Box 1
Series I: Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Subject Files, 1953-1956
F 1: "A-B" (1953-1956).
Includes material on Air Force procurement; Americans for Democratic Action; atomic energy issues; "Meet the Press" transcript with W. Sterling Cole, chair of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Nena Biegelow; Paul Butler; Quentin Burdick; Reva Beck Bosone; and budget issues..
F 2: "C" (1953-1956).
Includes John Carroll; Frank Church, Joseph S. Clark; Earle C. Clements; and Communism.
F 3: "C" (January - August 1953).
Congressional Record, from August 28, 1953 discussing accomplishments of the session
F 4: "C" (1953-1956).
"Meet the Press" transcript with T. Lamar Caudle, head of the Criminal Division in the Department of Justice; consumer interests; campaigns.
F 5-6: "D" (1953-1956).
Includes material on the Democratic National Committee. A booklet on the DNC has some annotations by the names of some of the state delegations.
F 7: "E-F" (1953-1956).
Includes Dwight Eisenhower's State of the Union message analysis, 1954; farming; and Clayton Fritchey. Fritchey was the deputy chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a guest on "Meet the Press."
F 8: Salary Sheet for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1924-1953).
F 9: "G-I" (1953-1956).
Includes Guy Gillette; Hubert Humphrey; Lester Hunt; highways; housing; Robert Ingersoll, and John Sparkman.
F 10: "J-K" (1953-1957).
Includes material on Henry Jackson; Lyndon B. Johnson; Estes Kefauver (speech to the American Bar Association); Robert S. Kerr; national defense; Eisenhower administration; off-shore drilling; and the Tennessee Valley Authority.
F 11: "L-M" (1953-1956).
Includes material on Labor Day; Robert E. Lee and Federal Communications Commission; Joseph C. O'Mahoney; George McGovern; "Inside Russia," a series of weekly articles by Loraine and Gale McGee; several press releases from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee; Republican campaign contributions; and "Meet the Press" transcript with Barry Goldwater.
F 12-13: Nixon, Richard M. (1954).
Highlights of the Nixon record in Congress, produced by the Democratic National Committee. Includes campaign tactics and alleged smears.
F 14: "N-Z" (1953-1956).
Includes New Mexico campaign between Patrick Hurley and Dennis Chavez; Mike Monroney; A. Willis Robertson; Claiborne Pell; Richard L. Neuberger; Harold Stassen; 1952 Democratic Party platform; Paul Douglas's statements on Republicans; appraisal of the 83rd Congress; and biographical material on Beth Short.
Series II: Press Secretary to Mike Monroney, 1957-1966
F 15: Biographical Materials on Mike Monroney (n.d, 1955-1960).
Includes accomplishments of Monroney in the Eighty-sixth Congress; speech by Allen J. Ellender.
F 16: Agriculture and Science; Anti-Poverty Programs in Oklahoma (1957-1966).
Includes material on agricultural technological innovations, the Neighborhood Youth Corps in Oklahoma as well as other Community Action Programs in Oklahoma.
F 17: Arkansas Basin Development; Armed Forces; Atomic Energy; and Auto Marketing Dealers (1957-1966).
F 18: Aviation/Aeronautics. (1957-1966).
Includes newspaper clippings, expenditures in Oklahoma, and correspondence on aviation's impact on Oklahoma's economy.
F 19: Aviation, Air Cargo; Aviation, Airlift; and Aviation, Airmail (1957-1966).
Has material on transport planes
F 20: Bakery Anti-Trust Inquiry; and Business Expansion in Oklahoma City (1957-1966).
Includes material on bread prices; comments by Joseph O'Mahoney on bread.
Box 2
F 1: Calendar (1957 and 1958).
F 2: Calendar (1959 and 1960).
F 3: Calendar (1961 and 1962).
F 4: Calendar (1963).
F 5: Calendar (1964).
F 6: Campaign Kit for Democrats (1956).
Includes material on the Democratic Party, presidential election, Dwight Eisenhower, and campaign literature.
F 7-8: Campaign Reports-Gore Committee (1952, 1956).
Includes material from the Committee on Rules and Administration, Subcommittee on Privileges and Elections. Political contributions of $500 and over. There are breakdowns of these contributions by certain families, companies, defense contractors, etc. There is also a statement by Carl T. Curtis.
F 9: Congressional Reform; and Correspondence from Constituents (1963-1964).
F 10-11: Correspondence and Issues (1961).
Includes booklet by Jenkin Lloyd Jones about a trip through Africa.
F 12: Correspondence and Issues; and Correspondence with Oklahoma Newspaper Editors (1961).
F 13: Correspondence with Oklahoma Newspaper Editors (1962-1964).
F 14: Directories and Publications (1928, 1957, 1961, 1965).
Includes Early Oklahoma Newspapers: History and Description of Publications from Earliest Beginnings to 1889, which was published in 1928. Also has a 1965 Senate telephone directory.
F 15: Economic Issues; and Editorials, Reelection Endorsements (1957-1962).
