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University of Texas, Center for American History

A Guide to the Oral History of the Texas Oil Industry Collection, 1952-1958.


Creator Texas Oil Industry
Title: Oral History of the Texas Oil Industry,
Dates: 1952-1958
Abstract Letters, tape recordings, scrapbooks, account papers, studies, interviews, broadsides, brochures, newpaper clippings, bibliography, and photographs concerning the project begun in 1952 and sponsored by Mrs. Walter B. Sharp to place on record the development and history of the Texas oil industry. Records include oral reminiscences of pioneers of all phases of oil fields and oil booms, roughnecks, driller, promoters, financiers, contractors, lease men, law officers; and written material and images to corroborate, expand, and interpret the oral records.
Accession No.: 63-19; 63-23; 63-30; 63-56; 63-96; 67-47; 67-110; 83-154
Extent: 35 feet
Language Materials are in English
Repository Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin

Historical Note

The Oral History of the Texas Oil Industry project was supported by the Walter Benona Sharp Fund. Its origins lay in the 1951 gathering of oil pioneers at Beaumont in honor of the Spindletop discovery. At that time, Mrs. Estelle B. Sharp, wife of one of the early Spindletop drillers, began to see the need to gather the recollections of these pioneers before they, like the pioneers of trail driving and railroading, were lost. Through her contributions and those of others interested in recording the story of Texas oil, the project was begun in the summer of 1952 under the auspices of the Archives at The University of Texas.

A major collection documenting the development of the Texas oil industry from the turn of the century to 1950, these records include 218 taped interviews of oral reminiscences of pioneers in all phases of oil fields and oil booms--roughnecks, drillers, promoters, financiers, contractors, leasemen and law officers. The project was begun by sixteen interviewers who recorded on tape the memories of persons who had first-hand knowledge of the history or lore of the early oil industry in Texas.

179 transcripts of the taped interviews were indexed by ten students in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at The University of Texas at Austin, as a group project for the Indexing and Abstracting course under the direction of Professor Eugene B. Jackson. This index is a valuable contribution to an important collection.

This oral history collection is primary source material and has not been edited for consistency. Although the interviews were structured to follow similar lines of questioning, responses vary in content and length. Indexing was done directly from the material being discussed, and terms were selected from the language of the interviewee. Subject headings were used that were deemed appropriate for use by historians, folklorists, linguists, sociologists, and genealogists. Multiple access is possible through the use of personal names, corporations, geographical locations and subjects.

Entries and their modifications are alphabetized letter by letter. The "Mac's" are filed separately from the "Mc's." Variant spellings of names occur due to inconsistencies in the transcriptions. Since no reliable authority was available for determining the correct spelling, all variations are included, with appropriate "see also" references to aid the user. Names of corporations are linked with cross-references when appropriate. Therefore, it is recommended that the researcher investigate variant spellings of personal names and various names of corporations.

Interviewee's names are entered in capital letters followed by appropriate tape numbers. Persons identified only by one name, whether forename or surname, are modified by the term (person). Whenever possible, when only a surname is given, the name is modified by occupation and/or location. Towns or other geographical areas located outside of Texas are identified by their state, abbreviated according to U.S. Postal Service standards, or by the country. An effort was made to avoid a large number of entries under the general terms "Texas" and "Oil."

Scope and Contents

This major collection documenting the development of the Texas oil industry includes taped interviews of oral reminiscences and large quantities of written materials. The 218 interviews record the memories of pioneers in all phases of oil fields and oil booms--roughnecks, drillers, promoters, financiers, contractors, leasemen and law officers. These tapes have been transcribed and indexed for subjects that were deemed appropriate for use by historians, folklorists, linguists, sociologists and genealogists.

Supplementing these oral records are materials which include the photographs, newspaper clippings, correspondence, brochures, scrapbooks and literary works. These items were loosely grouped into general categories when originally received; more recently they were inventoried and partially reorganized.

 

Organization

1. Inventory/Container List
2. Index to Transcripts of Taped Interviews
3. Supplementary Index to Taped Interviews

Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Use of audio material by appointment only; please contact sound archivist.

Index Terms

Subjects (Persons)
Subjects (Organizations)
Subjects
Places

Related Material

See also

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Oral History of the Texas Oil Industry Collection, 1952-1958, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

Detailed Description of the Collection

 

