A Guide to the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty
Owners Oral History Collection, 1992-1994
The Texas Independent Producers and
Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) was founded in 1946 to promote the interests
and concerns of independent oil and gas producers in Texas.
Collection documents the history of the
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) and includes
audio cassettes and transcripts of interviews conducted with TIPRO members and
leadership 1992-1994.
Use Restrictions
Access to portions of this collection are restricted. Contact
repository for further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subjects (Organizations) |
|
|
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty
Owners Association--Archives |
|
Subjects |
|
|
Environmental regulations -- United
States |
|
|
Natural gas industry |
|
|
Natural gas -- law and
legislation |
|
|
Natural gas -- Taxation. |
|
|
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political
aspects -- United States. |
|
|
Petroleum industry and trade -- Standards
-- United States. |
|
|
Petroleum industry and trade --
Taxation |
|
|
Petroleum industry and trade -- United
States -- Periodicals. |
|
|
Petroleum industry and trade -- United
States -- Records and correspondence. |
|
|
Petroleum law and legislation |
|
|
United States. Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission. |
Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Oral History
Collection, 1992-1994, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Collection
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
Oral history interviews: |
| box |
| 3K196.1 |
|
|
Abstracts: Malcolm D. Abel - Harold E. "Gene" Wright,
1992-1994 |
|
|
|
Transcripts: |
|
|
|
|
Malcolm D. Abel |
|
|
|
|
|
January 19,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
August 24,
1994 |
|
|
|
|
Malouf Abraham, Sr.,
June 6, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
Bruce Anderson: |
|
|
|
|
|
March 17,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
March 18,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jacqueline Anderson,
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Neal B. Anderson,
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Scott Anderson,
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Louis A. Beecherl,
January 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Claude and Nova Brown,
June 8, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
William E. Carl,
June 6, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Lester Clark,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Bernard N. Darbyshire,
January 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
James E. Egan,
April 19,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Robert J. Finley,
September 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Della Foree,
June 9, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Robert L. Foree, Jr.,
June 9, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Allan D. Frizzell,
August 12,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Patrick J. F. Gratton,
August 27,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Estelle Yates Holmes: |
|
|
|
|
|
August 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined by Irene Cohen,
September 14,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
T. D. "Rusty" Howell,
August 12,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
John G. Hurd: |
|
|
|
|
|
June 4,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
June 5,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jon Rex Jones,
August 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Martin H. Marr,
January 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Julian G. Martin: |
|
|
|
|
|
August 24,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
September 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Gordon P. Mitchell,
April 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
William Murray,
June 8, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jerome J. O'Brien,
June 4, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Roy and Louis Pittcock,
August 17,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
L. Frank Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Shelby Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Stanley and Betty Rosenthal,
June 6, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
Jim Russell,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
A. W. Rutter, Jr.,
August 24,
1994 |
|
|
|
|
Catherine Terrell Smith,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Bruce Street,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Chester R. Upham, Jr.: |
|
|
|
|
|
August 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
August 17,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Jim W. Walker,
June 6, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
John E. Watson,
April 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Harold E. "Gene" Wright,
August 13,
1993 |
| box |
| 3K197.1 |
|
|
Unedited transcripts: |
|
|
|
RESTRICTED |
|
|
|
|
Bruce Anderson: |
|
|
|
|
|
May 17,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
May 18,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Neal B. Anderson,
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Claude and Nova Brown,
June 8, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Bernard N. Darbyshire,
January 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Della Foree,
June 9, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Robert L. Foree, Jr.,
June 9, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Estelle Yates Holmes,
August 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
John G. Hurd: |
|
|
|
|
|
June 4,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
June 5,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jon Rex Jones,
August 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Martin H. Marr,
January 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Julian G. Martin,
August 24,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jerome J. O'Brien,
June 4, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
L. Frank Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
John E. Watson,
April 16,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X70c |
|
|
Audio casette tape recordings: |
|
|
|
|
Listener copies: |
|
|
|
|
|
Malouf Abraham, Sr.,
June 6,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bruce Anderson: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 17,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 18,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
William E. Carl,
June 6,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lester Clark,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bernard N. Darbyshire,
January 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
James E. Egan,
April 19,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X71a |
|
|
|
|
Robert J. Finley,
September 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Della Foree,
June 9,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Robert L. Foree, Jr.,
June 9,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Allan D. Frizzell,
August 12,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Patrick J. F. Gratton,
August 27,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Estelle Yates Holmes: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joined by Irene Cohen,
September 14,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
T. D. "Rusty" Howell,
August 12,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
John G. Hurd: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 4,
1992 |
| box |
| 2X71b |
|
|
|
|
|
June 5,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jon Rex Jones,
August 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Martin H. Marr,
January 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Julian G. Martin: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 24,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
September 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gordon P. Mitchell,
April 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
William Murray,
June 8,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jerome J. O'Brien: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 4,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 5,
1992 |
| box |
| 2X71c |
|
|
|
|
|
Autobiographical recordings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1906-1964 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1964-1981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1981-1991 |
|
|
|
|
|
Roy and Louis Pittcock,
August 17,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
L. Frank Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shelby Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Stanley and Betty Rosenthal,
June 6,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jim Russell,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
