Letter from the Dept. of the Army to Universal Drilling RE: Reception of brochure and photographs of offshore drilling unit, 1958

This collection contains information primarily pertaining to Roussel's new drilling barge, "Mr. Louie," including correspondence, notes, programs, newspaper clippings, receipts, ephemera, printed matter, and photographs. It also includes a few invitations to christenings of other barges, miscellaneous ribbons, Roussel's ancestor chart, obituaries for Roussel and his wife, and two volumes of his autobiography, "Friends, Enemies, & Victims." The collection also contains a model of Roussel's patented hydraulic jack along with a plaque recognizing his invention. Items separate from the manuscripts include a poster of a modern oil derrick, a watercolor and model of the "Mr. Louie" drilling platform, and a replica of an oil-exploration drill bit.