Dudley Oil and Gas Company Papers,1903-1920
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Dudley Oil and Gas Company Papers,1903-1920
- Creator
- Wilson, Samuel M. (Samuel Mackay), 1871-1946.
- Extent
- 0.9 cu.ft.
- Subjects
- Dudley Oil and Gas Company.
- Delaware Trust Company.
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Kentucky.
- Gas industry -- Kentucky.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- The Dudley Oil and Gas Company was first incorporated in 1903 with its main headquarters located in Wilmington, Delaware. According to its Certificate of Incorporation, the company's purpose was "to carry on any business, a part of or relating to the production and sale of oil land or leases, petroleum oil or gas..." Within Kentucky, Dudley Oil and Gas focused much of its activity in Lee County and established an office in the city of Lexington. Judge Samuel M. Wilson of Lexington served as secretary to the company and collected these materials.
- The company's existence was brief, with lack of funding the apparent cause of its failure. According to an October 10, 1906 letter from Harry W. David, treasurer of the Delaware Trust Company, to Wilson, "...the Dudley Oil and Gas Company is no longer actively engaged in business..." There is, however, a 1919 prospectus for W.S. Dudley Oil and Gas Company which is included in the papers.
- Scope and Content
- These materials document the development and operation of the Dudley Oil and Gas Company. Included are various business records, legal documents, correspondence, and stock books.
Contents of the Collection
BUSINESS RECORDS AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS, 1903-1919
Certificate of Incorporation, 1903
Agreement between J. R. Morton and S. F. Rock, 1903
Agreement between S. F. Rock and the Dudley Oil and Gas Company, 1903
Minutes of the Meetings of Stockholders and Directors, 1903-1905
Statement of S.F. Rock, President of the Dudley Oil and Gas Company, (3 copies), Feb. 15, 1904
Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the South Kentucky Oil Company, November 8, 1904
Prospectus, June 20, 1919
Provisions and acts concerning Delaware state laws, n.d.
Forms
Stock Certificates
Bills, 1903-1905
NOTICES OF ANNUAL STOCKHOLDERS' MEETING AND PROXY FORMS, 1904-1906
CORRESPONDENCE, 1903-1920
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