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Original drawing of U.S. President Ronald Reagan on a row boat labeled "U.S." and throwing a lifebuoy to a man wearing a poncho labeled "Peso" and straddling a tank branded "PEMEX."

Original drawing of a man and a child walking through a rural area with a donkey, behind them are a few oil rigs labeled PEMEX.

The "View now" link directs to the finding aid only. Please email wvrhcref@westvirginia.libanswers.com or call 304-293-3536 for more information about accessing collection A & M 1199 Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) Papers, 1784-1958, undated. Papers of Judge Gideon D. Camden (1805-1891) of Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia, and papers of his grandson Wilson Lee Camden (1870-1958). Gideon D. Camden was a lawyer, Democratic politician, member of the Virginia Convention of 1850-1851, circuit judge, and state senator (1872-1876). His papers include correspondence, legal and business papers, surveys and plats, and printed material. Subjects include Virginia, West Virginia, and national politics; the railroad, oil, timber, and coal industries; and Camden's law practice. Wilson Lee Camden papers include correspondence, legal papers, surveys and plats, printed material, business manuscripts, photographs, map, and ledgers. Subjects include the settlement of his grandfather's estate, and extensive coal, timber, land, railroad, and oil interests in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania. See Scope and Content Note for more information

Original drawing of two men in a car, they are sitting behind a truck with a sign labeled "Truckers Pay Road Taxes, Too". They are the only car among trucks halted in bumper to bumper traffic.

Original drawing of cars stuck in traffic, a street sign reads "Commuter Boulevard."

Original drawing of dinosaurs submerged in an oil pit, one of them is leaning over a sinking car labeled "The Detroit Monster."

Original drawing of a gas station attendant wearing a shirt labeled "Major Oil Companies" as he gestures to the gas pump behind him that reads "No limit on prices", "Kill independent competitive dealers", "Alaska pipeline", "Beach spillage rights", "No more nonsense about ecology."

Original drawing of car at a gas station, beside it a store's window sign reads "Prices Slashed!". The gas attendant is already filling up the car as the passenger tells the driver to pull ahead and fill up the tank with a cheaper alternative.

Copyright currently held by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. For information go to pritzkermilitary.org., Original drawing of a man, woman, and child in the garage of a house. The man and child are covering a car with a car cover. The man is talking to the woman as in conversation.

Original drawing of a woman inside of a car talking to a police officer next to her who is on a motorcycle.

Original drawing of talking automobiles side by side, one of their license plates reads "Detroit", the other "Imports."

Original drawing of two men at a gas station. One man is in his car, wearing a hat, with a bewildered look on his face. The other is a gas station attendant. The attendant is wearing a hat and bow tie and holding a vacuum hose attached to a gas pump that says "Regular" on it in capital letters. In the background is another car inside of a shop with a sign over the entryway that says "Lubrication - tuneups" in capital letters

Original drawing of an overturned VW bug surrounded by a spray can, bug bomb, fly swatter, and a hammer. Written on the car is "VW bug" in capital letters. In capital lettering the spray can says "recession," the bug bomb says "labor," the fly swatter says "competition," and on the hammer it says "service." Smoke is coming out of the car, gas is coming out of the spray can, and smoke is coming out of the bug bomb.

Original drawing of Henry Kissinger dressed as a plumber. He is holding two wrenches, one in each hand, and is intertwined in the middle of several pipes that are steaming and leaking water. At his feet is a toolbox full of tools and the initials "H.K." on it. Written in all capital letters to the left of Kissinger is "Middle East."

Original drawing of a man sitting on top of the Earth next to a barrel with a hose. The man is dressed in a long tunic and wearing a head scarf. He is holding the hose close to his face and on top of the barrel, in smoke, is a United States dollar symbol.

Original drawing of five alligators and a man. Each of the alligators are wearing a head scarf and the man is wearing a hat with a Star of David symbol on it. One of the alligators has the man's leg in its mouth and the man is hitting the alligator with a piece of wood that has a nail at the end.

Original drawing of a Middle Eastern man wearing a long tunic and a head covering throwing a boomerang.

Original drawing of two men inside of a passenger airplane with many empty seats. One man is holding an open newspaper and the other is pointing to the man reading as newspaper as if in conversation.

Copyright currently held by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. For information go to pritzkermilitary.org., Original drawing of a Cadillac car with two hand saws. Both saws are cutting in to the car. In bold lettering one saw says "economic realities" while the other says "fuel realities." The car has "Detriot hog" written on it in the front.

