Dartmouth College, Petroleum Anniversary Convocation records

The collection contains material relating to the convocation commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the first scientific examination of crude oil, which occured in 1853 at Dartmouth College. Includes correspondence, invitations to the convocation, lists of attendees, copies of speeches, pamphlets, programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and other material regarding the convocation held at Dartmouth College on June 26, 1953. Also includes some material regarding the observance of the centennial of the first oil well at Titusville, Penn. in 1959