[Affidavit of B. A. Duffy] (open access)

[Affidavit of B. A. Duffy]

Affidavit of B. A. Duffy swearing that he commenced drilling an oil and gas well on land in Concho and Menard Counties, Texas on September 1, 1939 and it began producing oil in commercial quantities only after that date. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bulletin: Hardin-Simmons University Ex-Student Roundup, August 1940 (open access)

Bulletin: Hardin-Simmons University Ex-Student Roundup, August 1940

The Hardin-Simmons alumni newsletter includes information regarding events at the school and news about university students, staff, and alumni.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hardin-Simmons University
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between E. P. and Myrtis Farrar, and Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between E. P. and Myrtis Farrar, and Floyd C. Dodson]

Document certifying the changes to the agreement between E. P. Farrar, Myrtis Farrar, and Floyd C. Dodson regarding the oil and gas lease from the Farrars to Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document which amends the oil and gas lease from Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease From Floyd C. Dodson to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company] (open access)

[Assignment of Oil and Gas Lease From Floyd C. Dodson to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company]

Document certifying the transfer of an oil and gas lease of E. P. and Myrtis Farrar's property in Concho County, Texas from Floyd C. Dodson to the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Dodson, Floyd C.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, August 3, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, August 3, 1940]

Letter from Floyd C. Dodson to Mr. Sayles, discussing affidavits for purchasing tracts of land.
Date: August 3, 1940
Creator: Dodson, Floyd C.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Bascom Giles, August 5, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Bascom Giles, August 5, 1940]

Letter from Sayles & Sayles to Bascom Giles requesting an abstract for land awarded to Dan Millar.
Date: August 5, 1940
Creator: Sayles & Sayles
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Sayles to John W. Glahn, August 6, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Sayles to John W. Glahn, August 6, 1940]

Letter from Jack Sayles to John W. Glahn remitting requirement sheets for the Floyd C. Dodson lease. The requirements are designated as "met" or "not met" and the outstanding requirements are listed.
Date: August 6, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes Discussing Land in Concho County, Texas] (open access)

[Notes Discussing Land in Concho County, Texas]

Notes which have "I.T.I.O.Co." (Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company) written at the top and dated August 6, 1940. The notes discuss an 80-acre tract of land in Concho County, Texas, listing its ownership history and the documents which pertain to it.
Date: August 6, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Requirement Sheet Regarding the Purchase of an Oil and Gas Lease From E. P. and Myrtis Farrar to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Requirement Sheet Regarding the Purchase of an Oil and Gas Lease From E. P. and Myrtis Farrar to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document stating the abstracts for a property owned by E. P. Farrar and Myrtis Farrar in Concho County, Texas have been examined, and listing the documents still required to move ahead with the purchase of an oil and gas lease from E. P. Farrar and Myrtis Farrar to Floyd C. Dodson by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 6, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Requirement Sheet Regarding the Purchase of an Oil and Gas Lease From Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Requirement Sheet Regarding the Purchase of an Oil and Gas Lease From Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document stating that Jack Sayles has examined the abstracts for a property owned by Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar in Concho County, Texas, and listing the documents still required to move ahead with the purchase of an oil and gas lease from Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 6, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Notes Discussing Land in Concho and Menard Counties, Texas] (open access)

[Notes Discussing Land in Concho and Menard Counties, Texas]

Notes which have "I.T.I.O.Co." (Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company) written at the top and dated August 7, 1940. Just below, the names "Floyd C. Dodson" and "Fritz Wilhelm" are written and these notes are likely in relation to an oil and gas lease from Wilhelm to Dodson. The notes discuss a tract of land in Menard and Concho Counties, Texas, listing its ownership history and the documents which pertain to it.
Date: August 7, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Receipt for Shipment From Floyd C. Dodson to Sayles & Sayles] (open access)

[Receipt for Shipment From Floyd C. Dodson to Sayles & Sayles]

