Box 1
F 1: Agriculture, Benson, Ezra Taft, n.d., 1953 - 1955.
Topics include the United States Dept. of Agriculture reorganization, agricultural administration, agricultural prices and government policy, agriculture and state, animal industry, dairy farming, dairying, drought relief, family farms, farmers economic conditions, soil conservation, and Plant to Prosper. Correspondents include Ezra Taft Benson and the United States Dept. of Agriculture.
F 2-6: Agriculture, Castor Beans, Cattle, Cotton, Dairy Industry, and Drought, 1948 - 1955.
Topics include Ezra Taft Benson, Roy Joseph Turner, agricultural price supports, agriculture and state, beef cattle, Greece and beef marketing, the beef industry in the United States, beef packers, beef marketing in the United States, cattle prices, cotton marketing, drought relief, export marketing in the United States, and the meat industry and trade. Correspondents include Earle C. Clements, Barry Morris Goldwater, Robert Samuel Kerr, Edward R. Murrow, the Commodity Credit Corporation, the National Farmers' Union (U.S.), the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association, the Oklahoma Farmers' Union, the United States Agricultural Marketing Service, the United States Dept. of Agriculture, and True D. Morse.
F 7: Agriculture, Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1952 - 1956.
Topics include Ezra Taft Benson, Agricultural prices and Government policy, Agricultural price supports, Agriculture and state, and Parity. Correspondents include Dwight David Eisenhower, Lyndon Baines Johnson, the Democratic National Committee (U.S.), the National Farmers' Union (U.S.), and the National Agricultural Advisory Commission.
F 8: Agriculture, General, 1952 - 1957, 1959.
Topics include Ezra Taft Benson, agricultural laws and legislation in the United States, agricultural prices, family farms, farm produce, and farm valuation. Correspondents include Dwight David Eisenhower, Paul C. Jones, Robert Samuel Kerr, Leonard G. Wolf, the American Farm Bureau Federation, the United States Dept. of Agriculture, the National Farmers' Union (U. S. ), the National Grange, and the Conference of Western Senators.
F 9: Agriculture, House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture, n.d., 1951 - 1953.
Topics include agricultural laborers, agricultural machinery, agriculture and state, cattle prices, and rural manpower policy. Correspondents include the United States Congress House Committee on Agriculture and the United States Dept. of Agriculture.
F 10: Agriculture, Morse, True D. , 1953.
Topics include agriculture and state. Correspondents include True D. Morse.
F 11: Agriculture, Oklahoma, 1953.
Correspondents include the Tulsa Tribune.
F 12-14: Agriculture, Prices, Production, and Roads, n.d., 1949 - 1955, 1960.
Topics include Charles Franklin Brannan, agricultural prices, agricultural price supports, agricultural productivity, agriculture and state, consumer price indexes, crop yields, farm income, farm roads, prices and government policy, rural roads, parity, the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, and the Brannan Plan. Correspondents include George David Aiken, Ezra Taft Benson, Robert Samuel Kerr, John Cornelius Stennis, the Democratic National Committee (U.S.), the National Farmers' Union (U.S.), the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States Dept. of Agriculture, and the United States Production and Marketing Administration.
F 15: Agriculture, Rural Electrification, Administration, n.d., 1949 - 1954, 1956.
Topics include the United States Dept. of the Interior, rural electrification, and rural telephone. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, the National Farmers' Union (U.S.), the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, the United States Dept. of Agriculture, and the United States Rural Electrification Administration.
F 16: Agriculture, Soil Conservation, 1953 - 1954.
Topics include agriculture conservation. Correspondents include statements by Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 17: Agriculture, Speeches, 1951, 1953.
Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 18: Agriculture, Wheat, 1953, 1955.
Topics include wheat storage. Correspondents include the Democratic National Committee (U.S.) and the United States Dept. of Agriculture.
F 19: Albert, Carl, n. d.
Topics include Carl Bert Albert.
F 20: Alexander, W. H., 1950.
Topics include the United States Congress elections of 1950 and electioneering in Oklahoma, and W. H. Alexander.
F 21: American Petroleum Institute, 1962.
Topics include depletion allowances, petroleum industry and trade, and petroleum taxation. Correspondents include American Petroleum Institute publications.
F 22: Americans for Democratic Action, 1952 - 1953.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, the Democratic Party (U.S.) platforms, the Republican Party (U.S.: 1854-) platforms, and the 1952 U.S. presidential elections. Correspondents include Americans for Democratic Action.
F 23: Atomic Energy, n. d., 1951 - 1956.
