LAGO COLONY (ARUBA)
ARCHIVES, 1920s-2007.
(circa 6 ft.)
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Cite as: Lago Colony (Aruba) Archives,
the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
[AR 2006-214; 2007-121; 2007-122; 2007-168;
2007-172]:
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HISTORICAL SKETCH:
[Forthcoming]
SCOPE AND CONTENTS:
Printed material, news
clippings, maps, scrapbooks, photographs, books, and other items
document the Lago Colony, a community on the east end of Aruba, that
developed around the oil refinery operated by Lago Oil & Transport
Company, Ltd.
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INVENTORY:
Accession #2006-214
Donated by Ginger Bassett
LAGO COLONY
(ARUBA) ARCHIVES
Books
2.227W/132 Curacao and
Aruba on Guard; Author: W. Robert Moore; Publisher: National
Geographic Magazine, February 1943
History of Standard Oil Company New Jersey: Pioneering in Big Business;
Author: Ralph W. Hidy and Muriel E. Hidy; Publisher: Harper Brothers NY
History of Standard Oil Company (NJ) 1911-1927 – The Resurgent Years;
Author: George Sweet Gibb and Evelyn H. Knowlton; Publisher: Harper and
Brothers NY
History of Standard Oil Company (NJ) New Horizon 1927-1950; Author:
Henrietta M. Larson, Evelyn H. Knowlton, and Charles S. Popple;
Publisher: Harper and Row
The
History of the Standard Oil Company, Volumes I and II; Author: Ida
M. Tarbell; Publisher: McClure, Phillips & Co.
Holland in the Caribbean; Author: Jams Cerruti, ast editor;
Publisher: National Geographic, January 1970
Manual of Oil and Gas Terms; Author: Howard R. Williams and Charles
J. Meyers; Publisher: Matthew Bender & Cmpany
Oil
For Victory – The Story of Petroleum in War and Peace; Author:
Editors of LOOK; Publisher: Whittlesey House, a Division of McGraw-Hill
Book Company, Inc
Oil
Power; Author: Carl Solberg; Publisher: Msn/Charter NY
Petroleum in Venezuela, A History; Author: Edwin Lieuwen; Publisher:
University of California press, Berkeley and Los Angeles
Pioneers in Oil Cracking; Author: Robert E. Wilson; Publisher:
Newcomen Society Address
The
Railroads of Aruba and Curacao; Author: Lee A Dew; Publisher: Wyt –
Rotterdam
The
Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company; Author: Gilbert
Holland Montague; Publisher: New York and London Harper & Brothers
St.
Theresa’s San Nicolas 1931-1971; Author: G. Van Veen
Standard Oil Company (Indiana) – Oil Pioneer of the Middle West;
Author: Paul H. Giddens; Publisher: Appleton Centuy Crofts, Inc NY.
Standard Oil Company (NJ) in World War II; Author: Charles Sterling
Popple; Publisher: Standard Oil Company (NJ)
The
State and the Emergence of the British Oil Industry; Author:
Geoffrey Jones; Publisher: The MacMillan Press LD
Lago Oil &
Transport Company, Ltd.
Aruba
ESSO News May 1982 (Volume 42 – Number 4)
Aruba
ESSO News, 40 Years of Refining at Anja di Refinacion na
Hydrodesulfurization Complex, Lago Oil & Transport Company, Ltd. Aruba,
Netherlands Antilles
Drawing
of Lago Refinery – no information available
Born
To Be Queen; Author: Betty Hoffman; Publisher: Lago’s Public
Relations Department
“Private
Flying in Aruba” – an article in ESSO Air World Volume 6 Number 6
Refinery
safety photographs, 1960-1961
2.227W/131 Lago cartoons by
Carl Baumann, circa 1950s
Miscellaneous
2.227W/131 Beverly Couch
items, 1930s-1942
2.227W/132 Charles Stuart
items, 1950s
Photographs
2.227W/132 Walter Beyer [2
prints w/letter]
2.227W/131 Springer family
[Dorothy, Sandy, Janet], 1941-1945 [2 prints]
2.227W/132 Reunion, 1997
Schools
2.227W/131 Pan-O-Ram
high school annuals, 1943 [photocopy], 1948-1949, 1951-1960
Update
on class of 1954
First
10 years of classes 1935-44 (written by Lynn Colby (class of 41) at
the time of their 50th class reunion.
