Box PH 3
Container
Contains 95 Collections and/or Records:
Senator Hubert Humphrey and Senator Robert S. Kerr stand beside President John F. Kennedy after presidential approval of S-2965, the Public Works Bill
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_202
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White House, Washington, D.C. September 14, 1962. Abbie Rowe, photographer.
President John F. Kennedy hands out pens after signing H.R. 11970 - Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (P.L. 794)
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_203
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Others present include Representative Hale Boggs (D.-La.), Representative Wilbur Mills (D.- Ark.), Senator Harry Byrd (D.-Va.), and Senator Robert S. Kerr, Washington, D.C. October 11, 1962
Senator Robert S. Kerr and Senator Francis Case (R.-S. Dak.) holding 2 pens used by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to sign S-3910 - Rivers and Harbors Bill into Public Law 85-500
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_206
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This Kerr-Case Act, the omnibus flood control legislation with a municipal and industrial water section, was called by Kerr one of most important pieces of water legislation. The bill had been vetoed twice. At this time, Kerr was chairman of the Senate Public Works flood control subcommittee. Photo was made in the office of Senator Case. Washington, D.C. July 9, 1958.
Senator Robert S. Kerr watches as two unidentified men sign Senator Francis Case's cast
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_207
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Photo was made after the Kerr-Case Act (S-3910) was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Washington, D.C. July 9, 1958.
An army official, Robert E. Hannegan (Democratic National Chairman, 1944) and Governor Robert S. Kerr at an airport, 1944
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_208
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Partial view of airplane tail and pilot in background.
Democratic Chiefs at Chicago
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Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_209
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"Democratic leaders headed by National Chairman Robert E. Hannegan (left) who met here today to make arrangements for the party's convention opening July 19 include Governor Robert S. Kerr (center), Oklahoma, who was picked as temporary convention chairman and keynoter, and Edwin A. Pauley (right), California, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee." Chicago. June 15, 1944 ACME photograph.
Robert S. Kerr and another man
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_210
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"Kerr is keynoter. Chicago - Ambrose O'Connell (left), Washington, D.C., Executive Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and Governor Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma, on the speaker's stand at the Chicago Stadium where Kerr will be keynoter as the convention opens July 19 Chicago. June 15, 1944 ACME photograph.
Governor Robert S. Kerr as keynote speaker at the 1944 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, 1944 July
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_211
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The Kerr Collection consists of over 368 linear feet of materials, the majority of which includes materials generated during his years in the Senate, though the Gubernatorial series does relate to his years as Oklahoma’s governor. As a Senator, Kerr was involved in a variety of issues and reforms of national and state prominence including conservation projects, the development of the space program, Native Americans issues and concerns, healthcare insurance reform, and agriculture....
Posed group of governors
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_212
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Seated left to right: Earl Warren, Herbert B. Maw, Harry F. Kelly, Dwight H. Green, Edward Martin; second row: Andrew F. Schoeppel, Lester Hunt-Wyo., Robert S. Kerr, Charles Harwood, Mortimer R. Proctor, R. Gregg Cherry, Charles M. Dale, John C. Vivian, Dwight Griswold, Ingram M. Stainback, Raymond E. Baldwin; third row: Frank J. Lausche, Ralph F. Gates, Edward J. Thye, Monrad Wallgren, Earl Snell, M. Q. Sharpe, Ben Laney, Coalgate Darden, and Herbert R. O'Conor. Rose Photos. The Grand Hotel,...
Governor Jimmie Davis of Louisiana, and Governor Robert S. Kerr
Item — Box: PH 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_3_0000_213
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Photo is inscribed: "Thanks Bob, for the great speech you gave at our safety conference - Your friend, Jimmie Davis, Governor of Louisiana." Autographed.