University of Oklahoma Libraries
Western History Collections
Henry Vernon Foster Collection
Box 1
Chronological File
Includes
information regarding Henry Foster's early businesses and business dealings
including Citizens National Bank, Gold Hill Mines, Independence Cattle Company,
and Verdigris Valley Independence & Western Railroad Company. Also contains correspondence of E.B. Foster
and H.V. Foster, and seminal letters regarding the Osage lease, and the origins
and operations of the Phenix Oil Company, the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
Company, and the Foster Petroleum Corporation.
Folder:
1. Correspondence,
etc., most undated.
1. Letter to John Florer from E.B. Foster? which states "we
find ourselves still struggling on trying in some way to realize something out
of our oil lease...the question of further development in a small way has cut
no figure, as no one now seems to question for a moment the fact of there being
plenty of oil there."
2. Reports titled the "Osages" and "Gas
Leases" made to the president by secretary E.A. Hitchcock concerning the
dealings of ex-Senator Jones and Mr. Barnsdall concerning leases and the oil
problem in the Osage Reservation.
3. Letter to Mr. Foster from James McCarthy.
4. Document with letterhead, Wisconsin Land and Improvement Co.,
from H.V. Foster to J.P. Malick (includes acreage and other figures).
5. Notice of delinquent taxation, Osage Oil Co..
6. Quit-claim deed of Henry V. Foster and Annie G. Foster on
parcel of land in Tonawanda, New York.
7. "Description of its Lands, Canal and Drainage System,
Location and Fertility of Soil, and What Can Be Profitably Grown Thereon"
of the Meadow-Land Improvement Company.
8. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company's Subscription Blank
forms.
9. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company Oil and Gas Lease
blank forms.
10. Numerous handwritten documents containing facts and figures
re. various business interests.
11. Note book (2" x 5") containing information re. Osage
Oil Co.
12. Business cards.
2. Patent and diagram. 1875, 1879
Carriage-curtain fastenings, patent and diagram. Also document assigning rights to a new
invention for the manufacture of woven bags.
3. Independence
Cattle Company, Topeka and South Western Railroad Company, and Verdigris
Valley, Independence & Western Railroad Company. 1884, 1885, 1886,
Independence Cattle Company.
Receipts, bills of sale and other legal instruments much of which
concerns dealings with the Texas Investment Company. List of cattle, including brand marking, turned over to the
Independence Cattle Co. by Turner Lancaster for Texas Investment Co. Limited
(Jun. 23 and 30, 1884). Also resolution
to offer mortgage bonds, articles of co partnership, memorandum of an
agreement, and various contracts (1884, 1886).
Topeka and South Western Railroad
Company. Articles of incorporation.1886
Verdigris Valley, Independence &
Western Railroad Company. Memoranda of agreement, mortgage to American Loan and
Trust Company, and shares of capital stock (1885, 1886).
4. Le
Roy, Topeka and Northern Railroad Company.1888-1889
1. Letters (Feb. 6, 1888 and Dec. 17, 1888) from J.W. Leedy,
Treasurer, to Henry Foster, President re. securing a right of way, survey to
expand the railroad, and other railroad business with other lines such as the
Poe, the Burlington, the MK&T, and the Santa Fe.
2. Telegram (Dec. 30, 1888) from E.B. Foster to Henry Foster.
3. Six letters (Feb. and May 1889) from E.B. Foster and J.W. Leedy
to Henry Foster re. survey, dealings with other railroad companies, railroad
freight shipments, and related matters.
5. Mining.
1889-1896
1. Deed of mining claim between Henry Foster et. al. and Henry
Kiel and R.M. Scott pertaining to the Foster Placer Claim and Scott and Kiel's
well (Feb. 26, 1889).
2.Condensed Report of the Gold Hill Mines, Grant County, New
Mexico by George Attwood (Apr. 23, 1889).
3. Report by General Manager of the Gold Hill Mines in Grant
County, New Mexico, and analysis by George Attwood, mining engineer (Sept. 24,
1890).
4. Examination of the Gold Range group of mines and mining plant
with specific analysis of Gold Hill, the formation, fuel, water, ores, veins,
mill and buildings, the Foster Placer, the California Mine, the Noonday Mine,
the Eighty-seven Mine, the Humboldt Mine, and the Nancy Lee and Jim Blaine
Mines by Ricard L. Powel, U.S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor (Oct. 18, 1892).
5. Two Supplementary Reports on the Gold Range Mines of Grant
County, New Mexico by Ricard L. Powel (May and June 1896).
6. Certificate of George H. Utter concerning over 200 assays of
the ore taken from the Gold Hill Mines, Grant County, New Mexico, including
assay results, and diagrams and maps of mines (May 1896).
7. Prospectus to the McDonald Mine of which Thomas McDonald is a
majority owner, located at Henryetta, Indian Territory (n.d.). For additional mining reports, see Box 4,
File Folder 6.
6. Correspondence
(this folder contains essential information regarding the development of the
Osage Lease.) 1895.
1. Four letters (Jan. 3, Jan. 19, Feb. 6,
and Apr. 5, 1895) to Henry Foster from William Dunkin re. the case of Crane
& Larmer vs. J. Guthrie.
2. Telegram (May 8, 1895) to Henry Foster
from John Florer regarding meeting.
3. Letters (May 17 and 28, 1895) to Henry
Foster from George Chandler, Assistant Secretary of the Interior re. the Osage
lease.
4. Letter (May 28, 1895) from Florer to
Foster re. letter to Col. Freeman in relation to the contract "that the
Indian Office is to get up for us."
5. Three letters ( May 11, May 21, and
June 6, 1895) and telegram (June 7, 1895) to George Chandler from Henry Foster
re. the Osage lease and dealings with the Department of the Interior to receive
approval of the lease.
6. Letter (March 7, 1895) from John Florer
to Henry Foster and letter (June 4, 1895) from Foster to Florer both re. the
Osage lease, and the role of Col. Freeman in securing the lease.
7. Letter (Jun. 5, 1895) from Henry Foster
to Col. H.B. Freeman re. leases.
8. Letter (Jun. 6, 1895) from Foster to
George Chandler re. Osage lease.
9. Telegram (Jun. 8, 1895) from Chandler
to Foster re. forms.
10. Letter (Jun. 8, 1895) from Foster to
Freeman.
11. Letter (Jun. 12, 1895) from Florer to
Foster re. a meeting with Col. Freeman.
12. Letter (Jun. 12, 1895) to Foster from
Chandler re. meeting with the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and dissension
among the members of the tribe.
13. Letter (Jun. 12, 1895) from Freeman to
Foster.
14. Letter (Jun. 17, 1895) from Florer to
Foster re. suggestion that lease be made longer so include signatures of
councilmen.
7. Correspondence, etc. 1896.
1. Letter (March 29, 1896?) from Jas. A. Simmons of the Belle
Phosphate Company to J.B. Foster re. protest of Osage lease, and the use of an
advocate and other high officials (Governor Russell of Massachusetts, Judge
Chandler, President Cleveland and the Read family) to receive approval of lease
from the Department of Interior.
2. Letter (Apr. 11, 1896) from D.M. Browning, Commissioner to E.B.
Foster advising Foster that the Acting Secretary of the Interior approved on
Apr. 8, 1896 of the lease for mining purposes for the production of petroleum
and natural gas only on the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma, dated Mar. 16, 1896
between James Bigheart on behalf of the Osage tribe and E.B. Foster.
3. Deed of Assignment E.B. Foster to the Phenix Oil Co. (May 8,
1896).
4. Copy of newspaper article dated May 12, 1896 entitled "Big
Oil Company Will Operate on Osage Indian Territory."
5. Letter (May 20, 1896) from Wm. H. Dunkin to E.B. Foster re.
getting agreement signed by C.E. Darlington and others. This letter also mentions J.N. Florer.
6. Letter (May 21, 1896) from C.E. Darlington to E.B. Foster
stating "that it is impossible for me to act as a director in the Phenix
Oil Company."
7. Letter (Jun. 29, 1896?) to E.B. Foster from E.C. Gordon re.
Gordon's sale to N.G. Read of 1/3 interest in the entire amount of stock
originally due in the Phenix Oil Co..
8. Letter (Jul. 17, 1896) from W.E. Chilton, Secretary of State of
West Virginia to E.B. Foster re. power of attorney for Phenix Oil Co..
9. Letter (Jul. 22, 1896) from Jas. Simmons to E.B. Foster re.
sale by Simmons to N.G. Read of 1/3 interest in the entire amount of stock in
the Phenix Oil Co.
10. Letter (Jul. 24, 1896) from Read to Foster re. transfers of
stock.
11. Letter (Aug. 28, 1896) from N.G. Read to E.B. Foster re.
shares of Phenix Oil Co., and the affairs of the company.
12. Letter (Sep. 18, 1896) from Dunkin to Edw. Foster re.
certificate of capital stock in corp. owning Osage lease.
13. Letter (Oct. 15, 1896) from H.B. freeman to E.B. Foster re.
problems with funding for the boring of wells, suspension of work until funds
are raised, and reports concerning these problems which are "injurious to
you, create dissatisfaction among the Osages, give your competitors for the
lease arguments against you, and place me in an embarrassing position."
14. Letter (Oct. 22, 1896) from E.B. Foster to H.B. Freeman re.
drilling activities at Chautauqua and Elgin, Kansas, as well as future plans.
15. Letter (Dec. 1, 1896) to E.B. Foster from Dunkin.
16. Letter (Dec. 28, 1896) from E.B. Foster re. annual meeting of
stockholders of Phenix Oil Co..
8. Correspondence, etc. 1886-1888.
1. Includes letter from S.S. Kirkpatrick, attorney to A.C. Stich
re. a deed executed by the White heirs.
2. Letter from Hank Moore to Henry Foster, father of Henry Vernon
Foster, requesting a loan (April, 1887).
3. Several letters from Henry Foster in regard to the affairs of
the Citizens National Bank, Independence, Kansas, of which he was president
(1887).
4. Several statements of account and business receipts
(1886ª1888).
5. Letter from George Attwood, mining engineer, re. the
Consolidated Gold Mines of Grant County, New Mexico.
6. Assignment of land in the Osage Reservation to Henry Foster and
A.C. Stitch (n.d.).
7. Letter from Frederic Falding, mining engineer, to Henry Foster
re. Foster's mine (1887).
