Gulf Oil Corporation
Variant namesThe Gulf Oil Corporation was founded in 1901 when oil was discovered in Spindletop, Texas. The company invested millions of dollars into the development of gasoline in the early Twentieth Century. By the early 1930s it had grown into a major United States corporation. The corporation continued to grow into the 1960s. During that time Gulf Oil became an investor into Robert E. Simon's planned community in Reston, Virginia. As one of his principal investors, Gulf Oil stepped in to save the project from bankruptcy in 1967. The Gulf Reston officials continued development of the New Town and for more than ten years encouraged a diversity in housing sizes, styles, and prices.
From the description of Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records, 1963. (George Mason University). WorldCat record id: 427424006
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| referencedIn | Lipscomb, A. D. Lipscomb, A. D., papers, 1910-1945. | University of Texas Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Floyd B. McKissick Papers, 1940s-1980s | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection | |
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| referencedIn | Briefs, 1928-1976 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
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| creatorOf | J.P. Morgan & Co. Gulf Oil Corporation of Penn. 15 yr 5% deb. bonds : syndicate records, 1922 Oct 30. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Westmoreland Coal Company. Records of Delaware corporation, 1964-1982. | Hagley Museum & Library | |
| referencedIn | Records of the Association of African and Afro-American Students at Harvard and Radcliffe, 1963-1976 | Harvard University Archives. | |
| creatorOf | Gulf Oil Corporation. Bert Reinauer. | Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System | |
| referencedIn | Photographs of docks and industrial buildings in Norfolk, Va., 1954-1972. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| creatorOf | Gulf Oil Corporation. Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records, 1963. | George Mason University, Fenwick Library | |
| referencedIn | Ewart Guinier papers, 1910-1989 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
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| referencedIn | Goralski, Robert. Papers, 1950-1986. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
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| creatorOf | Thurmond, Strom, 1902-2003. Strom Thurmond legal series, 1900-1955, bulk 1930-1946. | Clemson University Libraries, Robert Muldrow Cooper Library | |
| referencedIn | Swensrud, Sidney A., 1900-1996,. Reminiscences of Sidney A. Swensrud : oral history, 1988-1989. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Hollis Hedberg papers, 1903-1988 | University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection | |
| referencedIn | Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
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| referencedIn | Wilmington Trust Company. Trust Dept. Investment analysis files ("D-H"), 1909-1959 (bulk 1931-1954). | Hagley Museum & Library | |
| referencedIn | Five Star Oil Report collection, 1950-1956. | Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library | |
| referencedIn | McAfee, Jerry 1916-1995. Oral history interview with Jerry McAfee 1993 July 26 | Chemical Heritage Foundation, Othmer Library of Chemical History | |
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| creatorOf | Kennedy, Anderson, Captain. Middletown. | Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System | |
| referencedIn | Gaess Outdoor. Gaess Outdoor Advertising Photographs, 1950s-1960s and undated. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
| referencedIn | Gilbert, Cornelius,. Testimony of Arthur Ferguson Benton and Andrews Dingwall in the civil case of Cornelius Gilbert vs. Gulf Oil Corporation [manuscript] 1948 Sept. 30. | University of Virginia. Library | |
| referencedIn | Towle, H. Ledyard (Harold Ledyard), 1890-1973. Papers, 1931-1952. | Hagley Museum & Library | |
| creatorOf | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd. Regent. | Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee County Federated Library System |
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