C0144Gulf Oil Corporation Reston recordsGuide to the Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records C0144Gulf Oil Corporation Reston recordsEmily MartinGeorge Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center

2006

Fenwick Library, MS2FL4400 University Dr.Fairfax, Virginia 22030Business Number: 703-993-2220Fax Number: 703-993-8911speccoll@gmu.eduURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-01-28 07:02:17 -0500.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records Gulf Oil Corporation C0144 /repositories/2/resources/129 0.5 Linear Feet 1 box 1963 This collection of papers documents the investment of $4 million from the Gulf Oil Corporation for the purpose of developing Reston, Virginia. All of the records are dated September 11, 1963. The collection is small and all 14 folders are contained within a single document case. English Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records, C0144, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

 Acquisition Information

Donated by the Gulf Oil Corporation on October 16, 1989.

 Processing Information

The Gulf Oil Corporation Reston records were originally attached to the larger Planned Community Archives collection currently in the Special Collections Research Center. In 2009 the documents were removed and organized into a separate collection still housed in the Special Collections Research Center at George Mason University Libraries. The old box and folder numbers are also included as part of the new arrangement.

Processed in January 2009 by Emily Martin.

Historical Information

The Gulf Oil Corporation was founded in 1901 when oil was discovered in Spindletop, Texas. The company invested millions of dollars into the development of gasoline in the early Twentieth Century. By the early 1930s, it had grown into a major United States corporation. The corporation continued to grow into the 1960s.

During that time Gulf Oil became an investor into Robert E. Simon's planned community in Reston, Virginia. As one of his principal investors, Gulf Oil stepped in to save the project from bankruptcy in 1967. The Gulf Reston officials continued development of the New Town and for more than ten years encouraged a diversity in housing sizes, styles, and prices.

Scope and Content

This collection of papers documents the investment of $4 million from the Gulf Oil Corporation for the purpose of developing Reston, Virginia. All of the records are dated September 11, 1963. The collection is small and all 14 folders are contained within a single document case.

There is only series in this collection, and it consists of exhibit files. The series has the loan proposal from the Gulf Oil Corporation and each exhibit that was presented. There are 12 exhibits in all with an exhibit index in the first folder of the collection.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds the Planned Community Archives collection and other personal papers and organizational records that document Reston, Virginia, and other planned communities.

 Arrangement

Arranged into one series.

Series Series 1: Exhibit Files, 1963 (Box 1) Planned communities -- Virginia -- Reston Housing Reston (Va.) Planned communities Gulf Oil Corporation Series 1: Exhibit Files/repositories/2/archival_objects/398131963(1 box)Scope and Contents note

This is the only series in this collection with 14 folders included in the single document case. The series documents the proposal from the Gulf Oil Corporation and the 12 exhibits that were presented for the loan.

Exhibit Index/repositories/2/archival_objects/39814196311Scope and Contents note

171.1

Proposed loan for Palindrome/repositories/2/archival_objects/39815196312Scope and Contents note

171.2

Exhibit 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/39816196313Scope and Contents note

171.3

Exhibit 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/39817196314Scope and Contents note

171.4

Exhibit 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/39818196315Scope and Contents note

171.5

Exhibit 4/repositories/2/archival_objects/39819196316Scope and Contents note

171.6

Exhibit 5/repositories/2/archival_objects/39820196317Scope and Contents note

171.7

Exhibit 6/repositories/2/archival_objects/39821196318Scope and Contents note

171.8

Exhibit 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/39822196319Scope and Contents note

171.9

Exhibit 8/repositories/2/archival_objects/398231963110Scope and Contents note

171.10

Exhibit 9/repositories/2/archival_objects/398241963111Scope and Contents note

171.11

Exhibit 10/repositories/2/archival_objects/398251963112Scope and Contents note

171.12

Exhibit 11/repositories/2/archival_objects/398261963113Scope and Contents note

171.13

Exhibit 12/repositories/2/archival_objects/398271963114Scope and Contents note

171.14