Guide to the Kirby PetroleumCompany / George Sawtelle Executive Records 1921-1967,bulk 1931-1953

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Guide to the Kirby PetroleumCompany / George Sawtelle Executive Records 1921-1967,bulk 1931-1953

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The materials in thiscollection are from the Houston-based Kirby Petroleum Company and the recordsof George Sawtelle, president and later chairman of the company to 1965. Thiscollection consists of 2.5 cubic feet of photographs, correspondence, businessrecords, clippings, and technical papers. The primary correspondents are JohnH. Kirby, Clint Murchison, Cooper Ragan, and George Sawtelle. This materialprovides a valuable look at the early days of the oil industry in Texas. Inparticular, this collection documents through correspondence the concerns andbusiness goals of oil men from the 1920s through the 1940s.

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University

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Pratt, Wallace.

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Kirby Petroleum Company

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The Kirby Petroleum Company/George Sawtelle records offers a glimpse into the early 20th century oil boom in Texas primarily through the correspondence of George Sawtelle, who served as president of the company for more than 20 years. Sawtelle died September 4, 1967. The origin of the Kirby Petroleum Company can be traced back to 1921 when John Henry Kirby, a pioneer in the development of the Houston business community, formed Kirby Petroleum Company, an oil and gas expl...

Ragan, Cooper.

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Sawtelle, George.

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Kirby, John H.

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Christian, W. G.

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Murchison, Clint.

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