Media
This Library of Congress collection includes 150 motion pictures - from which single frames may be captured.
In addition to linking petroleum museums, historical societies and other state and national organizations committed to energy education, the society maintains a growing network of media sources.
Our “Media” section is an on-going project – so send your suggestions. Visit again to see more links to petroleum-related special publications, books, photography and videos.
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A circa 1935 photograph of Alfred Landon, standing in an oilfield. Landon served as Kansas governor, 1933-1937, and was the Republican candidate for President for the United States in 1936. From the Kansas Memory collection.
A collection of websites the society has found useful for vintage and modern oilfield photography.
Thanks to digital technology, more community museums, historians and educators across the country are preserving the heritage of an industry that shaped and defined the 20th century.
Artists have been important recorders and interpreters of petroleum’s incredible influence in the United States. Only a few artists are among “oil patch” preservationists
This website section begins with a biography of the first American oilman, Edwin L. Drake, by William Brice, professor emeritus in geology and planetary science at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. He has published the 661-page Myth, Legend, Reality – Edwin Laurentine Drake and the Early Oil Industry.
Also featured is The Natural Gas Industry in Appalachia by David Waples, a book that explores the evolution and significance of the natural gas industry in a region now being revisited by petroleum companies. David has begun work on a second edition, which will include the Marcellus Shale discoveries – and is seeking input.