Social and
civic organizations
2.227W/132 American Legion
Auxiliary
Cookbook, circa 1946
World War II
2.227W/132 German U-Boat
156 Brought War to Aruba February 16, 1942 – 60th Anniversary
edition by William C. Hochstuhl, 2002
Accession # 2007-121
Donated by Ginger Bassett
LAGO COLONY
(ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.207/M1 Aruba Flying Club,
1952-2002
Aruba
publications, 1934-1992
Album
van Het Eiland - Aruba Nederlandsch West-Indie, 1934
Aruba
[tourism book], 1962
Aruba: brief bits on one of the blue Caribbean’s sunshine isles,
1957
Aruba
Gold by Dan Jensen, 1992
Aruba
Netherlands Antilles in full natural color, n.d.
Aruba
Past and Present by Johan Hartog, 1961
Aruba
Pictorial with 50 color photographs, n.d.
Aruba
with 30 color plates, n.d.
Aruban Annals by Chaplain Rings, n.d.
Birds
and Fish of the Netherlands Antilles, 1956
The
Netherlands West Indies by Willem van de Poll, 1951
Souvenir Album: Royal Visit to Aruba, 1955
2.207/M2 Devil’s Island
Escapes, circa 1950
Directories
Bungalow
directories, 1958-1962 [incomplete]
Lago Oil &
Transport Company, Ltd.
2.207/M7
Aruba Esso
News, 1942-1983
2.207/G215D Calendars, 1950-1970
2.207/M8 Corporate
publications, 1946-1958
Correspondence and other documents, 1930s-1960s
Telephone directories, 1958-1981 [incomplete]
2.207/M2 Local Newspapers [Netherland
Antilles News, The Local, The Sun], 1952-1989
News
clippings, 1939-1960, n.d.
Papiamentu
[Aruban language], 1945, 1955
Photographs
2.207/G215E Aerial [eastern end
of Aruba], 1990
2.207/M9 Albums,
1930s-1980s
2.207/M2 Road Maps, 1963 [2]
Rogers Beach
Schools
The
First Ten Years, 1935-44 . . . On the Occasion of the 50th
Anniversary of the Class of 1941, 1991
Handbook of Information for Patrons, 1948
Annuals
1942-1947
2.207/M3 1949-1976
Pan-O-Ram [school
newspaper], 1948-1961 [incomplete]
Lago Community School:
miscellaneous, 1938-1991
Social and
civic organizations, 1931-1988
2.207/M4 World War II, circa
1941-1945
Accession # 2007-122
Donated by Dan Jensen
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.207/M5 Aruba Fraternal
Association
Aruba
Chronicle, January 2007
Books
The
Rise and Progress of the Standard Oil Company, pub. July 1903
Short
History of Aruba, Dr. J. Hartog
Aruba
Travel Book, 1976
ARUBA.
A picture book, published around 1960.
Aruba
History, written by Lago
Churches
Lago
Community Church Program. July 10, 1955
Lago
Community Church, Sunday School promotion certificate, June 1948
Lago
Community Church, Mother’s Day Program.
2.207/G215F DVDs
Lago-Colony web site, Sept. 16, 2005; May 14, 2006 (2)
Aruba
[Homer Waits], 1940s
Aruba
slides and photographs [Bob Schlageter]
Lago
Colony and Refinery Map [Stan Norcom], 1954
Miscellaneous Aruba items [Stan Norcom]
Family
memories and home movies [Capt. Rodgers], 1936.
Aruba
home movies [Ken Brown via his daughter Vicki Markle], circa 1942
[includes footage of U. S. Troops on parade after arrival in 1942]
2.207/M5 Lago Oil & Transport
Company, Ltd.
