Box 1
Container
Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:
R. M. Morris statements, 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Monsanto statements, 1947-1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Monsanto Executive Committee report, May 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Monsanto Dept. of Industrial & Public Relations Report, May 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Oil Insurance Underwriters Report, June 1947
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Fire Prevention & Engineering Bureau of Texas, and national Board of Fire Underwriters, undated report
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
1947-2003
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Monsanto plant history, 1941-1965
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Personnel rosters, 1947 (annotated with information on the deceased and missing)
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949
Personnel organizational charts, Texas Division, 1947-1948 (includes position titles and occupants' names, as well as notes "dead" and "safe")
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Texas City disaster records were created and / or maintained by survivor Robert M. Morris. The reports, statements, images and notes describe the events of the April 16, 1947 when a French freighter carrying fertilizer caught fire and exploded, causing disaster on shore at the nearby Monsanto petroleum plant and other refineries, homes, warehouses and buildings. At least 576 were killed and 4,000 injured, with the town being almost completely destroyed. Original materials of...
Dates:
1947-2003; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1949