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Petroleum and Energy Resources Memories of the Past: Sixty Years of the Petroleum and Energy Resources Division of the Special Libraries Association (June, 1993).
Compiled by Marie Tilson and Marriott Smart.

This commemorative publication of approximately 200 leaves covers the history of the Petroleum Section of the Science and Technology Division (1933--1966), the Petroleum Division (1966-1976) and the Petroleum and Energy Resources Division (1967-1993). It is divided into six parts:

I Chairs, 1933-1993
II The First Twenty Years
From an article in Special Libraries (February 1934) there is a description of the groups that became part of the Science and Technology Division. Thelma Hoffman (Chair 1940-1942) and Mignon Gill (Chair 1951-1952) contribute their histories of the first twenty years.
III Remembrances
Particularly remarkable in this section are histories and personal narratives from thirty eight of our past chairs. For example, the son of Joshua Smith (our second Chair 1935-1938) did not know that his father had been a librarian! Miriam Treffiesen Friend (Chair 1942-1946) describes her World War II and Manhattan Project days. Kate Ornsen Barcus (Chair 1952-1953), who was an accomplished translator and Mary Banker Certain (Chair 1954-1955) tell of the early connections with the American Petroleum Institute.
IV Honors
V How We See Ourselves
This section incorporates division committee reports and publications as well as photographs.
VI How Others See Us (March 1929 -- January 1993)
Main sources include selected articles from company newsletters and other publications. The section begins with "A New Company Library" from The Sohian, March 1929. The final entry is a reprint of "Have You Hugged Your Librarian Lately?" from Pipeline Industry, January 1993.
Forty Years of the Petroleum & Energy Resources Division: Tradition, Transformation & Convergence (June, 2006).
Compiled by Marie Tilson and Jan Heagy.

This 105 page review acknowledges three significant milestones in Division history:

  • 40th anniversary of the creation of the Petroleum Division from the former Petroleum Section of the Science and Technology Division
  • 30th anniversary of the transformation of the former Petroleum Division into the Petroleum & Energy Resources Division
  • 10th anniversary of the Public Utilities Division merger with the Petroleum & Energy Resources Division

Forty Years specifically incorporates the history of the Public Utilities Division with research conducted in the merged Public Utilities Division and Petroleum and Energy Resources Division archives. Topics include:


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