Box PJ 9
Container
Contains 122 Collections and/or Records:
National Park Service, 1947
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 76
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_76_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...
National Park Service, 1948
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 77
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_77_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: request for buffalo meat for a Pawnee Indian feast; the status of Burns Run Resort; request for authorization to construct a road through government property to the edge of Lake Texoma.
National Park Service, 1949
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 78
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_78_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...
National Park Service, 1950
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 79
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_79_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: laundry service for Yellowstone National Park; a request for photographs of various national parks; two buffalo to be used for a barbecue feast at the Pawnee Indian annual homecoming; one buffalo needed for a Clinton Indian pow-wow; one buffalo needed for the Iowa Indian celebration.
National Reclamation Association, 1949
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 80
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_80_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: committee assignments for Senator Kerr and Senator Thomas making reclamation projects easier to pass.
National Union for Social Justice, 1935-1936
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 81
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_81_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: positive and negative responses to Elmer Thomas's involvement with the National Union for Social Justice; testimony favoring the Nye-Sweeney Bill.
Navigation, 1944
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 82
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_82_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Whether navigation or irrigation have the prior claim to western waters; opposition to improvements on the St. Lawrence waterway.
Navy, 1944
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 83
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_83_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: cement bid on the Camden, Arkansas project.
Navy, 1945
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 83B
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_83B_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: various projects.
Navy: Naval Bases in Oklahoma, 1946
File — Box: PJ 9, Folder: 84
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_9_84_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Naval auxiliary air base at Durant; the Naval base at Norman; the Naval base at Clinton; the Naval shell loading facilities at mcalester.