Topics include nuclear energy and government policy and the nuclear industry. Correspondents include the Clinton Presba Anderson press release, speech by Dwight David Eisenhower, Robert Samuel Kerr, Matthew Mansfield Neely, and the United States Atomic Energy Commission.
F 24: Baker, Robert Gene, 1963 - 1967.
Topics include political corruption in the United States and stadiums in Washington (D.C.). Corespondents include Robert Gene Baker and the United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
F 25: Barber Shop Quartet Society, n. d., 1940.
Correspondents include the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America.
F 26: Bennett, Henry G., 1953, 1961.
Topics include Henry Garland Bennett and the Peace Corps (U. S. ). Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 27: Big Cedar, Oklahoma, 1961 - 1962.
Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr. Correspondents include John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
F 28: Billboards, 1957, 1961
Topics include outdoor advertising. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr - speech.
F 29: Brown, Coy, 1960 - 1963.
Topics include Coy Brown. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 30: Chamber of Commerce, 1951, 1955.
Correspondents include the Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and the Council of State Chambers of Commerce.
F 31: Coal, 1944 - 1951.
F 32: Communication Satellites, n. d., 1961 - 1962.
Topics include artificial satellites in telecommunications, Project Echo, Project Telstar, and the Communications Satellite Act of 1962. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and the Stephen Marvin Young newsletter.
F 33: Communism, 1950, 1953 - 1955.
Topics include communism in the United States and Harry Dexter White. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and the Democratic National Committee (U.S.).
F 34-40: Congress, 1949 - 1962.
These folders have summaries of various Congresses of this time period. There are also lists of bills which Robert S. Kerr introduced for some of the Congresses. Topics include the United States Congress. Correspondents include Dennis Chavez, Robert Samuel Kerr, John W. McCormack, Statement of Ernest William McFarland, Remarks by Sam Rayburn, and the Democratic National Committee (U.S.).
Box 2
F 1: Crank Letters, 1960 - 1961.
Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 2: Democratic Party, General, 1951 - 1953, 1961 - 1962.
Topics include the Democratic Party (U.S.). Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and Democratic National Committee (U.S.) publications.
F 3: Democratic Party, Speeches, 1944, 1951 - 1954, 1960.
This folder contains speeches given by Robert S. Kerr at various Democrat functions. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 3b: Donations, 1955, 1962.
This folder includes correspondence with various individuals and organizations to whom Robert S. Kerr made donations. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr..
F 4: Douglass, Frank P., 1950.
Topics include electioneering in Oklahoma, gubernatorial elections in Oklahoma, and Frank P. Douglass.
F 5-6: Education, General, 1951 - 1955, 1959 - 1960, 1965 - 1966.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, education finance, higher education, federal aid to education, school facilities, school integration, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the Higher Education Act of 1965. Correspondents include Statement by Carl Bert Albert, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Samuel Kerr, the Democratic National Committee (U.S.), the National Education Association of the United States Report, the Oklahoma Education Association Newsletter, the United States Office of Education, and Francis Keppel.
F 7: Education, National Education Association Sanctions on Oklahoma, 1963 - 1965.
Correspondents include the National Education Association of the United States and the Oklahoma Education Association.
F 8: Education, National Education Association Sanctions on Utah, 1961 - 1965.
Correspondents include Frank E. Moss and the National Education Association of the United States press release.
F 9-13: Eisenhower, Dwight D., n.d., 1948, 1952 - 1957, 1959, 1962.
Topics include civil rights, medical policy, presidents of the United States elections, presidents of the United States inaugural addresses, presidents of the United States messages, presidents of the United States mistresses, and United States politics and government 1953-1961. Correspondents include Dwight David Eisenhower, Robert Samuel Kerr, Kay Summersby Morgan, and the Democratic National Committee (U.S.).
F 13b: Equal Opportunity, Office of, 1967.
Topics include the United States Office of Equal Opportunity reorganization. Correspondents include LaDonna Harris.
F 14: Federal Aviation Agency, 1960.
Topics include airport finance. Correspondents include United States Federal Aviation Agency.
F 15: Federal Communications Commission, 1968.
Topics include United States Kerner Commission and minorities in Broadcasting. Correspondents include United States Federal Communications Commission.
F 16-20: Finance, 1949, 1951 - 1955, 1957 - 1962.
Topics include John Fitzgerald Kennedy, United States budget, public debts, economic indicators in the United States, fiscal policy in the United States, money, narcotic laws in the United States, sales tax in the United States, and taxation laws and legislation in the United States. Correspondents include Harry Flood Byrd, Walter Franklin George, Robert Samuel Kerr, Democratic National Committee (U.S.), United States Congress Senate Committee on Finance, United States Dept. of the Treasury, and George M. Humphrey.
