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Additional resources for this
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Books and Print Resources:
These books are a good starting point:
Bates, James Leonard. The Origins of Teapot Dome. Urbana:
University of Illinois Press, 1963.
Noggle, Burl. Teapot Dome: Oil and Politics in the 1920's.
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1962.
For background on the oil industry in the West, look at this:
Sabin, Paul. Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940.
Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005.
Here are recent biographies of central figures in the scandal
and his exposure:
Calvin Coolidge:
Ferrell, Robert H. The Presidency of Calvin Coolidge.
Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, c1998.
Edward L. Doheny:
Ansell, Martin R. Oil Baron of the Southwest: Edward L. Doheny
and the Development of the Petroleum Industry in California and
Mexico. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1998.
Davis, Margaret L. The Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and
Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny. Berkeley
and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1998.
Albert Fall:
Stratton, David H. Tempest over Teapot Dome: The Story of
Albert B. Fall. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1998.
Warren G. Harding:
Sinclair, Andrew. The Available Man; The Life Behind the
Masks Of Warren Gamaliel Harding. New York: Macmillan, 1965.
Murray, Robert K. The Harding Era: Warren G. Harding and
his Administration. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota
Press, 1969.
Gifford Pinchot:
Fausold, Martin L. Gifford Pinchot, Bull Moose Progressive.
Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 1961.
McGeary, M. Nelson. Gifford Pinchot, Forester-Politician.
Princeton, N.J., Princeton University Press, 1960.
Thomas J. Walsh:
Bates, J. Leonard. Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana: Law
and Public Affairs, From TR to FDR. Urbana: University of
Illinois Press, c1999.
This article on Congressional investigation of the scandal also
provides good primary sources:
Diner, Hasia. “Teapot Dome, 1924.” In Congress
Investigates: A Documented History, 1792-1974. Ed. Arthur
M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Roger Burns. New York: Chelsea House,
1983, vol. 4:3-19.
This will be helpful in finding more material on the Supreme
Court rulings related to Teapot Dome:
Renstrom, Peter G. The Taft Court: Justices, Rulings, and
Legacy. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, c2003.
These lesson plans from the OAH Magazine of History
may come in handy:
Kneeshaw, Stephen. “The 1920s and 1970s: Introducing Comparative
History into the Classroom.” vol. (Summer-Fall 1988): 13-15.
Very interesting utilization of the lessons and records of the
Teapot Dome and Watergate scandals.
Ritchie, Donald A. “What Makes a Successful Congressional
Investigation?” vol. 12 (Summer 1998):20-25 Sum 1998. Extensive
attention to the contributions of the Teapot Dome investigators.
Of course, I can’t resist recommending one of my favorite
works of American “popular” history:
Sullivan, Mark. Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925
(6 vols). New York: Scribner's Sons, 1926-35. Volume 6.
Internet Resources:
Bennett, Leslie E. “One Lesson from History: Appointment
of Special Counsel and the Investigation of the Teapot Dome Scandal.”
Interesting study from the Brookings Institute, 1999.
http://www.brookings.edu/gs/ic/TeapotDome/teapotdome.htm
The Department of Energy website provides useful material on
the Naval Petroleum Reserve program:
Petroleum Reserves
http://fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/npr/
“Sale of the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve”
http://fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/npr/npr_elkhills_sale.html
“The Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves - 90 Years
of Ensuring the National Security”
http://fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/npr/npr-90years.html
History Central has a useful set of pages on the 1924 election:
http://www.historycentral.com/elections/1924.html
Because so much of the graphic material from the mid and late
1920s is still under copyright protection, pickings are scarce
on the web. You’ll see this cartoon offered over and over
and over again:
http://encarta.msn.com/media_461520881_761573988_-1_1/teapot_dome_cartoon.html
You’ll have better luck with the illustrations in Our Times.
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