8. Tax receipt, office of Treasurer, Montgomery County, Kansas
(1888).
9. Correspondence. 1890-1892.
1. Three letters from John Brown & Co. Steam Stone Works to
J.B. Foster re. mortgage.
2. Letter from Robert Blake to Mr. Foster. U.S. Department of Agriculture Bulletin No.
36, Sugar Beets (1892).
10. Correspondence, etc. 1896.
1. Receipt of Phenix Oil Co. for shares of capital stock.
2. Correspondence received by E.B. Foster as Secretary of Phenix
Oil Co., and in matters concerning the Empire State Oil and Gas Co..
3. Five letters (May-June, 1896) from S.M. Porter, General
Attorney for the Kansas, Oklahoma Cent & Southwestern railway Company, to
E.B. Foster re. construction of "road from Cherryvale to Vernon," and
various concessions concerning coal, railway, and oil enterprises.
4. Four letters (June 19, Aug. 7, Sep. 14, and Oct. 13, 1896) from
N.G. Read to E.B. Foster re. the finances of the Phenix Oil Co..
5. Warranty deed (Aug. 1, 1896) of W.H. Lampman and wife to Edgar
Williams.
6. Lease agreement including mining lease between the Osage Oil
Co. and Frederick R. Green (March 1896).
11. Correspondence. 1897.
1. Correspondence with J.B. Foster, Treasurer of the Citizens
National Bank.
2. Letter to E.B. Foster from J.S. Glenn of Phenix Oil Co..
3. Three letters (June-August, 1897) from S.M. Porter to E.B.
Foster re. business matters.
4. Letter (Oct. 29, 1897) from A.P. McBride to J.S. Glenn
providing a detailed report on drilling well at Bartlesville.
5. Document (Dec. 13, 1897) with heading A.P. McBride Telegraph
Code, includes thirteen words and their definitions, ex. "twist= think we
cannot get oil enough to make good showing without shooting well."
6. Letter (Dec. 13, 1897) from H.B. Freeman to E.B. Foster asking
that Foster provide a report on oil operations under the Osage Lease.
7. Letter (Dec. 17, 1897) from A.P. McBride to E.B. Foster
advising Foster not to "shoot" a well which could handle about 400
gallons pumped per day without shooting.
8. Telegram (Dec. 18, 1897) from A.P. McBride to E.B. Foster which
contains encoded message.
9. Letter (Dec. 27, 1897) from Frank Butterworth to E.B. Foster
requesting meeting to discuss Indian Territory Oil lands.
12. Wisconsin
Land and Improvement Company, and North Western Construction Company.
1895-1898.
Wisconsin Land and Improvement Company.
1. Letters (Nov. 19 and 20, 1897) from Jas. W. Wilson to W.H.
Llewellyn re. Wisconsin Land and Improvement Co. and the marsh deal.
2. Letter (Dec. 28, 1897) from George A. Gary, attorney for
Wisconsin Land and Improvement Co. to William H. Llewellyn re. legal implications
of Drainage Act.
3. Agreement between The Wisconsin Land and Improvement Company
and The North Western Construction Company.
4. Various documents re. the agreement, Drainage Act, railroad
through marsh lands, bond issues, and other property interests - correspondents
include William H. Llewellyn, James Wilson, G.W. Boyce, Jas A. Simmons, and
E.B. Foster.
5. Legal descriptions showing township, section, range, county,
and price to patent (n.d.).
6. Letters (Nov. 18 and 27, 1897) to William H. Llewellyn from
George Gary re. the founding of the company.
7. Articles of incorporation (Nov. 17, 1897).
8. County treasurer's certificates and redemption receipts,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin (1895-1898).
North Western Construction Company.
1. Rental statement (Feb. 4, 1898).
2. Memorandum of agreement (Jan. 21, 1898).
3. Waiver of notice of meeting of incorporators and subscribers
(Nov. 30, 1897).
4. Certificate of incorporation (Nov. 30, 1897).
5. Stock certificate receipt (Jan. 12, 1898).
6. Certificate of statement of directors and officers (Feb. 19,
1898).
7. Treasurer's Report (ca. 1898).
13. Correspondence, etc. 1898.
The Investment Corporation, New York.
1. Letter to E.B. Foster from Jas. Simmons (Jan. 23, 1898) re. Klondyke
gold claim, etc..
2. Letter (Sep. 7, 1898) to E.B. Foster from W.B. Burnet re. a Mr.
Rogers.
3. Letter from Simmons to Foster (Mar. 10, 1898) re. car
trust.
4. Letter (Oct. 13, 1898) to E.B. Foster from Simmons re. the
McDonald negotiations and the Wisconsin matter, as well as matter re.
Burnet.
5. Resolution authorizing the sale of $10,000 of the capital stock
of company, Foster and Simmons (ca. 1898).
Corporation Trust Company, New Jersey.
1. Proxy - Stockholder's meeting form.
2. Notice of annual meeting form.
3. Various documents re. affairs of the company.
4. Various telegrams.
Phenix Oil Company.
1. Document (sketch) showing Kansas Oil Field and the 1,800,000
acres leased by The Phenix Oil Co. from Osage Indians, April 8, 1896, and verso
gives a brief history of the company as well as a list of officers and
directors.
2. Letter (Jan. 6, 1898) from E.B. Foster to National Treasurer of
the Osage Nation which includes a quarterly report to Jan. 1, 1898.
3. Letter (Jan. 7, 1898) from C.A. Baldwin to E.B. Foster re. sale
of Phenix stock.
4. Letter (Jan. 21, 1898) from H.V. Foster to Uncle re. meeting
with Simmons and Llewellyn.
Other Correspondence
1. Also letter to E.B. Foster from John Florer re. proxy to vote
for the election of directors (Jan. 4, 1898).
2. Letter (May 28, 1898) from G.W. Bayer to E.B. Foster including
a statement of land purchased in Stevens Point.
3. Letter (Aug. 31, 1898) from J.A. Simmons to Foster re. coal and
Carbonado River railroad proposition.
4. Letter (Dec. 29, 1898) from W.B. Burnet to E.B. Foster re.
annual meetings of the Phenix Oil Company.
5. Letter to E.B. Foster from N.G. Read (Dec. 1898) re. salt
lease.
6. Warranty deeds, quit claim deeds, and land patents primarily
listing H.V. Foster as trustee.
14. Correspondence, etc. 1898.
1. Letter (Jan. 3, 1898) from Frank Butterworth to E.B. Foster re.
meeting with Mr. Haven where Butterworth gave Mr. Haven a copy of the Osage
lease and a sample of oil.
2. Letters (Jan. 4 and 5, 1898) from A.P. McBride to E.B. Foster
providing a detailed report concerning the Bartlesville well, oil news in the
field, the Forrest Oil Company's business, towns connected by oil pipe lines,
and the Sedan Field.
3. Telegram (Jan. 6, 1898) from McBride to Foster reporting
"have taken 200 barrels of oil out of Bartlesville well."
4. Letter (Jan. 11, 1898) from M.A. Warten to E.B. Foster re. last
meeting of Phenix Oil Co..
5. Letter (Jan. 13, 1898) from Butterworth to Foster re. an oil pipe
line and a refinery.
6. Letter (Jan. 13, 1898) to Foster from J.A. Simmons re. lease
between the Phenix Oil Co. and William Llewellyn (includes copy of lease
agreement).
7. Letter (Feb. 28, 1898) from S.M. Porter to Foster re. meeting
between Porter and Mr. Haven who thinks "pipe line scheme is feasible but
will take time to develop."
8. Five letters (Jun. 12-Jul. 4, 1898) from McBride to Foster re.
pumping of a well, Cuddahy operations, the Bartlesville R.R., and prospecting
in the area.
9. Letter (Aug. 31, 1898) from Geo. A. Gary to R.W. Gilkey re.
signing of affidavits by Rogers Brothers.
10. Letter (Oct. 4, 1898) from Thomas Ryan to E.B. Foster re.
receipt by the Department of the Interior of a communication from the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs and a letter from the Principal Chief of the
Osage Nation requesting the Secretary to cancel the Osage Lease, provides
reasons for cancellation, and requests Foster to show cause why lease should
not be cancelled.
11. Letter (Nov. 5, 1898) from J.A. Simmons to Foster re. letter
received by Mr. Llewellyn from Frank Rockefeller of Cleveland who asked for
particulars of the lease and what amount was required to get possession and
commence to operate under the same, and that it must not be made known in any
way that the parties were interested in the Standard Oil Company.
12. Letter (Nov. 12, 1898) from Ryan to Foster re. cancellation of
lease.
13. Letter (Nov. 16, 1898) from Foster to Ryan stating that Foster
will provide cause for maintaining the lease.
14. Letter (Nov. 18, 1898) from Foster to John Florer states
reasons why lease should not be cancelled and asks Florer if there are outside
parties who are instigating for cancellation of the lease.
15. Two letters (Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, 1898) from S.M. Porter to
E.B. Foster stating that outside parties are probably behind the attempt to
cancel the lease but Porter doesn't believe Interior Department will amend the
lease, and describes business dealings of their railway company.
16. Three letters (Dec. 15, 17, and 27, 1898) from A.P. McBride to
E.B. Foster re. pumping of Bartlesville well, Cuddahy Oil Co. activities, and
drilling a new well.
17. Letter (Dec. 28, 1898) from Willis Van Devanter? to E.B.
Foster informing Foster that the Department of the Interior had received his
letter of the 24th and filed it in connection with the Osage Indian lease.
15. Correspondence, etc. 1899.
1. Letter (Jan. 10, 1899) from S.M. Porter to E.B. Foster re.
decision of Interior Department to have the new agent, Mr. Pollock, investigate
the situation and take sworn testimony concerning the Osage lease.
2. Letter (Jan. 13, 1899) to A.P. McBride of Independence, Kansas
re. bids asked for on wills to be drilled in the Osage Nation.
3. Letter (Jan. 17, 1899) from J.A. Simmons to Foster re. Mr.
Llewellyn boring wells as soon as get estimate from McBride and Bloom.
4. Three letters (Jan. 16 and 18, 1899) to Foster from McBride re.
cost of drilling new wells.
5. Two letters (Jan. 18 and 24, 1899) from Porter to Foster re.
railway extension franchise and proposed hearing with Agent Pollock.
