urn:taro:utexas.cah.01304 A Guide to the Morris B. Finkelstein Papers, 1899-1957 Original EAD encoding by Lauren Algee according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. October 2009 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Finkelstein, Morris B. Morris B. Finkelstein Papers 1899-1957 Materials are written in English. 64-162 5 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The University of Texas at Austin The papers relate to Morris B. Finkelstein’s career in commerce, banking, oil and finance, particularly the growth and development of Humble Oil and Refining Company and Finkelstein’s other oil interests. Biographical Note

Morris B. Finkelstein was a Texas merchant, banker, oil developer and financier.

 Scope and Contents

The papers relate to Finkelstein’s career in commerce, banking, oil and finance, particularly the growth and development of Humble Oil and Refining Company and Finkelstein’s other oil interests, mostly around Houston and Sour Lake, Texas. Materials include correspondence, legal documents, news clippings and photographs.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Persons) Bell, J. H. Cohen, William W. Daugherty, J. S. Farrish, W. S. Finkelstein, Morris B.—Archives. Finkelstein, Sol Gill, W. H. Hermann, George H. King, William B. Lockhart, W. E. McKnight, E. S. Rice, James K., Jr. Rice, William Marsh, 1816-1900 Sharp, W. B. Sterling, F. M. Sterling, R. S. Wagner, A. W. Vinson, William A. Subjects (Organizations) Humble Oil and Refining Company. Subjects Petroleum industry and trade--Texas. Places Beaumont (Tex.) Galveston (Tex.) Hardin County (Tex.) Houston (Tex.) Humble (Tex.) Marlin (Tex.) New York (N.Y.) Sour Lake (Tex.) Preferred Citation

Morris B. Finkelstein Papers, 1899-1957, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.

 Description of the Papers Inventory: 3C23 Business correspondence, 1899-1957 3C23 Big Hill, 1918-1927 3C23 Anaconda Copper Mining Company, 1929-1935 3C23 Financial records, 1904-1927, 1957, undated 3C23 Legal documents, 1907-1920 3C23 Landslide Tract, 1905-1928 3C23 Newspaper clippings, 1911-1944 3C23 Humble Oil Company: 3C23 Correspondence, 1915-1933 3C23 Annual reports, 1921-1937 3C23 Miscellaneous material, 1916-1949, undated 2.325/D1b Oversized material: 2.325/D1b Newspaper clippings, 1916, 1923 2.325/D1b Producers Oil Company blueprint, undated 3T69 Photographs: 3T69 Photo-postcard of the National Democratic Convention coliseum, Houston, 1928 3T69 Unidentified street scene [Sour Lake?], ca. 1905 3T69 Portrait [Morris B. Finkelstein?] 3T69 Unidentified oil scenes [Sour Lake Oil Field], ca. 1905 [3]