Papers, 1916-1966.

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Papers, 1916-1966.

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Collection contains materials relating to Majewski's career in the petroleum industry, including extensive subject files concerning the operation of Deep Rock Oil Corporation and the Great American Oil Company, with correspondence, reports, and financial materials regarding oil refining, oil marketing and pricing, oil pipelines, war rationing and production, and service station accounts (1916-1965). Collection also contains correspondence (1924-1962); materials relating to the American Petroleum Institute, the National Petroleum Council and the Petroleum Administration for War (1937-1962); 2 scrapbooks; speeches about the marketing problems facing the petroleum industry (1937-1966); and photographs of Majewski (1916-1950).

223.76 (224 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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American Petroleum Institute.

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United States. Petroleum Administration for War

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National Petroleum Council.

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Great American Oil Company.

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Deep Rock Oil Corporation.

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Majewski, Bernard L., 1895-1967.

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Bernard L. Majewski (1895-1967) a petroleum executive, started working for Deep Rock Oil Corporation of Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1917 and eventually became head of marketing and a vice-president. Deep Rock sold its bulk marketing facilities in the Chicago, Illinois, area to Majewski in 1951 and he started the Great American Oil Company. He also served on the National Recovery Administration's Petroleum Industry Planning and Coordination Committee from 1933-1935, the Petroleum Administration for War d...