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Thomas B. Slick Collection

Slick, Thomas Baker (1883?1929). Papers, 1914?1973. 4 feet. Oilman. Correspondence (1920?1939); reports (1930?1939); leases and deeds (1914? 1973); and tax records (1926?1933) from the estate of Tom Slick, all regarding his petroleum and real estate business interests in Oklahoma. ______________

Box 1 Folder: Evaluation reports of the T. B. Slick Estate: V.1 Evaluation on oil and gas properties in Oklahoma City Field as of August 16,

1930 (has maps and charts)

V.2 Evaluation on oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, excluding the OKC Field, as of August 16, 1930 (has maps and charts)

V.3 Evaluation on oil and gas properties in Kansas and Texas, and of Slick, Pryor, & Lockhart, and S.R.C. Corporation, as of August 16, 1930 (has maps and charts)

V.4 Evaluation of all properties in T. B. Slick estate, other than oil and gas.

Evaluation report of the Transwestern Oil Company oil reserves, as of May 1, 1939.

1. Evaluation summary of the Transwestern Oil Company oil reserves, as of May 1, 1939.

2. File of correspondence, contracts, certificates and powers of attorney to dissolve several lease companies owned by Slick-Urschel, Inc. (1932-1934).

3. File of tax pamphlets, correspondence, and newspaper clippings re: the probate of the T. B. Slick estate and the dispute over his state of residency (1930-37)

4. Trust agreement of A.A. Seeligson (1934)

5. File with decrees of distribution of T. B. Slick estate, copy of his will, and tax receipts (1932-37).

6. File with correspondence, copies of T. B. Slick will, power of attorney to Charles Urschel, and probate proceedings sent to various oil companies with T. B. Slick interests (Skelly, Gypsy, Conoco, Sinclair, etc.) (1930-31, 1966)

7. Orders, court records, decrees, etc. regarding probate of will; Oklahoma County Court. (1930-36)

8. Probate records, correspondence, and files of John Myers who handled legal affairs for the T. B. Slick estate settlement in Pennsylvania. (1933-37)

9. Property descriptions for all leases held by Tom Slick Properties, Inc. and SlickUrschel, Inc. as of July 15, 1932; also has acreage totals for August 16, 1930.

10. Kansas probate records of T. B. Slick property (1930-36)

11. Texas probate records of T. B. Slick property (1930-36)

12. Decree to probate a foreign will in Oklahoma; notices that the Oklahoma Tax Commission was about to appoint persons to appraise T. B. Slick estate; letter to estate lawyer commenting on how urgent it was that competent persons be appointed. (1930-32)

Box 2 1. Mississippi probate records of T. B. Slick property (1930-32, 1946)

2. Petitions to the court re probate (1930-31)

3 Motion to operate a gas well (1931)

4 Petitions, correspondence, and legal documents for loans to continue drilling and operation of wells (1932-34)

5 Letters from the Internal Revenue Service stating that all T. B. Slick taxes were paid in full (1926-1933).

6 Contract and correspondence between T. B. Slick and Prairie Oil & Gas for Prairie's purchase of all T. B. Slick properties (1929); also an option contract from T. B. Slick to Charles Urschel, E. E. Kirkpatrick, and C.W. Baker (1929).

7 Tax records for T. B. Slick property in Kay County, OK (1924-29)

8 Miscellaneous file: ? notices and legal documents for dissolution of several T. B. Slick lease companies. ? bills from National Supply Company (1930-31) ? list of companies who bought oil from T. B. Slick ? preliminary notice of death of T. B. Slick, brief description and value of property; (cities Pennsylvania as place of residency) ? "general procedure" form for filing estate and inheritance taxes

? account balance sheets for T. B. Slick money in Oklahoma banks (192031)

? production potentials for T. B. Slick wells as of February 1931

9 Correspondence, worksheets, legal documents, etc. re dispute over T. B. Slick residency, settlement of dispute, calculation of taxes, and percentage paid to each state. (1930-32)

10 Correspondence and legal documents re transfer of T. B. Slick stocks to the trustees of his estate (Urschel, Mrs. Slick and A.A. Seeligson) (also has a letter from Sam Rayburn) (1931-39)

11 Correspondence and legal opinions on various aspects of Oklahoma and Pennsylvania inheritance laws; mentions other precedents. (1931-33)

12 Correspondence and receipts re payment and claiming of T. B. Slick insurance policies (1930-31)

13 Correspondence and legal documents accepting CFU, BS, and AAS as trustees and executors of the T. B. Slick will (1931-34)

14 Correspondence between W.N. Stokes, general counsel for T. B. Slick estate, and H.E. Rugh, judge in Clarion, Pennsylvania, regarding legal residency, etc.; also other letters re the plantations in Aberdeen, Mississippi (1930)

15 Correspondence between Stokes and Rugh re residency dispute. (two or three letters refer to Governor William H. Murray's attempt to politicize the probate of the will and get more money for Oklahoma) (1931)

16 Miscellaneous correspondence Stokes and Rugh, et al (1932)

17 Correspondence re stock transfers; some of the transfers involved stock owned by Flored Slick Urschel (sister of T. B. Slick and wife of Charles Urschel) (1931-32)

18 Correspondence to and from the Internal Revenue Service re the revaluation of T. B. Slick stock value and summary of legal proceedings in probate. (1933)

19 Correspondence re dissolution of T. B. Slick lease companies (1931-32)

20 Certificate of incorporation, contracts, mortgages, and certificate of dissolution for Slick, Pryor, & Lockhart (1929-1937)

21 Tax ferret findings; statement by Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Assn. against Gov. Murray's proposed tax increase (1932)

