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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Scope and Contents
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Description of Series
Inventory
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A Guide to the Omohundro (P. G.) Papers,
1834-1955
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Creator: |
Omohundro, P.
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Title: |
Omohundro (P.G.)
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Dates: |
1834-1955 |
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Abstract: |
Correspondence, survey
records, blueprint and hand-drawn maps, and related documents produced by P. G.
Omohundro, ca. 1900-1930, record his professional and business activities in
early oil exploration in Texas. |
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Accession No.: |
87-29 |
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Extent: |
9 ft. |
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Laguage: |
Materials
are written in English. |
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Repository: |
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History,The
University of Texas at Austin |
Philip Grymes Omohundro was born in
Charlottesville, Virginia on March 10, 1862. He graduated in 1883 from the
Virginia Military Institute, where he was a charter member of the Alpha Chapter
of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Omohundro moved to Texas a year after graduation.
On December 7, 1898, he married Jessie May Sherburn. They had five children
together: Philip, Margaret, Edward, Eugenia, and Joseph. Both Eugenia and
Margaret died of wasting fevers at a young age. Soon after Omohundro's
marriage, in 1899, he settled in Beaumont, Texas, where he worked as a surveyor
and civil enginee. Later in life, he worked as a surveyor for the Sun Oil
Company. Omohundro died in Beaumont on May 30, 1930.
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Correspondence, survey records, blueprint
and hand-drawn maps, and related documents produced by P. G. Omohundro, ca.
1900-1930, record his professional and business activities in early oil
exploration in Texas. This exploration covered several Texas counties such as
Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Cameron, Eastland, Harris, Jasper, Polk, Sabine,
and Tyler. However, the bulk of the material centers on the counties of Hardin,
Liberty, Orange, and Jefferson. Accordingly, the files of surveys and related
materials are arranged by county.
The Omohundro Papers also document the many oil companies Omohundro
worked with, such as Humble Oil, Gulf Pipe Line, and Spindle Top Oil. The
papers contain his personal memorandum and time books, which served as his
calendars of daily events. Furthermore, Omohundro's professional papers include
a group of documents removed from the books Field
Engineering: A Handbook and Field Manual for Road
Engineers. The papers are a combination of field notes, mathematical
calculations, and financial documents.
This collection contains a small
number of photographs, including one of Omohundro's son Philip. Finally,
correspondence with other fraternity members and published histories evidence
Omohundro's strong continued interest in the Sigma Nu fraternity.
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Omohundro, P. G. |
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Omohundro, Philip Grymes |
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Texas--Surveys |
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Virginia Military Institute |
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Sun Oil Company |
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Petroleum industry and
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Omohundro (P. G.) Papers, 1834-1955,
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin
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Inventory
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Assorted materials |
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Correspondence |
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Humble Oil,
1919-1922 |
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E. A. Giraund,
1894-1919 |
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1886-1895 |
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1900-1907 |
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1908-1909 |
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1910-1913 |
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1913-1915 |
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1915-1917 |
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1917-1918 |
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1918-1919 |
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1919 |
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1920-1923 |
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1923-1925 |
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1925-1930 |
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Undated |
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Cross section book,
1906 |
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Field books |
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1901-1902 |
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1903-1904 |
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1904-1908 |
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1909-1910 |
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1910-1913 |
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1914-1918 |
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1919, 1954-1955 |
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Index of field books of P. G. Omohundro
(deceased) |
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Financial documents |
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General |
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Mutual Life Insurance,
1920-1925 |
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Tax documents,
1884-1924 |
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"Kopp's Unique Office Binder" (notebook to be used in
connection with duplicating transit and field books) |
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Legal documents |
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Level books |
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1901-1902 |
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1902-1904 |
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1904-1909 |
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1909-1911 |
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1913-1914 |
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1916-1918 |
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1920-1925 |
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Mathematical calculations |
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Mathematical calculations |
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Mathematical calculations |
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Memorandum books |
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1892-1918 |
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1919-1929 |
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Newspaper clippings |
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Newspaper sections |
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The Washington Post,
February 25, 1885 |
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The Pampa News,
February 22, 1927 |
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Pampa Daily News,
March 15, 1927 |
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Papers removed from Field
Engineering: A Handbook |
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Papers removed from Field Manual for
Road Engineers |
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Photographs |
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Publications |
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Field Engineering: A Handbook of
the Theory and Practice of Railway Surveying, Location and
Construction |
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A Field Manual For Railroad
Engineers |
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Gurley's Manual: American
Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments |
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Surveys and related material |
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Index of field notes |
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Land office |
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Blank applications |
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Angelina county |
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Archer county |
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Bexar county |
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Field notes |
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Boone county |
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Bowie county |
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Brazoria county |
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Brown county |
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Brownwood, TX |
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Cameron county |
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Brownsville, TX |
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Paredes Land |
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Chambers county |
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Desoto parish (Louisiana) |
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Notebook |
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Eastland county |
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Galveston county |
