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ExxonMobil Historical Collection, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
The collection is organized in four subgroups: Standard Oil Company, Mobil Corporation, Exxon Corporation and Exxon Mobil Corporation. Due to size, the finding aid has been divided into several separate parts.
Part 2 [this page]: Mobil Corporation: Series I. Subject Files: Affiliates through Histories
This series dominates the Mobil Corporation material and reflects major functions of the corporation (Exploration & Producing, Marketing, Refining, etc.) and types of material (Calendars, Graphics, etc.). Files document all Mobil predecessors: Standard Oil Company of New York (Socony), Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Socony Mobil Oil Company and Mobil Oil Corporation. Major affiliates and subsidiaries such as Vacuum Oil Company, Magnolia Petroleum Company and General Petroleum Corporation also are well represented. The most thoroughly documented aspects of the corporation are its marketing activities, particularly advertising and service station operations, and corporate administration and public affairs. Descriptions for each subject further delineate this series. Due to the artificial nature of the collection, files often do not reflect the context in which the records were created and used. In addition, some files may contain “cross reference” sheets created by a former corporate archivist. References to articles in various serial publications, found in Series II. Publications, appear to be the most accurate.
These sub-series contain materials created by or related to subsidiaries, divisions, and other companies with which the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors conducted business. Correspondence, litigation documents, press releases, news clippings, publications, ledgers, logbooks, directories, and other records document the activities of these entities.
[see also Office of the Corporate Secretary Records]
[see also Magnolia Petroleum Company]
[pages for Hugh Reilly lease #1 - #173 located in box 2.207/H6]
This sub-series contains documents concerning the Mobil
Corporation and its predecessors' aviation division, notably Global Aircraft
Services. Included are articles from corporate publications
This sub-series contains calendars distributed by the Magnolia Petroleum Company and the Mobil Corporation. A few highlights include calendars containing scenes from Texas and surrounding states, a 1968 Spanish calendar, and Mobil-sponsored sporting events calendars.
This sub-series includes documents relating to trademarks and patents from the Mobil Corporation and its predecessors and subsidiaries. The files are arranged alphabetically by company and trademark. A few highlights of this sub-series are the vast amounts of information on the origin of Pegasus in mythology, literature and as the symbol of the Standard Oil Company of New York (SOCONY) and later the Mobil Corporation, the story of the Gargoyle and the lengthy process to register the Mei Foo name. Additionally, there are several files containing the evolution of the Gargoyle logo through the 19th and 20th centuries and the Mobil logo through the 20th century.
This sub-series includes correspondence and memoranda, brochures and pamphlets, news clippings, press releases, financial reports, governance documents and speeches documenting the corporation's administration and its efforts to meet its obligations to employees and shareholders, to create and maintain a strong public image among consumers and society at large, to advance its point of view in the marketplace and to broaden its philanthropic endeavors.
[includes Exxon & Mobil Merger prospectus]
[see also Personalities: Directors & Officers in boxes 2.207/E70 – E71]