Box PJ 8
Container
Contains 92 Collections and/or Records:
Lawton, 1944
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 11
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_11_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: War Department constructing an airport; closing of the local dry farming station; paving of Fort Sill Boulevard; the location of a national cemetery at Lawton; bus line competition between Lawton and Fort Sill; the improvement of 11th Street.
Lawton, 1945
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_12_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: educational plant being constructed by the First Presbyterian Church of Lawton; possible construction of an airport; the proposed tunnel between Lake Lawtonka and Lake Elmer Thomas; Lawton as a site for a Veterans Administration office; the adequacy of water sources for Fort Sill.
Lawton, 1946
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 13
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_13_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: federal fish hatchery transferred to Lawton; the purchase of Indian land north of Lawton; the War Department's future plans for Fort Sill; the construction of the First Christian Church in Lawton.
Lawton, January-May, 1947
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_14_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Lanham Act; the CAA airport project; the Travelers Aid-USO and the Colored USO; possible purchase of Indian lands; the Wildlife Refuge being open without paying fees to Lawton; Lawton possibly acquiring a Naval Reserve Unit; road damage to war time traffic from Fort Sill; veterans' educational facilities and an infirmary project at Cameron College.
Lawton, June-December, 1947
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_15_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: closing of the experiment station; the dedication of the W. C. Austin irrigation project; the purchase of land north of Lawton and two USO buildings; movement of the Soil Conservation Department of the Indian service from Lawton; commercial air service for the Lawton-Fort Sill area; gifts of Lawton bulldogger hats for Senator Thomas and his friend Mr. Martin of England.
Lawton: Hospital Program, 1946-1947
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_16_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, 1948
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 17
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_17_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: government land north of Lawton; a friend of Senator Thomas receiving a Lawton bulldogger hat; a residence on Gore Boulevard; leasing of businesses to the Indians; Lawton's use of the army hospital at Fort Sill; commercial airlines at Lawton; the hospital land amendment.
Lawton, 1949
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_18_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: purchase of the land north of Lawton; problems between Lawton merchants and Fort Sill authorities; water and sewage facilities at Holy City; the paving of Lawton streets; the Kiowa Indian Hospital.
Lawton: Indian Land, Data and Correspondence, 1949
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 19
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_19_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, 1950
File — Box: PJ 8, Folder: 20
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_8_20_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: land transaction north of Lawton; the closing of the USO clubs; Elmer Thomas as a member of the Lawton Chamber of Commerce; commercial airlines servicing Lawton; a water line and related facilities to supply the Easter pageant area; difficulties dry cleaners are having securing business from Fort Sill.