Series 3: U.S. House of Representatives Files, 1926-1942 (continued)
F 1 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1938).
a. Proposed Bill: American Indian Federation: Authorizing payment to certain individual Indians herein named, in full,
final, and complete settlement of any and all claims whatsoever against the government of the United States (Aug. 20, 1938).
b. Resolution: Choctaw Advisory Council: Resolution for the sale of tribal coal and asphalt deposits (Dec. 5, 1938).
Typescript.
c. Hearing (S. Res. 168): "Loss of Revenue -- Tax Exempt Indian Lands." Seventy-fifth Congress; Third Session (1938). A
resolution by Elmer Thomas.
d. Hearings (S. 1478): "Mississippi Choctaw Indians Jurisdictional Act." Seventy-fifth Congress; Third Session (1938). A
bill by Tom Connally.
e. Subcommittee Report (S. 1478): Mississippi Choctaw Indians Jurisdictional Act. Seventy-fifth Congress; Third Session
1938). Typescript.
f. H. J. Res. 689: Reimbursement to Oklahoma for loss of revenue on tax-exempt Indian lands and minerals. WC Bill.
Seventy-fifth Congress; Third Session (1938).
g. H. R. 10015: Providing for the purchase by the United States of the segregated coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw
and Chickasaw Tribes. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth Congress; Third Session (1938).
h. H. R. 10668: To reimburse the Eastern and Western Cherokees for funds erroneously charged against them. WC Bill.
Seventy-fifth Congress; Third Session (1938).
i. S. J. Res. 294: Reimbursement to Oklahoma for loss of revenue on tax-exempt Indian lands and minerals. Seventy-fifth
Congress; Third Session (1938). A resolution by Elmer Thomas.
F 2 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1938).
Miscellaneous clippings. Scott Leavitt, et al., on various topics.
F 3 Indian Affairs, Committee on (January - June 1939).
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include Melven Cornish, Will Rogers, and William G. Stigler. Topics include
property transfer, insurance, coal and asphalt bill, reimbursement for tax exempt lands, per capita payments, claims, and
Jones Academy.
b. Speech: Douglas H. Johnston: "To the Members of the `Treaty Rights Association' of the Chickasaw and Choctaw
Nation" (1912).
c. Bill: Providing for the purchase by the United States of the segregated coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw and
Chickasaw Tribes (1939).
F 4 Indian Affairs, Committee on (July - December 1939).
Correspondence. Letters to or from include John Collier, Melven Cornish, Josh Lee, William H. Murray, Will Rogers, and Earl Welch. Topics include leased district bill, Chickasaw Governor, Choctaw Chief, and per capita payments.
F 5 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1939).
"Pictorial Report of Activities in Oklahoma-Kansas Area, U. S. Indian Service" (June, 1939).
F 6 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1939).
a. Slip Opinion: U. S. Court of Claims: "The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations v. the United States" (January 9, 1939).
b. Resolution: Chickasaw Meeting (Chickasha): Electing new Governor (Aug. 12, 1939).
c. Resolution: Chickasaw Meeting (Ardmore): Electing new Governor (Aug. 5, 1939).
d. Extension of Remarks: WC: "Indian Affairs" (Aug. 5, 1939).
e. Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 3: Oklahoma State Senate: Concerns reimbursement of State Oklahoma for funds lost
on tax-exempt Indian lands and minerals (March, 1939). Copy of H. J. Res. 169 by WC on same subject attached.
F 7 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1939).
a. H. J. Res. 20: Resolution authorizing reimbursement of Oklahoma for loss of revenue on tax-exempt Indian lands and
minerals. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
b. H. J. Res. 169: Joint Resolution proposing plan for adjustment of claim of Oklahoma arising from tax exemption of
Indian lands and products. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
c. H. R. 909: Providing for U. S. purchase of segregated coal and asphalt deposits of Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes. WC
Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
d. H. R. 3703: To provide for conveying to U. S. the Choctaw and Chickasaw Sanitorium and General Hospital. WC Bill.
Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
e. H. R. 7060: Authorizing a per capita payment to the members of the Choctaw Indian Nation. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth
Congress; First Session (1939).
f. H. R. 7061: For the relief of Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
g. H. R. 7135: To authorize leasing of the undeveloped coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.
WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
h. S. 1104: An act to provide for conveying to U. S. the Choctaw and Chickasaw Sanatorium and General Hospital.
Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939). A bill by Elmer Thomas.
i. S. 2001: For the relief of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939). A bill by
Elmer Thomas.
j. S. 2617: To authorize leasing of the undeveloped coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.
Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939). A bill by Elmer Thomas.
k. Hearing (S. 2206): "Final Discharge, Certain Individual Indians." Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939). A bill by
Elmer Thomas.
F 8 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1939).
a. Hearing (S. J. Res. 109): "Payment for Adjustment of Claim of the State of Oklahoma v. United States." Seventy-sixth
Congress; First Session (1939).
b. House Report 152 (H. R. 3703).
c. House Report 1233 (H. R. 7135).d. Public Law 14 (S. 1104). Seventy-sixth Congress (1939). A bill by Elmer Thomas.
F 9 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1939).
Miscellaneous clippings and Congressional Record excerpts.
F 10 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1939-1940).
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include Tom Connally, Melven Cornish, Harold L. Ickes, Robert L. Owen, Will
Rogers, W. G. Stigler, and Elmer Thomas. Topics include coal and asphalt lands, Jones Academy, office shift, Court of
Claims, tax-exemption of Indian lands, per capita payment, and Choctaw Chief.
b. Resolution: Choctaw Advisory Council: Choctaw- Chickasaw Sanitorium (Jan. 1940).
c. H. J. Res. 20: Resolution authorizing reimbursement of Oklahoma for loss of revenue on tax-exempt Indian lands and
minerals. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
d. Opinion: U. S. Court of Claims: "The Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations v. the United States" (Jan.9, 1939).
e. H. R. 7061: For the relief of Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
F 11 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1940).
a. Speech: WC: "The Wister Dam" (February 28, 1940).
b. Statement: WC: In Hearings on Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1941 (Feb. 14, 1940).
c. Hearings (H. R. 909): "Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians Sale of Coal and Asphalt Deposits." WC Bill. Seventy-sixth
Congress; Third Session (1940).
d. Hearing (S. 2001): "Choctaw and Chickasaw Tribes, Oklahoma --Compensation for Leased District." Seventy-sixth
Congress; Third Session (1940). Original bill by Elmer Thomas.
F 12 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1940).
Miscellaneous Congressional Record excerpts.
F 13 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1941).
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include Jed Johnson, Sr., Robert S. Kerr, and Will Rogers. Topics include coal and
asphalt lands, Jones Academy, appropriation, Claims Commission Bill, cemeteries removal, and resolutions.
b. H. R. 2655: Providing for the U. S. purchase of the Choctaw and Chickasaw segregated coal lands. WC Bill.
Seventy-seventh Congress; First Session (1941).
c. H. R. 4937: To amend the act authorizing an appropriation for roads on Indian reservations. Seventy- seventh Congress;
First Session (1941). A bill by Will Rogers.
d. Resolution: Chickasaw Protective Association: Taxable restricted lands inherited by full bloods and Tribal mining
inspector (Apr. 14, 1941).
e. S. 1542: To authorize leasing the undeveloped coal and asphalt deposits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations.
Seventy-seventh Congress; First Session (1941). A bill by Elmer Thomas.
f. Report: Resolutions Committee: Inter-tribal Indian Council (Mar. 1, 1941). Various resolutions.
g. Clippings.
F 14 Indian Affairs, Committee on (January - March 1942).
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include Harold L. Ickes, William G. Stigler, and Elmer Thomas. Topics include
closing of Wheelock Academy and coal sales.
b. H. R. 6776: To authorize the U. S. purchase of certain Choctaw and Chickasaw lands and mineral deposits. WC Bill.
Seventy-seventh Congress; Second Session (1942).
F 15 Indian Affairs, Committee on (April - September 1942).
