Box TP 8
Container
Contains 29 Collections and/or Records:
Health and Welfare: Rehabilitation Programs, 1959-1960, 1962
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 11
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_11_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on programs to assist physically and mentally challenged. Correspondents include Buford Ellington, governor of Tennessee.
Health and Welfare: Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance, January-June, 1960
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_12_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes "Effects of Old Age and Survivors Insurance upon the Old Age Assistance Program in Oklahoma" typescript; medical care program of Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; data on public assistance in Oklahoma; copy of booklet Campaign Against Helpless Children. Correspondents include Lloyd Rader.
Health and Welfare: Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance, July-December, 1960
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 13
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_13_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...
Health and Welfare, 1961
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 14
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_14_0000
Scope and Contents
Cancer; water pollution control; slaughter houses doing business with the Department of Defense. Correspondents include Oklahoma State Department of Health; Oklahoma State Department of Agriculture; American Nursing Home Association.
Health and Welfare: Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance, 1961
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 15
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_15_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re Oklahoma Department of Public Welfare; food stamps; general.
Health and Welfare, 1962-1963
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_16_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes engineering report of water, sewage, streets, and drainage of Moore, Oklahoma; water pollution laboratory of Ada; adoption of Cuban children; blind. Correspondents include Carl Albert and the Oklahoma State Medical Association.
Health and Welfare: Diseases and Conditions, 1962
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 17
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_17_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence re cancer; chemical insecticides; humane treatment of animals; mental health; proposal for the Institute of Child Health and Human Development in NIH; appropriations for medical research; dental diseases; booklet Freedom from Handicap by Johns Hopkins Hospital; Rachel Carson. Correspondents include Oren E. Long; Lister Hill; and the Oklahoma State Dental Association.
Health and Welfare: Drugs and Food Administration, 1962
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 18
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_18_0000
Scope and Contents
Drug Industry Antitrust Act; Vaccination Assistance Act; cosmetics; food inspection; general.
Health and Welfare: Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance, January- May, 1962
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 19
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_19_0000
Scope and Contents
Much of the correspondence refers to the Public Welfare Amendments of 1962 (H. R. 10606). Correspondents include the Oklahoma Tuberculosis Association and the National Council on Crime and Delinquency.
Health and Welfare: Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance, June-July, 1962
File — Box: TP 8, Folder: 20
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_6_8_20_0000
Scope and Contents
Much of the correspondence refers to the Public Welfare Amendments of 1962 (H. R. 10606). Correspondents include Oklahoma State Department of Education; Ralph Paiewonsky (governor of the Virgin Islands); and Vocational Rehabilitation Division of the State Board of Vocational Education.