Inventory

Box Folder
3K2. Sharp Fund Business Matters:
1. Sharp fund research--contributions
2. Budget Formulation
3. Auditor's report budget)
4. Payroll: Sharp fund
5. Statements and Receipts
6. Appointments
7. Requisitons and Purchase Orders
8. Expense accounts
9. Local funds vouchers
10. Inventory
Box
3K3. Correspondence:
1. Prior to 1952
2. 1952
3. 1953
4. 1954
5. 1955
6. 1956
7. 1957-1958
8. Mixed dates
Box
3K4. Work Records:
1. News stories, brochures, miscellaneous
2. Feature stories released
3. Boatright, Mody C. (work report)
4. Kelly, Mary Louise (work report)
5. Owens, William A. (work report)
6. Owens notes on W. B. Sharp
7. Williams, J. W. (work report)
8. Suggestions for interviewers
9. Progress reports
10. Prospects for interviews
11. Sketches on interviewees, A-J
12. Sketches on interviewees. K-Z
13. Interview release forms
Box
3K5. Indices, Newsclippings, and Bibliography:
1. Transcription index and number guide to tapes
2. Name guide to tapes
3. "Pioneers in Texas Oil" - bound scrapbook which is a list of tape recordings by proper name
4. Newspaper clippings
5. Newspaper clippings
6. Magazine articles
7. Newspaper clippings
8. Newspaper clippings
9. Bibliography - a selective list of books on the history of the oil industry and an annotated bibliography by Walter Rundell, Jr.
Box
3K6. Printed materials and typescript:
1. South Texas Blowout, 1951
The Junior Historian, 1954
The Magnolia News, 1951
The American Petroleum Institute Quarterly, spring, 1956 and 1958
2. Rough copies of the Ed Milam tapes
Box
3K7. Printed materials:
1. The Lamp (Standard Oil Co.): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
2. The Lamp (Standard Oil Co.): 75th Anniversary Edition, 1956, 19571958, 1959
The Humble Bee, Thirtieth Anniversary Edition, 1951
Trends in the Oil Industry in 1944
Patillo Higgins Card
Gladys City Oil, Gas and Manufacturing Co. card
TIPRO's 10th Annual Meeting
Ten Objectives
Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists
The Antiquity of the Oil Industry
Border Meeting of the American Folklore Society and the Texas Folklore Society
Facts About Oil Imports
Benjamin Taylor Kavanaugh, and the Discovery of East Texas Oil
Walter Dearing Cline
Oil by Hook or Crook
The Early Years, A Story of the Beginnings of the Petroleum Industry in Connection with its 85th Anniversary
Where Your Tax Money Goes
First Choice of the Industry
What's This "Oil" About?
Invitation to East Texas Jube-Oil-Lee
The East Texas Jube-Oil-Lee
Merchant's Gargling Oil Almanac
Fuel Oil Journal
The Oil and Gas Journal
Maps
Box
3K8. Printed materials:
1. Folksongs on Records
Santa Rita
Vignettes from the Colorful History of Oil
Report of the Special Henry Gordon Damon Memorial Resolution Committee
A Biography of John F. O'Donohoe
Announcing the Petroleum History and Research Center at the University of Wyoming
Santa Rita's Rig
American Petroleum Institute Quarterly, Centennial Issue, 1959
We Drilled Spindletop
2. Spindletop, A Texas Titan
Black Magic in Geophysical Prospecting
Citizen of Luling
Facts About Oil, A Handbook for Teachers
Box
3K9. Correspondence:
1. Carbons and photostats of W. B. Sharp's correspondence
2. Carbons and photostats of W. B. Sharp's correspondence
3. Extracts from W. B. Sharp's letters to Mrs. Sharp
4. Miscellaneous Sharp Correspondence
5. Miscellaneous manuscript letters:
a.
Nathan Gilbert, Sour Lake, Texas, to G. W. Cochran, Cairo, Illinois, concerning purchase of railroad land at Sour Lake. October 6. 1865,
b.
George M. Mowbray to E. A. Woodruff, Esq., U. S. Engineers, concerning use of trinitroglycerine at Red River. March 7, 1873,
c.
L. J. Storey to Govr. J. S. Hogg, concerning the need for a state geologist to examine oil traces near Lockhart, Texas. May 18, 1894,
d.
J. Roche to J. S. Cullinan, concerning blowout of a well near Houston. November 6, 1902,
e.
J. S. Hogg to J. S. Cullinan, concerning the ordering of Capt. Brooks of Texas Rangers to Batson, Texas. January 20, 1903,
f.
J. S. Cullinan to V. R. Currie, concerning his investment in the Sharp-Hughes Tool Company. October 30, 1912,
g.
F. M. Wilmot (Carnegie Hero Fund Commission) to B. L. Cornwell, concerning acts performed by W. O. Rush and Mrs. John Odell. September 29, 1915,
h.
F. M. Wilmot to John D. McCall, concerning the cases of John W. Odell, Jr. and William O. Rush. April 28, 1916,
i.
F. M. Wilmot to Mrs. Lochrine S. Odell, concerning the heroic death of John W. Odell, Jr. April 28, 1916,
j.
F. M. Wilmot to Mrs. Mary L. Ruch, concerning the heroic death of William O. Ruch. April 28, 1916,
k.
Harry Weiss to Frederic W. Simonds, concerning a book explaining deep oil development. April 21, 1930,
l.
Mrs. Sam W. Webb to Mrs. W. B. Sharp, Sr., concerning her husband's work in oil fields. June 19, 1952,
m.
J. J. Davidson To R. E. Bridges, concerning investigation of 1865 Saratoga well. Jan. 30, 1952,
6. Story of the discovery of the Desdemona Oil Field
7. Story of the discovery of the Desdemona Oil Field
8. Interview with Mrs. Sharp
Box
3K10. Literary works:
1. E. B. Frazar sketches:
a.
"West Texas Discovery"
b.
"Epidemic of Mice in the Oil Field"
c.
"Pasotex Pipe Line"
d.
"Gauger Plays an Important Part in Petroleum Industry"
e.
"Young Men of Petroleum"
f.
"The Well Shooter' s Part in Oil Field Work"
g.
"The Wildcat Well"
h.
"The City Gas Station"
i.
"The Oil Tanker's Part in the Oil Industry"
j.
"The Movement of Oil from Well to the Refinery"
k.
"Drilling Operations"
l.
"Burning Oil or Gas Wells"
m.
"A Burning Tank of Oil"
n.
"The Famous Lakeview Gusher"
o.
"James Azriah Frazar's Family"
p.
"Autobiographical Sketch"
q.
"Mr. W. B. Worsham"
2. "Chapter VIII: The Texas Domain" from The Black Golconda by Isaac F. Marcosson.
Extent (2 copies)
3. Notes and Articles:
a.
Spindletop Oil History Notes of Boyce House
b.
"A Brief History of the Development of the American Tank Steamship Industry" as told by Capt. Thomas Felon
c.
"The Future of Coal, Petroleum and Natural Gas" by W. T. Thom, Jr.
4. Articles:
a.
"When He Conquered a 40,000 Barrel Burning Gusher at Caddo" from the Scientific American of Sept. 16, 1911
b.
"An Old Casing" by Charles Sue
c.
"Texas Rangers at Batson" by W. A. Owens
d.
Sketch on Georgia Tech owned oil wells in Texas by Tom Jay Goss II
e.
"History of Mexia, Texas" by Philpott Karner III