Correspondence. Letters to or from include Harold L. Ickes, Jed Johnson, Sr., Nat Patton, Will Rogers, and William G. Stigler. Topics include closing of Wheelock Academy and coal and asphalt lands.
F 16 Indian Affairs, Committee on (1942, 1946).
a. Statement: WC: H. R. 6776 concerning sale of Choctaw and Chickasaw mineral lands (Mar.12, 1942).
b. Statement: WC: "Closing of Indian Schools in Oklahoma" (Mar. 12, 1942). Part of Interior Appropriations Hearings.
c. Remarks: WC: "Closing of Indian Schools in Oklahoma" (Mar. 26, 1942).
d. Hearings (S. 1542): "Leasing of the Segregated Coal Deposits of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations in Oklahoma."
Seventy-seventh Congress; Second Session (1942). A bill by Elmer Thomas.
e. H. R. 6776: To authorize the U. S. purchase of certain Choctaw and Chickasaw lands and mineral deposits. WC Bill.
Seventy-seventh Congress; Second Session (1942).
f. Letter from W. G. Stigler, M.C.
F 17 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
a. Form Letter: "Cartwright Puts Proposition Up to Choctaws and Chickasaws:" concerns coal and asphalt deposits.
b. Form Letter: WC: "Choctaw and Chickasaw Affairs:" concerns tribal moneys.
c. Form Letter: WC: "Choctaw-Chickasaw Coal Sale."
d. Form Letter: WC: concerns Choctaw and Chickasaw Affairs.
e. H. R. 13748: Loyal Shawnee Indians.
f. S. 5127 and H. R. 13748: Loyal Shawnees: "Statement of the Case."
g. H. R. 13748: Loyal Shawnees: "Statement of the Case."
h. Typescript: "Peaceful Development of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1840-1860."
i. Pamphlet: Oklahoma Democratic State Central Committee: "Indian Problems" (ca. 1926).
F 18 Indian Affairs. Committee on (n.d., 1906).
a. Typescript: Otto H. J. Brauer, Mahnomen County Child Welfare Board, Minnesota: "Indian Relief:" concerning
Chippewa Indian per capita payment.
b. "Brief in Support of the Claim of the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations of Indians for Compensation for Lands Known as
the `Leased District.'"
c. Proposed legislation: To authorize the creation of Indian trust estates.
d. Report: "Detailed Inspection Made of the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School at Chilocco, Oklahoma, by Frederick F.
Busch, ...; Ross H. Rhoads, ...; and Oscar S. Stauffer."
e. Congressional Record excerpt: "The Five Civilized Tribes" (Mar. 28, 1906).
f. Resolution: Ohoyhoma Club: "Memorializing President of the United States, Congress, Governor of Oklahoma and the
State Legislature" concerning destitute Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
g. Resolution: Arizona Cattle Growers Association: concerns S. 3026 and fencing of eastern boundary of Papago Indian
Reservation.
h. Booklet: United Indian War Veterans: "Rimes and Chimes of the Mountains and Plains." Los Angeles: Art Printing
Company.
i. Card: "Facts and Figures of Talihina, Oklahoma" on one side; points along U. S. 271 from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to
Beaumont, Texas, on the other.
F 19 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
Miscellaneous documents, statements, speeches, and fragment. WC, E. B. Howard, et al., on a variety of topics.
F 20 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
Miscellaneous documents, statements, speeches, and fragments. WC, et al., on a variety of topics.
F 21 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
Miscellaneous clippings. WC, Burton Wheeler, Elmer Thomas, Parker La Moore, W. W. Hastings, et al., on a variety of topics.
F 22 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
Miscellaneous clippings. W. W. Hastings, Elmer Thomas, WC, William B. Pine, et al., on a variety of topics.
F 23 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
Miscellaneous clippings. E. B. Howard, William B. Pine, WC, Burton Wheeler, et al., on variety of topics.
F 24 Indian Affairs, Committee on (n.d.).
Miscellaneous clippings and Congressional Record excerpts.
