Box CM 6
Container
Contains 40 Collections and/or Records:
Election Returns, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_31_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes the certificate of election of Kerr to Senate which was signed by Johnston Murray.
Farm Support, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 32
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_32_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes messages from various county, state and national farm organizations supporting Kerr.
Form Letters, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 33
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_33_0000
Scope and Contents
Many of these form letters were sent to voters of specific counties to announce an appearance by Kerr.
Labor Correspondence, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 34
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_34_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondence is from various labor groups and officials either offering support or congratulations to Kerr; correspondents include Walter Reuther and Jim Hughes, the Commissioner of Labor.
Military Correspondence, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 35
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_35_0000
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include various individuals in the military; there are also some letters which refer to the Republican Party possibly bringing Douglas MacArthur to Oklahoma to campaign against Kerr.
Miscellaneous, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 36
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_36_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes lists; campaign leaflets for Kerr and Raymond Gary; correspondence from personnel at the Kerr campaign headquarters; information on the African-American appointments made by Kerr; and a typescript on Kerr's primary victory written by Hunter Martin.
National Political Colleagues, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 37
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_37_0000
Scope and Contents
Most of the correspondence is from U.S. Senate colleagues congratulating Kerr; correspondents include Alben W. Barkley, John W. Bricker, Clark M. Clifford, John D. Dingell, J. Allen Frear, Albert Gore, Theodore Francis Green, Sen. Carl Hayden, Averell Harriman, Thomas C. Hennings, Lyndon B. Johnson, Estes Kefauver, Josh Lee, Alton Lennon, Scott W. Lucas, Mike Mansfield, Wayne Morse, James E. Murray, Herbert R. O'Conor, Frederick G. Payne, Claude Pepper, Carl Rice, A. Willis Robertson, Adlai E....
Oklahoma Colleagues, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 38
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_38_0000
Scope and Contents
Most of this correspondence is from current or former Oklahoma politicians; correspondents include Wilburn Cartwright, E. T. Dunlap, Dial Currin, Stanley T. Synar, George Miskovsky, John Davis, Chief of the Creek Nation, Jed Johnson, W. J. Holloway, Tom Steed, George Howard Wilson and Harry L. S. Halley.
Oklahoma State Democratic Committee and Party, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 39
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_39_0000
Scope and Contents
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....
Opposition, 1954
File — Box: CM 6, Folder: 40
Identifier: CAC_CC_031_4.4_6_40_0000
Scope and Contents
Includes material on Oklahoma Republican Party; a few items on candidates who opposed Kerr; and court documents concerning a protest on the election filed by David C. Shappard, who had been a candidate in the Democratic primary.