Reminiscences of Michael Late Benedum : oral history, 1951.

Biographical Note

Oil executive.

Scope and Contents

Firsthand account of early days of oil development: wildcatting, buying leases and royalty rights, experiences drilling and opening fields in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois; later larger operations in Texas and Louisiana; expansion, financial arrangements; building gas pipelines and marketing natural gas; transportation and storage problems; geology and geophysics; Mexican undertakings with E.L. Doheny; impressions of John Archbold, Joseph Trees.

Subjects

• Benedum, Michael Late, 1869-1959.
• Doheny, Edward L. (Edward Laurence), 1856-1935.
• Executives--Interviews.
• Geology.
• Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Investments, Foreign.
• Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Oral histories.
• Petroleum industry and trade.

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