f.
Article "Supertanker" with accompanying sketch on history of oil shipment by water, by T. Rieber.
g.
Recollections of Mrs. W. J. "Aunt Dose" Jordan on first discovery of Saratoga oil, 1865, as told to Larry J. Fisher, Beaumont Enterprise.
h.
"Sharp, Walter Benona" sketch by R. C. Gano with letter of transmittal to H. Bailey Carroll.
i.
"Edgar Eggleston Townes"
j.
Sketch on Clarence Porter Dodge by Fritz Hoffman
k.
Sketch on James William Swayne by Fritz Hoffman
l.
Sketch on Mrs. Josephine Latham Swayne by Fritz Hoffman
m.
"A Quick Look at Jerry Robertson" and "Jerry Robertson" by Norm Shaw.
n.
"A Short History of the Mexia Field" compiled by Bessie Fitzhugh from the scrapbook of a Mexia man.
5. Company records
a.
Rules for Gauging in Texas and New Mexico Refineries
b.
Waters Pierce Oil Company Papers
c.
Alex Gilmer Commercial Papers
6. Commercial documents:
a.
Six Drillers Log Books of M. T. Schlicher
b.
Field Book for 1908 location party at Furbero-Tuxpan, Mexico
c.
Sample Oil Market Report
d.
Stock Certificate of Dallas Oil and Fuel Company issued to C. E. Wellesley
e.
Stock Certificate of Dallas Cotton and Woolen Mills issued to C. E. Wellesley
f.
Stock Certificate, Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition issued to C. E. Wellesley
g.
Stock Certificate of Saxet Medicine Co. issued to J. J. Carnes
h.
Stock Certification letter of Texas Advertiser to C. E. Wellesley, and stock certificate of same. Oct. 3, 1890,
i.
Stock Certificate of Texas State Fair and Dallas Exposition Association, issued to C. E. Wellesley. 1896,
j.
Blank check showing 2¢ federal tax, 1898.
k.
Monthly pay envelope of Producers Oil Company.
l.
Copy of Lease of W. T. Waggoner to the The Texas Company.
m.
Report on Anglo-Mexican Oilfields Limited, Commencing February 14, 1908.
Box
3K11. Broadsides, scrapbook material and correspondence:
1. Material from Patillo Higgins scrapbook.
2. Notes from Lucas Scrapbook.
3. Scrapbook of Oil from 1901 newspapers..
4. Statements and Broadsides:
a.
J. S. Cullinan statement on the founding of the Corsicana Petroleum Company.
b.
Will C. Hogg statement on interests of W. B. Sharp's estate in the firm of Sharp & Hughes.
c.
Sketch of Judge Richard Edward Brooks from Texas and Texans.
d.
Judgement of Harris County, Texas, court in the matter of the estate of R. E. Brooks, deceased.
e.
Letter statement of Lillian B. Webb on six months in Batson, Texas, from April till November, 1904.
f.
"House Cleaning Cuts Lifting Costs" by Ernest J. Nicklos, V. P. in charge of Production, Continental Oil Company, 1929.
g.
Report of History Committee, American Petroleum Institute, 1954.
h.
Statement of Miss Ima Hogg on reason for J. S. Cullinan's separation from Texas Company.
i.
"In Memoriam", a tribute to Walter Benona Sharp (3 copies, one with note by W. C. Hogg on the back).
j.
Beaumont citizens statement in honor of Patillo Higgins
k.
Announcement of the Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis G. Hamill.
l.
"Oil News of Yesterday" by C. G. "Curt" Hamill
m.
"Believe It or Not", statement by C. G. Hamill on making and use of mud at A. F. Lucas well, Spindletop.
n.
J. S. Cullinan statement on his interest in the Sharp-Hughes Tool Company.
o.
Statement by Willie Henry, teamster, on making and use of mud at the A. F. Lucas well, Spindletop.
p.
"The Lucas Gusher", statement by A. W. Hamill.
q.
Statement of Charles Hubbard on the first oil well at Sour Lake, Texas.
r.
Resolution by the Board of Directors of Producers Oil Company expressing regret at death of Walter B. Sharp.
5. W. B. Sharp letters, vol. I, 1897-1900
Extent (2 copies)
6. W. B. Sharp letters, vol. II, 1901-1911
Extent (2 copies)
Box
3K12. Typescripts:
1. Articles and notes:
a.
"A Brief History of Texas Oil" by Max Ball
Extent (4 copies)
b.
"Walter B. Sharp" from Fuel Oil Journal, Vol. 3, Jan. 1913
Extent (2 copies)
c.
"Notes on Talks with Mr. Ed Prather of Houston Texans" by James Howard.
2. Notes and thesis:
a.
Notes from Texas Company Archives by Wilfred B. Talman for a proposed 25,000 word history of the Texas Company by Marquis James.
b.
"A History of the Spindletop Oil Field" by Everette Armstrong Martin (2 copies of a M. A. thesis, University of Texas)
Box
3K13. Lucas Scrapbook, Vols. I and II (typescripts)
Box
3K14. Lucas Scrapbook, Vols. II and III (typescripts)
Box
3K15. Lucas Scrapbook, Vol. III (typescript)
Box
3K16. Lucas Scrapbook, single, bound volume containing original clippings, I-III.
Box
3K17. Texas Oil Scrapbook, Vols. 2 and 4
Box
3K19. Tape transcripts, #1-40
Box
3K20. Tape transcripts, #41-72
Box
3K21. Tape transcripts, #73-118
Box
3K22. Tape transcripts, #119-165
Box
3K23. Tape transcripts, #166-218
Tape transcripts, #210-218
Box
3S9 Photographs:
Tex Thornton photos, ca. 1924-1943 and undated:
Portraits and snapshots of Thornton
U. S. Torpedo Company vehicles
Oil and gas well activities
Oil wells and fields and nytroglycerine factory
New Mexico and California
Unidentified persons and places
Verkin prints of East Texas oil fields, ca. 1920
Moore Exploration Company, 1947-1953
Box
3S10 Corsicana Oil Field, 1895- ca. 1956:
Early views
J. S. Cullinan and Company
Magnolia Petroleum Company Refinery
Views of historic markers and early wells
Spindletop Oil Field, 1901-1929
Sour Lake Oil Field, 1901-1904
Batson and Humble Oil Fields, 1903-1907 and undated
Mexia, West Columbia, and East Texas Oil Fields, ca. 1912-1938
Electra, Burkburnett, and Petrolia Oil Fields, 1912-1954 and undated
West Texas oil fields and cities, 1919- ca. 1951
The Texas Company, 1903- ca. 1950:
Port Arthur refinery
Oil wells and drilling activities
Humble Oil and Refining Company, Hogg Air Station, 1919
Shipping activities, 1901 and undated
Louisiana and Oklahoma oil field activities, 1908-1915
Hughes Tool Company, 1909-1914
Beaumont, Grimes County, Kaufman, Terrell, and Houston, 1912-1940
Miscellaneous and unidentified, undated
Persons:
Akin, E. H. - Webb, Sam W.
Corsicana Oil Pioneers Reunion, Ft. Worth, 1940
Spindletop Centennial Celebration, Beaumont, 1951
Boatright and Whitfield working on oral history project, 1954
Box
3S11 Portrait of Walter B. Sharp and Producers Oil Company certificate, 1912
Box
3T404f Panoramic photo of Mexia Oil Field, 1921
Box
3S162 Unidentified aerial view of oilfield? ca. 1944