Aruba
Esso News
March 1, 1958 [Princess Beatrix visits Lago]
August 11, 1962
Residential and Community Information, 1963
Caribbean Careers, published by Lago, July 1952
Lago
calendars, 1959-1962
Foreign
Staff Elected Representatives’ Party, December 6, 1947
Telegram
to Secretary of State reporting torpedo attack on Tankers, February 16,
1942.
Table of
Annual Allied & Axis Crude Oil Production, 1939-1945
Refinery
badge [Spitzer]
1964
Telephone Directory
Maps
Aruba
Road Map, circa 2000
Early
road map [hand drawn; Esso Club Fair souvenir], 1948
Lago
Colony map by Al Leak.
Memoirs and
biographies
The
Life and Times of a Wanderer, William Reuben White [former Lago
employee]
Mr. Jan
Koster’s story of how he came to Aruba from Holland. He came to Aruba
as a Blacksmith and ended up the foreman for the Paint Department. He
retired in the USA.
Miscellaneous
Bronze
medallion as souvenir for Jul 4, 1934
Bill
Moyer items
Pan
Aruban, June 22, 1929 First Issue. Vol. 1 No. 1
Music and
Theater
The
Cotton Blossom Minstrels
Jose
Iturbi photograph and signed program
Annual
Music Festival program, May 27/8, 1949
Jenie
play program, March 1947
La
Fiesta program, n.d.
5
Programs of shows presented by the Aruba Art Circle
Papiamentu
Textbook
Photographs
Oranjestad, Aruba, 1907
1954
Lago calendar mounted on gray paper.
Lago
Promotional Photographs, Girls on the beach. +- 1957
Students
leaving Aruba on KLM.
Canteen
Picnic, Dos Playas
Queen
Juliana’s visit at the airport, Oct. 1955
Juniro
Church, 1954
Girl
Mariners, 1956
Joe
Carroll photographs with description sheet
Photographs from Mingus.
Assorted
Photographs in USP Priority Mail Envelope
Postcards
[Aruba]
Schools
Lago
High School
Christmas Program, 1949, 1956
Graduation programs, 1949, 1952
Pan-O-Ram annuals CD [Stan Norcom], 1946-1961
Pan-O-Ram Weekly, 1949-1951
Track and Field programs, 1955-1956
Sporting
events
Lago
Sport Park Olympiad, 1956-1957
Travel
Red D
Line passenger list, [arrival in New York City], June 17, 1936
Accession # 2007-168
Donated by Bobby Lewis for Billy Sue (Miller)
Lewis
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
Books
The
Netherlands West Indies, 1951
Chronicles
Goose
Creek, Texas, to Aruba [scrapbook], 1917-1942
Day by
Day chronicle of Lago Community activities, 1924-1960
Community
The
Pan Aruban, 1934, 1936, 1943, 1962-1963 [photocopies]
Identification cards
Lago
Community gate pass
Gladys
Miller Aruba driver’s license, 1952
Photographs
Photograph of 1939 Lago High School “football team”
Miscellaneous Lago photographs
Billy
Sue Miller’s family photographs in Lago Colony
Lago
Community facility photographs
Miscellaneous Aruba photographs
Schools
Lago
High School
Lago school pupil list, 1952
Lago High School promotion exercises, 1953
Social and
civic organizations
Woman’s
Club
Tested Recipes [compiled by home arts division], 1935
Youth
organizations
Girl
Scouts
Certificates/log, 1950-1951
Girl Scout Troop #4 One Act Play, 1954
Accession #2007-172Donated by
Ginger Bassett
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
Aruba Fraternal Association
Aruba Chronicle, 1976-2007
Churches
The Church Chronicle,
1957-1973
Accession #2007-230
Donated by Frank Binetti
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.207/M6 Book
Aruba: Island of eternal spring by Dr. Harald
Busch, 1961
CDs
Aruba Maps [various scanned maps], 1885, 1950s-1970s [2 CDs]
Accession #2007-249
Donated by Dan Jensen
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.207/M6 Club Comment
[A Pan Am Club publication], Aug. 13, 1931
Pan Am Club
House Theater: Hands Up Presented by the Employees’ Association,
June 18, 1930
First
Production by the Little Theatre: The Bad Man, Aug. 1930
Music for
Aruba Waltzes sent in by Bill Moyer
Menu from the
Grace Line Santa Sofia
Life
article about torpedo that ended up on Eagle Beach and exploded while
being disarmed
History of
Aruba by staff of the Pan Aruban [donatedby Brenda Engle]
Bungalow
Directory, July 1, 1957
Royal
Visit: Photos of Dutch monarch’s visit to Aruba, Oct. 21-23, 1950
[donated by Francis (Teet) Mingus]
Souvenir Album
from the visit to Aruba by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard, Oct.
