Oil and gas
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
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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 277
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Research materials related to the publications and unpublished works of author/historian and public relations consultant James A. Clark.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 362
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