Herbert Blair Papers
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Scope and Content Note
The papers pertain to Blair's interests in the petroleum and refining industries, especially as they relate to the developments in Africa. The papers contain correspondence and reports, and the donor's arrangement has been preserved.
Dates
- 1934-1986
Creator
- Blair, John Herbert, 1908-1998 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Access Information
Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.
Use Information
No Use Restrictions Apply.
No Interlibrary Loan.
Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).
Biographical Note
John Herbert Blair, Jr. (1908-1998) was born in Lamar (Johnson County), Arkansas, to John Herbert Blair and Anna Lee Webber Blair. Blair received his master's degree in physical chemistry from Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College in Stillwater, Oklahoma, in 1934.
Blair began his career in the petroleum industry with the Atlantic Refining Company in Dallas, Texas, where he worked from 1938-1942. During World War II, Blair served as captain in the Army Air Corps with the Central African Division of the Air Transport Command. His duty was the reclamation of disapproved aviation fuel stored at stations throughout Africa.
In 1949, he became a member of the U.S. Department of Defense's Munitions Board, and by 1954, he was working for the Office of the Assistance Secretary of Defense in the Petroleum Logistics Division. While employed by the Defense Department, Blair made a diligent, yet unsuccessful, effort to coordinate and standardize fuel and other petroleum product usage among the various military petroleum departments.
Blair passed away in 1998.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 Boxes)
Arrangement of the Papers
Materials are arranged in keeping with Blair's arrangement.
Acquisition Information
The Herbert Blair Papers were donated to the Special Collections Department by Herbert Blair of Arlington, Virginia on March 10, 1987.
Processing Information
Processed by Anthony J. Wappel; completed in April 1989.
Updated by Adam Heien to add declassified map.
Creator
- Blair, John Herbert, 1908-1998 (Person)
Source
- Blair, John Herbert, 1908-1998 (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Herbert Blair Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Anthony J. Wappel
- Date
- 1989
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Department Repository
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444
specoll@uark.edu