Amarillo Helium Plant - References

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Aerial photo of the Amarillo Helium Plant, likely around the 1970s.

 

 

References

The Amarillo Helium Plant - Introduction

  • “Daryl Leachman oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_13_2000 - Daryl Leachman - 1A#C04B, 1B#ED0F, 2A#B8B1, and 2B#95F5.
  • Freeman, Carol, and Kay Sallee. “A Cultural Landscape Inventory – Phase I – Bureau of Land Management Properties: Amarillo Helium Plant, Exell Helium Plant, and the Landis Property.” Prepared for the US Bureau of Land Management, May 1999. From TxDOT archives.
  • Kleiner, Diana J. “Helium Production.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/helium-production.   
  • Peyton, Paige, PhD. “Amarillo Helium Plant Historic District.” National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form. Texas Historical Commission, Austin. Draft dated July 14, 2019.
  • “US Bureau of Mines, Helium Plants, Amarillo Helium Plant, 10001 Interchange 552, Amarillo, Potter County, TX.” Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Documentation compiled after 1968. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HAER TX-105-A), https://www.loc.gov/item/tx0974/.
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Helium Activity. “Annual Report: FY 1967.” No publisher, 1967. From TxDOT archives. 

National Defense and the Aerospace Industry

  • “Amarillo Helium Plant Information Gathering Form: Marilyn Johnson completed by Cox McLain Environmental Consulting, Amarillo, Texas, 2019.” From TxDOT archives.
  • “Dale Bippus oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives. File 09_18_2000 - Dale Bippus - 1A#FD37.
  • “Guy Thibodaux oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_08_2000 - Guy Thibodaux#2AAA.
  • Helium Centennial: Committee from Government and Industry. “Helium Fact Sheet” [Press Release]. No publisher, no date. From TxDOT research archives.
  • “In what ways is helium used on modern launch vehicles?” SpaceExplorationBeta. Accessed April 7, 2021. https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/46112/in-what-ways-is-helium-u....
  • Kleiner, Diana J. “Helium Production.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/helium-production.   
  • Lakey, Sherrel J. “B-29 Super Fortress” [photo]. 1944. From the Library of Congress, Control No. 2017868670, https://www.loc.gov/item/2017868670/.
  • NASA. nasa.gov. Various documents.
  • Peyton, Paige, PhD. “Amarillo Helium Plant Historic District.” National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form. Texas Historical Commission, Austin, submitted July 14, 2019.
  • TxDOT Time Capsule Event, Amarillo, 2018. Various scanned documents.
  • “US Bureau of Mines, Helium Plants, Amarillo Helium Plant, 10001 Interchange 552, Amarillo, Potter County, TX.” Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Documentation compiled after 1968. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HAER TX-105-A), https://www.loc.gov/item/tx0974/.
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Helium Activity. “Annual Report: 1960.” No publisher, 1960. From TxDOT archives. 
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Helium Activity. “Annual Report: FY 1967.” No publisher, 1967. From TxDOT archives. 
  • US Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines. “Region VI: Helium Plants Book II. No publisher, no date. From the TxDOT Time Capsule Event, Amarillo, 2018, File MULT.TCE.DOC.1950s0000.Book II.pdf.

