Box PJ 5
Container
Contains 85 Collections and/or Records:
Flood Control Projects: Barnett (Barnitz) Creek, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_1_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: opposition to the proposed dam on Barnett (Barnitz) Creek.
Flood Control Projects: Boswell Reservoir/Boggy Creek/Kiamichi River, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_2_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: pros and cons concerning the proposed dams at Boswell, on Boggy Creek and on the Kiamichi River.
Flood Control Projects: Rio Grande, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_3_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: favor for the construction of dams on the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes.
Flood Control Projects: Oklahoma, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_4_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Mannford project; Little River flood control; Canton Dam; Fort Gibson Dam; Hulah Dam; Wister Dam; Denison Dam; Fall River Dam; Hutchinson Levees; Tenkiller Ferry Dam; Jenks Levees; Wichita and Valley Center Levees; the Altus Project; the Washita Basin Project; the Arkansas Basin Report; the Red River Basin Report; the Grand River Reservoir; Cole Creek Dam; the Deep Fork River log dam near Chandler; Millwood Dam; Arkansas River near Kaw, Oklahoma; Keystone Dam; Foss Dam; dam near...
Flood Control Projects: Out of State, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_5_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Wichita, Kansas flood control; opposition from Trenton, Missouri to the Hickory Reservoir; Garrison Dam in North Dakota; St. John's River improvements from Palatka to Lake Harney, Florida; Rockland Dam Project, Texas; Farmington Reservoir Project, California.
Flood Control Projects: Engineers Reports, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_6_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Big Canyon on Washita River; Deep Red Run; Big Elk Creek; Little Elk Creek; Salt Fork; Elm Creek; Saddle Mountain Creek; Turkey Creek; Red River downstream from Denison Dam; Arkansas River and tributaries; Grand River improvements; dry Cimarron River, New Mexico; Kenton reservoir; Cimarron River; Fort Gibson Dam and Reservoir; Hulah Dam and Reservoir.
Flood Control Projects: Elmer Thomas Materials, 1946
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_7_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Mannford Dam; Red River and tributaries; Ponca City flood control; Fort Gibson Dam; Wister Dam; Canton Dam; Hulah Dam; Denison Dam; Optima Reservoir; Tenkiller Ferry; Jenks Levee; Altus Project; Boulder Canyon Project, Nevada; Polecat Creek flood control; Haskell flood control.
Flood Control Projects: Little River, 1947
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_8_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: proposed dam in the Little River Basin.
Flood Control Projects, undated
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_9_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Washita River flood control; Arkansas Basin improvement; dams on the Kiamichi and Boggy Rivers; Eufaula Dam; Canton Dam; Fort Gibson; Hulah; Jenks Levee; Polecat Creek; Tenkiller; Wister; Mississippi River Valley; Ohio River Valley; dams on Little River; North Canadian River flood control; Lavon Dam; Blue Mountain Dam; St. Lawrence Seaway.
Flood Control Projects: Data, 1947
File — Box: PJ 5, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_5_10_0000
Scope and Contents
Most of the material in the Thomas Collection was created during his senatorial years. Because Thomas served over half of his years in the Senate during the Great Depression and World War II, the collection is an excellent source on the history of the nation and Oklahoma during the 1930s and 1940s. The files reflect the national debate over these two major crises and include opinions of colleagues, figures in the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration, and other prominent personalities. Because...