'Dickson 1 + 2 (Kuwait history)', audio recording of Sampson in conversation with Violet Penelope Dickson, widow of Lieut-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (1881-1959), chief local representative of the Kuwait Oil Company Ltd
MS. Sampson dep. 264/5
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Title
'Dickson 1 + 2 (Kuwait history)', audio recording of Sampson in conversation with Violet Penelope Dickson, widow of Lieut-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (1881-1959), chief local representative of the Kuwait Oil Company Ltd
Shelfmark
MS. Sampson dep. 264/5
Summary
Relates to her personal recollections of the discovery of oil in Kuwait, the bidding for the rights among oil companies, and changes in lifestyle in Kuwait.
Running time: 01:25:01 hours.
Date
[c.1977]
Language
English
Physical facet
Format: compact audio cassette
Physical extent
1 item
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Collection contents
Material relating to publications
Books
Material relating to The Seven Sisters: The great oil companies and the world they made (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1975)
'Dickson 1 + 2 (Kuwait history)', audio recording of Sampson in conversation with Violet Penelope Dickson, widow of Lieut-Colonel Harold Richard Patrick Dickson (1881-1959), chief local representative of the Kuwait Oil Company Ltd