 

Index to Transcripts of Taped Interviews



 

Supplementary Index to Taped Interviews

  • Topic: Corsicana-Powell Oil Field in the 1920's Name: Albritton, O. L.; Elliot, Arthur Interviewer: Cook, M. S. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No. 142 Date: 10-1-53
  • Topic: Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas Boom Areas -- 1912 - 1952 Name: Angstadt, Carl Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Eastland, Texas Tape No. 41 Date: 8-4-52
  • Topic: Early Days at Spindletop Name: Armstrong, William L. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Silsbee, Texas Tape No. 119 Date: 7-24-53
  • Topic: Experiences of a mule skinner and rig builder in the early days of Spindletop, Sour Lake and Batson Name: Barfield, Plummer M. Interviewer: Owens, William A.. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 25 Date: 8-1-52
  • Topic: Sour Lake Boom Name: Barfield, Plummer M. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 26 Date: 8-1-52
  • Topic: Seminole, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania fields Name: Bland, C.W. Interviewer: Stephens, Ray Place: Fittstown, Oklahoma Tape No: 206 Date: 3-29-59
  • Topic: Corsicana, Corpus Christi, Spindletop, Parts of La. and Miss. Name: Bowen, W. D. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 154 Date: 7-26-54
  • Topic: Goose Creek, Burkburnett, Tilden, Callahan, Red River Valley, La. Name: Bowen, W. D. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 155 Date: 7-26-54 & 7-27-54
  • Topic: Corpus Christi, Mexia, Thrall, Lockhart Name: Bowen, W. D. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 156 Date: 7-27 & 28-54
  • Topic: Adventures of Mr. Bowen in the vicinity of Taylor, Texas Name: Bowen, W. D. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 157 Date: 7-29-54
  • Topic: A Fortune Teller's View of Early Texas Oil Fields Name: Bryan, Mrs. Ruth (Madame Virginia) Place: Abilene, Texas Interviewer: Montgomery, Robert A. Tape No. 207 Date: 8-2-59
  • Topic: Batson, Sour Lake, Saratoga Name: Bryant, W. H. (Bill) Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 27 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: Batson, Sour Lake, Saratoga Name: Bryant, W. H. (Bill) Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 28 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: Corsicana, Beaumont, Hogtown Name: Clements, Henry Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No: 177A Date: 4-5-56
  • Topic: Drilling in North Texas Name: Cline, Walter Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 46 Date: 8-13-52
  • Topic: Drilling in North Texas Name: Cline, Walter Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No. 47 Date: 8-13-52
  • Topic: Drilling in North Texas Name: Cline, Walter Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Wicita Falls, Texas Tape No. 48 Date: 8-13-52
  • Topic: Oil Boom in Batson, Texas Name: Cotton, William Edward Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Batson, Texas Tape No: 185 Date May 23,1956
  • Topic: Oil Boom in Batson, Texas Name: Cotton, William Edward Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Batson, Texas Tape No: 186 Date 5-23-56
  • Topic: Spindletop, Beaumont Name: Coyle, Benjamin (Bud) Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 120 Date: 7-28-53
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake, Batson Name: Coyle, Benjamin (Bud) Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 121 Date: 7-28-53
  • Topic: Kountze, Sour Lake, Saratoga Areas Name: Coyly, Benjamin (Bud) Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 122 Date: 7-30-53
  • Topic: Humble, Spindletop, Batson, Sour Lake, and Louisiana Areas Name: Coyle, Benjamin (Bud) Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 123 Date: 7-30-53
  • Topic: Seminole and Fittstown, Oklahoma Name: Crosson, Guy Interviewer: Stephens, Ray Place: Hardin City, Oklahoma Tape No. 202 Date: 3-28-59
  • Topic: Boom days at Spindletop, Batson and Sour Lake Name: Cullinan, Frank Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 151 Date: 4-15-54
  • Topic: Boom days at Spindletop, Batson, and Sour Lake; North Texas Name: Cullinan, Frank Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 152 Date: 4-15-54
  • Topic: Pipeline Work in Souteast and North Texas; Landleasing in North Texas and Oklahoma Name: Cullum, Landon Haynes Interviewer: Stephens, Robert O. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 198 Date: 1-31-59
  • Topic: Pipeline Work in Southeast and North Texas: Landleasing in North Texas and Oklahoma Name: Cullum, Landon Haynes Interviewer: Stephens, Robert O. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 199 Date: 1-31-59
  • Topic: Pipeline Work in Southeast and North Texas; Landleasing in North Texas and Oklahoma Name: Cullum, Landon Haynes Interviewer: Stephens, Robert O. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 200 Date: 1-31-59
  • Topic: Corsicana Name: Damon, H. Gordon Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No: 175 Date: 3-23-56
  • Topic: Early days at Sour Lake Name: Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 22 Date: 7-3-52
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Judge James B. Wells Name: Davenport, Harbert Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Brownsville, Texas Tape No: 11 Date: 7-12-52
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Judge James B. Wells Name: Davenport, Harbert Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Brownsville, Texas Tape No: 12 Date: 7-12-52
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Judge James B. Wells Name: Davenport, Harbert Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Brownsville, Texas Tape No: 13 Date: 7-13-52
  • Topic: A Doctor's experiences in post-boom Beaumont, sanitary conditions, morals, and in Sour Lake, Texas Name: Davis, Dr. D. W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Tape No: 112 Date: 7-18-53
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake Areas Name: Deane, Early C. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 106 Date: 7-10-53
  • Topic: Spindletop Name: Deer, Claud Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Wilson-Broach plant, Spindletop Tape No: 8 Date: 7-7-52
  • Topic: Seminole and Fittstown Oklahoma Name: Delaplain, James L. Interviewer: Stephens, Ray Place: Hardin City, Oklahoma Tape No: 201A Date: 3-27-59
  • Topic: Electra, Wichita Falls, Spindletop Name: Dillard, A. R. Interviewers: Boatright, M. C.; Kelly, Louise Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 137 Date: 9-5-53
  • Topic: Electra, Wichita Falls, Spindletop Name: Dillard, A. R. Interviewers: Boatright, M. C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 138 Date: 9-5-53
  • Topic: Early Days at Batson Name: Donohoe, James Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Batson, Texas Tape No: 23 Date: 8-1-52
  • Topic: Early Days at Batson Name: Donohoe, James Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Batson, Texas Tape No: 24 Date: 8-1-52
  • Topic: Oil Boom in Beaumont, Texas Name: Duncan, Mrs. Starkey Interviewer: Pennington, Campbell Place: University of Texas Tape No: 191 Date: 8-29-56
  • Topic: Spindletop, Batson, Sour Lake, Humble, Beaumont, Gladys City Name: Dunn, Frank Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston Tape No. 163 Date: 3-23-55