Employee Work and Life

  • “Kids, Inc. Korner.” Amarillo Globe Times, May 23, 1973.
  • “Meet...Vivian Salazar, Reporter.” Amarillo Globe Times, April 2, 1973.
  • “Salazar Heads Amarillo Board.” Amarillo Globe Times, May 12, 1976.
  • “Amarillo Helium Plant Information Gathering Form: Marilyn Johnson, completed by Cox McLain Environmental Consulting, Amarillo, Texas, 2019.” From TxDOT archives.
  • Anderson, H. Allen. “Exell Helium Plant.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed April 13, 2021. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/exell-helium-plant.
  • “Beverly Dalton Briggs.” Find A Grave. Accessed April 15, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/81484286/beverly-briggs.
  • “Beverly Dalton Briggs” [obituary]. The Washington Post, May 2, 2001. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/05/02/obituaries/8a5bf....
  • Census records. Various Years. From ancestry.com.
  • City Directories. Various Years. From ancestry.com.
  • “CF David oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_17_2000 - CF David - A#3DC5, transcript.
  • “Dale Bippus oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_18_2000 - Dale Bippus - 1A#FD37.
  • “Daryl Leachman oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_13_2000 - Daryl Leachman - 1A#C04B, 1B#ED0F, 2A#B8B1, and 2B#95F5.
  • “Dave Cornelius oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_18_2000 - Dave Cornelius - 2A#C222.
  • “Harold Rhodes oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_17_2000 - Harold Rhodes - 1A#1DF7.
  • Historic Sites Atlas. Various records. From the Texas Historical Commission, https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/.
  • “Jim Vines oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_19_2000 - Jim Vines.
  • “John Litchfield oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_14_2000 - John Litchfield - B#5791.
  • Kleiner, Diana J. “Helium Production.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/helium-production.   
  • National Park Service, Santa Fe. “An Inventory of the Buildings at the Amarillo and Exell Helium Plants, Texas.” 1999.
  • “Norma J. Snyder oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_14_2000 - Norma J Snyder#5020.
  • Seibel, Clifford W. Helium: Child of the Sun. Lawrence: The University Press of Kansas, 1968.
  • Smith, Tiffany Leigh. “4-F: The Forgotten Unfit of the American Military.” Master’s thesis, Texas Woman’s University, 2013. From Texas Woman’s University, https://twu-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/11274/325/2013SmithTiffanyOCR.pd....
  • US Civil Service Commission Medical Division. “A Guide for the Placement of the Physically Handicapped” [annual serial]. Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1949. From Google Books, https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=cyKmUWKEdUwC&rdid=book-cy....
  • “US Bureau of Mines, Helium Plants, Exell Helium Plant, Highway 287N, Masterson, Moore County, TX.” Site development drawing. Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Documentation compiled after 1968. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HAER TX-105-B), https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.tx0975.sheet/?sp=3&st=single.
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. “Region VI: Helium Plants Book II. No publisher, no date. From the TxDOT Time Capsule Event, Amarillo, 2018, File MULT.TCE.DOC.1950s0000.Book II.pdf.
  • US Public Records Collection. Various records. From familysearch.org. 

Helium Production Process and Technology

  • Anderson, H. Allen. “Amarillo, TX.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed June 17, 2021. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/amarillo-tx.  
  • “CF David oral history interview conducted by the Bureau of Land Management, Amarillo, Texas, 1998.” From TxDOT archives, File 09_17_2000 - CF David - A#3DC5.
  • Freeman, Carol, and Kay Sallee. “A Cultural Landscape Inventory – Phase I – Bureau of Land Management Properties: Amarillo Helium Plant, Exell Helium Plant, and the Landis Property.” Prepared for the US Bureau of Land Management, May 1999. From TxDOT archives.
  • Helium Centennial: Committee from Government and Industry. “Helium Fact Sheet” [Press Release]. No publisher, no date. From TxDOT archives, Amarillo Helium Plant Event at Helium Monument Time Capsule Reveal Collection, File No. MULT.TCE.DOC.19680000.DSC_0439-0458.
  • Kleiner, Diana J. “Helium Production.” Handbook of Texas Online. Accessed February 26, 2021. https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/helium-production.   
  • National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland. Various records.
  • National Park Service. “An Inventory of the Buildings at the Amarillo and Exell Helium Plants, Texas.” Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1999. Reproduced in Peyton, “Amarillo Helium Plant Historic District.”
  • Peyton, Paige, PhD. “Amarillo Helium Plant Historic District.” National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form. Texas Historical Commission, Austin, submitted July 14, 2019.
  • “US Bureau of Mines, Helium Plants, Amarillo Helium Plant, 10001 Interchange 552, Amarillo, Potter County, TX.” Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, US Department of the Interior, Documentation compiled after 1968. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HAER TX-105-A), https://www.loc.gov/item/tx0974/.
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Helium Activity. “Annual Report: 1960.” No publisher, 1960. From TxDOT archives. 
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Helium Activity. “Annual Report: FY 1967.” No publisher, 1967. From TxDOT archives. 
  • US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines. Various records. From TxDOT archives.