William Embry Wrather memoirs, circa 1960.

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William Embry Wrather memoirs, circa 1960.

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This collection contains a typescript copy of Wrather's memoirs. E.L. DeGolyer is referenced on p. 5 and 9 of the "My library" chapter, p. 3 of "Roumania" chapter, p. 191, and the Desdemona oil field in Texas is described on p. 91-94. He was a colleague of Ellis Shuler, Robert T. Hill, and E.L. DeGolyer.

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Southern Methodist University DeGolyer Library

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Southwestern Association of Petroleum Geologists

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Wrather, William Embry, 1883-1963

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