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Dismissed with Prejudice (Mss. Gr. 146)

University of Rhode Island Library, University Archives and Special Collections

15 Lippitt Road
Kingston, RI 02881-2011
Tel: 401-874-4632

email: archives@etal.uri.edu

Inventory

Inventory

Series 1. Court Documents
Series I contains court records of Commerce Oil Refining Corp. v. William W. Miner et al. and the counterclaim suit. There is a cover letter to Dr. Miner from Cornelius C. Moore accompanying the opinion. The records are arranged basically in chronological order.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Hearing and opinion, copy
 1957 Nov 4, 1958 Feb 7
Box 1, Folder 2 Hearing and opinion, original facsimiles
 1957 Nov 4, 1958 Feb 7
Box 1, Folder 3 Dockets
 1957, 1961
Box 1, paper bound Brief on Behalf of Plaintiff
 1958
Box 1, paper bound Opinion of Counterclaim, Copy
 1959 Jan 5
Box 1, paper bound Record Appendix to Brief for Appellant v.1-5
 1959 Oct
Box 2, paper bound Record Appendix to Brief for Appellant v.6, c.1, c.2
 1959 Oct
Box 2, paper bound Brief for Appellees
 1959 Oct
Box 2, paper bound Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United Stated Court of Appeals
 1960 Oct
Box 2, paper bound Appendices to Petition For Certiorari
 1960 Oct
Box 2, paper bound Reply Brief and Argument for the Defendants
 1958

Series 2. Correspondence and Supporting Documents
Series II contains the correspondence of the Jamestown Protective Association (JPA), rosters, a prospectus of Commerce Oil Refinery Corp., and pamphlets. Of note (in folder 8) is a reprint from the April 1958 issue of Fortune Magazine entitled "The Battle of the Jamestown Refinery," by Samuel W. Bryant and a copy of a photograph of one of many "refinery, no" signs posted along Conanicut Island's coast for the benefit of the visiting President Eisenhower (see McGaughan, p. 66).

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 3 Accidents in Petroleum Refineries
 1958 Dec
Box 2, Folder 4 JPA and Dr. William W. Miner: Correspondence.
1956-1959
Box 2, Folder 5 Membership Lists, drafts of rosters
 undated
Box 2, Folder 6 Prospectus Commerce Oil Refining Corp., copy
1957
Box 2, Folder 7 Prospectus Commerce Oil Refining Corp., original
 1957
Box 2, Folder 8 Reprints, The Battle of Jamestown Refinery, Pamphlet entitled "Warning!", flyer from JPA, copy of photograph
 1956-1957

Series 3. News Clippings
Series III contains copies of news clippings of the conflict and the ensuing court battle. These are copies; the originals were retained by the donor.

Container Description Date
Box 2, Folder 9 News clippings
 1956-1960
oversized folder, 10 News clippings
 1956-1958