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Avon Tosco Refinery Collection
2008.08
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Title: Avon Tosco Refinery Collection
Dates: 1935-1997
Collection Number: 2008.08
Creator/Collector:
Extent: 1 box
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: This contains photographs, documents, house organs, and other materials related to the Avon Refinery in Concord, California
(formally Avon Village).
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Avon Tosco Refinery Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Biography/Administrative History
Associated Oil Company began construction of the Avon Refinery in 1913. Associated Oil Company and Tide Water Oil Company
formed a partnership in 1926 and merged ten years later, becoming Tide Water Associated. . J. Paul Getty gained control of
the company in 1951 and changed the name to Tide Water in 1954. The company name was changed to Tidewater Oil Company in 1956.
Phillips Petroleum purchased the refinery in 1966. Tosco purchased the property in 1976. A merger in 2001 resulted in ConocoPhillips
ownership.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Avon Collection consists of one box with 14 folders. The collection was donated in 2008 by Frank Fernandes.
Folder 1: Associated Oil Company - Shipping (Bulk Products) Southern Pacific 07/26/1935–08/26/1935
Folder 2: Avon - Oil - Eastern Division News (house organ) 05/1961
Folder 3: Avon - Oil - Memorandum (1954) and Shipping (01/22/1944) - Tidewater Associated - Southern Pacific Company
Folder 4: Avon - Oil - Miscellaneous
Folder 5: Avon - Oil - Newspaper Articles - Various Dates
Folder 6: Avon - Oil - Phillips Petroleum Company
Folder 7: Avon - Oil - Refinery History (1978? - Harry Miller?)
Folder 8: Avon - Oil - Tide Water and Tidewater - Histories/operating Manuals 1940 - 1960
Folder 9: Avon - Oil - Tidewater - 80th Birthday – 1958 article
Folder 10: Avon - Oil - Tosco Refining Company – Yearbook, 1980s - 1990s
Folder 11: The Oil Daily - Newspaper - 02/1962
Folder 12: Fog Bell Donation to San Francisco Church (1981?), clipping
Folder 13: Kettles Log Book - 1938–1969 (kettle 1-4)
Folder 14: Lloyd Forbes (refinery manager) History - Various Articles
Also in the photo collection are some 2000 negatives and photos of the refinery, eight have been scanned.
Refinery, oil
Business records
Forbes, Lloyd
Tosco
Tidewater
Associated Oil
Phillips Petroleum
Avon