This series contains serial publications of Mobil Corporation and its predecessors, subsidiaries, divisions and departments. The corporation distributed these titles primarily to employees, though the corporation often sent its corporate-level magazines, such as the Socony-Vacuum News (1935-1949) and later Mobil World (1960-1999), to other select constituencies, like shareholders and annuitants. These titles provided news on recent business activities supplemented by features on various topics. Other titles had a much smaller audience such as employees of a particular facility (Brooklyn Refinery Bulletin, Torrance Topics) or, in the case of some foreign operations, like Mobil Nigeria and Mobil New Zealand, the employees based in these regions. In addition, dealers selling Mobil products received publications like Mobil Dealer News (1949-1966) and Mobil Happenings (1967-1992) to keep current on new products and marketing strategies.

The corporations’ annual reports (1882-1998) are included and also contain Vacuum Oil Company reports (1911-1930) pre-dating the merger with Socony. Financial & Operating Statistics (1950-1989) supplement the annual reports by providing more detailed financial data.

Other major titles include Vacuum Oil Company’s The Gargoyle (1919-1931) and Vacuum Oil News (1925-1931), Magnolia Petroleum Company’s Magnolia Oil News (1915-1936) succeeded by Magnolia News (1937-1959), General Petroleum Corporation’s Doings in General (1925-1959), Aramco World (1953-1999), a publication of the Arabian-American Oil Company (now Saudi Aramco), and The Compass (1920-1999), Mobil’s “magazine of the sea,” which focused on many aspects of the shipping industry.

The records of Mobil’s Office of the Corporate Secretary (formerly known as the Secretary’s Department) document the office’s responsibility for recording, managing and reporting official information to shareholders, the board of directors and various governmental entities, and ensuring that the corporation adheres to sound corporate governance practices. Records include incorporation documents, records of mergers and corporate name changes, organizational material including rosters of directors and officers, and minutes of annual shareholders meetings (1912-1999). Other noteworthy files include indexes of subsidiaries and affiliates and documentation of Mobil’s interest in the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco) and the Iranian Oil Consortium.