Temple Oil Company Records: Finding Aid
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, January 20, 2011.
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Overview of the Collection
Title: Temple Oil Company Records
Dates (inclusive): 1873-1910
Collection Number: mssTemple Oil records
Creator:
Temple Oil Company.
Extent: 137 items in 1 box.
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains business records of the Temple Oil Company of Los Angeles, California, dating from 1873-1910.
Prominent participants include Thomas Robert Bard, Prudent Beaudry, the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company and Francis Pliny F. Temple
Language: English.
Access
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
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one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Temple Oil Company Records, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Provenance
The collection was purchased from W. P. Hammon, July 31, 1963.
Historical Note
The Temple Oil Company was located in Los Angeles County. It was also known as the
Temple Oil Boring Company and the Temple Oil Well Boring Company. C. Cabot was
president and paymaster in the 1870s.
Scope and Content
The Temple Oil Company Records are comprised of ephemera, invoices, leases, deeds,
letters of resignation, financial documents, receipts, proxies and resolutions.
Prominent participants include Thomas Robert Bard, Prudent Beaudry, the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company and Francis Pliny F. Temple.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by document type.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Temple Oil
Company.
Oil fields -- California -- Los Angeles
County.
Petroleum -- California.
Petroleum industry and trade --
California, Southern -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Forms/Genres
Business records -- California -- 19th
century.
Business records -- California -- 20th
century.
Additional Contributors
Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915.
Beaudry, Prudent.
Temple, Francis Pliny F., 1821-1880.
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
Indexing: Added Entries
Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915.
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Author of notes in “Miscellaneous Financial Documents” (1875). Box 1 (9).
Beaudry, Prudent.
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Participant in receipt in “Paymaster Receipts” (1875). Box 1 (11).
Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
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Participant in invoice in “Invoices” (1874-1875). Box 1 (2).
Temple, Francis Pliny F., 1821-1880.
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Participant in receipt in “Paymaster Receipts” (1875). Box 1 (11).
Folder 1
Ephemera (1906-1910). 4 items.
Folder 2
Invoices (1874-1875). 41 items.
Folder 3
Lease with E. A. Edwards and John C. Gregory (1894). 2 items. One copy is torn; in fragile condition.
Folder 4
Lease with John C. Gregory (1892, Oct. 15). 1 item.
Folder 5
Lease with J. F. Holbrook and John C. Gregory (1896, June 12). 1 item.
Folder 6
Lease with Slocan Oil Company (1898-1899). 2 items.
Folder 7
Lease with Charles M. Thayer and H. J. Wilkins (1901). 2 items.
Folder 8
Letters of resignation: J. W. Haversack and G. W. Hughes (1897-1901). 2 items.
Folder 9
Miscellaneous Financial Documents (1874-1901). 7 items.
Folder 10
Notice of Stock Holders Annual Meeting (1901, July 18). 2 items. Includes invoice from the Times Mirror Company, 1901.
Folder 11
Paymaster Receipts (1873-1875). 66 items. 12. Proxies (1897-1901). 5 items.
Folder 13
Resolutions of the Stock Holders [undated]. 2 items. Two copies of one resolution.
