Box PJ 8
Container
Contains 92 Collections and/or Records:
Lake Texoma, 1947
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_1_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: location of recreational areas around Lake Texoma and who is in charge of same.
Lake Texoma, 1948
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_2_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: transmission wire; money for improvements around Lake Texoma.
Lake Texoma, 1949
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_3_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: bridge across Lake Texoma; the management of the lake; the dedication of the lake; transmission wire; the improvement of land adjacent to the lake.
Lake Texoma, 1950
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_4_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence ; control of Lake Texoma returned to the U.S. Corps of Engineers; a bridge across the lake; leasing of property adjacent to Lake Texoma; Washita River silt filling upper Lake Texoma.
Land Utilization Project, 1936
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_5_0000
Scope and Contents
Report: "Preliminary Proposal for Land Use Adjustment Project and Rural Resettlement Project-Kiowa, Greer, and Jackson Counties, State of Oklahoma, Region VIII."
Land Utilization Project, 1938
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_6_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Creek County Land Utilization Project (Wild Horse Project).
Lawton: Community House: WPA 7-210, 1935
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_7_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...
Lawton, 1938, 1940
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_8_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: extend water distribution system of Lawton to supplement water supply for Lawton, Fort Sill and Wichita Wild Life Refuge; housing projects on cemetery and park land; land connected to Fort Sill acquired for School of Fire program; a broadcasting station for Lawton; a Negro housing project.
Lawton, 1942
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_9_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: location of a war plant in Lawton; location of a federal institution in Lawton; the city airport being turned over to the War Department.
Lawton, 1943
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_10_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Lawton street paving project; the first homes for "Backwoods Girls" or "Camp Followers"; the need for airport improvement.