6. Letter (Jan. 30, 1899) from John Florer to E.B. Foster
requesting that Foster meet with Agent Pollock and Jim Bigheart who were both
in Washington, D.C. to discuss the lease.
7. Letter (Feb. 6, 1899) from J.A. Simmons to Foster re. dealings
with Norfolk and Bristol Railway, proposed boring of wells by Llewellyn, and
dealings in Xenia Electric Light stock and bonds.
8. Letter (Feb. 7, 1899) from Porter to Foster re. meeting with
Agent Pollock, and passage of Railway Extension bill by the House.
9. Letter (Feb. 25, 1899) from Frank Butterworth to Foster re. the
lining up of working capital in London, England to develop the Osage Oil Lease
lands and to provide transport facilities for exportation of the oil.
10. Letter (Feb. 28, 1899) to E.B. Foster from S.D. Jones re. crop
damage.
11. Letters (Feb. 26, 1899, April 26, 1899) from J.A. Simmons to
E.B. Foster re. travel connections, and news from Mr. Florer in reference to
the oil lease.
12. Telegram (Mar. 4, 1899) from E.B. Foster to J.B. Foster.
13. List of expenses from Feb. 7 to Mar. 10, 1899.
14. Letter (Mar. 15, 1899) from Foster to John Florer re. a
hearing before Agent Pollock scheduled for the 29th at which Foster and Porter
will present evidence to defend the Osage lease.
15. Two letters (Mar. 16 and 18, 1899) from McBride to Foster
assuring Foster that McBride will attend the hearing at Pawhuska, and that
opposition "that was worked up here to influence the Indians to break down
your lease, has now entirely disappeared."
16. Letter (Mar. 16, 1899) from J.A. Simmons to E.B. Foster
announcing that he successfully closed the settlement for the cars taking a
receipt.
17. Various telegrams, cancelled checks and other documents.
18. Letter (Apr. 11, 1899) from John Florer to S.B. Foster re.
meeting with Llewellyn and a report.
19. Letter (Apr. 15, 1899) from E.B. Foster to John Florer stating
that he was disappointed to learn that "Mr. L. failed to make the payment
as he agreed to."
20. Extract from letter dated San Francisco, April 16, 1899 re.
meeting with Florer and McBride and a letter received from Rockefeller.
21. Letter (Apr. 21, 1899) to Foster from J.A. Simmons re. a
meeting at Bristol and the dealings of Llewellyn.
22. Letter (Apr. 25, 1899) from John Florer to Foster re.
finishing up a report which "will do away with all the opposition at the
other end", and the need to "sink wells and make a
showing."
23. Letters (May 4 and May 13, 1899) to E.B. Foster from S.M.
Porter re. Cherokee leases and the Cudahy Oil Company's deal.
24. Letter (May 16, 1899) from Wm. Dunkin to E.B. Foster re. Mr.
Crane's interest in the oil company.
25. Letter (May 18, 1899) to A.T. Fancher re. getting Senator
Platt to use some influence to get matter resolved.
26. Appointments (May 24 and June 20, 1899) of proxies to vote at
meetings of Phenix Oil Co..
27. Letter (June 3, 1899) to A.T. Fancher from J.S. Whipple re.
letter sent to Mr. Platt.
28. Letter (June 6, 1899) to E.B. Foster from A.T. Fancher re.
June 3 letter.
29. Telegram (June 6, 1899) to E.B. Foster from A.P. McBride
announcing "97 1/2 barrels as near as can be estimated."
30. Letter (June 26, 1899) to Simmons from Foster re. draft of
money for the organization of the Knoxville Construction Co..
31. Letter (June 30, 1899) to R.W. Gilkey from G.W. Boyce &
Co. re. price for Forest County lands.
32. Warranty deeds primarily listing H.V. Foster as trustee.
33. Surveyor's letter of certification (Aug. 1899).
34. Receipts for purchase (Feb. 1899).
16. Correspondence, etc. 1900.
1. Letter (Feb. 1, 1900) from H.V. Foster to John Lougan (?) re.
mortgage on marsh lands.
2. Letter (Feb. 15, 1900) from Frank M. Barnard to S.M. Porter re.
oil contract.
3. Letter (Mar. 21, 1900) from J.A. Simmons to Charles Efros re.
the possibility of Efros joining in the development of the Osage Indian
lease. (This letter details amounts of
capital stock involved, and Sheffield's role concerning assignments by the
Phenix Oil Co. and the Osage Oil Co.)
4. Letter (Mar. 26, 1900) to E.B. Foster from John Florer with
reply from Foster written on bottom of page detailing drilling activities,
etc.
5. Osage Oil Company charter (May 1, 1900).
6. Letter (May 30, 1900) to E.B. Foster re. meeting with stock
holders of the Osage Oil Co. and the Phenix Oil Co. concerning the time at
which they would be willing to sell.
Includes much information concerning McBride and Darlington.
7. Agreement (Jun. 6, 1900) between Phenix Oil Co. and Frederick
Green re. sub©leasing of land for oil development purposes.
8. Deed of assignment (Jun. 13, 1900) wherein Samuel Sheffield
signed over his Phenix Oil Co. rights to Osage Oil Co. of which he would be an
officer.
9. National Phenix Bank, cancelled checks, H.V. Foster.
10. Letters (Jun. 20 and Apr. 16, 1900) to E.B. Foster from
National.
11. Letter from R.W. Gilkey to E.B. Foster (Jul. 5, 1900) re.
affairs at Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
12. Mercantile Agency requesting information re. Osage Oil
Co..
13. Letter (Aug. 4, 1900) from H.V. Foster to R.W. Gilkey re.
contracts and health of E.B. Foster.
14. Letter (Aug. 9, 1900) from D.W. Perkins of the American
Baptist Home Mission Society to H.V. Foster re. the holding of his father's
estate for any deficiency on the sale of real estate.
15. Several letters (Aug. 1900) re. the quit claim of a property
to the American Home Baptist Mission Society from H.V. Foster.
16. Statement of expenses for the Osage Oil Co. (Oct. 5,
1900).
17. Several miscellaneous letters and receipts for purchase.
17. Correspondence, etc. 1901.
1. Letter (Jan. 3, 1901) from John Florer to E.B. Foster re.
Foster's health, $1,650 to be paid to Florer by Foster, and receipts and
expenditures from C.E. Darlington.
2. Certificate of payment (Jan. 14, 1901) to O.A. Mitscher, U.S.
Indian Agent, Osage Agency by E.B. Foster, Phenix Oil Co..
3. Letter (Jan. 21, 1901) from J.C. O'Conor to J.B. Foster re.
receipt of check.
4. Letter (Jan. 31, 1901) from U.S. Indian Agent to E.B. Foster
re. Phenix Oil Co..
5. Letter (Feb. 8, 1901) to H.V. Foster re. affairs at Stevens
Point.
6. Letter (Feb. 26, 1901) to E.B. Foster from S.M. Porter re. attempts
of several parties to buy out oil interests in the Osage country.
7. Two letters (Mar. 11, 1901) from C.E. Darlington to J.B. Foster
and E.B. Foster re. lease problems.
8. Statements (Mar. and May 1901) re. shipment of crude oil of the
Prairie Oil and Gas Co..
9. Letter (Apr. 15, 1901) from O.A. Mitscher, Indian Agent, to
E.B. Foster re. receipt of check and statement of oil produced.
10. Letter (Apr. 17, 1901) from S.M. Porter to E.B. Foster re.
death of J.B.Foster and related oil interests.
11. Letter (Apr. 23, 1901) to E.B. Foster from A.P. McBride re.
Osage Oil Co..
12. Letter (Apr. 25, 1901) from E.B. Foster to H.C. Folger, Jr.
re. H.V. Foster's interest in the Osage Oil leases.
13. Letter (May 9, 1901) re. mortgage on farm.
14. Letter (May 20, 1901) to H.V. Foster from R.W. Gilkey re.
another map of Almond.
15. Letter (May 21, 1901) from J.A. Simmons to E.B. Foster re.
talk with Mr. McHenry concerning development of part of Osage oil lease.
16. Bond of Administrator in the estate of Henry Foster (June 3,
1901).
17. Letters (Jun. 11, July 6 and July 23, 1901) from E.B. Foster
to H.V. Foster re. Wisconsin land situation, drainage problem, and Michael
Cudahy.
18. Correspondence, etc. 1901.
1. Letter and telegram (Aug. 5 and 6, 1901) from C.E. Darlington
to E.B. Foster re. anxieties concerning the Osage lease lands.
2. Letter (Aug. 21, 1901) from J.A. Simmons to E.B. Foster re.
negotiations with Darlington and proposed lease to Bates and Co.
3. Bills of lading (Aug. 30, 1901) © Osage Oil Co..
4. Three letters (Aug. 31, Sep. 3, and Sep. 11, 1901) re. the
financial standing of H.V. Foster.
5. Letter (Sep. 6, 1901) from J.A. Simmons to E.B. Foster re.
dealings between Mr. Scott and Mr. Bates, cash payment to Mr. Darlington, and
division of cash between Osage stockholders and Phenix stockholders.
6. Letter (Sep. 16, 1901) from John Florer to E.B. Foster re.
problems with the oil lease and the "unkind and ungentlemanly manner"
in which Darlington and Florer had been treated.
7. Letter (Sep. 17, 1901) from T.S. Salathiel to H.V. Foster re.
expenses involved in case of E.B. Foster versus Stich.
8. Letter (Sep. 28, 1901) from John Florer to E.B. Foster re.
trying to work out a satisfactory resolution of their problems.
9. Letter (Oct. 2, 1901) to John Florer from E.B. Foster re.
business deal with Mr. Bates, Darlington and Florer, also considering starting
to drill again.
10. Letter (Oct. 8, 1901) from E.B. Foster to H.V. Foster which
clearly spells out the demands of Darlington and Florer.
11. Statement of expenses for trip to Kansas City, Oct. 14-21,
1901.
12. Letter (Oct. 29, 1901) to Jas. A. Simmons re. a visit by Mr.
Bates' representative, Mr. Gilbert, to the Osage lease.
13. Letter (Nov. 8, 1901) from E.B. Foster to H.V. Foster re.
various land matters at Stevens Point.
14. Letter (Nov. 20, 1901) to H.V. Foster from George Gary with a
personal contract enclosed re. Buena Vista Marsh.
15. Letter (Nov. 7, 1901) to H.V. Foster from T.S. Alathiel,
lawyer, re. payment for services rendered.
