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R. E. Blair collection of Western oil and mining investment prospectuses

 Collection
Call Number: WA MSS S-2611

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of promotional material, including form letters, maps, reprints of newspaper articles, and publications, that describe oil and mining investment opportunities in various Western states, including Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, during the time period of the Great Depression. The materials were sent to R. E. Blair as a prospective investor in oil and mining ventures.

Dates

  • 1928 - 1941

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The R. E. Blair Collection of Western Oil and Mining Investment Prospectuses is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Purchased from Sindell and Company on the Thomas W. Streeter Fund, 2008.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into four series: I. Texas Oil Investments,1928-1941. II. Colorado Oil and Mining Investments, 1928-1940. III. Oil and Mining Investments in Other States and Mexico, 1928-1941. IV. Other Investment Material, 1929-1941.

Extent

2.5 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.blair

Additional Description

Overview

The collection consists of promotional material, including form letters, maps, reprints of newspaper articles, and publications, that describe oil and mining investment opportunities in various Western states, including Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico, during the time period of the Great Depression. The materials were sent to R. E. Blair as a prospective investor in oil and mining ventures.

R. E. Blair

R. E. Blair was a resident of Keene, New Hampshire during the late 1920s to the early 1940s.

Processing Information

Collections are processed to a variety of levels, depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived research value, the availability of staff, and competing priorities. The library attempts to provide a basic level of preservation and access for all collections as they are acquired, and does more extensive processing of higher priority collections as time and resources permit.

This collection received a medium level of processing in 2009. Processing included removing items from plastic enclosures, rehousing items in acid-free folders and boxes, organizing material into groups according to geographical location, and then organizing material within geographical groupings alphabetically by business name based on the letterhead. Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection and from an initial survey of the contents. Folder titles were largely supplied by staff during processing.

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Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Guide to the R. E. Blair Collection of Western Oil and Mining Investment Prospectuses
Author
by Jennifer Meehan
Date
2009
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository

http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/
Contact:
P. O. Box 208330
New Haven CT 06520-8330 US
(203) 432-2977

Location

121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Opening Hours

Access Information

The Beinecke Library is open to all Yale University students and faculty, and visiting researchers whose work requires use of its special collections. You will need to bring appropriate photo ID the first time you register. Beinecke is a non-circulating, closed stack library. Paging is done by library staff during business hours. You can request collection material online at least two business days in advance of your visit, using the request links in Archives at Yale. For more information, please see Planning Your Research Visit and consult the Reading Room Policies prior to visiting the library.

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