Kettleman North Dome Association collection, 1929-1973

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Summary

Title:
Kettleman North Dome Association collection
Dates:
1929-1973
Creators:
Kettleman North Dome Association
Abstract:
This collection consists of business records, correspondence, and legal cases related to Kettleman North Dome Association.
Extent:
6 boxes
Language:
The records are in English .
Preferred citation:

Kettleman North Dome Association collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

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.

Arranged alphabetically.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Gift from Hugh Tolford, December 1980.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Gina C Giang.
Date Prepared:
© 2016
Date Encoded:
Machine readable finding aid encoded by Gina C Giang on April 2016

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please go to following web site.

Terms of access:

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred citation:

Kettleman North Dome Association collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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