Alexander Watts McCoy papers, 1913-1946.

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Alexander Watts McCoy papers, 1913-1946.

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Collection contains mainly professional and business correspondence from 1924-1946. The collection also contains, along with subject and research files, publications, professional papers, maps and well logs of various drilling sites (1927-1946), and lab and experiment reports from Marland Oil Company (1913-1941) and American Petroleum Institution Research Reports (1926-1940).

7.17 cubic ft. (15 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Marland Oil Company

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McCoy, Alexander Watts, 1889-1944.

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McCoy graduated from the University of Missouri in 1944 with a master's degree in geology. McCoy pioneered the techniques and studies of oil field water sampling, oil-producing sands, water encroachment, subsurface mapping, sample logging and subsurface distribution of rock. After working for Empire Gas and Fuel Company from 1917-1920 and later a consulting geologist, McCoy joined Marland Oil Company in 1924 as vice-president of land and geology until 1929. He later worked for Deep Rock Oil Well...

American Petroleum Institute.

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