War Defense Projects (Proposed and Actual), Creek County, General, Holdenville, Pontotoc County, Pottawatomie County, and Seminole County, 1940-1946

File — Box: 12, Folder: 5

Identifier: CAC_CC_007_2_12_5_0000

Staff Only

Quote in letter to John S. Malone on February 21, 1942: "Too many people have been asking too long 'what has my government done for me' instead of 'what have I done for my government.'" Note the similarity between this statement and John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. Topics include Elmer Thomas, United States Army, United States Civil Aeronautics Authority, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, United States War Production Board, airports in Shawnee (Okla.), aluminum industry and trade in Shawnee (Okla.), butadiene industry in Seminole (Okla.), defense industries in Oklahoma, defense industries in Wewoka (Okla.), gliders (aeronautics), gunpowder industry in Chouteau (Okla.), military bases in Shawnee (Okla.), military bases in Stringtown (Okla), military camps in Bristow (Okla.), military supplies in Seminole County (Okla.), rubber industry and trade in Oklahoma, synthetic fuels industry in Sapulpa (Okla.), tents in Sapulpa (Okla.), Ada (Okla.), Holdenville (Okla.), Maud (Okla.), Oklahoma Politics and government, Shawnee (Okla.), Stratford (Okla.), United States defenses, shell loading plant in Allen (Okla.), and shell loading plant in Konowa (Okla.). Correspondents include Beech Aircraft Corporation, University of Oklahoma, Fred Brawner, Dial Currin, Galen Dunn, Sam Sheehan, and Updike Awning Company.