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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
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Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the R. D. Parker Family Papers,
1924-1959
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Creator: |
Parker, Richard Denny |
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Title: |
R. D. Parker Family
Papers |
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Dates: |
1924-1959 |
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Abstract: |
Richard Denny Parker was
an early railroad builder and former chief of two divisions of the Texas
Railroad Commission. |
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Accession No.: |
72-31; 2000-074; 2002-104; 2002-149 |
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Extent: |
14 ft. 8 in. |
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Language: |
Materials
are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American
History,The University of Texas at
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Richard Denny Parker was an early railroad
builder and former chief of two divisions of the Texas Railroad Commission.
Parker graduated from the Univeristy of Texas with a degree in civil
engineering in 1898. He began his career with the U. S. Geological Survey
surveying Indian Territory before embarking on a railroad career in 1899.
Parker worked for the International and Great Northern Railroad and the Houston
and Texas Central Railroad before being named chief engineer of the Railroad
Commission of Texas in 1908. In 1920 he became chief engineer of the new gas
utilities division and was appointed chief in 1927. He resigned from state
service in 1934 to become a private consultant until his retirement in 1948.
Parker was married to Nona Lee Clement and fathered four sons and one daughter,
Lila Anne Parker.
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The papers relate to the Parker family history and R. D. Parker’s career
and the oil business, particularly technical aspects of oil production during
the 1930s and 1940s. The records also relate to the operation of the Parker
Jersey Farm in Groesbeck, Texas and to various legal and financial interests of
R. D. Parker in Austin and throughout Texas. The family-related portion of the
papers include R. D. Parker’s genealogical research; correspondence from the
Parker, Clement and Connell families of Travis and Milam counties from the
1890s through 1940s; and Nona Clement’s class notes from her tenure at the
University of Texas.
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Access Restrictions
Restricted access. A portion of the
papers is temporarily restricted due to preservation concerns. Contact
repository for more information.
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Subjects (Persons) |
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Connally, Tom, 1877-1963. |
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Culberson, Olin |
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Foran, E. V. |
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Foran, Lester |
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Jester, Beauford |
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Knode, William F. |
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Parker, Nona C. |
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Parker, Richard
Denny--Archives. |
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Parker, W. S. |
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Parker, William L. |
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Schoch, E. P. |
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Thompson, Ernest O. |
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Walker, Jay P. |
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Subjects (Organizations) |
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Railroad Commission of Texas |
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Subjects |
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Petroleum engineering. |
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Places |
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Austin (Tex.) |
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Calgary (Alta.) |
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Calvert (Tex.) |
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Corpus Christi
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Groesbeck (Tex.) |
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Houston (Tex.) |
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Tulsa (Okla.) |
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Union County
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R. D. Parker Family Papers, 1924-1959,
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at
Austin.
Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s "History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light" project, 2009-2011.
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Inventory |
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R. D. Parker career and business: |
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General correspondence: |
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D,
1930-1940 |
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O,
1935-1940 |
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P,
1929-1943 |
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XYZ,
1935-1936 |
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Classified correspondence: |
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C. W. Arlitt - B. B. Boatright |
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Byrd-Frost: |
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Long Lake Project - F. H. E. Oil Company |
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| 3F93 |
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E. V. Foran, 1935-1936 – Hagan and Stewart, Almer
Hagan |
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| 3F94 |
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D. S. Hitt Jr., Big Lake Oil Company – Introductory
letters, oil company executives |
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| 3F95 |
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George M. Kirkwood – Mid-Continent Oil and Gas
Association |
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| 3F96 |
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Missouri-Pacific Railway, Right-of-way at Greta,
Refugio County – R. D. Parker, Social Security claim |
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William L. Parker – L. W. Smith,
1938-1940 |
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Southwest Drilling Company – Jay P. Walker,
1938 |
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Jay P. Walker, 1939 – H. B. Zachry Company |
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General files: |
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Accounting – gas properties,
1938-1945 |
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Genealogy – Legislature |
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Long blanks – Portex Oil Company |
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Proration schedules, 1936 – Railroad Commission, Oil
and Gas Division |
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| 3F104 |
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Railroad Commission orders – Railroad Commission
tenders |
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| 3F105 |
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Recycling articles – repressuring reports |
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Spacing orders – Treasury Department |
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Legal and financial |
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Ad velorem taxes,
1930-1945 |
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Legal and financial: |
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Balance sheets: |
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Miscellaneous – Process Oil Company,
1937-1941 |
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Bills paid,
1937-1940 |
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| 3F109 |
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Corpus Christi National Bank,
1936-1938: |
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Ledger |
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Parker |
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Foran |
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Knode |
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Boatright |
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1939-1940: |
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Ledger |
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Parker |
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Foran |
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Knode |
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Boatright |
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Miscellaneous: |
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Ledger |
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Parker |
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Foran |
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Knode |
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Boatright |
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Technical reports: |
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Amerada Petroleum Corporation and others vs. O. R.
