natural gas. It works
to make sure a continuous, safe supply of natural gas is available to Texas
consumers at the lowest reasonable price. Additionally, the Commission
regulates surface mining for coal, uranium, and iron ore gravel, and conducts a
program for reclaiming lands that were mined and abandoned before 1975.
The Railroad Commission of Texas had its origin in the demands of the
shipping public in the late 1880s that insisted that railroads be subject to
regulation based on public interest. An advocate for governmental regulation,
Attorney General James Stephen Hogg ran for Governor in 1890 with the issue of
railroad regulation as the focal point of the campaign. Hogg was elected
Governor in the general election and the voters also approved an amendment to
Article X, Section 2 of the Texas Constitution that empowered the Legislature
to enact statutes creating regulatory agencies. These elections paved the way
for the Legislature to enact on April 3, 1891 "An Act to Establish a Railroad
Commission of the State of Texas," that later was placed in the Texas Revised
Civil Statutes under article 6444 et seq. (House Bills 1, 3, and 58, 22nd Texas
Legislature, Regular Session).
The Commission originally consisted of three members appointed by the
Governor for three-year terms. Governor Hogg appointed the first three
Commissioners in 1891 including John H. Reagan, who resigned as U.S. Senator
from Texas to serve as the first Chairman. The Texas Constitution, Article XIX,
Section 30 was amended in 1894 to provide for elective six-year overlapping
terms for the Commissioners. That same year John H. Reagan was elected and
served until his retirement in 1903.
The Texas Railroad Commission was the first regulatory agency created
in the State of Texas and originally had jurisdiction over the rates and
operations of railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. The legal
focus was on intrastate passenger and freight activities. Interstate
jurisdiction fell under the U.S. Interstate Commerce Commission. For the first
twenty-five years of its existence, the Railroad Commission was largely
concerned with regulating railroads, setting rates, receiving complaints, and
making investigations. As other controversies arose where the Legislature
deemed that the public interest could best be served by regulation, additional
duties were assigned to the Railroad Commission.
The Railroad Commission's authority was broadened beginning in 1917
with the passage of the Pipeline Petroleum Law (Senate Bill 68, 35th
Legislature, Regular Session) that declared pipelines to be common carriers
like railroads and placed them under the Commission's jurisdiction. This was
the first act to designate the Railroad Commission as the agency to administer
conservation laws relating to oil and gas. The Commission's regulatory and
enforcement powers in oil and gas were increased by the Oil and Gas
Conservation Law (Senate Bill 350 of the 36th Legislature, Regular Session),
effective June 18, 1919. This act gave the Railroad Commission jurisdiction to
regulate the production of oil and gas. Acting upon this legislation, the
Commission adopted in 1919 the first statewide rules regulating the oil and gas
industry to promote conservation and safety, including Rule 37. This rule
requires minimum distances between wells at drilling sites in order to protect
field pressure and correlative rights.
The Oil and Gas Division works to prevent
the waste of oil, gas, and geothermal resources and to prevent the pollution of
fresh water from oil and gas operations. The division holds statewide hearings
on market demand and provides for equitable production among operators by
establishing monthly production allowables. It issues drilling permits, reviews
and approves oil and gas well completions, collects data on oil and gas
operations, and promotes public safety. It also protects underground drinking
water through regulation of the underground injection of fluids in oil field
operations, a program approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
under the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act. It oversees well plugging
operations, site remediation, underground hydrocarbon storage, hazardous waste
management, and maintains a large amount of data on wells - their location,
production, etc. The division also investigates complaints and conducts other
investigations. This division maintains 10 district offices where field
enforcement and support personnel monitor oil and gas operations. The
commission does not have the authority to set oil and gas prices at the
wellhead. The departments within the Oil and Gas Division are: Administration,
Technical Permitting, Field Operations, Administrative Compliance, and the Oil
Field Cleanup Program, which includes Site Remediation and Well Plugging.
(Sources: Guide to Texas State Agencies,
various editions; general laws and statutes; the Railroad Commission website
(http://www.rrc.state.tx.us/about/index.php), accessed on February 9, 2009; and
the records themselves.)
Scope and Contents of the Records
The Railroad Commission, through its Oil and Gas Division, regulates
the exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in
Texas. This series contains correspondence and reports of the Oil and Gas
Division, covering the years 1890-1943, bulk 1919-1938. A small amount of
materials from the Motor Transportation Division and the Gas Utilities Division
of the Railroad Commission is present as well as correspondence and photos re:
railroads.