16. Letter (Nov. 27, 1901) from E.B. Foster to Jas. Simmons re.
articles of incorporation - Osage Oil Co..
17. Letter (Nov. 30, 1901) to E.B. Foster from J.A. Simmons re.
death of Mr. Huey and that this would not prevent the deal from going
through.
18. Letter (Dec. 5 and 22, 1901) from C.L. Reeder to J.B. Foster
re. interest in sublease with Foster's company.
19. Letter (Dec. 18, 1901) from John Florer to E.B. Foster re. the
possibility of drilling wells at Pawhuska and Gray Horse, and railroad building
in the Indian Territory.
20. Letters (Dec. 1901 and Jan. 1902) between A.P. McBride and
E.B. Foster re. school land taxation.
21. Certificate of reinstatement (Sep. 6, 1901) - Phoenix Oil
Co..
22. Various documents and letters.
19. Osage Oil Company, Bartlesville, Indian
Territory. 1901.
Includes letters, statements of account, water and sediment
reports, several letters to E.B. Foster and H.V. Foster from A.P. McBride re.
company business, and copies of lease between James Bigheart for and on behalf
of the Osage Tribe, and E.B. Foster for prospecting and mining for oil and gas
upon the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma.
20. Wisconsin Land and Improvement Company,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin. 1900, 1901.
1. Letter (Oct. 11, 1900) from H.V. Foster to "my dear
uncle" re. surveying down in Waushara? County, and meetings with railroad
men concerning a new line across the marsh lands.
2. Also includes letters some of which concern the drainage enterprise;
warranty and quit-claim deeds; copies of contracts; receipts for payment;
property statements showing legal description, acres, and name of trustee or
titleholder; and letters between H.V. Foster and R.W. Gilkey.
21. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
Company, New Jersey. 1901.
Includes various legal documents including Memorandum of Agreement
between E.B. Foster and C.E. Darlington pertaining to the establishment and
operation of the I.T.I.O. Company; copy of I.T.I.O. Co. lease form; proxy to
vote form (H.V. Foster to R.R. Gilkey; agreement between McCarthy and Bates as
parties of the first part and Simmons and Foster as parties of the second part,
Phenix Oil Co. as party of the third part, and Osage Oil Co. as party of the
fourth part to form the I.T.I.O. Co.; receipts; and broadside announcing
"Greatest Oil Strike in the Southwest on the Lands of the Indian Territory
Illuminating Oil Co., of New York."
22. Correspondence, etc. January-June, 1902.
1. Letter (Jan. 2, 1902) to C.E. Darlington re. death of E.B.
Foster, progress in resolution of the oil matter, and substitution of William
Hoxsey as Trustee for the stock of the new company taking the place of E.B.
Foster.
2. Notice (Jan. 6, 1902) of meeting of directors of Phenix Oil
Co..
3. Letter (Jan. 11, 1902) from John Florer to H.V. Foster re. E.B.
Foster's death, calling for the drilling of wells at Pawhuska and Gray Horse,
and $1,650 which Florer paid out for the company and expected to be
reimbursed.
4. Letter (Jan. 27, 1902) from I.T.I.O. Co. to Corporation Trust
Co. re. the issuance of stock to various persons with their names and numbers
of shares.
5. Letter (Jan. 27, 1902) to the Logee Oil and Mining Co..
6. Letter (Jan. 27, 1902) from J.A. Simmons to H.V. Foster re.
taxes and assessments of Phenix Oil Co.
7. Letter (Feb. 11, 1902) from A.P. McBride to H.V. Foster re.
shipment of oil.
8. Certificate of assay (Feb. 19, 1902) from the Silver City Assay
Office.
9. Summons and Complaint for Foreclosure of a Mortgage (Mar. 11,
1902) involving Gurnee and Mott v. Garnsey, Foster et al.
10. Letter (Mar. 14, 1902) from Eastern Texas Oil &
Development Co. re. investment in the company.
11. Letter (Mar. 24, 1902) from C.E. Darlington to H.V. Foster re.
lease and production well.
12. Memorandum of Agreement (Mar. 25, 1902) between H.V. Foster
and J.P. Malick.
13. Quit claim deed (Apr. 11, 1902).
14. Letter (Apr. 16, 1902) to Foster from R.W. Gilkey re. various
land deals.
15. Letter (May 13, 1902) from F.A. Bates to H.V. Foster re.
production of 8 to 10 million cubic feet of gas and about 20 barrels of oil per
day from the No. 11 well.
16. Miscellaneous letters and documents.
23. Correspondence, etc. July-December, 1902.
1. Summons and Complaint in Foreclosure (Jul. 19, 1902) involving
Miller, Scheu and Fisher v. Hatch, et al.
2. Notices to Redeem Land (Jun. 1, 1903) to H.V. Foster.
3. Agreement (Sep. 2, 1902) between Mechanics Savings Bank and
H.V. Foster.
4. Letter (Sep. 11, 1902) to R.W. Gilkey from H.V. Foster re.
settlement with bank.
5. Letter (Sep. 21, 1902) to Foster from Swift re. possible
visit.
6. Letter (Sep. 23, 1902) to H.V. Foster from Brennan and Frost
re. Wingit quit claim deed.
7. Letter (Oct. 3, 1902) from Alex Thompson to H.V. Foster re.
Independence Gas Co. stock.
8. Personal letter (Oct. 20, 1902) to Foster.
9. Letter (Nov. 20, 1902) from John Florer to H.V. Foster re.
"stormy" meeting at which Florer asked for Bates' resignation.
10. Letter (Dec. 22, 1902) from James McCarthy to John Florer re.
the offer to carry the deal through as outlined in the proposed agreement if
Foster did not.
11. Letter (Dec. 23, 1902) to John H. Brennan from C.E. Darlington
re. Darlington's assumption of management of the properties of the Phenix Oil
Co. and the Osage Oil Co..
12. Copy of letter (Dec. 24, 1902) from John Florer to Greulich,
Stelling & Co. in which he complains about "New York thieves" and
threatens bodily harm if they send a "New York man" to Bartlesville
to take Darlington's office. Florer
also states "I have had nothing but a lot of hot air ever since this
company was formed. I was the father of
this company and if it had not been for me there would never have been any oil
leases."
13. Various letters and documents.
24. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
Company, New Jersey. 1902.
1. Includes various letters and legal documents pertaining to
company business and purchase price of Kansas crude oil.
2. Several letters between Foster and F.A. Bates, President of the
I.T.I.O. Co. re. casings and other matters pertaining to well production.
3. Several letters between Foster and F.S. Stelling, Secretary of
the I.T.I.O. Co..
4. Memorandum of Agreement (Nov. 6, 1902) concerning the issuance
of stock, this occurring after the deaths of Francis A. Bates and Edwin B.
Foster.
5. Resignation letters of Stelling and Bates.
6. Annual meeting notices.
7. Account statements and receipts for purchase.
8. Proxy for stockholders' meeting.
9. Letter (Dec. 11, 1902) from Darlington to Foster re. unpaid
debt to National Tube Works of St. Louis.
10. Telegrams.
25. Wisconsin
Land and Improvement Company, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, and Phenix Oil Company,
West Virginia. 1902.
1. Letters between Foster and Alex Thompson,
Treasurer of Mechanics Savings Bank, re. sale of 2,000 acres, the Gold Range
Mines, abstracts etc. related to the Wisconsin lands, and various other
matters.
2. Complaint of H.V. Foster v. the
Wisconsin Land and Improvement Co. concerning the dealings of George W. Boyce
in the securing of property owned by Virginia Fisher.
3. Statement of Taxes and Assessments of
Phenix Oil Co..
4. Letter (Nov. 14, 1902) from Leonard
Wheeler to Foster re. erection of oil wells by Bell.
5. Telegrams.
26. Osage
Oil Company, Bartlesville, Indian Territory. 1902.
Cancelled checks and information on
account at the Citizens National Bank, Independence, Kansas.
27. Correspondence, etc. 1903-1904.
1. Letter (Jan. 3, 1903) to Executor of E.B. Foster re. Phenix Oil
Co..
2. Letter (Feb. 7, 1903) from H.V. Foster to James A. Simmons re.
turnover of property of the I.T.I.O. Co. by Darlington. This letter also mentions the roles of
Brennan, Frost, and Gruelich in this affair.
3. Resignations of the President and Secretary of I.T.I.O. Co.
(Feb. 20, 1903).
4. Account statement (Mar. 5, 1903) sent to John H. Brennan from
Sommer and Adams, counselors at law, re. services rendered pertaining to Phenix
Oil Co., et al v. I.T.I.O. Co., et al.
5.Letter (Mar. 14, 1903) from S.M. Porter to H.V. Foster re.
demand by Porter for $10,000 par of the oil company stock.
6. Articles of agreement (May 12, 1903) between the I.T.I.O. Co.
and A.T. Fancher re. purchase of oil leases with lease numbers, acreage, and
price per acre.
7. Letter (Jul. 22, 1903) from Daniel Frost to Foster re. four
leases.
8. Letter (Mar. 14, 1904) from William M.P. Bowen to Mr. Thompson
re. the estate of Henry Foster (also includes general release of Annie Foster
to H.V. Foster).
9. Articles of Organization (1903) of the Badger Oil & Gas
Company, Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
10. Various receipts and cancelled checks.
28. Indian
Territory Illuminating Oil Company, New Jersey. 1904-1905.
1. Statement of Taxes and Assessments
(Jan. 12, 1904).
2. Letter (Feb. 15, 1904) from A.B. Crafts
to Bayard Hainer re. litigation between I.T.I.O. Co. and Mechanics Savings
Bank.
3. Statement of debits of John H. Brennan,
Brennan and Frost, A.T. Fancher, and D.E. Frost.
4. Statements by month of oil sold by the
I.T.I.O. Co. and its sub-lessee (Nov. 30, 1904).
5. List of contracts for leases and
options.
6. Letters (Sep. 1903©Oct. 1905) from H.C.
Folger, Jr. to H.V. Foster re. price of Kansas crude oil.
7. Various receipts for purchase and legal
documents.
8. Directors' meeting minutes (Sep. 11,
1905).
9. Order to Show Cause and Restraining
Order between Eugene Gordon and I.T.I.O. Co. et al (Dec. 5, 1905).
