Papers, 1829-1962.

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Papers, 1829-1962.

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This collection is chiefly loose leaf notebooks of printed material on the subject of petroleum exploration and development in the United States. There are five notebooks of petroleum history, 1829-1960; one notebook of "Standard Oil Letters" from the Hearst Magazine, 1912-1913 and articles from Harper's Weekly, 1913-1914; one notebook of biographical information on the Harkness family and one on Henry M. Flagler; information on John D. Rockefeller; photographs; a scrapbook; correspondence of L.G. "Pat" Flannery of Cheyenne, Wyoming; and a list of Wyoming Senator Joseph O'Mahoney's incoming Senate mail for January-July 3, 1950.

3.9 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7251237

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Standard Oil Company

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The Standard Oil Company was established by John D. Rockefeller in 1868 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The first Standard Oil Company in Minnesota was established in 1886....

Martin, James P., collector.

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Rockefeller, John D. (John Davison), 1839-1937

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John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) was born in Richford, New York to William Avery Rockefeller and Eliza Davison. In 1853, he moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio where he studied bookkeeping. With partner Maurice B. Clark, Rockefeller built an oil refinery in 1863 and bought out his partner two years later. In 1864, he married Laura Celestia “Cettie” Spelman, with whom he had four children. Two years later, Rockefeller joined his brother William to establish Rockefeller, Andrews, & Flagler, wh...

Flannery, L. G., 1894-1964.

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"Pat" Flannery served as Wyoming State Democratic Party chair from 1938 to 1952. He was also director of the Wyoming Works Progress Administration until 1941, state representative from 1933 to 1935, and administrative assistant to Wyoming's U.S. Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney (D) who served from 1933 to 1953. Flannery edited and published a diary of John Hunton (1839-1928), who had served as post trader at Fort Laramie, Wyoming. From the description of Papers, 1934-1965. (University of ...

Harkness family.

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Flagler, Henry Morrison, 1830-1913

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O'Mahoney, Joseph C. (Joseph Christopher), 1884-1962

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph Christopher O'Mahoney : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739372 Lawyer and U.S. senator from Wyoming. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1949-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122583179 U.S. senator from Wyoming, 1934-1953 and 1954-1961. From the description of Papers, 1...

United States. Congress. Senate

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