Incoming letters are from a variety of sources including the general
public, oil and gas companies, pipeline carriers, other private businesses, as
well as internal correspondence from the Division's Conservation Agents in the
field. Outgoing letters from the Division headquarters in Austin are generally
brief acknowledgments on the arrival of forms and responses to requests for
information. Telegrams, maps, contracts, photos, and reports on standardized
forms are also present.
Reports and correspondence from the Division's field conservation
agents date from 1919 when the Oil and Gas Division was formed and record the
first attempts at on-site supervision. The field conservation agents were
responsible for inspecting wells, preventing fires, stopping waste, and
otherwise enforcing the State's conservation laws. Agents filed
Daily reports for each of the wells they
visited. These listed place, date, operator, address, well number, miles from
the nearest town, miles traveled that day, and remarks about wells. Such
remarks could include the depth of the well and any problems such as salt water
in the well and whether or not it was dry.
There is also routine internal correspondence between the field agents
and the Division headquarters in Austin dealing with requests for forms,
stamps, repairs of old cars, purchase of new cars, invoices of supplies,
inventory of office equipment, and newspaper subscriptions. Other
correspondence of a more personal nature for the agents included living
expenses in boom towns, their salary, and the hiring and firing of the
agents.
These files give great insight into the everyday work, the working
conditions, the policy making, and the environment around the field agent. Much
of the personality of each agent is revealed as they struggle to enforce the
conservation laws in the early oil fields. Such boom towns as Desdemona,
Burkburnett, and Ranger were the initial assignments for the agents. Later, new
fields in the Panhandle and East Texas required more agents. The bulk of the
agent correspondence runs from 1919 to 1933.
Letters from oil and gas companies and pipeline carriers are either
routine requests for information and forms from the Railroad Commission or
cover letters sending the completed forms back to the Commission. Reports that
the Commission required on each well included notifications of intention to
drill, deepen, plug, or shoot a well; statements of condition before and after;
the drilling record on each well; certificate showing compliance with
conservation laws and rules; and application for pipeline severance or
connection. Rarely, however, are the actual forms found in these records. Only
the correspondence is present in the Archives and not the actual reports.
Much of this series is routine requests from the general public for
brochures, forms, and general information from the Division on its procedures
and the conservation laws it was empowered to regulate. The public concern over
the implementation of the new conservation laws generated much of this
correspondence. The Division's primary legislative mandate was for the
conservation of natural resources and the prevention of waste. Public requests
for contract analysis, dispute settlement of oil and gas leases, or lengthy
research projects were considered to be outside its responsibility.
Consequently, much of the outgoing correspondence to the public is either
replies to the routine requests for information or refusals on subjects beyond
the Division's parameters. Other public correspondence includes files on job
seekers who submitted references and letters of recommendation in addition to
the application form.
An inventory of the records was conducted to provide a brief
description of the contents of each box including the dates and types of
materials and a notation of any filing arrangement that may be present.
This finding aid describes one series of the Railroad Commission of
Texas records. See
Railroad Commission of Texas: An Overview of
Records for more records series.
Arrangement of the Records
The records within a box are arranged as received from the agency in
rough chronological order and some folders are also arranged by the first
letter of the surname, however, the boxes are neither arranged nor listed in
any order. The reports of conservation field agents are arranged usually by the
name of the agent, who was assigned to a particular area, and then
chronologically by month and year. The correspondence of the field agents is
interfiled with the public correspondence and the daily reports and this is all
usually in an annual chronological order. Sometimes there are separate files on
individual oil companies but usually the business correspondence is
intermingled with the public in chronological order by year.
Index Terms
The terms listed here were used to catalog the
records. The terms can be used to find similar or related records.
Subjects:
Conservation of natural
resources--Texas.
Natural
gas--Conservation--Texas.
Petroleum
conservation--Texas.
Gas industry--Texas.
Petroleum industry and
trade--Texas.
Oil well drilling--Texas.
Gas drilling (Petroleum
engineering)--Texas.
Gas pipelines--Texas.
Natural gas
pipelines--Texas.
Petroleum
pipelines--Texas.
Document Types:
Correspondence--Texas--Gas
industry--1919-1935.