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General |
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High Island notes,
1923 |
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Gonzales county |
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Grayson county |
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Sherman, Texas |
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Hardin county |
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B. L. Jordan |
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Choate, Chandler, Tyner |
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Field notes |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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Marie Ogden et al. |
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Ogden, Parker ledgers |
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Harris county |
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Hutchinson county |
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Hutchinson county |
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Jasper county |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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Burr's Ferry, Browndell, & Chester Railway
Company |
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Jefferson county |
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Abstract of title |
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Abstract of title - addition |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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Gladys Oil Company |
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Gulf Pipe Line Company (Gulf Production
Company) |
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1917-1925 |
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1926-1927 |
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1927-1928 |
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1928 |
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Undated |
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J. J. Burrell et al. vs. Yoshio Mayumi et
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Jefferson Abstract Company, court record |
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Joseph Johnston League |
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Kirby Lumber Company |
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Rochford Abstract Company |
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Savory, Spears, surveys (envelope says property of
Forrest Daniell) |
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Spindle Top Power Company storage tanks |
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Spindle Top Power Company storage tanks |
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Sykes and Omohundro |
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Texas Tram |
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Various letters, notes, and memoranda - Beaumont and
Rockland |
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Veatch, Humphries |
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Wingate survey |
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Yoshio Mayumi et al. |
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Liberty county |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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Higgins Oil (Wallace), Nana Mills |
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Stengele papers |
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Los Angeles county (California) |
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Lubbock county |
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McLennan county |
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Cow Bayou |
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Orange county |
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Foreman |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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Hartburg Lumber Company |
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Jacob Dyson title |
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HJL Stark et al. |
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Miller Vidor/McKinney Lumber Company |
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Sabine River, Stark, et al. |
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Yount-Lee |
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Pecos county |
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D. F. Robertson, surveys no. 1 and 2 |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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General |
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Pecos river survey |
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Polk county |
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Runnels county |
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General |
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General |
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School land survey, no. 3 |
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Sabine county |
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Sabine county
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San Augustine county |
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San Augustine county |
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San Patricio county |
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Tarrant county |
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Travis county |
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Travis county |
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Tyler county |
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Tyler county |
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Location unknown |
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Allen-Caswell |
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Chaison-Dunlap |
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Dyson-King |
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Knight-Radcliff |
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Reid-Whitley |
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Wickinson-Votaiv |
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Batron and vicinity: Donahoo, Wood, Lejaza, and
Greer |
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Gilbert Kennedy, record book,
1923 |
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Josey-Miller |
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Logue, Hanna, and Scott, notebooks |
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Lube Plant construction notes |
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Lucas Avenue, topography, J. Cook Wilson |
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Mary Ellen Company storage tanks |
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Mayfield, Ellender, Donahoe, Martinez, Eaton, Osborne,
Garcia, and Shevano |
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Unidentified |
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Unidentified |
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Unidentified |
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Multiple counties |
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Archer, Brazos, and Denton counties |
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Wichita Falls Works |
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Field notes of deed |
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Galveston and McLennan counties |
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High Island, Meander, and Cow Bayou |
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General |
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General |
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Hardin and Liberty counties |
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Jefferson and Orange counties |
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Land deeds |
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Miscellaneous information in Beaumont city track and
in Orange county |
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Liberty and Chambers counties |
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Notebooks of survey notes |
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Survey notes index |
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Survey notes of Willie Donahoe |
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Survey notes of H. R. Williams |
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Time books,
1904, 1929 |
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Transit books |
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1903-1904 |
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1904-1905 |
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1905-1906 |
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1907-1908 |
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1910-1911 |
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1912 |
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1912-1913 |
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1913 |
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1914-1921 |
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1923 |
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Transit and level duplicating field books |
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Virginia Military Institute |
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Class notebook |
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Correspondence (Sigma Nu fraternity) |
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Delta
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