Identity area
Reference code
CA ACU GBA F2999
Title
Robert Adair fonds
Date(s)
- 1964-2007 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Nichols Adair, 1922-2007, was born in Maysville, Kentucky, USA. He was educated at the Kentucky Military Institute and Cornell University. He started in the oil industry in Texas in 1946 and moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1950. He worked for Stanolind Oil and Pathfinder Oil and Gas before forming his own companies, R.N. Adair Oil Management and Zorayda Oil Company. He started writing the R. Adair Oil Memorandum (a weekly publication) for a client in 1964 and published it until his death in 2007.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Zorayda Oil, 2010.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The fonds consists of the R. Adair Oil Memorandum (with indexes).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
The material is in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
No finding aid.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of records.