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake, Batson, Humble, Gladys City Name: Dunn, Frank Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston Tape No. 164 Date: 3-23-55
  • Topic: Vines Hotel, Saratoga Oil Fields Name: Evans, Mrs. Mattie, Arthur Cotton and Lance Rosier Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Saratoga Texas Tape No: 184 Date May 24,1956
  • Topic: East Texas Oil Fields; Fair Foundation; Oil Field Morals Name: Fair, Walter Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (Carl Wallace) Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No: 101 Date: 7-2-53
  • Topic: "The Boy with the X-ray Eye" Name: Finley, Guy and Mrs. Finley Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: LaPryor, Texas Tape No: 182 Date: 5-5-56
  • Topic: East Texas Oil Field Litigation Name: Fischer, Judge F. W. Interviewer: Hayes, Robert M. Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No. 172 Date: 5-21-55
  • Topic: Electra Name: Friend, E. M. (Also Mrs. Friend) Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (Also Louise Kelly) Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 135 Date: 9-4-53
  • Topic: Electra Name: Friend, E. M. (Also Mrs. Friend) Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (Also Louise Kelly) Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 136 Date: 9-4-53
  • Topic: Life in Goose Creek, Texas, from 1863 to the present, with emphasis on the boom period. Name: Gaillard, Mary Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 153 Date: 4-16-54
  • Topic: Spindletop Field Name: Gilbert, W. C. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 114 Date: 7-22-53
  • Topic: Spindletop Field Name: Gilbert, W. C. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 115 Date: 7-22-53
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake, Big Thicket Areas Name: Gilbert, W. C. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 116 Date: 7-22-53
  • Topic: History of the Wildcatter in the Oil Industry Name: Gillock, Fain Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Tape No: 88 Date: 4-7-53
  • Topic: Name: Halsey, Harold Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Mr. Halsey's home, 3229 Ohio St., Baytown, Texas Tape No. 212 Date: 1-27-60
  • Topic: Name: Halsey, Harold Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Mr. Halsey's home, 3229 Ohio Street, Austin, Texas Tape No. 213 Date: 1-27-60
  • Topic: Sasakwa, Seminole, Fittstown, Oklahoma; Smackover, Arkansas Name: Hambleton, E.A. Interviewer: Stephens, Ray Place: Ada, Oklahoma Tape No: 203 Date: 3-28-59
  • Topic: Spindletop, the Lucas Gusher Name: Hamill, Allen W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma Tape No: 84 Date: 9-2-52
  • Topic: Spindletop, the Lucas Gusher Name: Hamill, Allen W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Tulsa, Oklahoma Tape No: 85 Date: 9-2-52
  • Topic: The Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Name: Hamill, Curt G. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Kerrville, Texas Tape No: 16 Date: 7-17-52
  • Topic: The Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Name: Hamill, Curt G. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Kerrville, Texas Tape No: 17 Date: 7-17-52
  • Topic: The Lucas Gusher, Spindletop Name: Hamill, Curt G. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Kerrville, Texas Tape No: 18 Date: 7-17-52
  • Topic: Early Conditions in the Oil Fields Name: Hamilton, Frank Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 32 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: Early Conditions in the Oil Fields Name: Hamilton, Frank Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 33 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: North Texas: the Texhoma Company Name: Hamilton, W. B. Interviewer: Boatright, Dr. and Williams, J.W. Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 56 Date: 8-16-52
  • Topic: North Texas; the Texoma Company Name: Hamilton, W. B. Interviewer: Boatright, M. C.; Williams, J.W. Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 57 Date: 8-16-52
  • Topic: North Texas; the Texoma Company Name: Hamilton, W. B. Interviewer: Boatright, M. C.; Williams, J.W. Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 58 Date: 8-16-52
  • Topic: Name: Harper, B. J. Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Mr. and Mrs. Harper's home, 909 North Marsalis, Dallas Tape No. 65 Date: 8-29-52
  • Topic: Beaumont, Spindletop, Sour Lake, Brazoria County, Humble, Goose Creek, Saratoga, Kountze, Batson Name: Harrison, Cary "Slim" Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Harrison home, Houston, Texas Tape No. 125 Date: 7-29-53
  • Topic: East Texas Oil Field Name: Harrison, Hubert M. Interviewer: Hayes, Robert M. Tape No. 161 Date: 1-17-55
  • Topic: Law enforcement in Corsicana, Texas, from the turn of the century to the present??? particularly during the boom periods Name: Hayes, Walter and Carl Mirus Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No: 178 Date: 4-5-56
  • Topic: Name: Higgins, Patillo Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Tape No: 19 Date: July, 1952
  • Topic: Name: Higgins, Patillo Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Tape No: 20 Date: 7-25-52
  • Topic: Name: Higgins, Patillo Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Tape No: 21 Date: 7-25-52
  • Topic: The life of Dr. Robert T. Hill Name: Hill, Justina Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Inglewood, New Jersey Tape No: 171 Date: 7-6-54
  • Topic: Early Days at Spindletop and Sour Lake Name: Hobson, R. R. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: New Braunfels, Texas Tape No: 187 Date: 5-15-56
  • Topic: Early Days at Spindletop and Sour Lake Name: Hobson, R. R. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: New Braunfels, Texas Tape No: 188 Date: 5-15-56
  • Topic: Corsicana, Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Archer County, Clay County Name: Hodge, H. P. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody (Also Louise Kelly and Mr. Williams) Place: Wichita Falls Tape No. 132 Date: 9-3-53
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Governor James Stephen Hogg Name: Hogg, Miss Ima Interviewer: Cotner, Dr. Robert C. Tape No. 158 Date: 7-31-54
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Governor James Stephen Hogg Name: Hogg, Miss Ima Interviewer: Cotner, Dr. Robert C. Tape No. 159 Date: 7-31-54
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Governor James S. Hogg Name: Hogg, Miss Ima Interviewer: Cotner, Dr. Robert C. Tape No. 160 Date: 7-31-54
  • Topic: Founding of Texas Company; Early Days of Spindletop Name: Hogg, Miss Ima Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 165 Date: 3-24-55
  • Topic: Supplementary statements by Miss Ima Hogg Name: Hogg, Ima Interviewer: Cotner, Robert C. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 169 Date: 6-21-55
  • Topic: Cisco, Brownwood, King County, East Texas Oil Field Name: Hudnall, James S. Interviewer: Wallace, Carl Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No. 139 Date: 8-12-53
  • Topic: Beaumont; Tampico, Mexico drilling Name: Hudson, W. M. Interviewer: Hudson, W. M., Jr. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 79 Date: 9-16-52
