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Indians of North America--Government relations

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Lorraine M. "Nick" Gensman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-023
Scope and Contents The Gensman Collection includes 17 cubic feet of material arranged in 10 series. The collection consists predominantly of correspondence. While the collection covers the period 1901-1945, most of the material is from 1913-1923.

Thomas P. Gore Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-024
Scope and Contents While the Gore Collection is only 15 linear feet, it contains a wide variety of materials related to topics important to Gore and Oklahoma. Many of the materials, especially the correspondence, come from Gore’s post-Senate years, but the Subject Correspondence and Papers are related to his time in the Senate and include documents related to Indian affairs, economics, national and Oklahoma politics, and both World War I and World War II. Because of his reputation as a nationally renowned orator,...

Fred R. Harris Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-026
Scope and Contents The Fred R. Harris Collection, a sizeable collection of 309 cubic feet, covers the period 1963-1976. While the bulk of the materials pertain to Harris's congressional career, the records of the later period, 1972-1976, document both of Harris's presidential campaigns. The Harris Collection also contains invitations, schedules, post office files, clippings, constituent correspondence, government publications, speeches, reports, and legislation The Harris Collection is especially...

Hearing speech from Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma addressed to Senator Thomas (business) , 1934

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_12_9_73_0001
Scope and Contents Addressed to Senator Thomas is a 47 page speech (note: some pages are poor xerox copies) an noted as "This is not a hearing, it is an investigation" "It is a conference called of the several business committes represening the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma under the jurisdiction. The Sac and Fox, Shawnee, Kickapoo, Iowa, and Pottwatomie Indians."

John N. "Happy" Camp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-009-0
Scope and Contents The John N. "Happy" Camp Collection consists of 102 cubic feet of material and covers the period 1967-1974. The collection is arranged into several series; internal arrangement is either chronological or alphabetical by topic. While Camp's papers are particularly strong in energy, mining, and Native American subjects, in contrast there are only a few cubic feet of routine materials on science and astronautics. The collection also is especially strong on agricultural topics. Documents contained...

Robert S. Kerr Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-031
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....

James V. McClintic Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-034
Scope and Contents The McClintic Collection is slightly more than 1 linear foot of material, but it covers four decades in Oklahoma history. With correspondence, clippings, speeches, campaign materials, and subject files from a variety of different elected offices, McClintic’s collection provides an unique, abbreviate glance at the life of an elected official from Oklahoma. Of particular note are McClintic’s accounts about the trips he took as a congressman, including a trip in 1919 to post-war Europe and a 1925...

Meeting Minutes from October 16, 1934 - various tribes supervised by Miami Agency , October 16, 1934

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_12_9_76_0001
Scope and Contents Correspondence and minutes enclosed to Senator Thomas from October 16, 1934 between members of various tribes of Indians supervised by the Miami Agency.

Minutes from Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians and Senator Thomas October 22, 1934. , October 24, 1934

 Item
Identifier: CAC_CC_053_12_9_75_0001
Scope and Contents Topics include Indians of North America government relations and the Wheeler-Howard Bill. Correspondents include John Collier (speeches), and Elmer Thomas (speeches).

A. S. "Mike" Monroney Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-038
Scope and Contents The Monroney Collection is 98 linear feet in addition to audio-visual and oversize materials. Although Mike Monroney was in Congress from 1938 to 1968, his collection has very little material from many of his years of service. In 1973, the National Archives destroyed over 90 percent of his early papers. The bulk of the surviving collection is from the years 1962-1968. For the most part, the series divisions demonstrate what topics the collection covers.