Box 6
Container
Contains 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence opposing S. 749. Includes resolutions. Correspondence includes copy of letter to Elmer Thomas.
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 61
Identifier: CAC_CC_050_3.1_6_61_1
Scope and Contents
The Stigler Collection contains slightly more than 12 cubic feet of material covering the dates 1934-1952. Most of these items were generated during the congressional years, and there is little documenting the congressman's legal and state political careers or his personal life. While this collection reflects Stigler's interests in agriculture and flood control in Oklahoma, there is a significant amount of material on his concern with legislation affecting Indians not only in Oklahoma but also...
S. 749: "To amend the Act of December 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1080), relating to estates of certain deceased Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma, and for other purposes" (Elmer Thomas - Oklahoma). Seventy-ninth Congress; First Session, 1945
Item — Box: 6, Folder: 61
Identifier: CAC_CC_050_3.1_6_61_2
Scope and Contents
Committee on Indian Affairs. [The bill gave the Secretary of the Interior exclusive jurisdiction to determine heirship for Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes.]
Five Civilized Tribes - Estates, 1945-1946
File — Box: 6, Folder: 61
Identifier: CAC_CC_050_3.1_6_61_0000
Scope and Contents
The Stigler Collection contains slightly more than 12 cubic feet of material covering the dates 1934-1952. Most of these items were generated during the congressional years, and there is little documenting the congressman's legal and state political careers or his personal life. While this collection reflects Stigler's interests in agriculture and flood control in Oklahoma, there is a significant amount of material on his concern with legislation affecting Indians not only in Oklahoma but also...