University of Wyoming
Gernert was a Casper, Wyoming, petroleum engineer, who worked with the Texas Company from 1930 to 1947, and then with the Trigood Oil Company of Casper as general manager. He also served as director of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, and as president of the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association starting in 1952.
Collection consists mainly of Gernert's materials in relation to the Independent Petroleum Association of America and the Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Association, and his lobbying efforts on behalf of the petroleum industry. There are correspondence, reports, and speeches concerning petroleum conservation, legislation, and importation of petroleum.
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There are no known other archival collections created by H. B. Gernert at the date of processing.
This material was received from Helen Gernert from 1975-1976 and Ann Gernert Hicks in 2022.
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