Manuscripts
Diaries and correspondence of Everett Bodine Latham
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- Description
- The three diaries detail Latham's employment as both a geologist and engineer in 1910, 1912, and 1916. He discusses his everyday activities as a petroleum geologist for the Pinal Dome Oil Company, the Kern Trading & Oil Company, and the Kern County Oil Protective Association, including surveying land and oil drills, making maps, and the routine office work involved. He also discusses his work as a consultant with different oil companies including the Pacific Midway Oil Company. The 1916 volume includes the entries Latham made while in Washington D.C. assisting the Navy in congressional hearings on naval oil reserves in California; he appeared before the Committee on Public Lands on February 10th. There are newspaper clippings, photographs, and various letters glued onto the pages throughout the three volumes. The group also includes seven pieces of correspondence, most of which are related to Latham's work; authors include Burt L. Davis, President of the Pacific Midway Oil Company, and the Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels
- Production date
- 1910-1916.
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