Correspondence--Texas--Petroleum industry and
trade--1919-1935.
Reports--Texas--Gas
industry--1919-1935.
Reports--Texas--Petroleum
industry and trade--1919-1935.
Functions:
Regulating the gas
industry.
Regulating the petroleum
industry.
Related Material
The following materials are offered as possible
sources of further information on the agencies and subjects covered by the
records. The listing is not exhaustive.
Texas State
Archives
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division,
Correspondence and reports (remnants), [about 1932]-[about 1940], approximately
1 cubic ft. [There is no finding aid for this unprocessed collection. Call
number is 2002/003-69.]
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division,
Correspondence re: East Texas Field, 1943-1960, approximately 0.5 cubic ft.
[There is no finding aid for this unprocessed collection. Call number is
2002/003-43.]
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Oil and
gas files, Rodessa Field, 1936-1944, approximately 1.5 cubic ft. [There is no
finding aid for this unprocessed collection. Call numbers are 2002/003-45 and
46.]
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Panhandle
reports, 1930-1939, approximately 2 cubic ft. [There is no finding aid for this
unprocessed collection. Call numbers are 2002/003-47 and 48.]
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Monthly
operator reports, gas wells, 1924-1925, approximately 2 cubic ft. [There is no
finding aid for this unprocessed collection. Call numbers are 2002/003-51 and
52.]
Railroad Commission of Texas, Oil and Gas Division, Vacuum
hearing files, 1932-1948, approximately 1 cubic ft. [There is no finding aid
for this unprocessed collection. Call number is 2002/003-42.]
Preferred Citation
(Identify the item), Oil and Gas Division correspondence and reports,
Railroad Commission of Texas. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.
Processing Information
Described by Paul B. Beck, October 1985
DACS compliance by Laura K. Saegert, February 2009
Accession Information
Accession number: unknown
These records may have been transferred to the Archives and
Information Services Division of the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission by the Railroad Commission of Texas with other records (accessions
1961/046 and 1962/218) or on unknown dates.
Detailed Description of the Records
Oil and Gas Division correspondence and reports,
1890-1943,
bulk
1919-1935,
39.2 cubic ft.
4-3/364
Correspondence by person, daily reports of conservation
agents,
1919-1923
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/370
Atlantic Oil Producing Company, C correspondence, other
material,
1919-1920,
1924-1929
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/371
H-J correspondence, some subject correspondence, daily
reports of conservation agents, other material,
1919-1923
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/375
S-Y correspondence, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1919-1924
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/377
Correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
other material,
1913,
1919-1931
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/373
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, daily reports of
conservation agents, other material,
1922-1924
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/358
Correspondence by lines mostly concerning Shell
Petroleum Corporation, blue print maps,
1931-1932
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/361
F, N, O correspondence, blue prints, daily reports of
conservation agents,
1931-1935
[second wallet in the box]
4-3/359
Humble Oil and Refining, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1900-1901, 1904-1907,
1911, 1913, 1933
[third wallet in the box]
4-3/381
Correspondence concerning Sims Oil Company and J. K.
