Correspondence and business records related to formation and activities of an investment syndicate in the Cosden Oil Co., a petroleum extraction and refinement company operating in Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and other states, headed by Cosden & Company founder Joshua S. Cosden, the preeminent figure in the history of the petroleum industry in Oklahoma. Partly as a result of declining revenues and state industrial regulations, Cosden Oil Co. went into receivership in 1931 and was reorganized as the Cosden Oil Corporation in 1932

Includes solicitations from Raskob to join investment syndicate, investors included P.S. du Pont, Walter Chrysler; J.A.Sisto, and Harold Talbott, Jr.; syndicate agreement; inquiries and receipts for sales and purchases of stock between members, and reports on syndicate finances; status reports on exploration and extraction activities; press clippings and analyst reports; Delaware incorporation certificate for Cosden & Co. Inc., and Cosden Oil Co.; Cosden Oil Co. reports to stockholders and other notices

Statements of trading accounts and records of stock sales and purchases; reports on oil extraction and exploration; correspondence from Cosden Oil Co. receivers, concerning payments to creditors and lawsuits against the company, with lists of liens and creditors; letters from receivers to stockholders, concerning reorganization of company, and memoranda from stockholder's protective committee

Financial statements and agreements with creditors; correspondence regarding negotiations of reorganization plan; receiver's fees and legal fees related to reorganization; organization of Cosden Oil Corporation as successor to Cosden Oil Co.; correspondence and legal memoranda related to complaint from creditor Merrick Drilling Company; correspondence concerning negotiations with Conoco

Financial statements and correspondence related to operations of the reorganized company

Memoranda and correspondence concerning negotiation of the Cosden Oil Co. plan of reorganization

Financial statements; consolidated income statements, including operating revenue, refinery and production expenses; monthly asset and liability statements; memoranda on corporate organization and history