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Guide to the Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records, 1963 C0144 Gulf Oil Corporation Reston

Guide to the Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records, 1963 C0144

Gulf Oil Corporation Reston


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George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

Fenwick Library, MS2FL
4400 University Dr.
Fairfax, Virginia 22030
Business Number: 703-993-2220
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speccoll@gmu.edu
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Emily Martin

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0144
Title
Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records 1963
Quantity
0.5 Linear Feet, (1 box)
General Physical Description note
(1 box)
Creator
Gulf Oil Corporation
Language
English .
Abstract
This collection of papers documents the investment of $4 million from the Gulf Oil Corporation for the purpose of developing Reston, Virginia.All of the records are dated September 11, 1963. The collection is small and all 14 folders are contained within a single document case.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records, Collection C0144, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by the Gulf Oil Corporation on October 16, 1989.

Processing Information

The Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records were originally attached to the larger Planned Community Archives collection currently in the Special Collections Research Center. In 2009 the documents were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections Research Center at George Mason University Libraries. The old box and folder numbers are also included as part of the new arrangement.

Processed in January 2009 by Emily Martin.

Historical Information

The Gulf Oil Corporation was founded in 1901 when oil was discovered in Spindletop, Texas. The company invested millions of dollars into the development of gasoline in the early Twentieth Century. By the early 1930s, it had grown into a major United States corporation. The corporation continued to grow into the 1960s.

During that time Gulf Oil became an investor into Robert E. Simon's planned community in Reston, Virginia. As one of his principal investors, Gulf Oil stepped in to save the project from bankruptcy in 1967. The Gulf Reston officials continued development of the New Town and for more than ten years encouraged a diversity in housing sizes, styles, and prices.

Scope and Content

This collection of papers documents the investment of $4 million from the Gulf Oil Corporation for the purpose of developing Reston, Virginia. All of the records are dated September 11, 1963. The collection is small and all 14 folders are contained within a single document case.

There is only series in this collection, and it consists of exhibit files. The series has the loan proposal from the Gulf Oil Corporation and each exhibit that was presented. There are 12 exhibits in all with an exhibit index in the first folder of the collection.

Arrangement

Organized into one series.

Missing Title Series 1: Exhibit Files, 1963 (Box 1)

Related Material

The Special Collections and Archives also holds the Planned Community Archives and other personal papers and organizational records that document Reston, Virginia, and other planned communities.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Gulf Oil Corporation
  • Housing
  • Planned communities
  • Planned communities -- Virginia -- Reston
  • Reston (Va.)

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Reston (Va.)
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Container List

Series 1: Exhibit Files
1963
(1 box)
Scope and Contents note

This is the only series in this collection with 14 folders included in the single document case. The series documents the proposal from the Gulf Oil Corporation and the 12 exhibits that were presented for the loan.

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
    Exhibit Index
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.1

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
    Proposed loan for Palindrome
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.2

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
    Exhibit 1
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.3

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
    Exhibit 2
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.4

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
    Exhibit 3
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.5

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 6
    Exhibit 4
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.6

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 7
    Exhibit 5
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.7

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 8
    Exhibit 6
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.8

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 9
    Exhibit 7
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.9

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
    Exhibit 8
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.10

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
    Exhibit 9
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.11

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
    Exhibit 10
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.12

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
    Exhibit 11
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.13

  • Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 14
    Exhibit 12
    1963
    Scope and Contents note

    171.14

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