Hughes Developing Company, B. C. Clardy correspondence,
1927-1931
4-3/382
Correspondence, Texas Mid Railroad material,
correspondence by person, daily reports of conservation agents, accounts, other
material,
1916-1917,
1919-1920
4-3/382
Correspondence by person, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1919-1923
4-3/383
Correspondence, correspondence by person,
1919-1921 (possibly
1922-1923)
4-3/384
A-C, Y correspondence, tariffs, monthly reports of
conservation agents,
1922-1924
4-3/384
C, L, S correspondence, correspondence by person, daily
reports of conservation agents, other material,
1919-1929
4-3/385
Correspondence concerning cars and by person, daily
reports of conservation agents,
1920-1924
4-3/385
W correspondence, newspaper clipping, correspondence by
subject, daily reports of conservation agents, Motor Transportation Division
material,
1920-1929
4-3/386
W correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
1921-1923
4-3/386
S correspondence, correspondence by person and subject,
daily reports of conservation agents,
1919-1923 (possibly
1924-1931)
4-3/387
Correspondence, material concerning Simms Oil Company,
daily reports of conservation agents,
1924-1926
4-3/387
N correspondence, correspondence by person, accounts,
other material,
1924-1930,
1934-1935
4-3/388
Correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
1924
4-3/388
A-D correspondence,
1925
4-3/389
Correspondence mostly concerning Humble Pipe Line
Company, blue print of Texas oil pipeline, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1924-1926, 1928,
1932
4-3/389
Correspondence, daily oil and gas reports, other
material,
1933-1936
4-3/390
E-J correspondence,
1925
4-3/390
Correspondence mostly concerning Philips Petroleum
Company, accounts, blue print of Texas oil, forms, daily reports of
conservation agents, other material,
1926-1927
4-3/391
Correspondence, correspondence by person, other
material,
1920,
1926
4-3/391
Correspondence, correspondence by person and subject,
requisition forms, other material,
1925-1926
4-3/392
Correspondence, address, American Petroleum Institute
papers, newspaper clipping,
1926
4-3/393
Correspondence, correspondence by person and subject,
blue print of Texas oil, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1925-1930
4-3/393
Correspondence mostly concerning Humble Oil &
Refining Company, correspondence by subject, blue prints of Texas oil,
newspaper clipping, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1907-1923,
1929-1935
4-3/394
M-N, S-V correspondence, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1926-1927
4-3/394
Correspondence concerning Atlantic Oil Producing
Company, blue print of Texas oil, Interstate Commerce Commission report, other
material,
1928-1932,
1934
4-3/395
T correspondence, correspondence by subject, auditor's
report, valuations, accounts, other material,
1922-1928
4-3/395
O-P, W correspondence,
1927
4-3/396
H, M, S correspondence, applications, photo, other
material,
1931,
1934-1936
4-3/396
Correspondence by lines, daily reports of conservation
agents, Gas Utilities Division material, other material,
1919-1926, 1932,
1935
4-3/396
Oil production reports, leases, monthly summary, oil
industry, State Tax Board, Oil Accounting and Statistical Department of Oil
Production Transportation and Refining, other material,
1936-1938
2-10/530
S-T correspondence, reports especially Magnolia
Petroleum Company, correspondence by subject, C-E correspondence, Gas Utilities
Division material, other material,
1917-1923, 1929-1930,
1935
2-10/530
Correspondence, applications, A-C, N-Y correspondence,
newspaper clipping, other material,
1917, 1920-1924 (possibly
1919)
2-10/531
Correspondence, fiscal reports of oil companies,
correspondence by subject, statements, Humble Pipe Line Company crude oil
monthly receipts, other material,
1917, 1919-1922,
1925
2-10/531
P-R, T-V correspondence, report, newspaper clippings,
other material,
1919-1920
2-10/532
W correspondence, tariffs, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1910, 1912,
1915-1920
2-10/532
C, J, S correspondence, tariff, accounts, other
material,
1916-1921
2-10/532
A-B railways correspondence, other material,
1916-1920
2-10/533
S-T railways correspondence,
1916-1921
2-10/533
S-W correspondence, daily reports of conservation
agents, newspaper clippings, other material,
1917,
1919-1920
2-10/533
F-H railways correspondence, other material,
1918-1920
2-10/534
M, O, R-W correspondence, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1919-1920
2-10/534
M-N, P correspondence, daily reports of conservation
agents, newspaper clipping, other material,
1919-1920
2-10/535
G, V-W correspondence, reports, other material,
1917-1920
2-10/535
E-G, W correspondence, reports, other material,
