Joseph Elliott Slater papers, 1929-1996, bulk 1940-1996

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Series III: Creole Petroleum Corporation

4 linear feet

Series III: "Creole Petroleum Corporation" contains files related to Slater's time in Venezuela as the Chief Economist of the Creole Petroleum Corporation and the Executive Director of Fundación Creole (the Creole Foundation) from 1954-1959.


Subseries III.1: Creole Petroleum, 3 linear feet

Subseries III.1: "Creole Petroleum" includes Slater's correspondence within and outside of the corporation from 1954-1957, reports on oil throughout Latin America in English and Spanish, files related to Slater's resignation, and Creole Petroleum publications. Notably, these publications include copies of Standard Oil, N.J.'s magazine The Lamp and the Venezuelan sister publication El Farol.



Box 4 Folder 1 Decima Conferencia Interamericana, 1954


Box 4 Folder 2-8 Creole Petroluem Files, 1954


Box 4 Folder 9-13 Creole Petroleum Files, 1955



Box 5 Folder 1-7 Creole Petroleum Files, 1956


Box 5 Folder 8-14 Creole Petroleum Files, 1957


Box 5 Folder 15 Resignation and appointments, 1957



Box 6 Folder 1 Standard oil publications, 1951-1955


Box 6 Folder 2 Spanish reports, 1954-1957


Box 6 Folder 3-4 External reports, 1954-1959


Box 6 Folder 5-6 Copies of El Farol, 1954-1957


Box 6 Folder 7 Venezuela Sows its Petroleum, 1955


Box 6 Folder 8 Creole en Acción, undated


Box 6 Folder 9-10 Press clippings, 1951-1957


Box 6 Folder 11 Spanish language instruction, 1954-1957


Box 6 Folder 12 Photographs, undated


Box 6 Folder 13-14 Economic reviews and forecasts, 1954-1956


Box 6 Folder 15-16 Speeches and presentations, 1954-1958


Box 6 Folder 17 Sketch of Joseph Slater, undated


Box 6 Folder 18 Map of Caracas, 1954


Box 6 Folder 19-20 General, 1954-1958


Subseries III.2: Creole Foundation, 1 linear feet

Subseries III.2: "Creole Foundation" contains material related to Fundación Creole, the foundation Slater founded while working at Creole Petroleum. The foundation was focused on funding cultural and educational endeavors in Venezuela. Throughout his correspondence, Slater clarifies that the foundation will transform Creole Petroleum into "a good corporate citizen." This subseries contains minutes from the foundation's preparatory early meetings, project outlines, newspaper clippings about the foundation from Venezuelan papers, a New York Times op-ed about the foundation, and a copy of "The Creole Foundation: The First Ten Years," which outlines the foundation's efforts during the 1960s. There are also materials related to Venezuelan cultural endeavors such as book festivals.



Box 7 Folder 1 Creole Foundation, 1955


Box 7 Folder 2-10 Creole Foundation, 1956


Box 7 Folder 11 Creole Foundation, 1957


Box 7 Folder 12-14 Creole Foundation Projects, 1956-1957


Box 7 Folder 15 Newsclippings, 1955-1957


Box 7 Folder 16 Fundación Creole: The First Decade, 1966