Box 1
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Photo album, 1930s-1977
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
These photographs span most of Barentine's career in oil exploration and depict crews in Louisiana swamps, West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations, giving evidence of conditions such as approaching dust storms and showing examples of dwellings such as a jacal in the Rio Grande Valley. Exploration equipment is featured in the images, as well as the crew members' families, including a 1977 image of Mr. and Mrs. Barrentine in front of their home, "Dunrovin". The collection also...
Dates:
1927-1977
Loose photos, 1949-1958 (black and white images of work crews, mainly in Houma, LA and near Bayou Terrebonne, LA)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
These photographs span most of Barentine's career in oil exploration and depict crews in Louisiana swamps, West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations, giving evidence of conditions such as approaching dust storms and showing examples of dwellings such as a jacal in the Rio Grande Valley. Exploration equipment is featured in the images, as well as the crew members' families, including a 1977 image of Mr. and Mrs. Barrentine in front of their home, "Dunrovin". The collection also...
Dates:
1927-1977
Loose scrapbook pages, Roxana Oil, 1927
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
These photographs span most of Barentine's career in oil exploration and depict crews in Louisiana swamps, West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations, giving evidence of conditions such as approaching dust storms and showing examples of dwellings such as a jacal in the Rio Grande Valley. Exploration equipment is featured in the images, as well as the crew members' families, including a 1977 image of Mr. and Mrs. Barrentine in front of their home, "Dunrovin". The collection also...
Dates:
1927
Notes and ephemera, 1942-1948
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
These photographs span most of Barentine's career in oil exploration and depict crews in Louisiana swamps, West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations, giving evidence of conditions such as approaching dust storms and showing examples of dwellings such as a jacal in the Rio Grande Valley. Exploration equipment is featured in the images, as well as the crew members' families, including a 1977 image of Mr. and Mrs. Barrentine in front of their home, "Dunrovin". The collection also...
Dates:
1927-1977
Shell Oil newsletter fragments, 1960s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
These photographs span most of Barentine's career in oil exploration and depict crews in Louisiana swamps, West Texas, the Rio Grande Valley and other locations, giving evidence of conditions such as approaching dust storms and showing examples of dwellings such as a jacal in the Rio Grande Valley. Exploration equipment is featured in the images, as well as the crew members' families, including a 1977 image of Mr. and Mrs. Barrentine in front of their home, "Dunrovin". The collection also...
Dates:
1927-1977