Petroleum Archives
Collection 67
Petroleum Archives. Collection, 1902–1970, n.d.
3 feet, 1 inch; oversize
Oil history began in Louisiana on 20 September 1901 when the first producing well of the Jennings field was brought in.
This collection consists of newspaper and magazine articles on the petroleum industry in Louisiana. Also included are numerous oil-related magazines and journals, reports, interviews, and photographs on the industry from the 1900s-1970s.
Series:
A. | Articles | ||
1. | Newspaper | 1-01 | |
2. | Magazine | 1-02 | |
B. | Correspondence | 1-03 | |
C. | Records | ||
1. | Financial | 1-04 | |
2. | General | 1-05 | |
D. | Publications | ||
1. | Magazine and Journal | 1-06 through 5-03 | |
2. | Newspaper | 5-04 through 5-07 | |
3. | Miscellaneous | 5-08 through 6-04 | |
E. | Miscellaneous | ||
1. | Bibliography | 6-05 through 6-06 | |
2. | Reports | 6-07 | |
3. | Map | 6-08 | |
4. | Interviews | 6-09 | |
5. | History | 6-10 | |
6. | Documents | 6-11 | |
7. | Photographs | 7-01 through 7-07 | |
8. | Oil Fields Order Lists | 7-08 through 7-17 | |
9. | Oversize | Map Case 43-05 |
Inventory:
1-01 | Articles, Newspaper | |
Petroleum Industry in Louisiana, 1866-1967 | ||
1-02 | Articles, Magazine | |
“The Anse La Butte Oil Field”, by Cyril K. Moresi. Oil, March 1941, pp.39-42 | ||
“Louisiana’s Offshore Development”, by Frank M. Ritchie. Oil, July 1966, pp.9-14 | ||
“Boom Town in the Oil Patch”, Oil, July 1967, pp.9-30 | ||
“Natural Gas in Louisiana”, by W.O. Chisholm. Louisiana Conservation Review, Spring 1938, pp.39-46 | ||
“History of North Louisiana”, by Grady Triplett. Oil Weekly, 28 March 1938, pp.95-96 | ||
“Down The Trail of Evangeline”, W.B. Fulton. The Lamp, n.d., pp. 20-24 | ||
“Conservation of Louisiana’s Mineral Resources, 1906-1908”, by Cyril Moresi. Louisiana Conservationist, 4 July 1933, pp.26-37 | ||
1-03 | Correspondence, 1902-1970, n.d. | |
1-04 | Financial Records: receipts, invoices, expense account, 1969-1970 | |
1-05 | General Records: addresses, n.d. | |
1-06 | 1-06 Publications, Magazines & Journals | |
Chaperone Magazine, April 1902 | ||
Enjay Magazine, Summer, 1969 | ||
The Lamp magazine, January 1919 | ||
1-07 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Magazine, April-Sept. 1941 | ||
1-08 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Magazine, May, July, August, October 1956 | ||
1-09 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Magazine, January, April, August, October, 1957 | ||
1-10 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Magazine, February, April 1958; April 1960; December 1961, June, November December 1961 | ||
2-01 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Magazine, Jan.-Nov. 1962 | ||
2-02 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Magazine, Jan., March, May-June, Aug.-Oct. 1963 March, Aug. 1964; Dec. 1965 | ||
2-03 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil Investors’ Journal, July 5, 1902 | ||
The Register, September 1951 | ||
Successful American, April 1902 | ||
2-04 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, June 1939; Dec. 1950; Nov. 1951; June, Sept. 1955 | ||
2-05 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, Oct.-Dec. 1955; Jan. 1956 | ||
2-06 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, May-Aug. 1956 | ||
3-01 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, Sept. 1956; Aug. 1957; Oct. 1961 | ||
3-02 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, Feb.-June 1962 | ||
3-03 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, July - Oct. 1962 | ||
3-04 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, Jan.-April 1963 | ||
3-05 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Independent Petroleum Association of America Monthly, June-Sept. 1963 | ||
3-06 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
American Petroleum Institute, Winter 1959 | ||
Drill Bit, October 1965 | ||
Louisiana Municipal Review, September 1955 | ||
The Standard Oiler, June 1961 | ||
Time Magazine, June 24 1957 | ||
Today’s Business, June 1962 | ||
3-08 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Louisiana Conservation Review, Sept. 1955; July-Aug. 1957; Feb. 1962 | ||
3-09 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Louisiana Conservation Review, Winter 1937/1938 | ||
The Humble Way, May/June 1953 | ||
The Liner, March 1969 | ||
4-01 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Rig & Reel, June, Aug.-Dec. 1955; Sept. 1956 | ||