Cooper and others |
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Camp Drilling and Camp Production Company,
1937 |
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| 3F112 |
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Centennial Oil Company: |
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Plymouth Oil Company, November 1936 – Devonian Oil
Company, Motley lease, June 1936 |
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| 3F113 |
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Devonian Oil Company, Texas and New Mexico, May 1939 –
Gulf Oil Company vs. General American, September
1939 |
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| 3F114 |
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Gulf Oil Company vs. Harry
Hanbury, June 1938 – Gulf Oil Company vs. Railroad
Commission and O. R. Cooper: |
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Post Oak Baptist Church Lot |
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| 3F115 |
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Gulf Oil Company vs. Railroad Commission and H. H.
Knox – Gulf Oil Company vs. Starnes |
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| 3F116 |
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Gulf Oil Company vs.
Trico, November 1939 – Joe B. Hurley Estate, Schuler Field, Arkansas
Preliminary Drafts |
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Joe B. Hurley Estate, Schuler Field, Arkansas, Final
Report – E. M. Jones Company, Pressure Maintenance Project, Schuler Field,
Arkansas |
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Lewis H. Jones Permit Application – Midas Oil
Company |
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Midstates Oil Corporation vs.
Fullerton and Morgan – Pipeline rates and gathering charges, Interstate
Commerce Commission,
1938 |
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| 3F120 |
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Albert Plummer Drilling Company, February 1935 – Pure
Oil Company, Van Field
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| 3F121 |
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Regent Oil Company vs. Railroad Commission –
Sayfire Oil Company vs. Massad,
January 1938 |
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| 3F122 |
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Selby Oil Company, Cole lease – Tarpon Oil Company vs. Railroad Commission |
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| 3F123 |
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Texas Company and Gulf Oil vs.
Constantin and Company – Tidewater Oil Company vs. B. H. Roger |
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| 3F124 |
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Turman Oil Company vs. Railroad
Commission, Brightwell lease, Rusk County – H. B. Zachry, recycling
project, Navarro crossing field
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| 3T80 |
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Photographs of office interiors |
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| 2.325/A91b |
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Parker family history: |
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Genealogical research and correspondence |
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“History of the Hanna Family” |
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Birth certificates: |
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R. D. Parker |
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Nona Clement Parker |
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David Parker |
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Family correspondence: |
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Undated |
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| 3H140 |
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1885-1906 |
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1907-1913 |
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1914-1917 |
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| 3H143 |
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1918-1919 |
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| 3H144 |
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1920-1922 |
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| 3H145 |
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1923-1925 |
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| 3H146 |
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1926-1934 |
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| 3H147 |
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1935-1959 |
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| 3T80 |
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Parker family photographs |
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[RECORDS TEMPORARILY RESTRICTED FOR
PRESERVATION REASONS] R. D. Parker’s personal correspondence, family
genealogy and business records relating to the Oil and Gas Division of the
Railroad Commission and the partnership of Parker, Foran and Knode (later
Parker, Foran & Boatwright) and Nona Clement’s class notes from her tenure
at UT. |
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