22 Contracts by Slick-Urschel, Inc. to sell crude oil (1931-32)

23 Correspondence and legal documents re purchase of Slick, Pryor, & Lockhart by Slick-Urschel, Inc. and then its immediate dissolution (1936)

24 Charter, list of leases, and mortgages of S.R. & C. Oil Corp (Slick, Rubsamen & Carter) (1928-1936)

25 By-laws, charter, certificate of incorporation, and certificate of dissolution of Slick-Urschel Oil Company (1932-36)

26 Documents for admitting Slick-Urschel Oil Com. as a foreign corporation to operate in Oklahoma (1934)

27 Corporation to operate in Kansas (1935)

28 Corporation to operate in Texas (1936)

29 Correspondence re charter of Slick-Urschel Oil Com. in Delaware (1933)

30 File re T. B. Slick home in Oklahoma City -- maintenance contracts, deed, and tax records; also correspondence dated 1973 in which Pennsylvania lawyers were still trying to verify T. B. Slick residence at the time of his death. (1927-1973)

31 Correspondence re R.T. Harber lease in Seminole, OK (1951)

32 Correspondence, leases, etc. on land in Kay County, OK (1920-64)

33 Same as folder 32. (Has some interesting correspondence which shows how third parties would purchase leases and then assign them to T. B. Slick)

Box 3 Much of the material in this box consists of lease files for various lease in which T. B. Slick had an interest. The files contain, generally speaking, the same types of material, such as correspondence, contracts, deeds, leases, quit claims, abstracts, etc. Therefore, folders will be labeled according to location of the lease and the dates. Items of special interest will be noted. 1 Creek County, OK 1914-1950

2 Creek County, OK (has lease from B.B. Jones to T. B. Slick, 1915)

3 Creek County, OK (also has a map of the Oklahoma Southwestern R.R. with some information on the Slick Townsite Company; also has documents connected with a lawsuit Warren vs. T. B. Slick, et al (1921-35)

4 Shamrock, OK 1916-42

5 Shamrock, OK 1916-46 6 Shamrock, OK 1921-47 7 Creek County, OK 1914-38 8 Letter from Jack Weber to editor of San Antonio Light describing how he once

drove T. B. Slick through the Cushing Oil Field looking for leases in 1920. (October 1962) 9 Hunt County, TX 1936 10 Kingfisher County, OK 1921-52 11 Clarion, PA 1915-32 12 Clarion, PA 1916 13 Clarion, PA 1917 14 Clarion, PA 1917 15 Creek County, OK 1914-45 16 Noble County, OK 1921-29 17 Natchitoches Parish, LA 1925-64 18 Seminole County, OK 1925-37 19 Eastland County, TX 1918-66 20 Brown County, TX 1918-74 21 McCurtain County, OK 1922-36 22 Pontotoc County, OK 1923-24 23 Pontotoc County, OK 1924-28 24 Seminole County, OK 1924-35 25 Hughes County, OK 1924-36 26 Tulsa County, OK 1926-46

27 Lincoln County, OK 1925-46 28 Hughes County, OK 1924 29 Seminole County, OK 1927-37 30 Seminole County, OK 1929 Box 4 The material in this box consists of lease files for various leases in which T. B. Slick had an interest. The files contain correspondence, contracts, deeds, leases, quit claims, abstracts, etc. The folders are labeled according to location of the lease and the dates. 1 Seminole County, OK 1927-36 2 Logan County, OK 1929-35 3 Kiowa County, OK 1932 4 Butler County, KS 1927-36 5 Sedgwick County, KS 1929-36 6 Sumner County, KS 1929-37 7 Grady County, OK 1924-31 8 Van Zandt County, TX 1923-29 9 Beckham County, OK 1926-53 10 Stephens County, OK 1924-30 11 Grady County, OK 1924-32 12 Oklahoma County, OK 1929-48 13 Logan County, OK 1927-34 14 Kingfisher County, OK 1938 15 Grady County, OK 1929-37 16 Oklahoma County, OK 1930-37 17 Oklahoma County, OK 1930-34

18 Stephens County, OK 1930-32 19 Kingfisher County, OK 1930-31 20 Oklahoma County, OK 1929-39 21 Seminole County, OK 1924-32 22 Oklahoma County, OK 1930-68 23 Pottawatomie County, OK 1928-32 24 Oklahoma County, OK 1926-64; has a booklet and charts regarding the

unitization of the West Edmond Field, 1947 25 Oklahoma County, OK 1929-68 26 Woods County, OK 1928 27 Logan County, OK 1930-35 28 Oklahoma County, OK 1931-64 29 Creek County, OK 1945-82 30 Oklahoma County, OK 1930-35 31 Oklahoma County, OK 1920-44 32 Lincoln County, OK 1920-44 Box 5 1 Correspondence of Slick to Harry E. Rugh regarding oil investment royalties,

4/15/21 2 Correspondence of Slick to Harry E. Rugh regarding oil investment royalties,

4/23/21 3 Correspondence of Slick to Mrs. Harry E. Rugh regarding oil investment

royalties, 1/19/25 4 Correspondence of Adelaide Rogers to Mrs. Harry E. Rugh, undated 5 Newspaper clippings regarding the death of T. B. Slick (6), undated 6 Newspaper clippings regarding the death of Charles F. Urschel (1), undated

7 Newspaper clippings regarding the business of T. B. Slick (2), undated

8 Newspaper clippings regarding the biography of T. B. Slick, undated

9 "Wildcatting for Inventions" in Reader's Digest regarding the inventions of T. B. Slick and others, July 1949

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