Original drawing of a man and two boys warmly dressed. The man is yelling, one of the boys has a puckered mouth, and the other boy is straight faced.

Original drawing of a man, which appears to be President Gerald Ford, in an oil barrel going down a waterfall. On the helmet is the letter "F." The word "oil" is written in bold lettering on the barrel.

Original drawing of six men, with a barrel and a cliff. Four men are in suits with hats on and have their arms wrapped around the barrel. One man is sitting on the barrel wearing a machine gun and a male head scarf (hijab). The sixth man is standing near the edge of a cliff with his arms crossed and wearing a hat with the Star of David symbol on it. The cliff has "Golan Heights" written in bold lettering on it.

Original drawing of Henry Kissinger and a globe. He is holding a bulb syringe with the word "oil" written on it. A drop of oil is between the syringe and the globe.

Original drawing of President Richard Nixon in an oil barrel with words "Oil Corp." written it in bold letters.

Original drawing of three fish of varying sizes. The biggest fish, with "Fuel crisis" written on it, is eating a smaller fish with "General Motors" written on it. The smallest fish, with "public transportation" written on it, is being eaten by the fish with the "General Motors" text.

Original drawing of a man and woman in a car concerned about level of gas in the car.

Original drawing an over-sized pig wearing a coat labeled "Big Oil" wrapping his arm around a man in tattered clothes with a jacket labeled "Consume(r)d."

Original drawing of Ronald Reagan in a cowboy outfit with a patch of the American flag on his shoulder. He is passing a sign that reads, " Persian Pass" on horseback while holding a lever-action rifle and herding cattle. Each cow is wearing a barrel with personalized titles: "Belgian Oil", "German Oil", "Japanese Oil", "French Oil", "British Oil."

Original drawing of three men dressed in Middle Eastern garb, and each is holding a barrel of what may be oil. One barrel says "cheap," another says "cheaper," and the other says "cheapest". The man with the "cheaper" barrel is leaning outside of a window and is wearing sunglasses. Across from him is another barrel sticking out of a window which reads "Call for low, low prices."

Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is driving a Ford T model is angerly racing towards a couple Israeli soldiers who are in a fox hole with guns.

