Papers, 1909-1984 (bulk 1922-1975).

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Papers, 1909-1984 (bulk 1922-1975).

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Collection is chiefly research files and manuscripts related to Sawyer's chapter in "Trek of the Oil Finders," including notes, reports, maps, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed materials. There is also personal correspondence, an atlas of Argentina, and miscellaneous other materials. Some of the items are in Spanish.

9 cubic ft. (9 boxes)

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Owen, Edgar Wesley

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Edgar Wesley Owen (1896-1981), a petroleum geologist, was in charge of oil prospecting for John C. Keys Oil Company of Lawton, Oklahoma, from 1919-1927. From 1927-1956 he was a geologist with L.H. Wentz (subsequently the L.H. Wentz Estate) in San Antonio, Texas, and after 1956 a geological advisor to Southern Minerals Corporation. Owen was active in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) and served as president from 1941-1942. Owen also wrote the book "Trek of the Oil Finders: A...

Sawyer, J. Herbert.

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J. Herbert Sawyer (d. 1985), a petroleum geologist, spent most of his career with foreign affiliates of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) now Exxon. He wrote a chapter on the history of Latin American oil exploration for the 1975 American Association of Petroleum Geologists memoir "Trek of the Oil Finders : a History of Exploration for Petroleum," by Edgar Wesley Owen. From the description of Papers, 1909-1984 (bulk 1922-1975). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). World...