4-02 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Lamp, Fall, Summer 1956; Fall, Summer 1961; Spring 1962; Spring 1963 | ||
4-03 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
The Oil & Gas Journal, Nov. 1962; Oct. 1965 | ||
4-04 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, March, May 1948 | ||
4-05 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, April, Aug., Dec. 1949 | ||
4-06 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, Sept., Nov.-Dec. 1950 | ||
4-07 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, Jan.-Feb., May-Sept., Nov.-Dec. 1951 | ||
4-08 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, Jan., April, June-July, Sept.-Nov. 1952 | ||
4-09 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, April-May, July, Sept.-Dec., 1953 | ||
5-01 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, Feb., April, Aug., Dec. 1954 | ||
5-02 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Oil News Magazine, April-June, Aug.-Nov. 1955 | ||
5-03 | Publications, Magazines & Journals: | |
Transgas, Jan./Feb. 1969 | ||
5-04 | Publications, Newspapers: | |
Crowley Daily Signal - Golden Jubilee Edition [Industrial Section], Oct. 4, 1937 | ||
5-05 | Publications, Newspapers: | |
Daily Iberian - 75th Anniversary Edition, March 29, 1968 | ||
5-06 | Publications, Newspapers: | |
Item-Tribune, March 14, 1937 [2 copies] | ||
5-07 | Publications, Newspapers: | |
Franklin Banner Tribune, April 28, 1959 | ||
5-08 | Publications, General: | |
The Autobiography of an Oil Man, by W. Scott Heywood. 1941 | ||
6-01 | Publications, General: | |
City of New Orleans - Annual Report of the Mayor, 1955-56 | ||
Hycalog, n.d. | ||
The Industry Nobody Really Knows, by Craig Thompson. n.d. | ||
International Oil Exposition, official program, May 3-8, 1955 | ||
Oil company reports to Department of Conservation, 1957, 1962 | ||
Facts on Oil Imports, pamphlet, May 1962 | ||
NonPareil Consolidated Oil Company Prospectus, n.d. | ||
6-02 | Publications, General: | |
Leadership Through Research, n.d. | ||
Louisiana’s Golden Oil Jubilee, September 21-23, 1955 | ||
The Oil Producing Industry in Your State, 1962, 1963 | ||
6-03 | Publications, General: | |
Pioneering the Gulf Coast, by Reid Sayers McBeth. n.d. [Xeroxed copy] | ||
6-04 | Publications, General: | |
The Story of the Baton Rouge Refinery, n.d. | ||
Vermilion Parish Louisiana - Resources and Facilities, n.d. | ||
The History of the First Oil Well in the State of Louisiana, by T.C. Mahaffey. 1938 | ||
6-05 | Miscellaneous, Bibliography: | |
miscellaneous oil production statistics, n.d. | ||
6-06 | Miscellaneous, Bibliography: | |
Louisiana Oil Fields, 1932, n.d. | ||
6-07 | Miscellaneous, Reports: | |
Independent Producers of Natural Gas, Miscellaneous Reports, Federal Regulations, 1956-62, n.d. | ||
6-08 | Miscellaneous, Maps: | |
Map of South Louisiana and Louisiana Continental Shelf Showing Natural Gas Pipe Lines, by Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation, 1966 | ||
6-09 | Miscellaneous, Interviews: | |
Fred Gerwick, July 8, 1969 | ||
E.M. Christensen, July 15, 1969 | ||
Fred Bates, July 16, 1969 | ||
6-10 | Miscellaneous, History: | |
Louisiana Petroleum Council [History], 1969 | ||
6-11 | Miscellaneous, Document: | |
Presented by Perry J. Burke, Sr., of New Iberia | ||
Lafayette Daily Advertiser, 1970s-1980s | ||
Miscellaneous, Photographs | ||
7-01 | Field Operations | |
7-02 | Refineries, Supply Companies | |
7-03 | Support Activities | |
7-04 | Individuals | |
7-05 | Field Operations (#2) | |
7-06 | Organizations | |
7-07 | Miscellaneous | |
Miscellaneous, Oil Fields Order Lists | ||
7-08 | Union Texas Petroleum Royalty Owners, n.d. | |
7-09 | Oil Fields Order Lists, September 1966 | |
7-10 | Oil Fields Order Lists, October 1966 | |
7-11 | Oil Fields Order Lists, November 1966 | |
7-12 | Oil Fields Order Lists, January 1967 | |
7-13 | Oil Fields Order Lists, February - March 1967 | |
7-14 | Oil Fields Order Lists, April - May 1967 | |
7-15 | Oil Fields Order Lists, June 1967 | |
7-16 | Oil Fields Order Lists, July - August 1967 | |
7-17 | Oil Fields Order Lists, September - December 1967 | |
Map Case 43-05 | ||
Independent Petroleum Association of American Invitation to New Orleans | ||
Hackberry Massive A Sand, South Manchester Field, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (8 sheets) | ||
Emerald Exploration, North Hayes, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana |