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Mr. Butler tells of the conditions in Seminole in the days of the oil discovery and what their home was like in Seminole in those days. He discusses the oil market in the days of the depression. He also tells about some of the advances in machinery in the ITIO especially the rotaries. Interview conducted during the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company Reunion.

Date(s)

11/29/1970

Call Number

LL 1

Subjects Depression--1929, Oil industry workers, Oil well drilling -- Oklahoma
Interviewee(s) Fred Butler
Interviewer(s) Pen Woods