ROBERT S. KERR COLLECTION
GUBERNATORIAL SERIES
Box and Folder Inventory
Box 26

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F 1-2: State Agencies, Public Safety, Department of, n.d., 1942 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety appropriations and expenditures, Oklahoma law enforcement, Oklahoma police, Oklahoma traffic accidents, and Oklahoma traffic safety. Correspondents include George Blaine Schwabe 1886-1952, National Safety Council, Oklahoma Dept. of Public Safety, Oklahoma Highway Patrol, United States Office for Emergency Management, and J. M. Gentry. The information in this record is also in Kerr, Gubernatorial, Box 25, Folders 28-29.

F 3-7: State Agencies, Public Welfare, Department of, n.d., 1942 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma aid to families with dependent children programs, Oklahoma blind, Oklahoma gardening, national school lunch program, Oklahoma old age assistance, Oklahoma public welfare, Oklahoma rationing, Oklahoma social security, and Oklahoma civilian relief World War, 1939-1945. Correspondents include Oklahoma Dept. of Public Welfare, Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission, United States Agricultural Marketing Administration (Oklahoma City, Okla.), United States Social Security Administration Booklet, United States War Food Administration Office of Distribution, and Welfare Federation.

F 8: State Agencies, Red River Compact Committee, 1947.

The Red River Compact Committee may have become the Red River Compact Commission. Topics include Lake Kemp (Tex.) and Red River Compact Committee.

F 9: State Agencies, Safety Association, 1943 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma accidents prevention, Oklahoma traffic accidents, and Oklahoma traffic safety. Correspondents include Harry S. Truman, National Safety Council, Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers, President's Highway Safety Conference, Automobile Safety Association, National Committee for Traffic Safety, and Oklahoma Safety Association.

F 10: State Agencies, Santa Claus Commission, 1943 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma orphans and toys. Correspondents include William J. Holloway 1888-1970, Frank Phillips, Oklahoma Santa Claus Commission, and Jessie M. Fountain.

F 11: State Agencies, School Land Audit Committee, 1945 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office and auditing. Correspondents include Oklahoma School Land Audit Committee.

F 12: State Agencies, Secretary of State, n.d., 1943 - 1947.

Folder includes a list of the commissions that Kerr issued during his term. Topics include Oklahoma constitutional amendments and Oklahoma state questions. Correspondents include Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of State, Oklahoma Bankers Association, Oklahoma Farmers Union, and F. C. Carter.

F 13: State Agencies, Soil Conservation Districts, 1943, 1945.

Correspondents include Oklahoma Soil Conservation District Supervisors' Association.

F 14-15: State Agencies, Soil Conservation, State Board of, n.d., 1937, 1945 -1946.

Folder 14 contains numerous letters of recommendation for people to serve on the newly formed board. Topics include Oklahoma soil conservation districts, Oklahoma surplus government property, and American surplus government property. Correspondents include Clinton Presba Anderson 1895-, Ferdie J. Deering, W. R. (William Robert) Poage 1899-1987, Paul Stewart 1892-1950, Oklahoma State Highway Commission, Oklahoma State Soil Conservation Board, Ralph F. Gates, C. A. Ramming, and Oklahoma Soil Conservation District Supervisors' Association.

F 16: State Agencies, State Boards, List of Members, n.d.

F 17: State Agencies, State Funding Bond Commission, 1943.

Topics include Oklahoma state bonds. Correspondents include Oklahoma State Funding Bond Commission.

F 18: State Agencies, Supreme Court, 1946.

Topics include John Llewellyn Lewis, Oklahoma Supreme Court, and United Mine Workers of America.

F 19: State Agencies, Surplus Property, State Department of, 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma surplus government property. Correspondents include Oklahoma State Dept. of Surplus Property.

F 20-24: State Agencies, Tax Commission, n.d., 1940 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma Tax Commission appropriations and expenditures, Oklahoma income tax, Indians of North America, Oklahoma taxation, Oklahoma sales tax, and Oklahoma tax assessment. Correspondents include Wesley Ernest Disney (Folder 21), J. G. Puterbaugh, Elmer Thomas (Folder 21), Oklahoma Tax Commission, and J. Frank Martin.

F 25: State Agencies, Teachers' Retirement System, 1945 - 1947.

Topics include Oklahoma teachers pensions. Correspondents include Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma.

F 26-27: State Agencies, Treasurer, 1942 - 1946.

Topics include Oklahoma public debts and Oklahoma appropriations and expenditures. Correspondents include Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma State Treasurer, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Carl Sebring, and A. S. J. Shaw.

F 28: State Agencies, Tuberculosis Sanatorium, State, 1943 - 1945.

Apparently the names Oklahoma State Tuberculosis Sanatorium and Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium were used simultaneously to refer to the same institution. Topics include Oklahoma tuberculosis hospitals and Oklahoma State Tuberculosis Sanatorium officials and employees turnover. Correspondents include Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium and Oklahoma State Tuberculosis Sanatorium.

F 29: State Agencies, Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Western Oklahoma, 1943 - 1944.

Topics include Oklahoma tuberculosis hospitals. Correspondents include Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium.

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