Box PJ 17
Container
Contains 62 Collections and/or Records:
Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma, 1948
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_1_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Grand River Dam Authority and the steam power business; electrical generating facilities in the far West; a government power policy; appropriation of funds for the Southwestern Power Administration; electric co-ops; Indian Electric Cooperative.
Southwestern Power Administration: Out of State, 1948
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_2_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: T.V.A. annual report; power appropriations; New York State power project; a statement made by General Thomas Robins, USA-CE.
Southwestern Power Administration: Data, 1948
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_3_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...
Southwestern Power Administration: Data, 1948
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_4_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...
Southwestern Power Administration: Colleagues, 1949
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_5_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: support of the Southwestern Power Administration Bill; development and distribution of public power; negotiations between the Southwestern Power Administration and several utility companies; unnecessary appropriations for the public power program.
Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma, January-March, 1949
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_6_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: questions raised about the REA program in Oklahoma; public power issues facing Congress; G.R.D.A. securing power developed at the Fort Gibson Dam; the purchase of power and energy from the government; taxes of the Public Service Company; the Southwestern Power Administration appropriations.
Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma, April, 1949
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_7_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: question of REA power; the location of transmission lines of the Oklahoma electric companies; funding of steam power plants in Oklahoma; the REA convention in Oklahoma City; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; the production and distribution of public power; funds for the completion of dams for power production.
Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma, May-June, 1949
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_8_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; the competition of the electric cooperatives; flood control projects in Oklahoma; the wholesale rates paid by the reas; sub-standard voltage conditions
Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma, July, 1949
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 9
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_9_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: Southwestern Power Administration appropriation conflict; interest in the development of additional power and power facilities in Oklahoma; the Southwestern Power Administration hearings; Elmer Thomas's position on the Southwestern Power Administration and the federal budget.
Southwestern Power Administration: Oklahoma, August, 1949
File — Box: PJ 17, Folder: 10
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_8_17_10_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence: economy program; federal power policy; appropriations for the Southwestern Power Administration; Elmer Thomas's position on the Southwestern Power Administration and the federal budget; development and distribution of electricity; concern about the socialization of American Industries; "Rural Telephone Bill"; negotiations between the Public Service Company of Oklahoma and the Southwestern Power Administration.