Temple Oil Company Records, 1873-1910

Summary

Title:

Temple Oil Company Records

Dates:

1873-1910

Creators:

Temple Oil Company.

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

Extent:

137 items in 1 box.

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item]. Temple Oil Company Records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Background

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

The collection was purchased from W. P. Hammon, July 31, 1963.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically by document type.

Rules or conventions:

Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Other descriptive data:

Bard, Thomas Robert, 1841-1915.

• Author of notes in “Miscellaneous Financial Documents” (1875). Box 1 (9).

Beaudry, Prudent.

• Participant in receipt in “Paymaster Receipts” (1875). Box 1 (11).

Southern Pacific Railroad Company.

• Participant in invoice in “Invoices” (1874-1875). Box 1 (2).

Temple, Francis Pliny F., 1821-1880.

• Participant in receipt in “Paymaster Receipts” (1875). Box 1 (11).

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Oil fields -- California -- Los Angeles County.
Petroleum -- California.
Petroleum industry and trade -- California, Southern -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Business records -- California -- 19th century.
Business records -- California -- 20th century.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black, January 20, 2011.

Date Prepared:

© 2011

Date Encoded:

Machine readable finding aid encoded by Diann Benti in March 2017 from PDF finding aid originally in the Huntington Digital Library.

Restrictions:

Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

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:

[Identification of item]. Temple Oil Company Records, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Location of this collection:

Huntington Library, Manuscript Collections

1151 Oxford Road

San Marino, CA 91108, US

Contact:

(626) 405-2191

reference@huntington.org

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