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Oil and gas

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Part of TARO subject browse terms

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Builders: Herman and George R. Brown Book Research Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS 464
Overview Correspondence, oral histories, notes, newsclippings, reports, published materials, photographs and ephemera in this collection document the family and business lives of Houston entrepreneurs Herman and George R. Brown, providing the basis for author Christopher Castaneda and Joseph Pratt's book, Builders : Herman and George R. Brown
Dates: 1898 - 1989

El Paso Corporation collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 602
Overview This collection contains audio/visual materials, publications, and photographs from the years 1920's-2011 related to El Paso Corporation. The El Paso Corporation system included Coastal Corporation, Colorado Interstate Gas, El Paso Natural Gas, Southern Natural Gas, Tennessee Gas Pipeline, and Ruby Pipeline.
Dates: 1920s - 2011

Gulf Oil Research and Development Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS 582
Overview The collection consists of material representing the work of Abraham J. Teplitz, research scientist-engineer at Gulf Oil Research and Development Company, from 1926 through 1966. It includes technical reports either authored or jointly authored by Teplitz, a specialist in the technology of oil well drilling. Also included are two notebooks related to patents and a folder of memorabilia and one of photographs.
Dates: 1926-1966

Herbert Allen business and personal papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 519
Overview The Herbert Allen papers include personal holdings, including biographical information, honors and awards, and personal correspondence. In addition papers dealing with his professional activities and patents are included, as are those dealing with his involvement with Rice University. Allen was an inventor and mechanical engineer who graduated from Rice Institute in 1929 where he later served on the Board of Governors and as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Dates: 1938 - 2014

James A. Clark papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0277
Abstract: Research materials related to the publications and unpublished works of author/historian and public relations consultant James A. Clark. Included are materials related to Three Stars for the Colonel: The Biography of Ernest O. Thompson, The Tactful Texan: A Biography of Governor Will Hobby, Book of Oil, Petroleum Rectifying Company of California, Hughes Tool Co., Pan American Sulfur Company,...
Dates: 1889 - 1974

Joseph Horace Pound papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0362
Overview This collection contains the academic papers and published articles of Joseph Horace Pound, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering at Rice University.
Dates: 1922 - 1941

Manuel and Carmen Paredes letters and scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: MS 971
Overview This collection contains correspondence and scrapbooks written and assembled by Manuel Paredes.
Dates: 1947 - 1953; 1977 - 1979

Niels Esperson Building photo album

 Collection
Identifier: MS 1030
Overview The collection consists of a photo album containing 45 black and white photos of the interior and exterior of the Niels Esperson Building in Houston, Texas, ca. 1927.
Dates: circa 1927

Richard J. Dobson collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS 654
Overview This collection contains the correspondence, journals, music business files, and audio of Richard Dobson.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1962-2014, dates 1977-1999

Robert Ray Herring Speeches

 Collection
Identifier: MS 395
Abstract: Robert R. Herring was president and CEO for Houston Natural Gas Corporation from 1967 to 1981. He gave many speeches to civic and professional societies during the time period 1957-1980, with the bulk of his speeches delivered in the 1970’s. This collection contains typewritten and handwritten notes of many of his speeches.
Dates: 1957-1980