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Everette Lee DeGolyer Estate, 1972-1990

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Collection 1995-030

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​Overview

Repository	Office of the City Secretary Dallas Municipal Archives 1500 Marilla Street, 5D South Dallas, Texas 75201
Creator	Park and Recreation Department
Title	Everette Lee DeGolyer Estate
Dates	1972-1990
Quantity	5.5 linear feet
Abstract	Correspondence and memoranda, reports, inventories, printed materials, photographic materials.
Identification	1995-030
Language	Records are in English

Scope and Content

Everette Lee DeGolyer (1886-1956) was a pioneering geophysicist and petroleum geologist known for his outstanding contributions to science, education and community.  He began his career as a geologist in Mexico, where he struck oil at the age of twenty-four.  He invested his oil profits in a petroleum industry company, Geophysical Services Incorporated (GSI), with Eugene McDermott and future Dallas mayor J. Erik Jonsson.  GSI developed techniques for oil detection that revolutionized the oil industry, and the company later became the international corporation Texas Instruments.  DeGolyer also founded DeGolyer/MacNaughton, a leading petroleum consulting firm. 

In 1939-1940, DeGolyer and his wife Nell built a forty-four-acre estate known as Rancho Encinal.  The thirteen-room Spanish Colonial Revival structure on White Rock Lake in East Dallas was willed to Southern Methodist University upon Nell DeGolyer’s death in 1972 and several years later became the property of the City of Dallas.  Although the property is a part of the Dallas Park and Recreation Department, the estate is privately operated as the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society and is a major Dallas attraction. 

The collection contains background history of the DeGolyer family and the history of Rancho Encinal.  The bulk of the collection documents the transfer of ownership of the estate to the City of Dallas and the development of the property into the Dallas Arboretum and early records of its operation.

Building plans are not contained in this collection.  See Related Materials for design and construction plans for the original grounds and formal gardens.

Organization

The collection is arranged by subject.  The collection contains oversized materials.

Access

Permission to publish, reproduce, distribute, or use by any and all other current or future developed methods or procedures must be obtained in​ writing from the Dallas Municipal Archives. All rights are reserved and retained regardless of current or future development or laws that may apply to fair use standards.

Citation

Everette Lee DeGolyer Estate, 1972-1990 (Box <x>, Folder <y>), Dallas Municipal Archives

Related Materials

Collection 2002-001—Dallas Park and Recreation Department Plans and Drawings

Index Terms

Dallas -- Texas -- History

DeGolyer, E. (Everette), 1886-1956

DeGolyer Foundation. Library

Container List

Box	Folder	Title, Date
1	1	History - DeGolyer Estate
	2	DeGolyer Family History
	3	Planning and Development For the DeGolyer Estate
	4	Planning and Development For the DeGolyer Estate
	5	Planning and Development For the DeGolyer Estate, Master Plan 1979-1983
	6	Planning and Development For the DeGolyer Estate
	7	Planning and Development For the DeGolyer Estate, introduction of the Docent Program
	8	Cultural Policy, 1980
2	1	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden Promotional Materials, 1983
	2	Dallas Arboretum, 1984-1987
	3	Dallas Arboretum, 1986-1987
	4	Arboretum Issues, 1986-1988
	5	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) Contract, 1988
3	1	Arboretum, 1985-1986
	2	Dallas Arboretum, Albert H. Halff Associates, 1987
	3	Dallas Arboretum, 1987-1988
	4	Dallas Arboretum, 1987-1988
	5	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS), Task Force Council Briefing, 1987-1988
4	1	Operating Procedures, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS)
	2	Operating Procedures, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS)
	3	Jerry Allen, Coordinator Arts Program, 1983-84
	4	House Policy, 1978-80
	5	House Policy Revision, 1982
	6	House Policy Amendments
	7	House Proposals for use and programs, 1972-1979
	8	House Proposals for use and programs, 1980-1984
	9	Proposed uses for DeGolyer House, 1980
	10	Correspondence, Peter Flagg Maxson, 1978-1982
	11	Use policies, 1984
	12	Operating Procedures, Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS)
	13	Grounds Policy, 1980
	14	Parking lot
	15	Schedule of events
	16	Special activities
5	1	Service Transition from Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) to City of Dallas, 1984
	2	Correspondence re: transition, 1984
	3	Friends of the DeGolyer Estate (FODE) Legal Documents and Financial Reports
	4	Friends of the DeGolyer Estate (FODE), 1982
	5	Camp Estate
	6	Bath House Cultural Center
	7	City Arts Program
	8	Summary of Projected Project Costs of Furnishings
	9	Roof Repair, 1983
	10	Design and Furnishings, Proposals, 1983
	11	Furnishings
	12	House: Gifts to the City, 1980-1984
	13	Inventory City Property, 1984
	14	Inventory City Property, 1984
6	1	Friends of the DeGolyer Estate (FODE), Gifts to the House, 1980
	2	Maxson-McGhee Loan
	3	DeGolyer Foundation Loan, 1979-1981
	4	Loans DeGolyer family, 1979-1983
	5	Property Inventory by Location
	6	Property Inventory Furnishings and Artifacts
	7	Insurance
	8	Temporary Exhibit Loans of Property, 1979-1980
	9	Original trans and Receipt of Property forms
	10	Broken Lamp Claim, 1984
	11	Accession Book
	12	Conservation of Collections
	13	Department of Energy 1979 Building Temperature Restrictions
	14	Garden map
	15	Handicapped Access
	16	Furniture and Collections
	17	Visitation/Annual Statistics, 1977-1980
	18	Tapestries
	19	Plant list
	20	Interior Floor Plan
	21	Security and Fire Alarm
	22	Receipt Book, 1981-1984
	23	Refunds, FY 1981
	24	Cash Fund Report, 1981-1984
7	1	Hoblitzelle Grant Request, 1982
	2	Contributions, 1982-1983
	3	Correspondence: Mary Kay Cosmetics, 1982-1984
	4	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) - Budget Requests, 1986-1987
	5	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) - Budget Requests, 1987-1988
	6	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) - Budget Requests, 1987-1988
	7	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) - Budget Requests, 1988-1989
	8	Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Society (DABS) - Budget Requests, 1989-1990
	9	Financial Records - Accounting Book (photocopy)
	10	Financial Records, 1981-1984
	11	Financial Records, 1981-1984
8	1	Financial Records, 1983-1984
	2	Financial Records, 1981-1984
	3	Purchase Orders, 1980-1984
	4	Purchase Orders, 1980-1984
9	1	Photographs (black/white)
	2	Photographs (black/white), Exterior
	3	Photographs (black/white), Exterior
	4	Photographs (black/white), Furnishings
	5	Photographs (black/white), Furnishings
	6	Photographs (black/white), Theta Showcase
	7	Theta Showcase, negatives (black/white)
10	1	Slides (color)
	2	Negative (color)
	3	Photographs (color) Exterior
	4	Polaroid (color) artifacts
	5	Polaroid (color) artifacts
	6	Polaroid (color) artifacts
11		Oversized photographs (2)
12		Index Cards Property Inventory