Box 2
Chronological File
Folder:
1. Correspondence, etc. 1904-1909
1. Statement of transfers of bank funds by Barnsdall and Glenn Oil
Producers (Feb.-Mar. 1904).
2. Packard Motor Car Co. warranty (Dec. 6, 1905).
3. Check register (1906-07).
4. Receipt for I.T.I.O. Co. shares from Frank Stelling (Feb. 2,
1909?).
5. Receipt for shares of the I.T.I.O. Co. (May 12, 1906), signed
by J.A. Simmons.
6. Promissory note (Jul. 16, 1906) from J.A. Simmons to H.V.
Foster.
7. Minutes (Mar. 11, 1907) of special meeting of Directors of the
I.T.I.O. Co..
8. Real estate mortgage (Sep. 9, 1909) from Davis and Davis to
R.W. Gilkey.
9. Promissory note, Bell to H.V. Foster (Jul. 7, 1908).
10. Note concerning a land deal (Feb. 3, 1909).
2. Report 1905
Report entitled "Development of Osage Reservation." This report presents arguments for renewal
of the Osage Lease vs. the McGuire Bill (H.R. 17478). The report includes details on the total wells drilled as of Dec.
31, 1904, cost of development, production statistics, responsibilities of the
Parent Company, amount of development, brief history of the oil business in the
United States with detailed information on the Osage Lease, eleven reasons why
the original lease should be renewed, and eight reasons why the plan of the
Department of the Interior should not be carried into effect.
3. Correspondence, etc. 1911-1921.
1. Letter (Apr. 10, 1911) from John Shea To Foster re. notes of
A.T. Dumenil.
2. Warranty Deed (Dec. 6, 1911).
3. Stock subscription in the International Automobile League Tire
and Rubber Co. (Nov. 23, 1912).
4. Copies (Jan. 13, 1914 and Feb. 3, 1914) of U.S. Senate
Resolution and Navy Department letter re. a pipeline for transport of oil from
the mid-continent oil field in Oklahoma to a port on the Gulf of Mexico.
5. Promissory notes (1914-15).
6. Statement of bonuses due and paid, Barnsdall Oil Co. and
Finance Oil Co., (1914©17).
7. Letter and contract (Mar. 26, 1917) from B.E. LaDow to Foster
re. leases on certain acreage for oil and gas mining purposes in McPherson
County, Kansas.
8. Division orders (Feb.-Mar. 1920) sent by J.E. Grattan,
Superintendent of Empire Gas and Fuel Co., to Foster.
9. Division order (Sep. 30, 1920).
10. Employers Common Law Liability endorsement (Dec. 9,
1920).
11. Letter (Feb. 8, 1921) from M. Collins, Echo Oil Co., to Osage
Development Co. re. a lease.
4. Formation of Foster Petroleum
Corporation. 1921-1925.
1. Daily Oil Digest (Jan. 10, 1923) includes statistics for
oil production in the Osage Nation.
2. Notegram (May 3, 1923) from Mr. Williams to H.V. Foster and B.
Blue re. trouble in trying to get the Secretary of the Interior not to rescind
the Secretary's Order of Jan. 15, 1921, relative to the lifting of drilling
requirements.
3. Letter (Aug. 16, 1921) from James Manter to Burdette Blue re. Delaware
corporations.
4. Letter (Oct. 2, 1923) from Edward Gann to Burdette Blue re.
U.S. v. The Chemical Foundation, Inc..
5. Certificate of Incorporation of Vernonica Investment Corp.
(Jan. 14, 1924).
6. Letter (Jan. 15, 1924) from Burdette Blue to E.E. Gann re.
entity theory and regulations of acreage.
7. Letters (Jan. 26 and Jan. 30, 1924) re. the name "Foster
Corporation."
8. Letters and telegrams (Feb. - May 1924) between Burdette Blue
and James Manter re. incorporation of the Foster Corporation.
9. Letter (Feb. 12, 1924) from E.E. Gann to Blue re. a copy of the
"Teapot Dome" hearings.
10. Letter (May 28, 1924) from Blue to Frank Burford re. the
organization of the Foster Petroleum Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
11. Notegram (Jun. 25, 1924) from Dahlgren to Blue re. formation
of Foster Petroleum Corp. and its incorporation in Kansas.
12. Letters (July 1924) re. foreign incorporation of Foster
Petroleum Corp. in Kansas.
13. Letter (Aug. 24, 1924) from Gann to Blue re. assignments of
Osage oil leases to Foster Petroleum Corp..
14. Memo (Dec. 2, 1925) from Blue to Foster re. interpretation of
collateral trust agreement on the point of borrowing capacity.
15. Certificate of Incorporation of the B-A-R Oil Co..
5. Correspondence, etc. 1926-1930.
1. Promissory notes from A.P. McBride to Foster (1926).
2. List (Mar. 23, 1929) of collateral (certificates representing
capital stock) received of Commerce Trust Co., the collateral deposited under a
certain collateral trust indenture of the Foster Petroleum Corp..
3. Notegram (Dec. 19, 1929) from Dahlgren to Foster re. comparison
of estimates of production of Seminole area leases, undeveloped leases, and
Oklahoma City leasehold.
4. Memo outlining duties and obligations of owners of majority
stock.
5. Letter (Feb. 17, 1930) from Burdette Blue to Charles Frueauff
re. purchase of Foster Petroleum Corp. and particularly that phase of the deal
which relates to the Doherty and Co. contract.
6. Promissory notes (Oct. 8, 1930) from Vivian Kerr and Roy
Pottorf to Foster.
7. Notes re. "Example of a Tentative Sale."
6. Correspondence, etc. 1934-1943.
1. Notegram (Feb. 3, 1934) from Finney to Blue re. information
received from George Beaulieu of the Osage Indian Agency for gross bbls., oil
royalty, gas royalty and bonus from 1901 to June 30, 1933.
2. Letter (Feb. 6, 1934) from Killian to Blue.
3. Information pertaining to receipt of note and stock certificate
from Lutko Corp. (Sep. 24, 1934).
4. Notegram (Dec. 20, 1934) from H.V. Foster to the Washington
Trust Co. re. creation of three separate trusts.
5. Notegram (Jul. 3, 1935) from Dahlgren to Rippetoe re. Foster
Investment Corp..
6. "Oil and Gas Operations, July 1, 1924 to January
1930" (Dec. 20, 1935).
7. Option contract from Foster Petroleum Corp. (Jan. 29,
1937).
8. Letter (Jul. 15, 1938) from Dahlgren to Minnie Shepard re.
loan.
9. Letter (Oct. 15, 1938) from Blue to Dahlgren re. points of
price and term of option.
10. Notegram (Mar. 2, 1939) from Dahlgren to Killian re. review of
corporate set-up by Marion Fisher. Also
includes excerpt from minutes of meeting of Board of Directors of I.T.I.O. Co.
on May 8, 1935.
11. Notegrams (Jan.-Aug. 1939) between Donaldson and Dahlgren
various accounts and deposits.
12. Notegrams (Mar.-Dec. 1939) between Dahlgren, and Doornbos
& Kane re. the Foster estate property.
13. Citation (Aug. 29, 1939) of Probate Court of Westerly, Rhode
Island re. the estate of H.V. Foster.
14. Various correspondence signed by Killian or Dahlgren re.
matters concerning the Foster Petroleum Corp. or the Foster estate.
15. Also includes several letters (Jul. 1940 - Apr. 1941) between
Dahlgren and Alf M. Landon re. drilling of well at Pawhuska.
16. Letters (1939-1942) to World Biographical Encyclopedia and
National Encyclopedia of American Biography re. biographical sketch of H.V.
Foster.
7. Tax Dispute 1940.
Letters (Feb.-Jun. 1940) between the law firm of Campbell and
Randolph, the Oklahoma Tax Commission, and Paul Dahlgren and the Foster
Petroleum Corp. re. a test case, Love v. Silverthorn, of the Intangible
Personal Property Tax Act. Other
documents in the file concern the estate of Henry Vernon Foster, deceased. These include "Informal Protest"
(June 11, 1940), "Informal Protest to Changes in Engineering Report"
(June 11, 1940), and "Written Transcript of the Oral Argument Presented
Before the Oklahoma Tax Commission" (Oct. 28, 1940).
8. Lease Forms, etc. 1890s.
Blank lease forms for Osage Indian lands including grazing lease
changed to oil lease. Also application
for mineral license.
9. Histories, and Last Will and Testament
1930, 1932, 1947.
Includes histories (1930) of I.T.I.O. Co. and Foster Petroleum
Corp.. "Meet the Founders: Foster Petroleum - Pioneers in Indian
Territory." Report outlining oil
and gas operations from Jul. 1, 1924 to Jan. 1930, disposal of oil and gas
properties, the Indian Territory Royalty Co., and a detailed history of the
Foster Petroleum Corp. "Statement
of Fact" provides a detailed account of the history of the Foster
Petroleum Corp. including corporate officer and company actions, and statement
of asset structure on Dec. 31, 1930.
Last Will and Testament of H.V. Foster (May 1932).
10. Empire - Guaranty Loan 1932-1934.
Agreement between Empire Gas and Fuel Co. and Guaranty Trust Co.
of New York (Nov. 1932). All papers in
connection with the Empire-Guaranty agreement (1932). Renewal of Empire Gas and Fuel Company's loan at the Guaranty
Trust Co. (1934).
11. Henry L. Doherty and Co. - Engineering
and Administrative Fee Matter 1921-1934.
1. Letter (Mar. 7, 1934) from Foster to W.A. Jones titled
"Statement of Various Company Matters To Be Personally
Discussed."
2. Various letters (1921-1927) between Foster and officials of the
Henry L. Doherty & Company re. the affairs of the I.T.I.O. Co..
3. Office memoranda and notegrams (1928) distributed internally
between officers of the I.T.I.O. Co..
4. "Memoranda of Matters To Be Presented to Mr. F.R. Coates
and the Executive Committee" (April 1928), and related
correspondence.
5. "Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company Engineering and
Administration Fee Matter" (June 20, 1928).
6. Various letters (1931-34), many of which concern the 3% charge
against the I.T.I.O. Co. for financing by the Henry L. Doherty & Co..
7. "Statement re. Balance Sheet Status of I.T.I.O. Company
Notes Payable to Empire Gas & Fuel Company as of Nov. 30, 1932" (Jun.
2, 1933).