F 21-31: Foreign Affairs, n.d., 1943 - 1955, 1961.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, Partick Jay Hurley, George Catlett Marshall, North Atlantic Treaty (1949), communism, Korean War 1950-1953, American military assistance, Mutual Security Program, American technical assistance, treaty-making power, World War II diplomatic history, United States foreign relations 1945-1953, United States foreign relations 1953-1961, United States foreign relations with East Asia, Volta River (Ghana), Bricker Amendment, and Point Four. Correspondents include Dean Acheson - speech, John William Bricker, Robert Samuel Kerr - speeches and press releases, William Fife Knowland, John W. McCormack - speech, Joseph Stalin - article, Albert Coady Wedemeyer, Democratic National Committee (U.S.), North Atlantic Treaty Organization, United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Dept. of State, United States Technical Cooperation Administration, and Paul I, King of Greece - speech.
F 32: 45th Division, 1947, 1951.
Topics include United States Army Infantry Division, 45th. Correspondents include United States Dept. of the Army.
F 33: Gary, Raymond, 1955.
Correspondents include Raymond Gary.
F 34: Gas Legislation, 1949 - 1955.
Topics include Sam Rayburn, Democratic Party (U.S.), gas company rates, gas industry, and natural gas law and legislation. Correspondents include Carl Bert Albert - speech, Clinton Presba Anderson, Paul Howard Douglas, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Samuel Kerr - speeches., Harry S. Truman, and United States Federal Power Commission report.
F 35: Gold, 1961 - 1962.
Topics include United States economic policy 1961-1971. Correspondents include Clarence Douglas Dillon, speech.
F 36: Helium, 1954.
Topics include helium and Keyes (Okla.).
F 37: Highways, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1960 - 1961.
Topics include road design and construction and road finance. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 38: Hoover Commission, 1949, 1955.
Topics include executive departments of the United States. Correspondents include United States Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government (1947-1949), United States Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government (1953-1955), and Hoover Commission.
F 39: Indian Affairs, General, n.d., 1947 - 1950, 1954, 1959.
Topics include United States Indian Claims Commission, Indians of North America economic conditions, Indians of North America government relations, Indians of North America hospitals, Indians of North America and Oklahoma, federal aid to Indians, Osage Indians claims, Sand Creek Massacre (Colorado, 1864),and United States Armed Forces and Indians. Correspondents include Carl Bert Albert - remarks, Wesley Ernest Disney, Robert Samuel Kerr, Victor E. Wickersham - resolution, and United States Dept. of the Interior.
F 40: Indian Weather Forecasting, 1951.
Topics include Indians of North America folklore. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
Box 3
F 1: Interior, Department of, 1949.
Topics include United States Dept. of the Interior and Oklahoma. Correspondents include United States Dept. of the Interior.
F 2: Interstate Commerce Commission, n.d., 1951.
Topics include freight and freightage rates. Correspondents include United States Interstate Commerce Commission - press release.
F 3: Johnson, Lyndon B., 1959 - 1961, 1963, 1965 - 1966.
Correspondents include Lady Bird Johnson - poem, Lyndon Baines Johnson, and Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 4: Kennedy, John F., 1960 - 1963.
Topics include Joseph Patrick Kennedy. Correspondents include John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Drew Pearson - newspaper column.
F 5: Kerner Commission, 1967.
Topics include United States Kerner Commission, riots and the United States, United States race relations, and Neighborhood Action Crusade. Correspondents include Fred R. Harris and Lyndon Baines Johnson.
F 6: Labor, n.d., 1952 - 1954, 1960.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, labor policy, military readiness, trade unions, and Taft-Hartley Act. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, George Meany, Stuart Symington, American Federation of Labor, and United States Dept. of Labor.
F 7: MacArthur, Douglas, 1939, 1948 - 1952, 1962, 1964.
Topics include Korean War 1950-1953 and United States foreign relations 1945-1953. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, Douglas MacArthur, and Joseph McCarthy.
F 8: McFarland, Ernest W., 1950 - 1951.
Topics include Ernest William McFarland. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr - press release.
F 9: McGee, Dean A. , 1956, 1963, 1965.
Topics include Kerr-McGee Corporation. Correspondents include Dean A. McGee.
F 10-11: Medicare, 1950, 1960 - 1962.
Topics include Medicare law and legislation. Correspondents include Jacob Koppel Javits, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Samuel Kerr, and Oklahoma State Medical Association publication.
F 12: Military, n.d., 1948, 1951.
Topics include draft in Oklahoma and Davis Air Field Muskogee (Oklahoma). Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 13-14: Military, Reserves, 1964 - 1965, 1967.
