Box DP 18
Container
Contains 51 Collections and/or Records:
State: General, 1957
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_31_0000
Scope and Contents
Oil and gas exploration in Honduras; ban on the University of Oklahoma Press book Turkey in My Time, by Ahmed Emin Yalman, by the government of Turkey; treatment of Australians entering the United States. Correspondents include: Savoie Lottinville; Julian Rothbaum.
State: General, 1958
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 32
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_32_0000
Scope and Contents
The Kerr Collection mainly consists of materials generated during the Senate years. However, there are several cubic feet of documents that relate to his years as Oklahoma's governor. Because of Kerr's devotion to conservation work, there is a significant amount of documentation on both Oklahoma and non-Oklahoma projects. As with so many of Oklahoma's lawmakers, there is a large amount of material regarding agriculture and Native Americans. Finally one of the most valuable parts of the...
State: Constituent Services, 1959
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 33
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_33_0000
Scope and Contents
Requests for letters of introduction, travel assistance, etc.
State: Education, 1959
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 34
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_34_0000
Scope and Contents
International Educational Exchange Program (Fulbright program).
State: General, 1959
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 35
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_35_0000
Scope and Contents
Grant to Nationalist China (Taiwan); proposal to send American Indian groups abroad as part of cultural exchange program; Russian organizations in France; seizure of property by the Development Authority of Israel; nomination of Clare Booth Luce as ambassador to Brazil; proposal to broadcast a Baptist church service held in Russia in the United States; payments to Brazil for access to island for military purposes; fascist organizations in Germany; charges against Kathleen Riggs in connection...
State: General, 1960
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 36
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_36_0000
Scope and Contents
International Educational Exchange Program (Fulbright program); Suez Canal; separation of family members in Eastern Europe; bringing of foreign orphan children to the United States; individuals prohibited from leaving communist countries; commutation of Caryl Chessman's death sentence in California.
State: General, 1961-1962
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 37
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_37_0000
Scope and Contents
Bonnieray Elsey, an opera singer from Tulsa going to France to further her studies; number of Soviet diplomats in the United States and number of American diplomats in the Soviet Union; United Nations Special Fund project for technical assistance to Cuba; communism in Mexico; Fulbright program; use of American Indian dancers as part of department's Cultural Presentations Program; approval of loans for assistance in Mexico and the Dominican Republic by the Inter-American Development Bank;...
State: Peace Corps, 1961-1962
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 38
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_38_0000
Scope and Contents
Statements by Kerr on the Peace Corps; inquiries from constituents about the Peace Corps; editorials from Latin American countries on the Peace Corps; Peace Corps programs at the University of Oklahoma; information on Peace Corps project in Thailand. Correspondents include: Sargent Shriver; World Neighbors; George Lynn Cross.
State: Peace Corps: Publications, 1961
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 39
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_39_0000
Scope and Contents
Peace Corps Fact Book; The Peace Corps (information on Peace Corps projects in various countries); An International Peace Corps . . . The Promise and Problems by Samuel P. Hayes (publication of the Public Affairs Institute).
Treasury: General, 1949-1950
File — Box: DP 18, Folder: 40
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_5_18_40_0000
Scope and Contents
Investigation of Langston University by Bureau of Internal Revenue; employees' stock option plan at Phillips Petroleum Company; use of national lottery to promote the sale of war bonds; use of Oklahoma Preference Right School Land Leases as security for loans; "Think It Over" by Fred H. Merrill, reprinted from Fireman's Fund Record.