  • Topic: Beaumont; Sour Lake Name: Hudson, W. M. Interviewer: Hudson, Wilson M., Jr. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No: 80 Date: 8-18-52
  • Topic: Beaumont, Sour Lake, Batson's Prairie Name: Hudson, W. M. Interviewer: Hudson, Wilson M., Jr. Place: Tape No. 81 Date: 9-18-52
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake, Big Thicket, Humble Name: Hull, Burt E. Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Dallas, Texas Tape No. 128 Date: 8-24-53
  • Topic: Beaumont, Sour Lake, Humble Pipeline work Name: Hull, Burt E. Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Dallas, Texas Tape No. 129 Date: 8-24-53
  • Topic: Houston, Beaumont (Also accounts of world-wide pipeline work) Name: Hull, Burt E. Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Dallas, Texas Tape No. 130 Date: 8-24-53
  • Topic: Invention of roller rock bit and other drilling devices Name: Humason, G. A. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 102 Date: 7-7-53
  • Topic: Oil City, Louisiana; Breckenridge, Texas Areas -- 1908-1938 Name: Ingram, Bill Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Breckenridge, Texas Tape No: 34 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: Pine Island, Breckenridge Areas -- 1917 Name: Ingram, Bill Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Breckenridge, Texas Tape No: 35 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: The International Union of Operating Engineers Name: Officials; International Union of Operating Engineers: Local 351-James E. Garrett, Earl Snider, Burl Cartright, L. V. McCarthy, T. W. Ozmer Interviewer: Boatright, Dr. Place: Borger Tape No. 68 Date: 9-10-52
  • Topic: Borger Boom Name: Officials: International Union of Operating Engineers Interviewer: Boatright, Dr. Mody C. Place: Borger Tape No. 69 Date: 9-10-52
  • Topic: First Oil Well in Corsicana Name: Jackson, Annie Webb Buchanan Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No: 176A Date: 4-6-56
  • Topic: East Texas Oil Field - Oil Field Litigation Name: James, L. L. and Joiner, C. M. (Dad) (Mr. James was a lawyer for Dad Joiner and tells of his work with Joiner) Interviewer: Hayes, R. M. Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No. 162 Date: 2-9-55
  • Topic: Reminiscences of Goose Creek from 1916 to the present Name: Jennings, Fred Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Goose Creek, Texas Tape No: 2 Date: 6-19-52
  • Topic: Corsicana, Spindletop, Burkburnett Name: Johnson, M. A. (Curly) Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No. 60 Date: 8-27-52
  • Topic: Early days in Beaumont Name: Keith, Mrs. J. Frank (Mrs. Taber, Mrs. Owens, Mrs. Easley, Dudley Sharp) Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rollover (near High Island), Texas Tape No: 105 Date: 7-9-53
  • Topic: Name: Kennedy, R. S. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Tape No: 36 Date: 7-30-52
  • Topic: Powell Development Name: Kent, I. T. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No. 64 Date: 8-29-52
  • Topic: Laredo, Indian Territory Name: Killam, O. W. Interviewer: Owens, William A Place: Laredo, Texas Tape No: 183 Date: 5-7-56
  • Topic: Wildcatting in Laredo Area; "Doodlebugs" Name: Killam, O.W. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Laredo, Texas Tape No: 192 Date: 9-5-56
  • Topic: Teaching school and oil-field work in Beaumont area; life in Spindletop, Sour Lake, Batson, Saratoga; tax assessing at Spindletop Name: Kinnear, James William Interviewer: Owens, William A.. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 107 Date: 7-16-53
  • Topic: Life at Beaumont, Spindletop and Batson Name: Kinnear, James William Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 108 Date: 7-24-53
  • Topic: Oklahoma, Burkburnett, Texas Areas Name: Knight, Jack Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Borger, Texas Tape No: 75 Date: Sept. 1952
  • Topic: Walter and Jimmy Sharp Name: Lane, Charlie Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 181 Date: 5-1-56
  • Topic: Ranger, Breckenridge, Desdemona Area Name: Lantron, E. L. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Borger, Texas Tape No. 73 Date: 9-8-52
  • Topic: East Texas Oil Field Name: Laster, E. C. Interviewer: Hayes, Robert M. Place: Shreveport, La. Tape No: 174 Date: 1956
  • Topic: Early Oil Wells in Texas Name: Lawson, O. G. Interviewer: Boatright, M. C. Place: Cisco, Texas Tape No: 30 Date: 7-28-52
  • Topic: Early Oil Wells in Texas Name: Lawson, O. G. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Cisco Tape No: 31 Date: 7-29-52
  • Topic: Sour Lake, Spindletop Areas Name: Little, John Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Belton, Texas Tape No. 43 Date: 8-7-52
  • Topic: Sour Lake, Batson>, Humble Name: Little, John Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Belton, Texas Tape No. 44 Date: 8-7-52
  • Topic: Humble and Corsicana Areas Name: Little, John Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Belton, Texas Tape No. 45 Date: 8-7-52
  • Topic: Spindletop Name: McCarthy, Glenn H. Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Houston Tape No. 124 Date: 7-29-53
  • Topic: Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio Areas Name: McClelland, C. C. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Borger, Texas Tape No. 70 Date: 9-9-52
  • Topic: Tonkawa, Newkirk, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Carson and Huthchinson Counties, Texas Areas Name: McClelland, C. C. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Borger, Texas Tape No. 71 Date: 9-9-52
  • Topic: Borger, Texas; Dillard, Oklahoma Areas Name: McClelland, C. C. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Borger, Texas Tape No. 72 Date: 9-9-52
  • Topic: McDonald Field, Pennsylvania; Breckenridge, Texas Areas -- 1877 Name: McCormick, Clair Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Breckenridge, Texas Tape No: 38 Date: 7-30-52
  • Topic: Osage, Nowater, Healdton, Oklahoma Name: McElroy, William A. Interviewer: Stephens, Ray Place: Hardin City, Oklahoma Tape No: 204-A Date: 3-28-59
  • Topic: Sour Lake, The Texas Company Name: McLaughlin, Ralph B. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 189 Date: 5-28-56
  • Topic: History of the Corsicana Field Name: Martin, Lowery; Moore, Paul Interviewer: Cook, M. S. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No. 141 Date: 8-1-53
  • Topic: Breckenridge, Caddo Areas Name: Matteson, E. P. (Matt) Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (some comments by Dugan, Glen E.) Place: Austin, Texas Tape No: 90 Date: 6-19-53
  • Topic: Breckenridge, Ranger, Caddo, Electra Areas Name: Matteson, Ed P. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (Some comments by Dugan, Glen E.) Place: Austin, Texas Tape No: 91 Date: 6-19-53
  • Topic: Breckenridge, Caddo Areas Name: Matteson, E. P. (Matt) Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (Some comments by Dugan, Glen E.) Place: Austin, Texas Tape No: 92 Date: 6-19-53
  • Topic: Breckenrid???e, Caddo Areas Name: Matteson, E. P. (Matt) Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. (Some comments by Dugan, Glen E.) Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 93 Date: 6-19-53
  • Topic: Story of drilling of discovery well near Joiner on farm that had been in Miller family for generations Name: Miller, Mrs. H. C., and Kenneth Miller, and Joan Miller Interviewer: Hayes, Robert M. Place: Tyler, Texas, at Miller home Tape No: 173 Date: 1956
