Kettleman North Dome Association collection
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Kettleman North Dome Association collection
Dates: 1929-1973
Collection Number: mssKettlemanassociation
Creator:
Kettleman North Dome Association
Extent:
6 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2203
Fax: (626) 449-5720
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and legal cases related to Kettleman North Dome Association.
Language of Material: The records are in English.
Administration Information
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Preferred Citation
Kettleman North Dome Association collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
Gift from Hugh Tolford, December 1980.
Biography
The Kettleman North Dome Association was a non-profit cooperative corporation unified for the development and production of
oil, gas and other hydrocarbons from the North Dome of Kettleman Hills, Fresno and Kings Counties, California. The directors
included: J.A. Brown, R.E. Collom, S.B. Moser, William C. McDuffie, Rush M. Blodget, William Reinhardt, William Humphrey,
Carl H. Beal, M.E. Lombardi, J.R. Pemberton, and E.H. McCollough.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and legal cases related to Kettleman North Dome Association.
There are exhibits, legal opinions, trial briefs, and transcripts related to Ervin S. Armstrong, James E. Babcock, F.C. Dougherty,
and Louise C. Koons, Plaintiffs, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association, a corporation, et al., Defendants. Shell Oil Company,
a corporation, one of the defendants herein, Cross Complainant, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association, a corporation et al.,
Cross Defendants case. The letters are primarily replies from United States senators addressing George W. Nilsson’s concerns
about conservation. In Box 6, there is a bulletin from California. Department of Natural Resources. Geological Formations
and Economic Development of the Oil and Gas Fields of California.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Indexing Terms
Corporate Names
Kettleman North Dome Association
Shell Oil Company
Subjects
Geology--California--Fresno County
Geology--California--Kings County
Petroleum--California--Fresno County
Petroleum--California--Kings County
Petroleum law and legislation--California--Fresno County
Petroleum law and legislation--California--Kings County
Genre
Articles of incorporation
Bylaws (administrative records)
Legal documents
Letters (correspondence)
Folder 1
Armstrong vs. Kettleman North Dome Association. Trial Brief 1
(1936-1937)
Folder 2
Armstrong vs. Kettleman North Dome Association. Trial Brief 2
(1936-1937)
Folder 3
Armstrong vs. Kettleman North Dome Association. Trial Brief 3
(1936-1937)
Folder 4
Armstrong vs. Keettleman North Dome Association. Trial Brief 4
(1936-1937)
Folder 1
California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County) Ervin S. Armstrong, James E. Babcock, F.C. Dougherty, and Louise C. Koons,
Plaintiffs, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association, a corporation, et al., Defendants. Shell Oil Company, a corporation, one
of the defendants herein, Cross Complainant, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association, a corporation et al., Cross Defendants
(1935)
Reporter’s transcript of argument
Folder 2
California. Superior Court (Los Angeles County). Irvin S. Armstron, et al., Plaintiffs, vs. Kettleman North Dome Association,
a corporation, et al., Defendant
(1939)
Reporter’s transcript of argument on demurrers and motions to strike
Folder 3
Correspondence
(1965-1973)
Folder 4
Exhibits introduced by Kettleman North Dome Association 1-150
[before 1940]
Folder 5
Exhibits introduced by Kettleman North Dome Association 151-247
[before 1940]
Folder 1
Exhibits introduced by Kettleman North Dome Association 248-292
[before 1940]
Folder 2
Exhibits introduced by Kettleman North Dome Association 293-333
[before 1940]
Folder 3
Exhibits introduced by Shell (a)
(1938)
Folder 4
Exhibits introduced by Shell (b)
(1938)
Folder 5
Kettleman North Dome Association. Annual Report to the Board of Directors
(1951)
Folder 1
Kettleman North Dome Association. Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Agreement
[before 1949]
Folder 2
Kettleman North Dome Association. Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Agreement
[before 1949]
Folder 3
Kettleman North Dome Association. Index of Transcripts and Exhibits vol. 1
(1937-1938)
Folder 4
Kettleman North Dome Association. Index of Transcripts and Exhibits vol. 2
(1937-1938)
Folder 5
Kettleman North Dome Association. Legal Opinions. Book 1
(1947, Apr.)
Folder 1
Kettleman North Dome Association. Legal Opinions. Book 2
(1950)
Folder 2
Memorandum concerning lead-silver property, controlled by William Shiffrin
(1968)
Folder 3
Middle Dome Corporation By-Laws and agreement
(1933)
Folder 4
The Richfield Salesman First Yearbook [newsletters]
(1933)
Folder 5
Unit Plan for Kettleman Hills Oil Field
(1930, Mar. 7)
Folder 6
United States. Department of the Interior. In the matter of United States of America, Contestant, vs. Kelley Shannon and others,
Contestee
(1960, June 22)
Folder 7
United States. Department of the Interior. In the matter of United States of America, Contestant, vs. Kelley Shannon and others,
Contestee
(1960, June 23)
Folder 8
United States. Petroleum Administrative Board. In the Matter of the Appeal of Superior Oil Company From Allowable Granted
it in Kettleman Hills
[after 1928]
Brief of Standard Oil Company of California
Folder 9
United States. Petroleum Administrative Board. In the Matter of Appeal of Superior Oil Company From Allowable Granted it in
Kettleman Hills
[after 1934]
Brief for Kettleman North Dome Association
California. Department of Natural Resources. Geological Formations and Economic Development of the Oil and Gas Fields of California.
Bulletin No. 118
(1943)