Box 3
F 1: Editorials, General Issues (1957-1964).
F 2: Editorials and Newspaper Clippings (1964-1965).
Materials cover a variety of issues, including Monroney's trip to Vietnam and Monroney's bid to become Senate Whip
F 3: Education; Eighty-Ninth Congress; Eisenhower Cabinet Policy; and Elections (1953-1965).
Includes a "Draft Stevenson" sticker from 1960; and several items commemorating the centennial of land-grant colleges.
F 4: Employment Resumes; Federal Aviation Administration Research Center; Fort Sill; and Forty-Fifth Division (1957-1965).
F 5-8: Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Information (n.d., 1953-1957).
Includes minutes of meetings of the Interdepartmental Committee on Internal Security; speech by Paul M. Butler (chair of the Democratic National Committee) to the Connecticut State Convention of Young Democrats; and a speech by Stuart Symington.
F 9: Gas Regulation Bill; General Electric Forum on Aviation; Grand River Dam Authority Water Power Controversy; Leonard Hall (chairman of the Republican National Committee) and Stephen Mitchell (chairman of the Democratic National Committee) Debate "Have Republicans Done a Good Job?"; Health Issues; and Helium Plant in Cimarron County (1954-1966).
F 10: Highways; Indians; Industry; and Integration. (1957-1966).
F 11: International Development Association; and Kerr, Robert S. (1957-1966).
Includes several of Kerr's columns, "Senator Kerr Says"; campaign brochure on Kerr's reelection bid in 1960.
F 12: Labor; Lead and Zinc; Legislative Appropriation; and Libraries (1957-1966).
Includes souvenir program of the 50th anniversary of the Oklahoma State Federation of Labor.
F 13: Warren G. Magnuson, The Magnuson Story; McCarthyism, Attack on Monroney, 1953; Media Mailing List; and National Automobile Dealers Association (1956-1966).
Includes souvenir program of the 39th annual convention of the National Automobile Dealers Association.
F 14: National Editorial Association; Neighborhood Youth Corps; and Newsletters (1957-1965).
Includes Monroney's speech, "An Ex-Newspaperman Looks at Congress" and issues of Monroney's newsletter, "Washington Report."
F 15: News Articles by Mike Monroney ( 1952-1957).
F 16-17: Newspaper Articles, Newspaper Clippings, and News Releases (1965).
Monroney's views on Vietnam and the Senate Whip race; and clippings and releases on the Eighty-ninth Congress.
F 18: News/Press Releases (n.d., 1958-1965).
F 19: News/Press Releases; and News Transcripts (n.d., 1955-1965).
Box 4
F 1: Notebooks of Beth Campbell Short (1964).
F 2-3: Oil; Oklahoma Arts; Oklahoma Background; and Oklahoma History (1957-1966).
F 4: Oklahoma Press; and Oklahoma Senators and Issues (1957-1966).
Includes material on military base closings, especially Clinton-Sherman Air Force Base; central Oklahoma water projects; federal aid to Oklahoma; and economy/employment.
F 5: Oklahomans of Note (1957-1966).
Includes a special booklet on the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
F 6: Peace Corps Program at the University of Oklahoma; and Postal Service (1957-1966).
F 7: Project Head Start; and Publicity Costs (1957-1966).
Includes receipts for clipping services, photos, and recording studio.
F 8: Publicity (1960-1964).
Includes receipts for clipping services, photos, and recording studio.
F 9: "P-S" Miscellaneous; Reapportionment and Reorganization of Congress; and Science Education (1957-1966).
Includes material on poverty programs; Pryor, Oklahoma, development; rural development; radio stations in Oklahoma; and a speech by Dean A. McGee on science education.
F 10-11: Semi-Centennial of Oklahoma Statehood (1957).
F 12: Southwestern Power Administration; and Speech Notes and Drafts (1957-1966).
F 13: Speeches; and Statements to Magazines (1957-1966).
Includes speeches by Monroney and others.
F 14: Frank Stanton, Mass Media and Mass Culture; Oklahoma Statehood Proclamation (1907, 1962).
F 15: Water; Weather; Welfare; and Women's Democratic Clubs (1957-1966).
Includes report on hydroelectric development in southwest by the Southwestern Power Administration.
F 16: Miscellaneous Beth Campbell Short Material (1956-1965).
Includes biographical items, personal notes, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
F 17-18: Miscellaneous Correspondence (1957-1966).
Includes transcript of public affairs show on "Mass Media in the U.S."; report on anti-communism; "Meet the Press" transcript with Daniel P. Moynihan and topic of African Americans.
F 19: Miscellaneous News/Press Releases (1954-1966).
Includes material from individuals and government agencies.
Box 5
F 1-3: Miscellaneous Newspaper Clippings and Newsletters (1957-1966).
Includes Air Transport World (May 1965).
F 4-6: Miscellaneous (1957-1966).
Includes scrapbook notes; memoranda; pamphlets; notes for speeches; and Inauguration 1965 Guidebook.
Beth Campbell Short Collection Description