F 1-3: John Caruthers Files, Attorney General, Letters of Direction and Opinions of, 1928, 1931, 1935 - 1937, 1941 - 1946.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include the Oklahoma Attorney General's opinions, Oklahoma administration of criminal justice, Oklahoma prosecution, Pensacola Dam (Okla.), and the Grand River Dam (Okla.). Correspondents include Elmer Thomas 1876-1965, the Oklahoma Attorney General, John Caruthers, and T. L. Gibson,
F 4: John Caruthers Files, City Charters, Amendments and Approval, 1944 - 1946.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include Oklahoma municipal charters. Correspondents include John Caruthers.
F 5: John Caruthers Files, Corporation Commission, 1945.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include the United States Interstate Commerce Commission. Correspondents include the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and John Caruthers.
F 6: John Caruthers Files, Executive Orders, 1944, 1946.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include Oklahoma constitutional amendments and John Caruthers.
F 7-8: John Caruthers Files, Legislature, Oklahoma, Notes and Correspondence About Legislation and Reports to, n.d., 1944 - 1947.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Folder 7 has miscellaneous materials referring to many topics. Folder 8 especially has materials that Kerr recommended to a special session of the legislature in 1944. Topics include Oklahoma Legislature, Oklahoma community property, Oklahoma education and finance, Oklahoma taxation, Oklahoma politics and government, and John Caruthers. Correspondents include the Metropolitan Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, the Oklahoma State Banking Dept., and the Oklahoma Tax Commission.
F 9: John Caruthers Files, Merit System and the State Agencies, n.d., 1943 - 1946.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include social security law and legislation in Oklahoma and Oklahoma officials, employees, and employment. Correspondents include the Oklahoma State Personnel Board, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, John Caruthers, H. E. Pendergast, and the Oklahoma Merit System Council.
F 10: John Caruthers Files, Miscellaneous, n.d., 1935 - 1947.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include Oklahoma appropriations and expenditures and Oklahoma politics and government. Correspondents include the Grand River Dam Authority, the United States Veterans Administration, John Caruthers, and Ila Huff.
F 11: John Caruthers Files, Old Age Assistance, Social Security, 1943 - 1945.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include social security law and legislation in Oklahoma. Correspondents include the United States Social Security Board and John Caruthers.
F 12-13: John Caruthers Files, Pardon and Parole Board, n.d., 1943 - 1947.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include corrections in Oklahoma. Correspondents include the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board and John Caruthers.
F 14: John Caruthers Files, Special Election, Lindsay, Oklahoma, 1946.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. Topics include Lindsay (Okla.) charters. Correspondents include John Caruthers.
F 15: John Caruthers Files, Supreme Court, 1942 - 1943.
Caruthers was special attorney for Kerr. This folder consists of a few documents filed in the Oklahoma Supreme Court in which Kerr was listed as a defendant. Topics include the Oklahoma Supreme Court, John Caruthers, and William J. Otjen.
F 16-19: Ben Dwight's Files, Applications for Employment, Appropriations of the Twentieth Legislature, Claude Baird Purchase of Land of Confederate Soldiers' Home, and Crable Impeachment, 1943, 1945.
Dwight was special assistant to Kerr. Topics include A. L. Crable, Oklahoma appropriations and expenditures, Oklahoma employment officials and employees, Claude Baird, and the Confederate Soldiers' Home in Ardmore (Okla.). Correspondents include Ben Dwight, E. B. (Everette Burgess) Howard, and the Oklahoma Tax Commission Report.
F 20: Ben Dwight's Files, Employment Service, Return to the States, 1945.
Dwight was special assistant to Kerr. This folder includes correspondence from various governors asking for the return of employment service to the states. There is also a lengthy document on the topic that was compiled by the chairman and executive director of the Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission. Topics include Ben Dwight, the United States Employment Service, employment agencies, and World War II and manpower in the United States. Correspondents include the Governors' Conference and the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies.
F 21: Ben Dwight's Files, Executive Orders of Appointment Not Requiring Confirmation, 1943 - 1946.
Dwight was special assistant to Kerr. Topics include Ben Dwight and Oklahoma officials and employees.
F 22-23: Ben Dwight's Files, Executive Orders of Appointment Requiring Confirmation, 1943 -1945.
Dwight was special assistant to Kerr. Topics include Ben Dwight and Oklahoma officials and employees.
F 24: Ben Dwight's Files, Governors' Conference, National, Mackinac Island, 1945.
Dwight was special assistant to Kerr. This folder consists of brochures and materials which were sent prior to the actual meeting. Topics include Ben Dwight. Correspondents include the Governors' Conference.
F 25-28: Ben Dwight's Files, Governors' Conference, Southern, n.d., 1943 - 1946.
Dwight was special assistant to Kerr. These folders contain materials related to the meetings and actions of the Southern Governors' Conference during the Kerr administration. There are several letters from governors who were conference members. Topics include the United States Interstate Commerce Commission, freight and freightage rates in the United States, Reconstruction (1939-1945) in the United States, regional planning in the Southern states, Southern states economic conditions, and Southern states politics and government. Correspondents include Ben Dwight, the Council of State Governments, the National Education Association of the United States, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, the Southern Association of Science and Industry (U.S.), the Southern Governors' Conference, Chauncey Sparks, and the Commission of the National Baptist Convention. The information in this record continues in Kerr, Gubernatorial, Box 31, Folders 1-4.
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