Box 1

The records in the Smith Oil and Refining Company Records document the business activities of an independent oil company and its subsidiaries from 1918 to 1970. The collection consists of two series: Smith Oil and Refining Company and Subsidiaries. Series one contains the parent company’s articles of incorporation and amendments, bylaws, minutes (1918-1967), audit reports, and company publications. Oversized ledgers (1918-1949) and check registers are housed separately on the shelf. One oversize organizational chart of the company is housed in the map case under the collection name. Series two includes partial records of six Smith Oil and Refining Company subsidiaries. The oversize ledgers of two other subsidiaries are housed separately on the shelf. The records of the Smith Oil and Refining Company are fairly comprehensive except for the years 1911-1918. The records of the subsidiaries are, in most cases, incomplete.