8. "1934 Preliminary Budget for Indian Territory
Companies" (Aug. 29, 1933). (This
file contains documentation of Foster's beginning discontent with top
management of Cities Service Oil Co..)
12. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
1927-1928.
1. "Annual Report to Stockholders of I.T.I. O. Co. for Fiscal
Year ended Oct. 31, 1927."
2. "Balance Sheet as of Apr. 30, 1928 After Giving Effect to
the Valuation by Mr. G.E. Moser."
3. "1928 Budget of Indian Territory Companies, Bartlesville
Okla."
4. "I.T.I.O. Co. Balance Sheet after Giving Effect to
Reevaluation Dec. 31, 1927."
5. "I.T.I.O. Co. and Subsidiaries Estimate of Amount of
Administration and Engineering Charges, 1927."
6. "Triannual Balance Sheet and Loss and Gain Statement Based
on Actual Valuation of Physical Property of the I.T.I.O. Co. as of Aug. 31,
1928."
7. "Analysis and recommendations Advocating Policy of
Increased Expenditures in the Purchase of Royalties et cetera, Dec. 31, ”
1927."
8. "Statement of Cost and Present Value of Royalties, Dec.
31, 1927."
9. "Non Producing Royalties Showing Cost and Present Value,
Dec. 31, 1927."
10. "Statement of Producing Royalties Showing Cost Recovery
and Present Value, Dec. 31, 1927."
11. "Statement of Cost Net Income and Status Producing
Royalties in Seminole Area, Dec. 31, 1927."
13. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
1940.
Letters from shareholders re. the sale of I.T.I.O. Co. stock to
the Cities Service Oil Company.
14. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
1937-1940.
Letters, telegrams, and memoranda between I.T.I.O. Co. officials
and members of the Foster family re. the sale of I.T.I.O. Co. stock to the
Cities Service Oil Company.
Correspondents include Burdette Blue, Paul Dahlgren, D.P. Killian,
Katherine Foster, Ethel Foster, and Annie Foster. Some letters between I.T.I.O. Co. officials and officials of the
Cities Service Oil Co. such as T.W. Tutwiler, attorney Marion Fisher, Thomas
Perry of the Washington Trust Company, and J.L. Cleveland, Jr. of Guaranty
Trust Company of New York.
15. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company
1938-1940.
1. "A Tentative Suggestion for the Protection of
Stockholders, and the Refinancing of the "A" Co.," n.d..
2. List of Class B Stock Holdings, n.d.
3. Statement re. I.T.I.O. Co. including net value of oil reserves
and undeveloped acreage, gross earnings, unproven nonproducing leases and
royalties, lifting costs, and oil sales including oil royalties (Jan. - April,
1940).
4. Annual Report to Stockholders (1938 and 1939).
16-17. Real Estate 1931-1933.
Correspondence, job applications, notegrams, brochures, freight
bills, receipts and account statements re. real estate holdings of H.V. Foster
with much information concerning the Hillcrest land, the country club, and the
furnishings for Foster's homes, La Quinta and Rancho de la Cordoniz near Bartlesville,
Oklahoma.
18. Foster Ranch - Financial Statements,
1931-1933.
Payroll, expenditures, trial balances, etc.
Box 3
Correspondence and Research Files
1. "Argument
and Petition for Renewal of Oil and Gas Leases in the Osage Nation,
Oklahoma." 1916?.
55 pages and 13 page appendix, includes argument for renewal of
oil and gas leases in the Osage Reservation, Oklahoma; history of the Osage
Lease and Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company; subsequent operations and
extension of gas contracts; estimate of the reinvestment made by all oil
operators in the Osage Reservation; and history of early development.
1A. Sale
of Foster Petroleum Corporation Holdings to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
Company, contract matters (original file in Foster Petroleum Corp. (F.P.C.)
safe deposit), 1929-1931.
Correspondence, telegrams, and other
documents between representatives of I.T.I.O., F.P.C., Henry L. Doherty &
Company, and several financial institutions which detail valuations and
appraisals of the I.T.I.O. Co. and F.P.C., negotiations between all parties,
"Memorandum of Legal Effect of Contracts Between Corporation and Its
Officers," various proposals, resolution adopted by the Board of Directors
of Cities Service Co., report of special meeting of Directors of Osage
Development Co., resolutions of Board of Directors and stockholders of F.P.C.,
resolutions of Board of Directors and stockholders of Osage Development Co.,
and "Preliminary Report on Cash Settlement Bases for Purchase of Foster
Petroleum Corporation Properties by Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
Company" by O.P. Warlick of Henry
L. Doherty & Co. (Mar. 17, 1930).
2. Estate Taxes, 1937, 1939, 1942.
Memorandum Re: Delaware
Taxation, et cetera, Jul. 16, 1937. Estate tax return for H.V. Foster including
detailed schedules of property holdings i.e. real estate; stocks and bonds;
mortgages, notes and cash; insurance; jointly owned property; miscellaneous
property; transfers during decedent's life; trust agreement; powers of
appointment; funeral and administration expenses; debts of decedent; mortgages
and liens; recapitulation; and net estate computations. Statement of assets and liabilities as of
Feb. 28, 1939, and summary statements.
"Closing Agreement as to Final Determination of Tax
Liability," May 27, 1942.
3. Estate Correspondence, 1942, 1946.
1. Letter (Jan. 5, 1942) from Villard Martin to D.P. Killian re.
payment to apply upon unpaid interest on deficiency estate tax.
2. Letter (Mar. 7, 1942) from Villard Martin to D.P. Killian re.
copy of collateral agreement and includes copy of agreement.
3. Letter (Mar. 5, 1942) from Villard Martin to the First National
Bank and Trust Co. re. Foster testamentary trust.
4. Letter (May 15, 1942) from Martin to Killian re. breakdown of
the adjusted deduction on the federal estate tax return.
5. Notegram (Nov. 12, 1946) from Killian to Rippetoe re. Foster
estate and per share values.
6. Various statements concerning the value of the trust estate.
7. "Chronology" of the estate including shares in Foster
Petroleum Corp., a balance sheet dated July 1, 1924 showing assets and
liability, initial basis of Foster Petroleum Corp. capital shares, and the
I.T.I.O. Co. March 1, 1913 value.
4. Indian Territory Illuminating Oil
Company – Notebook, 1926.
This notebook includes a plan which was submitted to the Executive
Committee, Henry L. Doherty & Co., W.A. Jones, Chairman by President H.V.
Foster. It calls for the drilling of
wells on various blocks of acreage owned by the I.T.I.O. Co., recommendations
as to cash donations I.T.I.O. should make to encourage tests by owners of
leases adjoining leases owned by I.T.I.O., and recommendations as to new lease
acquisitions. The notebook contains the
following sections: letter of
transmittal, drilling projects #1 to #7, analysis of acreage around which
I.T.I.O. desires to encourage tests by cash donations to owners of adjoining
leases, general program for new leasing and tentative wildcat drilling
activities during the ensuing twelve months, general comment on scattered
acreage and blocks owned by I.T.I.O., and general summary and recapitulation.
5. Foster Petroleum Corporation –
Notebook, 1939.
This notebook includes a survey of the various problems of Foster
Petroleum's organization and of its officers and directors. It was prepared and submitted to Foster
Petroleum by Harry A. Campbell and Roger S. Randolph, tax attorneys, and L.
Karlton Mosteller. This notebook
contains the following sections: Letter
of transmittal; tax problems, including estimates of taxes payable in various
states; corporate maintenance and
practices with recommendations and suggestions for amendments to charter and
by©laws; consideration of the question of whether activities of the Corporation
should be carried on by two separate corporations; custodian accounts, H.V.
Foster trusts; domicile of stockholders; and recommendations and conclusions.
6. Independence, Kansas. Warranty deeds. 1882-1890.
Also document titled, "State Lands Entered by G.W.
Boyce," includes legal description, county, price to patent, and balance
due after entry; document with the following information: name, amount due,
amount paid, amount of interest paid, and contract extended to (1900); diagram
of townships 23 and 24, range 7E; pamphlet - "Loaning House of Henry Foster
& Company, Independence, Kansas, Connected with Hull's Banking Co.;"
card - "First Mortgages on Improved Farms in Kansas. Negotiated by Henry Foster & Co.,
Independence, Kansas; and business card
- Henry Foster & Co., Independence, Kansas. Loan Money on Improved Farms in Kansas."
The following files were compiled in the preparation of ”Out of
the Osage: The Foster Story• by William
Donohue Ellis (Oklahoma City: Oklahoma
Heritage Association, 1993).
7. Interviews
concerning H.V. Foster, Frank Phillips, and other subjects covered in Out of
the Osage: The Foster Story
Interviewees include Barbara Hopper
Garrison, Frank Griggs, J. Frank Rice, Lee Gardner, Florence Metcalf Herman,
Chief Sylvester Tinker, V. Robert Kerr and Betty Cronquist. 1986-1991.
8. Independence, Kansas.1882-1885 and
1902-1907.
Notes, news clippings, maps and interviews concerning the history
of the Foster family after its move to Independence, Kansas in 1882.
9. Biographies, Obituaries - H.V. Foster,
1935-1988.
Includes Foster family trees, Westtown School notes, news
clippings and magazine articles, "A History of Central Pilgrim College in
Bartlesville, Oklahoma," "H.V. Foster - A Personal Profile" by
Ami Doornbos Preston, and in remembrance card of Marie Foster Burlingame.
10. Correspondence, etc. 1984-1990.
This folder includes correspondence, etc. primarily between
William D. Ellis and Ann Marie Preston re. research on the book, ”Out of the
Osage: The Foster Story•. Also includes correspondence with V. Robert
Kerr, and Paul Endicott.
11. ”Osage
Saga: The Foster Blanket Lease• by
William D. Ellis. Typewritten manuscript copy. n.d.
12. Osage
lease records, copies. Primarily from Federal Records Center, Ft. Worth, Texas.
1914-1916.
13. East
Dunes - Watch Hill and Westerly, Rhode Island. n.d. Includes information re.
Foster home, and the Wilbur family and Foster genealogy.
14. La Quinta and Rancho de la Codorniz,
1987-1989.