F 25 Insular Affairs, Committee on (1932, 1936).
Miscellaneous bills and reports, including Cartwright's reports to H. R. 12061 and 10312.
F 26 Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on (1928-1929).
a. Correspondence. Topics include toll bridges.
b. Committee Print: "Forms for Bridge Bills." Seventieth Congress; First Session (1928).
c. H. R. 7571: Granting the consent and authority of the Congress to building free highway bridges between Oklahoma and
Texas in Cooke and Love counties. WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1929).
d. H. R. 7572: Granting the consent and authority of the Congress to building free highway bridges between Oklahoma and
Texas in Grayson and Bryan Counties. WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1929).
F 27 Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on (January - February 1930).
Correspondence. Letters to or from include Jed Johnson, Sr., Elmer Thomas, and Lew Wentz. Topics include free highway bridges, especially between Texas and Oklahoma.
F 28 Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on (February - May 1930).
Correspondence. Letters to or from include E. E. Denison, William J. Holloway, Elmer Thomas, and Lew Wentz. Topics include free Durant-Denison highway bridge.
F 29 Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on (1930).
a. Speech: WC: "Free Bridges" (Feb.10, 1930).
b. House Report 853 (H. R. 7968): "Bridges across the Red River between States of Texas and Oklahoma." WC Bill.
Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1930).
c. H. R. 7967: Authorizing Texas and Oklahoma to build and operate a free highway bridge between Durant and Denison.
WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1930).
d. H. R. 7968: Authorizing Texas and Oklahoma to build and operate a free highway bridge between Gainesville and
Marietta. WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1930).
e. Public Law 110 (H. R. 7968). Seventy-first Congress (1930).
F 30 Interstate and Foreign Commerce, Committee on (1927, 1931-1938, n.d.).
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include Sam Rayburn. Topics include William H. Murray, "bridge war," Arkansas
River bridge near Sallisaw, motor vehicle regulations, and projects.
b. Diagrams and map; proposed Sallisaw bridge (1934).
c. H. R. 6902: To regulate commerce among the States, to promote the general welfare by strengthening confidence in life
insurance. Seventy-third Congress; Second Session (1934). A bill by John J. McSwain.
d. H. R. 3057: Granting consent to a bridge over Arkansas River south of Sallisaw. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First
Session (1935).
e. House Report 29 (H. R. 3057): "Bridge at Sallisaw, Oklahoma." Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1934).
f. H. R. 2884: Regulating the operation of motor vehicles in interstate commerce. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth Congress; First
Session (1937).
g. H. J. Res. 669: To create a National Highway Safety Committee and advisory board thereto. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth
Congress; First Session (1937).
h. Public Law 5 (H. R. 3057). Seventy-fourth Congress (1935).
i. Letter from A. C. Dalton.
F 31 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1926-1939). Ella C. Maddux.
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include J. W. Harreld, William B. Pine, and C. D. Carter.
b. H. R. 7692: Granting a pension to Ella C. Maddux. Sixty-ninth Congress; First Session (1926). A bill by C. D. Carter.
c. H. R. 5180: Granting a pension to Ella C. Maddux. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1935).
d. H. R. 1718: Granting a pension to Ella C. Maddux. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth Congress; First Session (1937).
e. H. R. 1173: Granting a pension to Ella C. Maddux. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
F 32 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1927-1928). Mary E. Fry.
F 33 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1928). Nancy E. Rose.
H. R. 13351: Granting a pension to Nancy E. Rose. WC Bill. Seventieth Congress; First Session (1928).
F 34 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1928-1932). Alice Bean.
H. R. 15536: Granting a pension to Alice C. Bean. WC Bill. Seventieth Congress; Second Session (1928).
F 35 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1929-1930). Annie Branigan.
a. Correspondence.
b. H. R. 7150: Granting a pension to Annie Branigan. WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session.
c. Letter from H. Tom Knight.
