Alfred Alexander 'Jack' Drummond 1980
Description
Rancher and entrepreneurial oil landsman in Osage County OK and the Madill OK area. In 01/1980 interview he talks about ranch foreman Top Hartin, Wy Spence, credit, cattle, George Stokes of Soil Conservation Service, grazing leases, Caddo Lake Ranch, Gasperson, A.L. Wasson, Fred Chapman, and Damron. In 02/1980 interview he talks about 1940s, Top Hartin, land holdings, workers and their crops, and pasture grazing in Madill. In 02/14/1980 interview, he talks about post WWII service, Hominy, OK; tax deductions, capital gains, lawyer Eben Hart, Little family, early 1950s, discussion of $20,000.00 bonus for publication of Hammons' book, advice on how to invest, Drummond Osage Ranch Trust, difficulty of purchasing leased land owned by tribal citizens. In 04/10/1980 interview tape 1 he talks about inundation lawsuits, Jim Gasperson, Caddo Lake Ranch, Clyde Marshall, Holiday Oil and Gas, Art Holiday, Marvin Bryant, and Grady King; interview tape 3 he talks about bankers, trusts, wife, partners, land deals and oil leases; interview tape 4 he talks about Red River farm, Idabel, Madill, Webster, Texarkana, OK and Terrell, TX; interview tape 5 he talks about Pontotac Milling Company, Morgan Wilson, Dayton Lane, and Everrett Reeves. In 10/1980 interview he talks about Jim Drummond, and Drummond Family Foundation paid for by Terrell, TX holdings.
| Date(s) | 01/1980; 02/1980; 2/14/1980; 4/10/1980; 08/1980;10/1980 |
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| Interviewee(s) | Alfred Alexander 'Jack' Drummond |
| Interviewer(s) | Terry Hammons |