Descriptive Summary
Woodard, Don
Don Woodard Papers,
1903-1999 and undated
These are the papers
of writer and businessman, Don Woodard.
S1617.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
3 boxes (3.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
Don Woodard a resident of Fort Worth, Texas and president of Woodard
Insurance was an employee of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company for a
decade beginning in 1952. He worked as a landman until the company was sold in
1963 to Seagrams. He researched the history of the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil
Company for his book,
Black Diamonds! Black Gold!, published in
1998 by Texas Tech University Press. He helped found Fort Worth's Petroleum
Club.
Scope and Contents
Collection of mostly research materials used by Don Woodard for his
book
Black Diamonds! Black Gold!: Saga of the Texas
Pacific Coal and Oil Company. They include comments on draft copies of
his chapters, illustrations and photographs used in the book, research files on
the Texas Pacific Coal and Oil Company, Thurber, Texas, H. B. Fuqua, index
files from A-Z, and
TP Voice and
TP Panorama magazines.
Organization
The collection is organized into the following series: Literary
Production, Photographs, Research Files, and Printed Material.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Persons)
Woodard, Don
Woodard, Don- --Archives
Woodard, Don- --Manuscripts
Subjects
Texas Pacific Coal and Oil
Company--History
Coal trade--Texas--Fort
Worth--History
Coal mines and mining--Texas--Fort
Worth--History
Petroleum industry and trade--Texas--Fort
Worth--History
Business people--Texas--Fort
Worth--Biography
Collection accession #(s):
2000-0143-B, 2000-0275-B
Gifts, 2000
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, October 2002
Preferred Citation
Don Woodard Papers, 1903-1999 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Don Woodard Oversized Materials (O8.5 and O19.A)
- Texas and Pacific Coal Company (Thurber, Texas) Records,
1887-1969 and undated
- Texas and Pacific Coal Company (Thurber, Texas) Records,
1889-1979 and undated
- Thurber, Texas Collection, 1897-1986 and undated
- Thurber, Texas Photo Collection, 1889-1940 (SWCPC 209)
- William Whipple Johnson Papers, 1855-1908
Collection Inventory
Literary Production
1
1
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Chapter I and II comments,
1996-1997
1
2
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Chapter I illustrations and
sources,
undated
1
3
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Chapter II illustrations
and photos,
undated
1
4
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Chapter 6 and 7 comments
and resources,
1910-1995
1
5
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Chapter comments and
sources,
1932-1997
1
6
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Notes on photographs for
Book,
undated
1
7
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Log Folder for
Illustrations,
1937-1997
1
8
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Illustrations used,
undated
1
9
“Black Diamonds, Black Gold” Unused Illustrations for
Book,
undated
Photographs
1
10
H. B. Fuqua and Company,
1903-1980s
Scrapbook Material
1
11
Miscellaneous,
1998 and
undated
Research Files
1
12
East Texas Tract Ownership,
1993
1
13
Fort Worth Convention Center,
1969
1
14
Fuqua, H. B.,
1978-1992
1
15
Galveston, Texas Seawall,
1997
1
16
Illustrations for Book,
undated
1
17
Keystone Field,
1942-1955
1
18
Robbins, Reg, sources,
1929
1
19
Texas Pacific, Blank Cash Statement Forms,
undated
1
20
Texas Pacific, Contracts and Letters, Fuqua Files,
1948-1992
1
21
Texas Pacific Financial Records,
1963
1
22
Texas Pacific Final Minutes,
1965
1
23
Texas Pacific Legal Closure Document,
1964
1
24
Texas Pacific Organization Charts,
1993
1
25
Texas Pacific, Sale-off Documents to Seagram,
1963
1
26
Texas Pacific sources,
1933-1997
1
27
Texas Pacific and Thurber, Texas,
1963-1989
1
28
Thurber Pipe Line Company Stockholders’ and Directors’
Meeting Minutes,
1922-1923
1
29
Thurber, Texas and Oil,
1918-1996
2
1
Directors of Texas Pacific (TP),
1998
2
2
Library Moody with Sources,
1919-1997
2
3
Index, A-B,
1993-1999
2
4
Index, C-Fr,
1963-1998
2
5
Index, Fu-G,
1918-1999
2
6
Index, H-J,
1939-1996
2
7
Index, K-Mas,
1993-1997
2
8
Index, Mau-O,
1990-1997
2
9
Index, P,
1929-1996
2
10
Index, R-Sol,
1991-1997
2
11
Index, Sp-Tel,
1933-1996
2
12
Index, Texas Pacific,
1954-1989
2
13
Index, Texas-V,
1918-1998
2
14
Index, W-Z,
1949-1997
Printed Material
3
1
Distillers Corporation/Seagrams Limited Annual Report,
1967
3
2
Seagram article in Texas
Parade,
1968
3
3
Sun Texas Voice,
1980-1981
3
4
Texas Pacific Memo to Shareholders,
1959-1961
3
5
Texas Pacific Annual Report to Shareholders,
1956-1962
3
6
TP Panorama,
1954-1957
3
7
TP Panorama,
1958-1963
3
8
TP Voice,
1964-1969
3
9
TP Voice,
1970-1974
3
10
TP Voice,
1975-1980