Zero Oil Company
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hugh Sayre, Collector, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2436
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, miscellaneous family papers, nineteenth century school records, ledgers, bank books, and memorabilia of Hugh F. Sayre and family of Parkersburg, Reedy, St. Marys and West Creek, West Virginia. Some material relates to oil and gas leases on the Sayre family farm and Sayre's invention of a scientific alphabet called EBDECORD.
Dates:
1872-1927, 1953
Stiles Family Oil and Mining Company Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0199
Overview
Papers, maps, and photos of William C. Stiles and Samuel B. Stiles, developers associated with J.C. Rathbone and J.N. Camden in the oil industry of Wood County, in particular of the oil boom town of Volcano. Most of the papers are business correspondence, receipts and oil drilling records dealing with family owned business in Parkersburg and Volcano, namely the Zero Oil Company, the Power Oil Company, and the Jackson Land and Mining Company. There are family photographs, and records and...
Dates:
1837-1951
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- Subject: Gas industry X
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- Account books 1
- Bank books 1
- Banks and banking 1
- Deeds and leases. 1
- Ebdecord. 1
- Education 1
- Estates and estate settlements. 1
- Gas industry 1
- Inventors and inventions. 1
- Ledgers. 1
- Maps. 1
- Petroleum industry and trade 1
- Photography 1
- Reedy (W. Va.) 1
- Roane County (W. Va.) 1
- Saint Marys (W. Va.) 1
- Schools. SEE ALSO Academies 1
- Volcano (W. Va.) 1
- West Creek (W. Va.) 1 + ∧ less
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