Gibsonburg Co-Operative Oil Company records
Collection Overview
Abstract
Stockholders' and Directors' meeting minutes, stock record, journal, and ledger for a co-operative oil company based in Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio.
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1898
Extent
0.46 Cubic Feet (1 legal size archive box)
Creator
- Gibsonburg Co-Operative Oil Company (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
Little is known about this company, which appears to have been established in 1895 with the creation of stockholders meetings and regulations for the organization, as well as the election of a Board of Directors. Among those elected to the board were R. H. Block as chairman of the board and W. J. Aleshire as vice-president.
Oil had been discovered in Sandusky county in 1887 and for a period Gibsonburg was the center of the country’s oil industry; the second largest well on the continent was drilled outside Gibsonburg on the Benjamin Jones farm. However, the supply greatly diminished by the end of the century, which likely contributed to the demise of this cooperative.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers using this collection assume full responsibility for conforming to the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright, and are responsible for securing permissions necessary for publication or reproduction.
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Subject
- Gibsonburg Co-Operative Oil Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Gibsonburg Co-Operative Oil Company records
- Author
- Center for Archival Collections staff, Michelle Sweetser
- Date
- undated, September 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
- Box: 1 (Mixed Materials)