Edwin Theodore Dumble paper, 1960.
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Underwood, James R., 1927-
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Edwin Theodore Dumble received a B.S. degree in mining engineering and a doctorate of science from Washington and Lee University. From 1874 to 1887 he assisted in his father's mercantile business in Houston as manager and buyer for glassware and china and served as consulting accountant for various firms. Dumble served as Texas State Geologist from 1887 to 1897 and was responsible for directing the third Texas Geological Survey beginning in 1889. Beginning in 1897 he was a consulting geologist f...
Geological Survey of Texas
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Before 1909 the Texas legislature established and funded state geological surveys, beginning in 1858 with the Geological and Agricultural Survey of Texas, which continued until 1867, though it was suspended during the Civil War. In 1870 the legislature formed the second geological survey, with John W. Glenn as state geologist. Like the first, the second survey was surrounded by political turmoil. It finally began work in 1873 and survived only three years. The third surv...
Dumble, E. T. (Edwin Theodore), 1852-1927
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Dr. E. T. Dumble (1852-1927) served as state geologist of Texas from 1888 to 1896, supervising one of the early mineralogical surveys of the region. From 1897 until his retirement in 1925, he also acted as organizer and manager of the Southern Pacific Oil Companies. He is, thus, reputed to be one of the furst individuals to establish a geologic department within a petroleum firm. From the guide to the Dr. E. T. Dumble Collection MSS 141., 1924-1968, (Houston Metropolitan Research Cen...
Southern Pacific Company
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What started as a boycott by the American Railway Union against Pullman's Palace Car Co. in 1894 escalated to a strike covering the area from Chicago to the Pacific Coast. On the premise of interfering with the mails the federal government intervened and crushed the strike. From the description of Journal of incidents in San Francisco resulting from the American Railway Union strike, 1894 June 27-Aug. 31. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record ...