Receipt for a package shipped via Railway Express Agency from Sayles & Sayles to Floyd C. Dodson. The top half of the receipt has the terms and conditions for the company and the bottom half has the details of the shipment.
Date: August 8, 1940
Creator: Railway Express Agency
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Requirement Sheet Regarding the Purchase of an Oil and Gas Lease From Fritz and L. E. Wilhelm to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Requirement Sheet Regarding the Purchase of an Oil and Gas Lease From Fritz and L. E. Wilhelm to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document stating that Jack Sayles has examined the abstracts for a property owned by Fritz Wilhelm and L. E. Wilhelm in Concho and Menard Counties, Texas, and listing the documents still required to move ahead with the purchase of an oil and gas lease from Fritz Wilhelm and L. E. Wilhelm to Floyd C. Dodson by the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company.
Date: August 8, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Affidavit of Non-Development of A. W. Billingsley] (open access)

[Affidavit of Non-Development of A. W. Billingsley]

Affidavit of non-development sworn by A. W. Billingsley that land owned by Robert and B. C. Wilson and leased by Floyd C. Dodson, has not produced any oil or gas prior to 1940.
Date: August 9, 1940
Creator: Billingsley, A. W.
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Frank Hartgraves to Floyd C. Dodson, August 14, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Frank Hartgraves to Floyd C. Dodson, August 14, 1940]

Letter from Frank Hartgraves to Floyd C. Dodson discussing irregularities found in the abstracts given by the Menard Abstract Company. Hartgraves has cross referenced with the deeds for the land to find these inconsistencies.
Date: August 14, 1940
Creator: Hartgraves, Frank
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Subordination Agreement, Texas Production Credit Association and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston, Texas] (open access)

[Subordination Agreement, Texas Production Credit Association and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston, Texas]

Contract between the Texas Production Credit Association and the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Houston, Texas that describes the liens on property in Concho County, Texas owned by Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar and agrees that the liens are subordinate to the oil and gas lease held by Floyd C. Dodson for the same property. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 16, 1940
Creator: Texas Production Credit Association
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles and Sayles, August 17, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles and Sayles, August 17, 1940]

Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles & Sayles discussing the lease for Frank M. Millar. Glahn remits the documents needed to fulfill the requirements of the lease, given to him by M. E. Sedberry. Some of the documents are to be executed by the Texas Production Credit Association and by Federal Intermediate Credit Association of Houston. Glahn also remits two abstracts.
Date: August 17, 1940
Creator: Glahn, John W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles & Sayles, August 17, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles & Sayles, August 17, 1940]

Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles & Sayles informing him that while he has nothing to deliver on the Fritz Wilhelm lease, M. E. Sedberry has told Glahn that a survey is being made as requested and will be sent to Sayles & Sayles.
Date: August 17, 1940
Creator: Glahn, John W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles & Sayles, August 17, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from John W. Glahn to Sayles & Sayles, August 17, 1940]

Letter from John W. Glahn to John Sayles discussing requirements given to him by M. E. Sedberry for the E. P. Farrar lease.
Date: August 17, 1940
Creator: Glahn, John W.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar and Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Between Frank M. and Willie Lou Millar and Floyd C. Dodson]

Document which amends the oil and gas lease from Frank M. Millar and Willie Lou Millar to Floyd C. Dodson. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 19, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Contract Extending the Oil and Gas Lease From E. P. Farrar and Myrtis Farrar to Floyd C. Dodson] (open access)

[Contract Extending the Oil and Gas Lease From E. P. Farrar and Myrtis Farrar to Floyd C. Dodson]

Document certifying the extension of the oil and gas lease from E. P. Farrar and Myrtis Farrar to Floyd C. Dodson with the same terms of the existing lease. This document is unsigned.
Date: August 19, 1940
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Sayles to B. A. Duffy, August 19, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Sayles to B. A. Duffy, August 19, 1940]

Letter from Jack Sayles to B. A. Duffy discussing the drilling obligation has been met in an agreement made by Floyd Dodson.
Date: August 19, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Jack Sayles to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, August 19, 1940] (open access)

[Letter from Jack Sayles to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, August 19, 1940]

Letter from Jack Sayles to Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company discussing the Robert Wilson lease. Sayles asks whether the requirement about resolving boundary disputes is to be waived or not.
Date: August 19, 1940
Creator: Sayles, Jack
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History