  • Topic: Goose Creek, Ranger, Mexico, Corsicana Name: Mirus, Carl F. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No: 179 Date: 4-4-56
  • Topic: Sour Lake Name: Mowbray, Presto Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Sour Lake, Texas Tape No: 29 Date:
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake, and Petrolia Areas Name: Nichols, H. P. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No: 82 Date: 10-11-52
  • Topic: Beaumont, Petrolia Areas Name: Nichols, H. P. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No. 83 Date: 10-11-52
  • Topic: Poland, Mexico (including account of Mexican Revolution), England, Yugoslavia Name: Nicklos, E. J. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 103 Date: 7-8-53
  • Topic: Tulsa, Oklahoma; more about Mexico Boom Name: Nicklos, E. J. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 104 Date: 7-8-53
  • Topic: Beaumont, Petrolia, Burkburnett, Electra Areas Name: O'Donohoe, John F. Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No. 133 Date: 9-4-53
  • Topic: Experiences of an Early Oil Geologist Name: Paige, Sidney Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Alpine, New Jersey Tape No: 170 Date: 6-7-54
  • Topic: Spindletop Name: Paramore, Harry R. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 7 Date: 7-2-52
  • Topic: Reminiscences of an oil worker during boom period, Breckenridge Area -- 1918 Name: Paschall, Burk Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Breckenridge, Texas Tape No: 37 Date: 7-30-52
  • Topic: Drilling in South Texas Name: Patterson, Alexander Balfour Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Nadogdoches, Texas Tape No. 126 Date: 8-4-53
  • Topic: Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico Name: Patterson, Alexander Balfour Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Nacogdoches, Texas Tape No. 127 Date: 8-4-53
  • Topic: Electrical work in the oil fields of North Texas, Oklahoma, West Texas and New Mexico, from 1914 to 1930. Name: Pennington, Claude B. Interviewer: Pennington, Suzanne Agnew Place: Corpus Christi, Texas Tape No: 209 Date: 9-11-59
  • Topic: Wichita Falls; Burkburnett; Borger (Hutchinson County); Archer County; Breckenridge (Stephens County); New Castle; Canada Name: Perkins, Joseph J. (some statements by Mr. Charlie Tucker Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise Place: Tape No. 134 Date: 9-4-53
  • Topic: Life at Spindletop Name: Philp, William Joseph Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: South Park, Texas Tape No: 109 Date: 7-17-53
  • Topic: Life at Spindletop Name: Philp, William Joseph Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: South Park, Texas Tape No: 110 Date: 7-17-53
  • Topic: East Texas boom days and personalities Name: Prather, Ed Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 149 Date: 4-14-54
  • Topic: East Texas boom days and personalities Name: Prather, Ed Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No. 150 Date: 4-14-54
  • Topic: Outstanding personalities in early days of oil in Texas, and development of different oil companies Name: Prather, Ed and Frank Cullinan Interviewer: Sharp, Dudley C. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 87 Date: 12-14-52
  • Topic: General work in oil fields of Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana Name: Randolph, Charles W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Gladewater, Texas Tape No: 168 Date: Spring, 1955
  • Topic: Spindletop, Batson, Electra, Saratoga, Burkburnett Areas Name: Rathke, H. A. Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No. 131 Date: 9-13-53
  • Topic: Spindletop, Beaumont Name: Redman, Frank Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 113 Date: 7-20-53
  • Topic: Background and early life of Mr. Torkild Rieber Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 145A Date: 1-25-1954
  • Topic: Youth of Mr. Rieber, continued Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 145B Date: 1-25-54
  • Topic: Early career of Mr. Rieber; establishment of Texas ports Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 146C Date: 1-25-54
  • Topic: Communications and transportation on Texas coast; living conditions in the area Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 146D Date: 1-25-54
  • Topic: Shipping industry: salaries, living conditions, organization, dicipline Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 147E Date: 1-25-54
  • Topic: Shipping Industry, continued: weather conditions, pilots Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 147F Date: 1-25-54
  • Topic: Galveston Storms of 1900 and 1907; uses of petroleum products Name: Rieber, Torkild Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, New York Tape No. 148G Date: 1-25-54
  • Topic: Goose Creek Development, 1917-18 Name: Riggs, James W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Goose Creek, Texas Tape No: 1 Date: 6-19-52
  • Topic: Rotary Drilling in Texas and Louisiana Name: Roberts, Hardeman Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: University of Texas Tape No: 180 I Date: 4-26-56
  • Topic: Rotary Drilling in Texas and Louisiana Name: Roberts, Hardeman Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: University of Texas Tape No: 180 II Date: 4-26-56
  • Topic: Introduction of the Rotary Drill in India Name: Roberts, Hardeman Interviewer: Pennington, Campbell Place: University of Texas Tape No: 190A Date: 8-28-56
  • Topic: Name: Roberts, Mrs. Jane Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: 3202 Ohio Street, Baytown, Texas Tape No. 214 Date: 1-29-60
  • Topic: "Tramp Contractor" --Drilling in Texas, California, etc. Name: Ross, James F. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Laredo, Texas Tape No: 193 Date: 9-4-56
  • Topic: Spindletop, Burkburnett, other Southwestern fields Name: Rush, J. A. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 195 Date: 9-10-55
  • Topic: Spindletop, Burkburnett, other Southwestern fields Name: Rush, J. A. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 196 Date: 9-11-56
  • Topic: Spindletop, Burkburnett and other Southwestern fields Name: Rush, J.A. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 197 Date: 9-11-56
  • Topic: Eastland County Areas Name: Rust, John Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Borger, Texas Tape No. 74 Date: 9-12-52
  • Topic: Early days at Spindletop, Sour Lake, Batson Name: Schlicher, Max Theodore Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 6 Date: 7-1-53
  • Topic: Alabama; Electra, Texas Areas Name: Silk, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No. 55 Date: 8-15-52
  • Topic: Early days in Corsicana Name: Simkins, J. S. Interviewer: Place: Austin, Texas Tape No: 86 Date: 12-10-52
  • Topic: Spindletop and some West Texas and Louisiana oil fields Name: Sittig, Mr. Ray Interviewer: Montgomery, Mrs. R. A., 702 Northwest 12th St. Andrew, Tex. Place: Burnet, Texas Tape No. 218 Date: 8-2-59
  • Topic: Beaumont, Spindletop Name: Sloop, Dr. H. C. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 166 Date: 3-25-55
  • Topic: (1) Early Days in the Corsicana Field (2) Boyhood and growth at Elgin, Texas Name: Speed, Carlton D. Interviewer: Boatright, Dr. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No. 62 Date: 8-27-52