1916,
1918-1920
2-10/535
Correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
blue print map of Texas oil, newspaper clipping, other material,
1919-1920, 1924,
1931
2-10/536
E-F, H-J, M, T correspondence, daily reports of
conservation agents, newspaper clipping,
1920-1922
2-10/536
B-D correspondence, reports,
1922
2-10/536
T correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
other material,
1920-1922-1923, 1931
(possibly 1921)
2-10/537
Correspondence by subject, reports, other material,
1917-1918,
1920-1923
2-10/537
E-F oil companies correspondence, daily reports of
conservation agents, tariff, accounts, other material,
1920-1922
2-10/537
F-H correspondence, newspaper clipping, other material,
1921-1922
2-10/538
Oil company correspondence by subject and person, daily
reports of conservation agents, other material,
1920-1925, 1928-1929
(possibly 1926-1927)
2-10/538
A, F-G, N-P correspondence, Magnolia Petroleum Company,
reports, other material,
1918-1922, 1930-1931
(possibly 1924-1928)
2-10/539
O correspondence, K, N, R correspondence, daily reports
of conservation agents, photo of a flowing oil well, newspaper clipping,
1922
2-10/539
B, T correspondence, F, N correspondence, daily reports
of conservation agents, fiscal records, newspaper clipping, other material,
1913-1914, 1919-1926,
1928-1932
2-10/540
S correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
newspaper clipping, report, other material,
1921-1923
2-10/540
L-M correspondence, daily reports of conservation
agents, newspaper clippings, other material,
1921-1923
2-10/541
I-J, P correspondence, reports, oil field photo,
accounts, clipping, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1920-1923,
1935
2-10/541
F-H, L correspondence, other material,
1927-1928
2-10/542
Correspondence concerning oil, reports, maps of Texas
oil, daily reports of conservation agents,
1923-1924
2-10/542
B oil companies correspondence, daily reports of
conservation agents, other material,
1924-1925
2-10/542
B, V-Y correspondence, reports, accounts,
1932-1935
2-10/543
B, D-F, J-K, P, T, W correspondence, daily reports of
conservation agents, other material,
1922-1924
2-10/543
E-M correspondence, applications, newspaper clipping,
other material,
1922-1924
2-10/544
A, C-D, L-M, O, R, W correspondence,
Senate Journal, Simple Resolution 60, fiscal
reports, newspaper clippings, daily reports of conservation agents, other
material,
1920-1924,
1926
2-10/545
Correspondence concerning oil, daily reports of
conservation agents, other material,
1921-1924
2-10/545
Correspondence concerning oil, reports, fiscal records,
daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1922-1924
2-10/545
H, T correspondence, report, blue print map of Texas
oil, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1921-1924
2-10/546
Correspondence concerning oil, close-up photo of
Shackelford County oil well, daily reports of conservation agents, other
material,
1924-1925
2-10/546
B, M, R correspondence (especially Magnolia Petroleum
Company), newspaper clipping, daily reports of conservation agents, other
material,
1924-1925
2-10/546
O-P, S correspondence, daily reports of conservation
agents, newspaper clippings, other material,
1924,
1926
2-10/547
T, W correspondence, Prairie Pipe Line Company
correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents, fiscal records,
periodicals, other material,
1899, 1915-1917,
1920-1921, 1923
2-10/547
B, F correspondence, correspondence by person and
subject, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1907-1909, 1911,
1914-1916, 1922, 1924-1929, 1934-1935
2-10/548
Correspondence, fiscal records of railroad lines some
outside Texas, other material,
1915-1917,
1919-1926
2-10/548
A-B, M, R correspondence, newspaper clippings, other
material,
1921,
1925-1919
2-10/548
Correspondence especially Sinclair Pipe Line Company,
periodical, other material,
1924-1931
2-10/549
K-N correspondence including Prairie Pipe Line Company,
daily reports of conservation agents, blue print map of Texas oil, newspaper
clipping, other material,
1924-1925
2-10/549
Correspondence especially Gulf Production Company, daily
reports of conservation agents, accounts, newspaper clipping,
1925
2-10/550
R correspondence, applications, daily reports of
conservation agents, newspaper clipping, periodicals, other material,
1924-1925
2-10/550
B-C correspondence, blue print map of Texas oil,
pamphlet, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1925-1927,
1932
2-10/550
R correspondence, reports, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1924-1928
2-10/551
Correspondence concerning oil, report, press releases,
correspondence by subject, daily reports of conservation agents, Senate Bill
350, Senate Bill 359, accounts, Texas map, newspaper clippings, other material,
