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Land use--Law and legislation--United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

James V. McClintic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-034
Scope and Contents The McClintic Collection contains slightly more than one cubic foot of material, dating 1910-1947, which provides some documentation of the man's elective and administrative career, as well as his family. Arrangement is chronological by office held. For his time in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, there is 1911 correspondence concerning state politics and a school land bill for Hobart, Oklahoma, as well as legislation to require health certificates mandatory prior to marriage....

Bird S. McGuire Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-036
Scope and Contents The McGuire Collection consists of only six folders containing personal correspondence from 1903-1909. The majority of correspondence is with D.L. Larsh, chair of the Republican Central Committee of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, and secretary of the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma. Topics are for the most part limited to private pension bills, local appointments to postmaster and marshal, construction of a bridge across the South Canadian River, and a land grant for the University...

Dick T. Morgan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-039
Scope and Contents The Morgan Collection, of more than 10 cubic feet and primarily covering the period 1880-1920, contains numerous series: Family and Personal Correspondence; Political and Business Correspondence; Subject Files; Speeches (chronological arrangement); Speeches (alphabetical arrangement by subject); Congressional Bills and Publications; Religious Material; Cards, Invitations, Memorabilia, Pamphlets, Programs, Travelogues, etc.; Scrapbooks and Bound Materials, Clippings and Miscellany; and Outsized....

Toby Morris Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-040
Scope and Contents The Morris Collection is quite complete, encompassing materials from all five of his terms in office. Morris gave this collection to the University of Oklahoma over a period of years beginning in 1952. Consisting of 53 cubic feet of material, the collection covers the period 1946-1960. It is strongest on subjects of a local concern to western Oklahoma. Among the items found in the collection are correspondence, bills, publications, clippings, and photographs. An additional donation was made to...

William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-041
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents The Murray Collection is approximately 9 linear feet plus oversized materials. Although Murray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913-1917, the majority of the collection is related to his post-congressional activities, family affairs, and years as governor. The materials cover a variety of topics including his use of executive orders calling for martial law, pardons, and the appointment and removal of state officials. The documents also include material...

Preston E. Peden Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-044
Scope and Contents The Peden Collection covers the period 1946-1948. Consisting of 8 cubic feet of material, the collection consists primarily of correspondence. Constituent correspondence, which is arranged geographically, includes such subjects as utility concerns, issues, and personal requests. General non-constituent correspondence, arranged alphabetically, includes letters on the Taft-Hartley Bill, taxes on oleomargarine, aid for public schools, veterans benefits, Alaska homesteading, and dams. The remaining...