  • Topic: Corsicana, Wichita Falls, Texas; Louisiana Name: Speed, Carlton D. Interviewer: Boatright, Dr. Mody C. Place: Corsicana, Texas Tape No. 63 Date: 8-27-52
  • Topic: Name: Starkey, Harold C., 1632 Bonnie Brae Houston, Texas Place: Kenny, Earl, 518 West Rusk Street Tyler, Texas Interviewer: Wallace, Carl, Tyler, Texas Tape No. 140 Date: 8-25-53
  • Topic: Name: Stivers, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Mr. and Mrs. Stiver's home, 1102 Hobson St., Sapulpa, Okla. Tape No. 143 Date: 8-26-53
  • Topic: Name: Stivers, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Interviewer: Owens, W. A. Place: Mr. and Mrs. Stivers' home, 1102 Hobson St., Spulpa, Okla. Tape No. 144 Date: 8-26-53
  • Topic: Burkburnett, Wichita Falls, Swindles Name: Swanson, F. G. Interviewer: Hayes, Robert M. Place: Tyler, Texas Tape No: 167 Date: 2-20-55
  • Topic: Life in an oil-refining town in the 1920's Name: Thaman, A. J. and Anderson, J. H. Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Mr. Thaman's Home, 2209 New Jersey, St. Baytown A, Texas Tape No. 215 Date: 1-29-60
  • Topic: Life in an oil-refining town in the 1920's Name: Thaman, A. J. and Anderson, J. H. Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Mr. Thaman's home, 2209 New Jersey St., Baytown A, Texas Tape No. 216 Date: 1-29-60
  • Topic: Life in an oil-refining town in the 1920 Name: Thaman, A. J. and Anderson, J. H. Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Mr. Thaman's home, 2209 New jersey St. Baytown A, Texas Tape No. 217 Date: 1-29-60
  • Topic: Organization of TIPRO; West Texas drilling Name: Thompson, E. I. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 66 Date: 9-3-52
  • Topic: Practices of Independent Oil Operators Name: Thompson, E. I. Interviewer: Boatright, Dr. Place: Austin, Texas Tape No. 67 Date: 9-3-52
  • Topic: Experiences of a young lawyer in Beaumont, beginning 1903 Name: Townes, Judge Edgar Eggleston Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 3 Date: 6-21-52
  • Topic: Experiences of a young lawyer in Beaumont, beginning 1903 Name: Townes, Judge Edgar Eggleston Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 4 Date: 6-26-52
  • Topic: Experiences of a young lawyer in Beaumont, beginning 1903 Name: Townes, Judge Edgar Eggleston Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 5 Date: 6-26-52
  • Topic: Seminole, Fittstown Name: Turner, Bruce Interviewer: Stephens, Ray Place: Hardin City, Oklahoma Tape No: 205-A Date: 3-28-59
  • Topic: Beaumont, before and during the oil boom Name: Weaver, Ashley Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 111 Date: 7-17-53
  • Topic: Kay County, Oklahoma; Ranger-Eastland Areas Name: Weaver, Joseph M. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Eastland, Texas Tape No. 42 Date: 8-5-52
  • Topic: Tarrent Cloud Well, Ellenberger Wells, Albany Area -- 1918 Name: Webb, G. W. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Albany, Texas Tape No: 40 Date: 8-1-52
  • Topic: Spindletop, Batson, Sour Lake Name: Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Fort Worth, Texas Tape No: 76 Date: Sept. 1952
  • Topic: Spindletop, Batson, Sour Lake Name: Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Sam W. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Fort Worth, Texas Tape No: 77 Date: Sept. 1952
  • Topic: Ranger-Breckenridge Boom, Albany Area -- 1918 Name: Weeb, J. R. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Albany, Texas Tape No: 39 Date: 8-1-52
  • Topic: Beaumont merchant who went into business during boom Name: Weller, George Walker Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 117 Date: 7-22-53
  • Topic: Beaumont merchant who went into business during boom Name: Weller, George Walker Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 118 Date: 7-22-53
  • Topic: Early Days of Spindletop -- 1901 Name: Wilson, Will R., Sr. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Dallas, Texas Tape No: 78 Date: Sept., 1952
  • Topic: Rig building in North, East and West Texas; Oklahoma; Wyoming Name: Winfrey, L.D. Interviewer: Montgomery, Mrs. Robert A. Place: Abilene, Texas Tape No: 208 Date: 8-2-59
  • Topic: Corsicana, Spindletop; Ennis Name: Witherspoon, Claude L. Interviewer: Mody C. Boatright Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No: 94 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: Powell, Somerset, Thrall, San Patricio County Name: Witherspoon, Claude L. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No. 95 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: Mirando City, Lytton Springs, Cooper, Somerset Name: Witherspoon, Claude L. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No: 96 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: Big Springs, Spindletop, Lake Charles area, Jefferson County, East Texas fields Name: Witherspoon, Claude L. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No: 97 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: East Texas, Beaumont Name: Witherspoon, Claude L. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No: 98 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: Preston, Petrolia, Mabank, Mineola Name: Witherspoon Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No: 99 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: Mineola, Devine, Corsicana, Beaumont, Louisiana Name: Witherspoon, Claude L. Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Dilley, Texas Tape No: 100 Date: 6-27-53
  • Topic: Spindletop, Sour Lake; Founding of Humble Company, 1908 Name: Wood, Clint Interviewer: Boatright, Mody C. Place: Mineral Wells, Texas Tape No. 59 Date: 8-17-52
  • Topic: Texas Oil, Corsicana 1897-1901; Spindletop 1901-1903; Sour Lake 1903-1907; Batson 1907 Name: Wynn, John S. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 9 Date: 7-4-54
  • Topic: Spindletop Name: Wynn, John S. Interviewer: Owens, William A. Place: Beaumont, Texas Tape No: 10 Date: 7-4-54
  • Topic: Oil-leasing throughout Texas in the first half of the 20th century. Name: Wynne, John H. Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Houston, Texas Tape No: 210 Date: 1-26-60
  • Topic: Oil-leasing throughout Texas in the first half of the twentieth century Name: Wynne, John H. Interviewer: Ross, Mrs. Maude Place: Mr. Wynne's home, 3340 Charleston St. Houston, Texas Tape No: 211 Date: 1-26-60
  • Topic: Corsicana, Caddo, Petrolia, Electra Areas Name: Young, J. T. (Cotton) Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 49 Date: 8-14-52
  • Topic: Electra, Upshur County Areas Name: Young, J. T. (Cotton) Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 50 Date: 8-14-52
  • Topic: Wichita Falls Area Name: Young, J. T. (Cotton) Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 51 Date: 8-15-52
  • Topic: Empire, Walters Fields; Howard County, Texas, Area Name: Young, J. T. (Cotton) Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No. 52 Date: 8-15-52
  • Topic: Moore, Archer, Hutchinson, Ward Counties, Texas Name: Young, J. T. (Cotton) Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 53 Date: 8-15-52
  • Topic: Monahans, Corsicana, Electra, Burkburnett Areas Name: Young, J. T. (Cotton) Interviewers: Boatright, Mody C.; Kelly, Louise; Williams, J. W. Place: Wichita Falls, Texas Tape No: 54 Date: 8-15-52