1919,
1922-1927
2-10/551
F-L correspondence, Governor Moody and 40th Legislature
special report, blue print map of Texas oil, accounts, other material,
1919,
1925-1927
2-10/552
I-J correspondence, chronological correspondence, Sun
Oil Company correspondence, report, blue print map of Texas oil, daily reports
of conservation agents, accounts, newspaper clippings, other material,
1927-1929
2-10/552
Correspondence by subject especially concerning vacuum,
#13-#20 numbered correspondence, blue print maps of Texas oil, daily reports of
conservation agents,
1921,
1923-1933
2-10/553
A-E correspondence, accounts, other material,
1926-1927
2-10/553
G-J correspondence, Prairie Pipe Line Company and Sun
Oil Company correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents, account,
other material,
1925-1928
2-10/554
Correspondence concerning oil and oil companies, report,
blue print maps of Texas oil, daily reports of conservation agents, newspaper
clipping, other material,
1926-1929,
1931
2-10/554
Roxana Petroleum Corporation correspondence, other
material,
1927-1929
2-10/554
Correspondence concerning oil companies, daily reports
of conservation agents, blue print maps of Texas oil, other material,
1923, 1925-1929,
1931
2-10/555
Correspondence concerning oil, reports, daily reports of
conservation agents,
1928
2-10/555
K-M correspondence concerning oil, reports, accounts,
newspaper clippings, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1927-1929
2-10/556
Correspondence concerning oil companies, reports,
accounts, article, blue print maps of Texas oil, daily reports of conservation
agents, other material,
1927-1929
2-10/556
Correspondence concerning oil, daily reports of
conservation agents, accounts, newspaper clipping, other material,
1927-1929
2-10/557
K-M correspondence, reports, accounts, newspaper
clipping, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1928-1929
2-10/557
S correspondence concerning oil and oil companies, blue
print maps of Texas oil, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1928-1929
2-10/558
Correspondence concerning oil, daily reports of
conservation agents, other material,
1924,
1927-1929
2-10/558
Correspondence concerning oil and oil companies, report,
photo of an artesian well near Hebbronville, daily reports of conservation
agents, accounts, other material,
1928-1929
2-10/559
B, D-E, H-N, R-T, W, Y correspondence, Sun Oil
Corporation correspondence, applications, report, blue print maps of Texas oil,
accounts, daily reports of conservation agents, newspaper clipping, other
material, Motor Transportation Division material,
1928-1930
2-10/559
Correspondence concerning oil, reports, blue print map
of Texas oil, daily reports of conservation agents, newspaper clipping, other
material,
1928-1929
2-10/560
A-B, G-H, M-P, Y correspondence, correspondence
concerning oil companies, applications, newspaper clipping, other material,
Motor Transportation Division material,
1928-1931
2-10/560
M-P correspondence, blue print map of Texas oil,
newspaper clipping, other material,
1928-1931
2-10/561
Shell Petroleum Corporation chronological
correspondence, other material,
1928-1930
2-10/561
A, D-G correspondence, other material,
1928-1930
2-10/561
C, H-N, R-W correspondence, applications, Sun Oil
Company correspondence, Governor Dan Moody letter, blue print map of Texas oil,
other material,
1929-1930
2-10/562
T-Z correspondence, applications, other material,
1928-1931
2-10/562
B-C correspondence, correspondence by subject, accounts,
other material,
1928-1931
2-10/563
O-Q, S correspondence, applications, photos, newspaper
clipping, other material,
1929-1932
2-10/563
M-N correspondence, Railroad Commission material, other
material,
1930-1932
2-10/563
A-H, R-S correspondence, correspondence concerning oil,
other material,
1929-1930
2-10/564
I-L correspondence, blank annual report to the
Interstate Commerce Commission, map of Texas oil, other material,
1927-1930
2-10/564
H, R-S correspondence, map of Texas oil, account, other
material,
1928-1930
2-10/565
B-E, G-H, L-N, T, W correspondence, applications, photos
of applicants, other material,
1929-1931
2-10/565
E-G, P, S correspondence, applications, daily reports of
conservation agents, blue print maps of Texas oil, accounts, other material,
1928-1931
2-10/565
Chronological correspondence mostly Shell Petroleum
Corporation, other material,
1929-1932
2-10/566
L, T-W, Y correspondence, correspondence concerning oil
companies, applications, reports, other material,
1917-1923,
1928-1932
2-10/566
R, T-V, Z correspondence, correspondence concerning oil
companies, applications, reports, other material,
1920-1923,
1928-1932
2-10/566
Correspondence concerning oil, blue print map of Texas
oil, other material,
