Diaries and correspondence of Everett Bodine Latham, 1910-1916.

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Diaries and correspondence of Everett Bodine Latham, 1910-1916.

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The three diaries detail Latham's employment as both a geologist and engineer in 1910, 1912, and 1916. He discusses his everyday activities as a petroleum geologist for the Pinal Dome Oil Company, the Kern Trading & Oil Company, and the Kern County Oil Protective Association, including surveying land and oil drills, making maps, and the routine office work involved. He also discusses his work as a consultant with different oil companies including the Pacific Midway Oil Company. The 1916 volume includes the entries Latham made while in Washington D.C. assisting the Navy in congressional hearings on naval oil reserves in California; he appeared before the Committee on Public Lands on February 10th. There are newspaper clippings, photographs, and various letters glued onto the pages throughout the three volumes. The group also includes seven pieces of correspondence, most of which are related to Latham's work; authors include Burt L. Davis, President of the Pacific Midway Oil Company, and the Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels.

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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Lands

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Pinal Dome Oil Company.

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Pacific Midway Oil Company.

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Latham, Everett Bodine, b. 1874.

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Everett Bodine Latham, geologist and petroleum engineer, was born in Michigan in 1874. After receiving his master's degree in geology from Columbia University in 1910, Latham moved to California to accept a position with the Kern Trading & Oil Company. In 1912 he began working as the geologist for the Kern County Oil Protective Association and consulting for other California oil companies. In 1916 Latham began working for the Pinal Dome Oil Company; in January of that year, he was asked by t...

Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948

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Josephus Daniels, son of Josephus and Mary (Cleves) Daniels, was born in Washington, North Carolina, May 18, 1862. He attended the Wilson Collegiate Institute. On May 2, 1888, he married Addie W. Bagley. At the age of eighteen, he was editor of the "Wilson Advance"; admitted to the bar in 1885; state printer for North Carolina, 1887-1893; chief clerk, Department of the Interior, 1893-1895; editor of the "Raleigh State Chronicle", 1885; editor of the "Raleigh State News and Observer", 1894-1919; ...