Petroleum--Douglass Oil and Hydrocarbon Company

File — Box: 26, Folder: 13-18

Identifier: VI

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

In 1919 Douglass organized the company and named himself president. Other company officers were Louis A. Bailey, John Y. Smith, Herschel C. Smith, and Earl Bailey. The company acquired the oil rights to patented lands located south and west of Vernal, Utah, comprising more than 2,200 acres, and sold 100,000 shares of stock at $1.00 per share. Douglass used his reputation as a geologist to convince others of his conviction that oil had accumulated in these areas. The documents include correspondence between company officials and investors from 1928 to 1929, correspondence and decisions on leases of the United States Department of the Interior from 1924 to 1930, lease applications, the company articles of incorporation of 1929, reports on the corporation and the lease areas, and miscellaneous bills, receipts, maps, and plats of the lease area.

Dates

1879-1953

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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