McCollum Exploration Company. Records, 1926-1943, n.d.
Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0208
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of geophysical, reflections, torsion balance surveys and other miscellaneous surveys as well and as reports done for each area investigated.
Dates
- 1926-1943, n.d.
Creator
- McCollum Exploration Company (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Founded by Burton McCollum (1880-1964), a pioneer in the use of seismography to drill for oil, the McCollum Exploration Company conducted seismographic surveys for petroleum companies in many parishes of Louisiana.
Extent
0.833333 Linear Feet (10 inches of materials contained in 2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- McCollum Exploration Company Records
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 12/07/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu