Railroad Commission commissioners' records, 1898-1901, 1906-1908, 1916, 1920-1966 bulk about 1930-about 1960.

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Railroad Commission of Texas. Railroad Commission commissioners' records, 1898-1901, 1906-1908, 1916, 1920-1966 bulk about 1930-about 1960.

Railroad Commission commissioners' records, 1898-1901, 1906-1908, 1916, 1920-1966 bulk about 1930-about 1960.

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The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) initially had jurisdiction over the rates and operations of railroads, terminals, wharves and express companies. Today the Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas and surface mining for coal, uranium, and iron ore gravel. The records include correspondence, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and reprints, and pamphlets of two commissioners of the Railroad Commission of Texas. The records date 1898-1901, 1906-1908, 1916, 1920-1966, bulk about 1930-about 1960. The records of Allison Mayfield (1860-1923) consist of four letterpress copybooks of outgoing correspondence. Most of the letters in the first two volumes are personal family or business correspondence and date 1898-1901, 1906-1908. The third and fourth volumes concentrate on Mayfield's reelection efforts to the Railroad Commission in 1898, 1916 and 1922. The records of Texas Railroad Commissioner Ernest O. Thompson (1892-1966) include correspondence, speeches, press releases, newspaper clippings, magazine articles and reprints, and pamphlets that especially document his role as Commission spokesperson on oil and gas conservation. The records cover the period 1920-1966, bulk about 1930-about 1960. This finding aid describes a single series of the Railroad Commission of Texas records. See Railroad Commission of Texas: An Overview of Records (http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/tslac/20078/tsl-20078.html) for more records series.

10.3 cubic ft.

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