Newspaper articles, house tour brochures, and notes re. La Quinta
and Rancho de la Codorniz as well as The Kane Home, and The Dahlgren
House. Inventories of furnishings in La
Quinta which were loaned to Central Christian College (October 13, 1942 and
June 20, 1948). "Specifications
and General Conditions for Alterations to Frame Residence for H.V. Foster,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma" and information re. Foster building remodel. La Quinta Preservation Foundation, Inc.
minutes (October 30, 1988 and January 17, 1989). Appraisal of household furnishings (February 20, 1987), and
landscaping plans at Rancho de la Codorniz (January 31, 1985).
Box 4
Correspondence, Reports and Letterbooks
1. Certificates of Stock Registers (2),
Osage Oil Company, 1900.
2-3. I.T.I.O. Letterbooks (2)., 1903-1904,
1903-1905.
These letterbooks contain letters from H.V. Foster to various
correspondents concerning matters relating to the affairs of the I.T.I.O.
Co.. Correspondents include J.H.
Brennan, C.E. Darlington, A.T. Fancher, D.E. Frost, L.J. Greulich, R.W. Gilkey,
and A.C. Thompson. The letterbooks are
arranged in chronological order from Oct. 22, 1903 through Dec. 9, 1904 and from Oct. 21, 1903 through Jul. 28, 1905
with alphabetical indexes by name of correspondent and corresponding page
numbers. Also includes a report titled
"Wells in and Drilling on September 5th, 1903."
4. Record
of Sub-Leases, n.d. Ledger arranged by lot number, or by legal description
(township, range and section).
5. Cash Book, 1902. Arranged by date,
lists expense and amount.
6. Mining.
Condensed Report of the
Gold Hill Mines, Grant County, New Mexico by George Attwood (Apr. 23,
1889). Description, Reports and Assays
of the Gold Range Consolidated Gold and Silver Mines, Grant County, New Mexico
(n.d.). Report on Gold Range Mines in
Burro Mountain Mining District, Grant County, New Mexico by R.L. Powell (May
11, 1898).
7. Correspondence re. Cruikshank Matter,
and Appointment
Appointment of Henry Foster as attorney for Crane and Larmer
"to negotiate funds upon the leases of about 90,000 acres of land of the
Osage Country Indian Territory U.S.A.."
These leases were executed to Crane and Larmer on Nov. 8, 1883 and Dec.
22, 1888. Sep. 22, 1890.
Correspondence and telegrams between Henry Foster, and Chas.
Beddau, Capt. H. Cruikshank, Capt. H.H. Home, J. Crewe, and Samuel Barclay re.
problems which developed concerning a commission for Cruikshank who was
involved with the sale of Foster's Gold Range Mines in New Mexico. March - May
1893.
8-9. Materials pertaining to 5th Avenue Houses
Nos. 2068-2070, New York, New York.
These files include business letters, leases, deeds, statements,
and other legal documents pertaining to buying, renting, decorating, etc. of
Foster's 5th Avenue houses. 1882-83 and 1888-91.
Box 5 and
Box 6 contain
legal documents of Henry Vernon Foster
which were
apparently kept in Foster's safe. These
materials are
in their
original order. The index which follows
was compiled
from
Foster's original finding aid.
Index to Boxes 5 and 6
Description Item Number
LIFE
INSURANCE
New York Life 1
Northwestern Mutual 2
Aetna Life 3
Masonic Mutual 7
Travelers 8
Maryland Gas Co. 12
North American Acc. 13
Union Central Life 4
M.W.A. 9
U.S. Travel Club 17
Employees Indemnity Corp. 71
Aetna Group - I.T.I.O. 8
Mo. State Lift (Group) 13A
Akdar Corp. - M.D. Foster 180
BURGLARY
INSURANCE
821 Johnstone 16
AUTO
INDEMNITY INSURANCE 16
FIRE/TORNADO
INSURANCE
809 Johnstone 179
821 Johnstone 14
Keeler Avenue properties 14
Westerly, Rhode Island 16
East Dunes 127
Land East of Highway 75 228
La Quinta - Greenhouse 234
MISCELLANEOUS
INSURANCE
Sherman & Ellis 84
Wheeler, Kelly & Hogny
(Employers'
Liab. & Workmen's Comp.) 229
Foster Farms - Ranch 222
REAL ESTATE
L3 Blk 6 22
Chas Labadie land SE, NE, & NE,
SE 13-27-10 Osage 23
Kenmore Avenue 25
Keeler Avenue Ls 5 & 6, B69 26
Lots at 12th & Johnstone 50
Westerly, Rhode Island 51
Portage County, Wisconsin 53
L4 B 69 Bartlesville 54
NW 23-29-9 Chautauqua Co., Ks 55
Price Stephens land in
29-25-11 Osage 56
W.C. Tucker land in
25-25-9 Osage 60
L7 B 69 - 800 Keeler 76
Roche land – 23-24-9 Osage 79
N1/2 SE 14-24-9 Osage 89
Warehouse Lot Wynona 89
East Dunes 127
Waldo Bradstreet land
Rising Star, Texas 150
715 Dewey (McMorrow) 171
L2 B69 Uh1 Property 119
Beattie Ranch 182
1422 Valley Road 180
L20 B4 Cherokee Hills 196
(Files closed del. to J. Kane)
12/1/26
Nora Day Farm 201
Country Club District 202
Verdigris Club 209
Marshall County Land 4095 A. 218
La Quinta 202
Memorial Park Lot 243
La Quinta Lease 234
ASSIGNMENTS
H.V. Foster to A.A. Little 86
BONDS
Adkar Temple 141
Baby Bonds 66b
Liberty 66a
B.P.O.E. 39
K.C. Club 135
Masonic Building 59
Winnapaug Golf Club 138
SURETY BONDS
Foster & Norwood 106
Blue, Breene, Dahlgren & Foster 107
Foster & Dahlgren 108
STOCK
Anchor Life Insurance Co. 169
Ark Valley Fuel 34
Atlas Life Insurance Co. 68
Beacon Oil and Boston & Osage 91
Barnsdall Corp. 73
Bartlesville Gun Club 132
Black, Sivalls & B. 35
Blue Bill Gun Club 167
Conejos Rainbow Trout 140
Cities Service 18
Commerce Trust 19
Central Petroleum Co. (now
Wolverine Petroleum) 29a
Crescent Oil Co. 31
Club House Hotel & Cottage 41
Celanese Corp. 181
Caterpillar Tractor 199
Doherty & Co.-1929 sub. plan 187
Empire Gas & Fuel Co. 164
Exchange National Bank 67
East Palestine Rubber 20
Foster Investment Corp. 236
Foster Farms 235
First National Co. - Tulsa 174
Foster & Davis 42
45 Oil Co. 110
Foster Petroleum Corp. 165
First Nat'l Bank & Trust- Tulsa 174
First Nat'l Bank & Trust
- Oklahoma City 189
Home Savings & Loan 123
Helen Oil Co. 116
I.T.I.O. Co. 28
Illinois Athletic Club 45
Louvain Oil Co. 57
Livingston Oil Co. 32
Large Oil Co. 40
Logo 170
Marine & Field Club 44
Mines Corp. Ltd. 46
Mountain Prod. Corp. 156
Mid Cent Petroleum Corp. 208
New Bradford Oil Co. 168
Osage Development Co. 48
Okla. Hunting & Fishing Club 38
Pittsburg Pneumatic Co. 37
Pan-American Oil & Tr. 170
Sinclair Gulf Corp. (21) 90
Standish Oil Co. (Phillips) 33
Sinclair Oil & Refining 36
Sperata Oil Co. 45
Sinclair Consol. Oil 90
Salt Creek Prod. Assn. 156
Standard of Indiana 188
Tulsa Tribune Co. (pfd) 215
Union National Bank 30
Union Machine Co. 47
Verdigris Club 209
Wolverine Petroleum Co. 29
Wah-Shah-She Oil Co. 62
Western Oil Exchange 64
Westcott Valve Co. 104
Washington Trust 137
Winnapaug Golf Club 138
Whiting Oil Co. 166
Woolworth 192
Washington Royalties Co. 227
MISCELLANEOUS
Bv. Water Co. - Meter Receipt 176
Boston & Osage-Beacon Papers 91
Boggs, O.P. 158
Cities Service Partic. Fund 114
Doherty & Co. - Joint Acq. of Acr. 154
Foster, Mrs. Lucy M.W. 112
Foster Marie D. 133
Foster Petro. Corp. Inc. Matters 153
Foster, E. B. estate papers 24
Foster, Henry Vernon trust 216
Foster, H.V. C/D 220
Foster, H.V. social security cards 231
Foster, H.V. - health 246
burial
permit 246
Garnet Oil Co. matter 74
Inter-Osage Oil Pro. Co. 111
Little-Lambert papers 86
Little-Foster assignment 86
Peake matter 184
Pershing School Wts. 134
Rood-Crescent-Large deal 31
Wallace, R.J. - Hepp lease
statement and receipt 161
HLD Co. - Bump letter and Lewis
appraisal of ITIO prop. 162
McKnabb-Kansas acreage 163
Mosteler, Karlton L. 223
Doornbos, Ruth F. 183
Wallace-Peake matter 184
Caldwell, C.H. loan of stock 195
Yacht Sea King II 197
Delk Contract 202
Tax Certificates (Hulen) 217
Foster Farms-Lease Contract 222
Hurd, Bill - Gty matter 224
Machine gun registration 232
Union National Bank
(Securities) - H.V.F. 237
Foster Petroleum Corp. 238
Safety Deposit Box Nos.
and 894 - Farmers Bank
of
State of Delaware 886
Harris Trust & Savings Bank 239
(Safety Deposit Box No.
