Theodore H. Hammett papers, 1924-1971.

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Theodore H. Hammett papers, 1924-1971.

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Papers contain correspondence, certificates, clippings, and photographs of this Sinclair Oil and Gas Company attorney, vice president, and member of its board of directors. There is material from the Petroleum Study Committee related to federal control of the oil and gas industry. Files on the J.B. Oil Treatment Co. document Hammett's investment in the patenting of an invention of an oil cleaning and well cleaning product that was never developed. The files also contain personal correspondence, mostly political in nature. Sinclair Oil and Gas Co. documents are generally personal such as certificates of service, clippings, and congratulatory correspondence on promotions and retirement.

1.7 cubic ft. (4 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7716367

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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One-Shot Antelope Hunt (Lander, Wyo.)

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Sinclair Oil Corporation

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Hammett, Theodore H., 1893-1971.

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Theodore Hargraves Hammett was born June 13, 1893 in Muskogee, Indian Territory. He began his career in the lease department of Sinclair Oil and Gas Compnay in Tulsa, Oklahoma in December, 1916. He continued in that position, taking time out for service with the Marines in World War I, until 1921, when he transferred to the land department. In 1923, he became head of the lease department in Tulsa, and in 1925 was transferred to the land department in charge of the Enid district land...