J.T. Bishop papers, 1883-1989 (bulk 1945-1967)

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J.T. Bishop papers, 1883-1989 (bulk 1945-1967)

Papers contain information about oil and gas leases on properties in Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming that were recommended to Skelly Oil Company's Rocky Mountain Division for leasing. Files about the formation of the American Association of Petroleum Landmen are also included.

25.6 cubic ft. (70 boxes)

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Skelly Oil Company

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Bishop, J. T. (Jerome Travis), 1907-1999.

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Jerome Travis "J.T." Bishop was a district landman for Skelly Oil Company's Rocky Mountain Division in Casper, Wyoming. He was born April 30, 1907, grew up in Casper, and then attended the University of Nebraska. During World War II, Bishop served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and was a captain in the Reserve Officers Association. Prior to the war, he was employed as a landman for Ohio Oil Company (Marathon). He joined Pacific Western Oil Co. as a division landman and ma...

Hunt, Lester C. (Lester Calloway), 1892-1954

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Governor of Wyoming, 1943-1949; U.S. senator from Wyoming. From the description of Correspondence to Maxwell Struthers Burt, 1948-1950. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155862377 Lester Calloway Hunt, Wyoming governor and United States senator, was born in Isabel, Illinois, in 1892. Hunt earned a D.D.S. in 1917 from St. Louis University and established a dental practice in Lander, Wyoming, in 1919. Hunt continued to practice dentistry until 1934. Hun...

American Association of Petroleum Landmen

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Wyoming Association of Petroleum Landmen

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