F 36 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1930-1939). Mary E. Lee.
a. Correspondence. Letters to or from include John M. Nelson.
b. H. R. 12013: Concerning pensions of Civil War veterans and widows of veterans. Seventy-first Congress; Second
Session (1930). A bill by John M. Nelson.
c. H. R. 11125: Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Lee. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1932).
d. H. R. 1851: Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Lee. WC Bill. Seventy-third Congress; First Session (1933).
e. H. R. 1581: Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Lee. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1935).
f. H. R. 10600: Granting and increase of pension to Mary E. Lee. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; Second Session (1936).
g. H. R. 7986: Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Lee. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth Congress; First Session (1937).
h. H. R. 8280: An act granting an increase of pension to a soldier and pensions to certain widows, former widows, and
helpless and dependent children of soldiers and sailors of the Civil War. Seventy-fifth Congress; First Session (1937). A bill
by John Lesinski.
i. House Report 1593 (H. R. 8280): Pensions. Seventy- fifth Congress; First Session (1937).
j. H. R. 1170: Granting an increase of pension to Mary E. Lee. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
F 37 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1930-1939). Miscellaneous.
a. Pamphlet: "Rules of the Committee on Invalid Pensions." Seventy-sixth Congress (1939).
b. H. R. 8015: Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1930).
c. H. R. 10845: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Frances Baker. WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session. WC Bill.
Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1930).
d. H. R. 12769: Granting a pension to Isabelle H. Redfield. WC Bill. Seventy-first Congress; Second Session (1930).
e. H. R. 3804: Granting an increase of pension to Johannah Sweet. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1931).
f. H. R. 3806: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Frances Baker. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1931).
g. H. R. 3907: Granting a pension to Isabelle H. Redfield. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1931).
h. H. R. 1852: Granting an increase of pension to Johannah Sweet. WC Bill. Seventy-third Congress; First Session (1933).
i. H. R. 1855: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Frances Baker. WC Bill. Seventy-third Congress; First Session (1933).
j. H. R. 1578: Granting a pension to Elizabeth Frances Baker. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1935).
k. H. R. 1580: Granting an increase in pension to Johannah Sweet. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1935).
F 38 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1932-1939). Georgia L. Spelce.
a. Correspondence.
b. H. R. 8998: Granting a pension to Georgia L. Spelce. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1932).
c. H. R. 1853: Granting a pension to Georgia L. Spelce. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1933).
d. H. R. 7814: Granting a pension to Georgia L. Spelce. WC Bill. Seventy-third Congress; First Session (1934).
e. H. R. 1577: Granting a pension to Georgia L. Spelce. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1935).
f. H. R. 1723: Granting a pension to Georgia L. Spelce. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1937).
g. H. R. 1171: Granting a pension to Georgia L. Spelce. WC Bill. Seventy-sixth Congress; First Session (1939).
F 39 Invalid Pensions, Committee on (1932-1941). Neely Keller.
a. Correspondence.
b. House Document 710 (H. R. 6901): "Certain Widows of Veterans of the Civil War:" Presidential message returning bill
without approval. Seventy-sixth Congress; Third Session (1940). A bill by John Lesinski.
c. House Report 1780 (H. R. 7981): "Pensions to Certain Unremarried Dependent Widows of Civil War Veterans."
Seventy-sixth Congress; Third Session (1940). A bill by John Lesinski.
d. H. R. 11126: Granting a pension to Neeley Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-second Congress; First Session (1932).
e. H. R. 1854: Granting a pension to Neeley Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-third Congress; First Session (1933).
f. H. R. 8405: Granting a pension to Nely Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-third Congress; Second Session (1934).
g. H. R. 3089: Granting a pension to Nely Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; First Session (1935).
h. H. R. 10601: Granting a pension to Nely Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-fourth Congress; Second Session (1936).
i. H. R. 1722: Granting a pension to Nely Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth Congress; First Session (1937).
j. H. R. 1169: Granting a pension to Nely Keller. WC Bill. Seventy-fifth Congress; First Session (1939).
k. H. R. 1091: To grant pensions to certain unremarried dependent widows of Civil War veterans who were married to the
veteran subsequent to June 26, 1905. Seventy-seventh Congress; First Session (1941). A bill by John Lesinski.
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