21-23, 1950
National
Archives and Records Administration information [regarding the payload
of the SS Henry Gibbins when the island was attacked and the ship
was docked]
Accession #2008-054
Donated by Ginger Bassett
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.203
Photographs
Album
containing approx. 400 photos documenting Lago Colony reunions,
1970s-1980s
4 large
format black and white prints depicting Aruba
Accession #2008-057
Donated by Dan Jensen
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.203 The
Pan-Aruban, Dec. 3, 1938
The Indians
of Aruba, 1989
Archaeological Investigations on Aruba: The Malmok Cemetery, 1990
Accession #2008-288
Donated by Ray Burson
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
2.203/shelves
Lago Community School Class of 1954 Fiftieth
Anniversary binder, 2003
When Lago Was Lucky: The U-Boat
Attack on Aruba by Ray Burson, 2006
Frank R. Burson’s Lago Oil
employment contract, 1936
U.S. Dept. of State records related to U-boat
attack [photocopies], 1942
Ink Spots, Christmas 1946
[student publication; photocopy]
Lago Softball - Summer of 1955 [info compiled
by Burson], n.d.
Lago Telephone Directory, Jan. 1957
Rotary
Club of Aruba program, Oct. 6, 1958
Aruba Esso News, March 28,
1959
Accession #2009-253
Donated by Dan Jensen
LAGO
COLONY (ARUBA) ARCHIVES
Books
2009-253/1 Papiamentu
Textbook by E. R. Goilo, 1972
An
Island Awayi by Daniel Putkowski, 2008
When Lago Was Lucky: The U-Boat Attack on
Aruba by Ray Burson, 2006
Aruba Holiday!,
undated
The Lago Story:
The Compelling Story of an Oil Company on the Island of Aruba by
Jorge R. Ridderstaat, 2007
The Lamp: 75th
Anniversary of Jersey Standard,
1957
2009-253/2 Website: www.lago-colony.com DVD, August 3,
2009
Lago Oil &
Transport Company, Limited
Aruba
Esso News, June 3, 1949
Telephone & Bungalow Directory [original and CD], 1948
Photograph
[reproduction]: U.S.S. Vincennes, January 1940
Grace Line
advertisement, 1951
Fay Cross
Keene
Lago
Colony cookbook [original and CD], undated
Photographs, undated
Stephen Keibler: photographs and papers [reproductions], 1948-1951
Billy
McNutt’s graduation speech, Class of ‘59
Duke Richey
papers [photocopies], 1943
Charlotte Life
Warden diary [transcript], August 1947 – February 1948
Accession #2010-074
Donated by Peter Henriksen
2010-074/1 Lago Oil & Transport
Company, Ltd.
Aruba: brief bits on one of the blue caribbean’s sunshine isles,
1957
Telephone Directory [2 copies], 1964
Residential and Community Information Seroe Colorado, 1960
Company brochures, 1952-1959
Aruba
telephone book, 1962
Bungalow
Directory, 1964
Accession #2010-188
Donated by Dan Jensen
2010-188/1 Website:
www.lago-colony.com DVD, April 9, 2010
Aruba Esso News, February 9, 1968, August 27, 1971
Bungalow
Directory, 1956
Lago
anniversary medallions, 1974, 1984
Books
A
History of Aruba, 1938
The
Lago Colony Legend: Our Stories III by James L. Lopez & Son, 2007
The
Propeller by Dan Jensen, 2009 |