T.C. Power was a Montana merchandise, transportation, mining, ranching, banking, and real estate magnate; and U.S. Senator from Montana from 1890 to 1895. Collection (1868-1950) includes personal, business, and political correspondence plus financial and legal papers of many of his business enterprises. Collection documents Power's involvement in military and Indian trade, steamboating, freighting, stage coach lines, mail contracts, cattle and sheep ranching, mining, banking, bridge building, townsite development, and other enterprises., The T.C. Power Papers are arranged into sixteen subgroups: 1) T.C. Power--Political, 2) T.C. Power--Personal, 3) T.C. Power and Brother (includes associated companies), 4) C.B. Power--Personal, 5) Grain Companies, 6) Hardware Companies, 7) Mercantile Companies, 8) Mining Companies, 9) Organizations 10) Ranch Companies, 11) Real Estate, 12) Transportation Companies, 13) Water Companies, 14) Bismarck, North Dakota, enterprises, 15) Washington and Oregon enterprises, and 16) Miscellaneous enterprises., The papers (1881-1902) in the T.C. POWER--POLITICAL SUBGROUP document his unsuccessful bid to be the first State governor in 1889 and, more importantly, his term as a United States senator, 1890-1895. Forming the largest segment of the political papers is the General Correspondence, which reflects issues that affected the livelihood of his constituents: free silver and the wool tariff. Most of this is incoming correspondence with only a few letters of reply from Power. Other questions of interest to Montanans during his term of office were the establishment of better services, such as post offices for rural areas, irrigation, uses of public lands, and requests for political patronage. The subgroup also contains Financial Records, including an election expense account for 1888-1895; Legal Documents, Speeches, including an 1889 campaign speech; Clippings, mainly tariff issues, irrigation, and political scrapbooks; and a Miscellany Series, which includes lists of registered voters; federal documents; a record of bills, etc., pertaining to irrigation introduced in the U.S. Senate during the 52nd Congress, an 1892 list of attorneys in Montana, and petitions for the establishment of post offices., The papers (1871-1923) in the T.C. POWER--PERSONAL SUBGROUP reflect his involvement in the firm of T.C. Power and Brother, and his financial investments in other areas. Because Power played such an important role in the administration of T.C. Power and Brother, his General Correspondence details some of the activity of the holding company, particularly after 1900. The Financial Records, which detail his personal investments in mining and real estate--including areas outside of Montana, make up another significant portion of his personal papers. There are also some records for his household expenses. Other series include Legal Documents, consisting mostly of agreements and bills of sale; Organization records, including stock certificates and minutes of meetings; miscellaneous Clippings; assay and company Reports; and a Miscellany Series including such things as a 1920 list of sheep owners in Montana and a 1916 list of materials suitable for paving streets in Fort Benton., The largest volume of records are those in the T.C. POWER AND BROTHER SUBGROUP. T.C. Power and Brother was a holding company whose operations first centered at Fort Benton. Originally the activity of the company focused on steamboating on the Missouri River, supplying merchandise to branch stores, Indian agencies and military posts, cattle ranches, and area residents. The company later expanded to include mining, stage coach lines, and real estate. Records for the holding company are nearly complete for the period 1880-1900. Some records, such as outgoing correspondence and financial material, date to the late 1860s. Between 1900 and 1920 there is almost no correspondence in the company's records. Consequently, the personal papers of T.C. Power and of C.B. Power, and those companies in which T.C. Power and Brother had an interest, must be used to fill this gap., Charles Benton Power's personal records (1895-1941), in the C.B. POWER--PERSONAL SUBGROUP, document his active participation in various aspects of T.C. Power and Brother, as well as his extensive interests outside of Montana. His General Correspondence (1895-1940) documents the economic reversals of the 1920s and 1930s, particularly as they affected the companies of T.C. Power and Brother. Other series include Financial Records (1895-1940); Legal Documents (1894-1938); and Organization records (1922-1932), including stock certificates and minutes of the Montana Automobile Association., The GRAIN, HARDWARE, MERCANTILE, MINING, RANCH, REAL ESTATE, TRANSPORTATION, and WATER SUBGROUPS reflect the Powers' wide-ranging economic interests. In many ways the records represent a cross-section of Montana's economic life during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. During the 1800s most of the records of these companies were retained with the T.C. Power and Brother records. After 1900, however, they were filed separately by each company. The difficulty then in dealing with this collection is that the whole Power corporation was not entirely consistent in either of these practices. Consequently a researcher interested in one of these subgoup companies also has to look in the T.C. Power and Brother records, and in the personal papers of T.C. Power and C.B. Power. In addition to their Montana businesses, T.C. and C.B. Power were also involved in real estate, irrigation, mercantile, banking, and lumbering operations in Oregon and Washington., The records in the WASHINGTON AND OREGON SUBGROUP have been kept separate from the Montana businesses, but additional material can be found in the T.C. Power and Brother, T.C. Power--Personal, and C.B. Power--Personal subgroups. (Manuscript Collection 55).

Anton M. Holter (1831-1921) was a pioneer Helena, Montana, lumberman and founder of the A.M. Holter Hardware Company. Papers (1831-1921) include correspondence, and organizational and financial records relating to mining, agriculture, lumber, real estate, and oil interests of three generations of the family, headed successively by Anton M. Holter, Norman B. Holter, and Norman J. "Jeff" Holter. Many of the enterprises were in partnership with Samuel T. Hauser. Interests include the A.M. Holter Hardware Company; Holter Realty; Holter Research Foundation; Judith Farms; Montana Flour Mills; and the Helena and Frisco, Helena and Victor, and Maginnis mining companies, This collection is arranged into several major subgroups. The first group is for the Holter Family and allied families. The second major group is for the Holter Family Enterprises. The remainder of the collection consists of records of numerous companies grouped together in categories, including Mining subgroups, Lumber and Timber subgroups, Agriculture subgroups, Real Estate and Investment subgroups, Mercantile subgroups, Oil subgroups, Utility and Transportation subgroups, and Miscellaneous subgroups. Within each subgroup the basic arrangement is alphabetical by the name of the company., The Holter Family Subgroup of the collection contains correspondence and other materials relating to individual family members. Within this subgroup is a series of family correspondence, which contains letters written between various Holters. The correspondence between Anton M. Holter and his sons, primarily Norman, Edwin, and Aubrey, and the correspondence between the three brothers, provides invaluable information concerning the many facets of the family's business activities and investments. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to read this family correspondence regardless of the topic of interest., The greatest value of the collection is its completeness and its century-long time span coverage. The materials serve to provide invaluable information on the Holter family; the family companies, particularly the A.M. Holter Hardware Company; the growth and development of Helena and vicinity; and the lumber, ranching, and mining industries in the Northwest. The only weakness in the collection is the lack of any meaningful materials documenting the political activities of the period. The name index accompanying this inventory is not meant to be a complete listing of all materials in the collection, but attempts to provide some guidance in relating companies and individuals. No effort was made to include the three main Holters, Anton, Norman, or Jeff, in the index. (Manuscript Collection 80).