A. W. Rutter, Jr.
August 24,
1994 |
| box |
| 2F68g |
|
|
|
|
Catherine Terrell Smith,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bruce Street,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Chester R. Upham, Jr.: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 7,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
August 17,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Jim W. Walker,
June 6,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
John E. Watson,
April 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Harold E. "Gene" Wright,
August 13,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X72a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESTRICTED:
MASTER TAPES, FOR DUPLICATION PURPOSES ONLY |
|
|
|
|
Malcolm D. Abel: |
|
|
|
|
|
January 19,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
August 24,
1994 |
|
|
|
|
Malouf Abraham, Sr.,
June 6, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
Bruce Anderson: |
|
|
|
|
|
March 17,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
March 18,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jacqueline Anderson,
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Scott Anderson,
March 19,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
William E. Carl,
June 6, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Lester Clark,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Bernard N. Darbyshire,
January 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
James E. Egan,
April 19,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X72b |
|
|
|
Robert J. Finley,
September 20,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Della Foree,
June 9, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Robert L. Foree, Jr.,
June 9, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Patrick J. F. Gratton,
August 27,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Estelle Yates Holmes: |
|
|
|
|
|
August 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
Joined by Irene Cohen,
September 14,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
T. D. "Rusty" Howell,
August 12,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
John G. Hurd: |
|
|
|
|
|
June 4,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
June 5,
1992 |
| box |
| 2X72c |
|
|
|
Jon Rex Jones,
August 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Martin H. Marr,
January 26,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Julian G. Martin: |
|
|
|
|
|
August 24,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
September 18,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Gordon P. Mitchell,
April 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
William Murray,
June 8, 1992 |
|
|
|
|
Jerome J. O'Brien: |
|
|
|
|
|
June 4,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
June 5,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
Autobiographical recordings: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1906-1964 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1964-1981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1981-1991 |
|
|
|
|
Roy and Louis Pittcock,
August 17,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X73a |
|
|
|
L. Frank Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Shelby Pitts,
January 25,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Stanley and Betty Rosenthal,
June 6, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
Jim Russell,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
A. W. Rutter, Jr.
August 24,
1994 |
|
|
|
|
Catherine Terrell Smith,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Bruce Street,
August 28,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
Chester R. Upham, Jr.: |
|
|
|
|
|
June 7,
1992 |
|
|
|
|
|
August 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
|
August 17,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X73b |
|
|
|
Jim W. Walker,
June 6, 1993 |
|
|
|
|
John E. Watson,
April 16,
1993 |
|
|
|
|
Harold E. "Gene" Wright,
August 13,
1993 |
| box |
| 2X73c |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESTRICTED |
|
|
|
The following audio casette tapes may not
be listened to without the consent of the interviewee; please consult
archivist. |
|
|
|
|
Neal B. Anderson,
March 19,
1992: |
|
|
|
|
|
Master tape |
|
|
|
|
|
Listener copy |
|
|
|
|
Louis A. Beecherl,
January 26,
1993: |
|
|
|
|
|
Master tape |
|
|
|
|
|
Listener copy |
|
|
|
|
Claude and Nova Brown,
June 8,
1992: |
|
|
|
|
|
Master tape |
|
|
|
|
|
Listener copy |
| box |
| 2X67h |
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESTRICTED: |
|
|
|
|
Oral history project computer files
(three inch floppy disks): |
|
|
|
|
|
Abstracts of oral history interviews |
|
|
|
|
|
Interview transcripts |
|
|
|
|
|
Correspondence |
|
|
|
|
|
Research files |
|
