Box TP 1
Container
Contains 52 Collections and/or Records:
Agriculture: Williams, Pink, 1953
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 11
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_11_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Cowboy Pink Williams; cattle; general agricultural situation; criticism of Ezra Taft Benson and Eisenhower Administration.
Agriculture, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_12_0000
Scope and Contents
General; agricultural programs; requests for aid and information; food surpluses; personnel; "Lord's Acre Plan"; extension service; vocational agricultural programs; research; rodent control; imported farm labor; canned meat imports; poultry; eggs; seed stocks; sorghum; mung beans; broom corn. Correspondents include Oklahoma Cattleman's Association; Oklahoma Farm Bureau; Oklahoma Farmers Union; National Farmers Union.
Agriculture: Cattle, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_13_0000
Scope and Contents
Freight rates on water; grazing leases; prices; emergency feed program; smuggled cattle from Mexico; Stilbestrol; packers; regulations. Correspondents include Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture.
Agriculture: Conservation, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_14_0000
Scope and Contents
Irrigation projects; loans; natural gas supply for pumps; farm levees; water rights.
Agriculture: Cotton, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_15_0000
Scope and Contents
Acreage allotments.
Agriculture: Dairying, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_16_0000
Scope and Contents
Price supports; surpluses; marketing order; regulations.
Agriculture: Drought, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 17
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_17_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...
Agriculture: Grains, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_18_0000
Scope and Contents
Wheat; acreage allotments; storage; research.
Agriculture: Rural Electrification, 1954
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 19
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_19_0000
Scope and Contents
Rural Electrification Administration; co-operatives; projects; rural telephone service.
Agriculture, 1955-1957
File — Box: TP 1, Folder: 20
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_1_20_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence; "Senator Kerr Says" (February 2, 1956); press release: "Surplus Food Certificate Act of 1955" (January 21, 1955). Re S. 627; Congressional Record excerpts (May 22 and June 4, 1956); information sheets; invitation to join Agricultural Implement Task Force Committee.