1930-1931
2-10/567
A, M correspondence, applications, accounts, other
material,
1919-1921, 1927-1928,
1931
2-10/567
B, D correspondence, correspondence concerning oil
companies especially Sun Oil Company, applications, daily reports of
conservation agents, blue print maps of Texas oil, Railroad Commission
material, other material,
1925-1929,
1931
2-10/568
A-C correspondence, other material,
1929-1931
2-10/568
B-C, M, P correspondence, correspondence to chief clerk
concerning oil, daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1929,
1931-1935
2-10/568
S correspondence, correspondence concerning oil
companies especially Sun Oil Company and Shell Petroleum Corporation,
correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor, blue print map of Texas oil,
other material,
1933-1935
2-10/569
P-U correspondence, correspondence concerning oil
companies, reports, other material,
1917-1923, 1926, 1931,
1935
2-10/569
C, R-G, T correspondence, correspondence to chief clerk
and supervisor, applications, accounts, other material,
1907-1908, 1921-1929,
1933-1935
2-10/570
H, W correspondence to chief clerk, other material,
1929,
1931-1935
2-10/570
B-C, M correspondence to chief clerk, correspondence
concerning Rusk, Smith, Upshur, and possibly Gregg counties, Texas oil map,
other material,
1932-1935
2-10/571
A, C, G, K, M, P, R correspondence to chief clerk,
accounts,
1934-1935
2-10/571
B, F, H correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor,
other material,
1907,
1935
2-10/572
A-B, D, R, S-T correspondence, accounts, other material,
1935-1936
2-10/572
F-H, M, W, Y, Z correspondence to chief clerk and
supervisor,
1935
2-10/573
B-W correspondence, correspondence to deputy supervisor,
B, P correspondence, applications, other material,
1921-1922, 1925,
1929-1930, 1934-1935
2-10/573
L-P, R correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor,
accounts, other material,
1934-1935
2-10/574
B-C, P, S-T correspondence to chief clerk and deputy
supervisor, Railroad Commission audit, Texas oil map, other material,
1935, 1939,
1943
2-10/574
A, I-J, M-O, S-T, W correspondence to chief clerk and
supervisor, accounts,
1935
2-10/575
Accounts especially Steck Company, C, S-V, Y
correspondence to chief clerk, other material,
1934-1936
2-10/575
C-D, H, P, T-W, Y correspondence to chief clerk and
supervisor, accounts, directory of federal and Texas state emergency agencies,
1935
2-10/576
A-W correspondence to chief supervisor, director, and
deputy supervisor of the Pipe Line Department especially Prairie Oil and Gas
Company, daily reports of conservation agents, blue print maps of Texas oil,
Western Classification #40, Railroad Commission material, other material,
1899-1901, 1906, 1923,
1925-1927, 1934-1935
2-10/576
C, G, J-K, M-P, S correspondence to chief clerk and
supervisor, accounts, other material,
1934-1935
2-10/577
B, K, M, P correspondence, other material,
1934-1935
2-10/577
C, F, I, M, P, S correspondence to chief clerk,
1935
2-10/578
C-E, G, I, L-M, P, S-T correspondence to deputy
supervisor and director of the Pipe Line Department, other material,
1935
2-10/580
M, S correspondence, I-K correspondence to deputy
supervisor, Western Classification #44, Railroad Commission and Motor
Transportation Division material, other material,
1908, 1926,
1928-1930
2-10/580
Correspondence, daily reports of conservation agents,
Western Classification #31, circular, other material,
1895, 1901, 1922,
1930
2-10/581
#3-#40 numbered correspondence, fiscal records,
1911-1915
2-10/581
C-T correspondence of railroad lines, fiscal records
(cost data), other material,
1902,
1914-1916
2-10/581
A-T correspondence of railroad lines, report, blue print
of equipment, other material,
1901-1903, 1913, 1915,
1917, 1922
2-10/582
Correspondence mainly Texas & Pacific Railway
Company, reports, rules and regulations pamphlets, blue prints of equipment,
photos of tracks and switches, other material,
1890-1891, 1896,
1898-1904, 1907, 1913
2-10/582
Daily reports of conservation agents, other material,
1929
2-10/583
Commission hearing #1576 pamphlet,
1915
2-10/583
A-D, H, L-N, P, R-S, V-W correspondence, applications,
other material,
1912-1915,
1935
2-10/584
Correspondence and brief concerning the McAlester Fuel
Company case, other material,
1925,
1929
2-10/584
Daily reports of conservation agents,
1929
2-10/585
A-B correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor,
1932
2-10/585
B correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor, other
material,
1925-1926,
1932
2-10/586
C-K correspondence to chief supervisor,
1932
2-10/586
L-R correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor,
1932
2-10/587
S-T correspondence to chief supervisor,
1932
2-10/587
U-Z correspondence to chief clerk and supervisor,
1932