This paper provides an overview of social and environmental management practices in the oil and gas industry. It outlines the evolution of international oil companies' approaches over the last 20 years, reviews what social and environmental management amongst such companies means in practice, and highlights some of the unresolved issues emerging today. While most companies now model their approach to social and environmental management on international norms, they face a variety of drivers of their practices. These range from complying with international standards in order to gain access to finance, to complying with new host country legislation and regulation, and gaining and maintaining a good reputation and a 'social licence to operate'. This paper argues that the complexity of these drivers problematizes the portrayal of the industry's social and environmental management as 'voluntary' corporate social responsibility, and somewhat renders the latter term misleading.

"Naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) can concentrate as the result of human activities such as oil and gas operations, mining, water treatment, etc. This material, when technologically enhanced (TE), can present serious health and safety hazards if it is not handled and disposed of properly. TENORM associated with uranium, thorium, and their associated decay products is of the greatest concern. In Kansas, the most common problem associated with TENORM is oil and gas field pipe removed from the ground that is recycled as scrap metal. The pipes are lined with scale that contains small quantities of radium-226 (226Ra). Some pipes contain enough radium to alarm radiation detectors at scrap yards and steel mills"--Introduction

Presentation concerning the use of induced seismicity with injection oil wells in Kansas.

Testimony regarding oil and gas industry practices whereby material that is brought to the surface during the drilling process is deposited in an earthen pit constructed on the drill site. KCC staff "views this bill as necessary to correct a technicality regarding the burial of exploration and production waste on site."

Testimony discussing the land-spreading waste disposal method as an alternative means of dealing with drilling waste, stating that "even though the practice is currently not widely used in Kansas, [KCC] staff believes it maybe more viable in the future and supports preserving it as an alternative disposal method."

This report provides a critical analysis of the military cost of defending U.S. energy concerns overseas. The report estimates that the military spends up to 30 percent of its annual budget to secure access to energy resources internationally.

The authors warn that the imminent peaking and decline of world oil production presents the U.S. and the industrialized world with an unprecedented challenge, noting that even under optimal circumstances, a shift away from fossil fuels will be difficult, time-consuming and costly. They note that, although the future date at which energy-industry experts predict that oil peaking will occur varies, oil may become scarce and increasingly volatile in price well before the actual peak occurs. In this candid and sober assessment of the peak-oil threat, they believe that a massive mitigation program would need to be started by the government 10-20 years prior to the watershed moment of a peak, in order to avert a shortfall of liquid fuels and widespread economic hardship.

The $138,000,000 CANOL Project was conceived in 1942 with oil exploration work starting in 1943. The project ended at the end of World War II in late 1945. This was a joint endeavor between the Canadian Government and the American government whereby an American oil drilling company would explore and drill for oil as part of the war effort. The company chosen to do the oil exploration and drilling was Noble Drilling, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma (now based in Sugar Land, Texas, a suburb of Houston). The drilling took place in northern Alberta, the Canadian Northwest Territories, and the Canadian Yukon Territory. The entire CANOL effort was controversial and was not a success in terms of oil production but it did result in the opening of the Canadian Northwest Territories including such activities as the construction of an oil refinery in the Whitehorse, Yukon, the construction of the CANOL pipeline from Norman Wells in the NW Territories to Skagway, Alaska, and the construction of the Alaska Highway. The ALCAN Highway as it is called today continues to be the only through-highway connecting the lower 48 states with northern Alberta, the Yukon, and Alaska.

"This presentation represents the collective thoughts of subject matter experts drawn from AXPC member companies and other Oil and Gas Industry companies. The subject matter experts include geologists, geophysicists, hydrologists, and regulatory specialists. This presentation does not represent the views of any specific trade association or company."

A set of 12 documents provided by the Conservation Division of the Kansas State Corporation Commission with resources and information on Oil and Gas Well Regulations, Policies and Guidelines.

Testimony in support of Senate Bill 375 related to the disposal of drilling fluids and solids generated through oil and gas exploration and production activities.