892 -
contents transferred
from
Washington Trust,
Westerly)
Foster, M.D. 241
(custodian acct. at
Harris Trust &
Savings Bank)
Foster, Annie G. 242
Robinson, J.J. 244
Ramsey, Martin & Logan 245
St. Clair Hotel 247
H.V. Foster Note & Mortgage 248
MORTGAGES,
NOTES AND LOANS
Brink, Jessie 225
Buck, Mrs. A.M. 190
Breene, M.P. 69
Blankner & McWhiney 95
Brennan, J.H. 98
Beattie, R.L. 100
Broomfield, R.A. 102
Blue, Burdette 103
Blue, B. (Un. Natl. Stock) 109
Blake, G.C. 131
Blue & Dahlgren 91
Boggs, W.B. 178
Caldwell, C.H. 99
Clark, L.E. 192
Dahlgren, P.F. 152
Davis, W.N. 96
Doty, C.E. 171
Davis, S. and H. 212
Empire Dairy 128
Emerald Oil Co. FPC 11
203
Fowler, J.C. 151
Fisher, F.P. 115
George, Ed. 75
Garnet Oil Co. matter 74
Gorman, T.F. 172
Goldsmith, J. 177
Gilliland, A.R. 230
Heine, H.J. 63
Hardwick, Bula 113
Hall, A.J. 125
Higgins, T.B. 139
Hindman, B.C. 226
Killian, D.P. 65
Kingley, F.H. 88
Kerr, Robert 193
Kerlin, Maude 204
Loriaux, Maurice 205
La Prade, Jesse 214
McBride, A.P. 173
McMorrow, J.H. 49
Morrison, Ed. 142
Morse, E. Rollins 94
Meloy, J.E. 198
Mathews, Truman J. 211
Montgomery, Van H. 221
Nelson, Grace 129
Pratt, C.H. 114a
Potlorf, Roy 194
Rucker, W.R. (cash loan) 155
Rhodd, R.D. 175
Steel, Robert 219
Stacy, T.E. & Lelah 210
Snyder, Alvah 61
Stratton, A.J. 97
Steele, A.C. 185
Springstead, F.P. 186
Stilwell, Mort. F. 206
Union National Co. 209
Upshaw, Ben 207
Wallace, R.J. 117
Wiggins, J.H. 130
Winnapaug Club 138
Weber, H.C. 233
Zeller, Geo. 200
AGREEMENTS
AND CONTRACTS
Bradstreet, T.W. - Agreement &
assignment (Louvain) 77
Dewey Port. Cement Co. gas 80
John Jarvine - surface rights
30-25-11 81
Coburn, Gerald - leases in KS 82
Eureka Petroleum Co. (F.E. Ross)
escrow agreement 83
Sherman & Ellis contract 84
Foster Oil Co.-Kas. Dist. Co. 85
Smith & Rosenthal Drilling
contract 85
Hall-Brann agreement 87
Empire Gas Co. - cont. for use
of loading rack 35-25-10
119
Phillips Pet. Co. csghd. gas 124
Skelly-Foster & Norwood 126
ITIO-Foster & Norwood csghd.
gas 136
ITIO-Foster & Norwood gas 143
Sinclair-F & N csghd. gas 144
Barnsdall-F & N csghd. gas 145
Prairie O & G-csghd. gas 146
Ochelata gas contract 147
G.R. Jordan 148
Louvain Right-of-way 149
Alcorn-Beacon transf. of acr. 160
McKnabb-Kans. acreage 163
Wallace - Peake Matter 184
Sale of FPC holdings to ITIO (in
right hand cupboard this
safe) 191
N.Y. Apartment lease 213
Allan R. Shaw-Tax Certificates
Declaration of trust 217
Foster Farms 222
Rood Ethel (Mortgage)
Declaration of trust 240
Marie Foster Kane - New York Life
C/D 249
Barnsdall Operating Contract
Kelley Francis C. Grant 250
Box 5 Legal Documents of Henry Vernon Foster
Folder:
1. Indexes (originals) and Item 1
2. Items 2 - 3
3. Items 4 - 14
4. Items 18 - 24
5. Items 25 - 28
6. Items 30 - 37
7. Items 38 - 48
8. Items 49 - 53
9. Items 57 - 67
10. Items 68 - 81
Box 6 Legal
Documents of Henry Vernon Foster
1. Items 84 - 86
2. Items 88 - 100
3. Items 104 - 126
4. Items 127 - 143
5. Items 144 - 158
6. Items 160 - 162
7. Items 163 - 179
8. Items 182 - 184
9. Items 186 - 192
10. Items 197 - 200
Box 7 Legal
Documents of Henry Vernon Foster
1. Items 204 - 209
2. Items 210 - 222
3. Items 223 - 239
4. Items 240 - 242
5. Items 243 - 250
The
remainder of Box 7 contains additional legal documents of Henry Vernon Foster
which were not part of the preceding series.
6. Papers in
connection with proposal of H.V. & M.D. Foster to Foster Petroleum Corp.
and its acceptance to be entered in minute book if Osage assignments were
approved.
7. Stock
certificates. Reservation Oil Co., New York and Osage Oil Co., Crescent Oil
Co., Bartlesville Broom Co., Union Machine Co., Pittsburg Pneumatic Co., Sand
Creek Oil Co., Sperata Oil Co., Bartlesville Country Club, General Construction
Co., Osage Development Co., Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co., Central Fuel
Oil Co., Cherokee Motor Car Co.
8. Agreement between
H.V. Foster & M.D. Foster, and the Foster Petroleum Corp. to exchange
property for stock. 1924. Includes reports on developed leaseholds,
undeveloped leaseholds, stocks in oil and gas producing corporations, and trial
balances of several oil companies.
9. Assignments:
10-23-10, Apr. 13, 1912. Little - Lease, Rood & Meloy to
Foster. Gilkey - Osage - Leases to H.V.
Foster. Simmons to Foster 15-24-10. Hughes - Lease, Rood to Foster. Lots 60, 173, 292, Wildwood Oil Co. to
Foster. Eureka – Osage Assignment. 13-27-10 E1/2.
10. Warranty deed, John
Goodwin & wife to Henry Foster, Mar. 16, 1872. Two mortgage deeds, Henry Foster to Westerly
Savings Bank, Jan. 22 and Jul. 19, 1872.
Austrian and Saxonian patents for snow plow to Henry Foster (1876).
11. Foster Petroleum
Corp. Papers concerning mortgages and deeds of property re. Congregation
Beth-El, San Antonio, Texas, and A.E. Barnes of Washington County, Oklahoma.
1940-1943.
12. Foster
Petroleum Corp. - I.T.I.O. Stock. Includes list of I.T.I.O. stock certificates and reissues, list
of shares of I.T.I.O. stock in the name of Foster Petroleum Corp., and
assignment and power of attorney form. 1924, 1929.
13. Legal
forms, blank. Includes
indenture forms, notice to non-resident corporations, etc.
14. Permit (State
of California) for removal and burial of H.V. Foster, 1939.
15. Papers
relating to oil leases near Crane Station, Kansas. Includes correspondence, and copies of
oil and gas leases and contracts. This
material concerns leases in the Cherokee Nation. Correspondence includes letters between Henry Foster and James
Glenn of Empire State Oil and Gas Co., and J.W. Howe of Independence, Kansas.
1894, 1895.
Outsized
Box 1
1935
Certificate of award presented by the Kansas City Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects to H. Vernon Foster as owner of the house at
Bartlesville Okla. (copy)
Foster Ranch
Planting Preliminary, Donald Pearson (7-18-1984).
Landscape
Planting Plan, Foster Ranch, Ochelata, Okla., Donald Pearson (12-19-1984).
Pool Area
Study, Foster Ranch, Donald Pearson (2-29-1984).
Foster
Petroleum Corporation, financial record (12-31-1939)
Detailed
balance sheet; balance sheet – Investment Division; computation of net income
per books; comparative computation of net income per books - Oil & Gas
Division; comparative balance sheet - Oil & Gas Division.
Graph of
potential production total Oklahoma City field, based on 24 hour gauges of open
wells (3-11-1930).
Graph of
potential production I.T.I.O. Co.-Foster Pet. interests Oklahoma City Field,
based on 24 hour gauges of open wells (3-10-1930).
Graph of
potential production total Oklahoma City Field April to July 1930, no decline
considered.
Graph of
fractional potential total Oklahoma City field April to July 1930, no decline
considered.
Graph of
potential production Cromwell-Franklin and Wirt Franklin Pet. Corp. interest
Oklahoma City field, no decline considered (3-10-1930).
Copies of
ledger sheets showing name of lessee, lot or sec., date appd., oil, gas, dry,
operated by, assignment, date, approv., amt. Aug. run, run I.T.I.O. Co., and
oil run to. 1896-1906.
Copies of
ledger sheets showing name of company, date, balance, debits, and credits. Companies include Louvain Oil Co., Beacon
Oil Co., and Barnsdall Foster Co..1919-1930.
Record of
oil bonuses received and receivable on producing leases, I.T.I.O.
Co..1905-1916.
Abstract of
title to lands in East P.M., Cherokee County, Kansas. 1883.
Maps – Henry
V. Foster Collection
928.
Unidentified. A 20" x 29" map
drawn in pencil showing town lots.
DRAWER 8504
929. South
Dakota. A 19" x 25" map of
Eastern South Dakota advertising Kelley's Land Agency, Huron, South
Dakota. Shows counties, towns, and
railroads. ca. 1900. DRAWER 8504
930. Mississippi. A 21" x 14" map, Railroad
Commissioners' Map of Mississippi, showing mileage of railroads in Mississippi
for term ending June 30, 1901.
1902. DRAWER 8504
931. Gogebic
County, Michigan. A 17" x 17"
blueprint map of M.H. Wheeler lands showing camps, logging roads, and dams.
DRAWER 8504
932. Wisconsin. A 16" x 16" map of Price County
and part of Lincoln, Oneida, and Chippewa Counties, Wisconsin showing Wisconsin
Central Railroad lands corrected to March 1, 1896. DRAWER 8504
933. Wisconsin. A 23" x 31" map of Wisconsin
Valley Land Company showing lands in Marathon and southern part of Lincoln
County. 1897. DRAWER 8504
934. Wisconsin. A 16" x 13" map fragment showing
Plover, Grant, and Pine Grove. DRAWER
8504
935. United
States. A 17" x 32" map
showing the Missouri Pacific Railway, Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway, St.
Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway, International and Great Northern
Railroad, Central Branch U.P.R.R., Ft. Scott Wichita and Western Railroad, and
the Little Rock and Ft. Smith Railway, and connections, includes timetables,
Rand McNally and Company. DRAWER 8504
936. Indian
Territory. A 27" x 31" map of
Townships 20N - 29N, Ranges 4E - 14E showing sections, railroad lines, creeks,
and rivers. Drawn by the Osage Map
Company, Bartlesville, Indian Territory.
DRAWER 8504
937. Westerly,
Rhode Island. A 36" x 17"
plat of Winnapaug Golf Course.
1928. DRAWER 8504
938. Indian
Territory. A 31" x 39"
blueprint map of Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company operating lands in
the Osage Reservation, Townships 20N - 29N, Ranges 4E - 12E, showing railroad
lines, creeks and rivers. DRAWER 8504
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