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A Guide to the Kelts C. Baker Papers, 1927-1935
Biographical NoteKelts C. Baker was President and Executive of the United North and South Oil Company and directed the development of the Luling Oil Fields beginning in 1919. Baker was born in New York State. After completing school he moved to Pennsylvania to begin work in oil fields. He also worked in the automotive industry and for the United Rubber Company under Edgar Davis. He followed Davis into the oil business, moving to Luling, Texas to pursue this interest. When the Magnolia Petroleum Company purchased United North and South in 1927, Baker was retained as president. Source: Davis, Ellis Arthur, and Edwin H. Grobe. 1929. The New Encyclopedia of Texas. Dallas, Tex: Texas Development Bureau. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentsCollection consists of material relating to the oil business and oil fields in which Texas oilman Baker was interested and some notes on gold mining in Mexico and elsewhere. Included are Baker's indexes to information concerning materials and equipment as well as copies of related publications and advertisements; forms for oil, gas, and mineral leases and deeds and instructions for drawing them up; information about active fields (1935) and logs of individual wells; and maps of many oil fields in Texas and elsewhere. In addition the papers contain a series of etchings of oil-related subjects by Bernhardt Wall dedicated to Baker. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsUnrestricted access. Return to the Table of Contents
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Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationKelts C. Baker Papers, 1927-1935, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Return to the Table of Contents Description of the Papers
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