Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Harold Lewis, November 8, 1985
  • Series Title Business History Oral History Project

Creator

  • Interviewer: Marcello, Ronald E.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Interviewee: Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-
    Creator Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 1985-11-08

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Interview with Harold Lewis, an executive at Caltex Petroleum Corporation. He discusses his educational background, his employment with Standard Oil of California, his early experiences in refinery construction, his transfer to Caltex, his assignment to Bahrain, refinery construction in Australia (Boral, Ampol), refinery construction in Japan, and the relationship between Caltex and Nippon Oil. He also talks about military fuel oil contracts, postwar refinery expansion, Caltex East, Caltex in Korea and the Philippines, executive transfers, the decision of Texaco and Socal to re-enter the European market in 1967, crude purchases, and OPEC.
  • Physical Description: [2] 48 p. ; 28 cm.

Subject

  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Petroleum industry and trade
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Petroleum refineries
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Engineers
  • Keyword: Caltex Petroleum Corporation
  • Keyword: Standard Oil of California
  • Keyword: Texaco Petroleum Company
  • Named Person: Lewis, H. W. (Harold Walter), 1917-

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Coverage

  • Place Name: United States - California
  • Place Name: Bahrain
  • Place Name: Australia
  • Place Name: East & Southeast Asia
  • Place Name: Europe
  • Coverage Date: 1939~/1982~
  • Time Period: mod-tim

Collection

  • Name: UNT Oral Histories
    Code: UNTOH

Institution

  • Name: UNT Oral History Program
    Code: UNTOHP

Rights

  • Rights Access: public
  • Rights Statement: All rights reserved. To request a copy, contact the Oral History Program.

Resource Type

  • Book

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: Number 667
  • Call Number: OH 667
  • OCLC: 192075861
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1998356

Note

  • Display Note: Interview conducted in 1985 for the Business History (Caltex Petroleum Corporation) Oral History Project.
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