Topics include United States 45th Army Infantry Division, United States Army Reserves, United States National Guard Bureau, United States Armed Forces Reserves, and United States National Guard. Correspondents include Fred R. Harris, Robert S. McNamara, A. S. Mike Monroney, James V. Smith, John Cornelius Stennis, American Legion press release, National Guard Association of the United States, Reserve Officers Association of the United States press release, United States Dept. of Defense, and United States Dept. of the Army.
F 15-16: Miscellaneous, 1951 - 1963.
The material in these folders is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and/or subject. Included are letters, clippings, speeches, business cards, and other items. Topics include LaDonna Harris and Joseph McCarthy. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and Jean McCarthy.
F 17: Mitchell, Billy, 1951.
Topics include Douglas MacArthur and William Mitchell.
F 18: Monroney, Mike, 1950, 1955, 1959.
Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr. Correspondents include A. S. Mike Monroney and Mary Ellen Monroney.
F 19: Moore, Edward H., 1943.
Topics include Edward Hall Moore.
F 20: Morris, Toby, n.d., 1951.
Topics include Victor E. Wickersham. Correspondents include Toby Morris and Laura Morris.
F 21: Murray, Johnston, 1950 - 1955.
Topics include Saturday Evening Post and Oklahoma politics and government. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and Johnston Murray.
F 22: National Defense, 1948, 1950 - 1955.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, United States draft, national security and the United States, United States Armed Forces appropriations and expenditures, and United States foreign relations with the Soviet Union. Correspondents include Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Samuel Kerr, Melvin Price - remarks, Democratic National Convention (U.S.), United States Dept. of Defense, and United States Office of Defense Mobilization.
F 23-24: Natural Resources, Arkansas, White and Red River Basins, 1938, 1949 - 1953, 1955, 1957, 1960 - 1963.
Topics include conservation of natural resources, flood control in Oklahoma, flood dams and reservoirs, soil conservation, water conservation projects in Oklahoma, Arkansas River, Arkansas River Navigation, Red River (Texas-Louisiana), White River (Arkansas and Missouri), Flood Control Act of 1950, and Public Works Appropriation Bill of 1956. Correspondents include Edmond Augustus Edmondson, Orval Eugene Faubus, Robert Samuel Kerr, Don McBride, Harry S. Truman, Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, Oklahoma Water Resources Board Bulletin, Oklahoma Development Council Resolution, and N. R. Graham.
F 25: Natural Resources, Canton Dam and Reservoir, 1947, 1951, 1955.
Topics include water conservation projects in Oklahoma.
F 26: Natural Resources, Conservation Lists, n. d. ,1959 - 1960.
F 27: Natural Resources, General, 1953 - 1957, 1960 - 1962.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, United States Senate Committee on Public Works, conservation of natural resources, flood control, water conservation projects, and Omnibus River and Harbor and Flood Control Bills. Correspondents include John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Samuel Kerr, and Democratic National Committee (U.S.).
F 28: Natural Resources, Grand River Dam, 1950 - 1953, 1961 - 1962.
Topics include Grand River Dam Authority, flood dams and reservoirs in Oklahoma, Markham Ferry Dam (Okla.), Robert S. Kerr Dam (Okla.), and Wash Hudson Dam (Okla.). Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, A. S. Mike Monroney, and Oklahoma State Highway Commission petition.
F 29: Natural Resources, Keystone Dam, 1949.
Topics include flood dams and reservoirs in Oklahoma.
F 30: Natural Resources, Oklahoma Water Development Association, 1951 - 1952.
Topics include water conservation in Oklahoma. Correspondents include Oklahoma Water Development Association.
F 31: Natural Resources, Reclamation, 1947 - 1948.
Topics include reclamation of land. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr - Speech and United States Bureau of Reclamation.
F 32: Natural Resources, Washita River, n. d. , 1950 - 1954.
Topics include flood dams and reservoirs, reclamation of land, and water conservation projects. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and United States Bureau of Reclamation.
F 33-34: Natural Resources, Water, n. d. , 1950 - 1964.
Folder 33 has some undated typescripts of panel discussions involving Kerr and other individuals involved in water-related issues. Topics include Harry S. Truman, agricultural conservation program in Oklahoma, flood control in Oklahoma, flood dams and reservoirs in Oklahoma, river regulation, soil conservation, water conservation projects in Oklahoma, and water-supply. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, Carl Bert Albert - Remarks, Don McBride, A. S. Mike Monroney - Press Release, Toby Morris - Press Release, United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Congress Senate Select Committee on National Water Resources report, United States Dept. of Agriculture, United States Dept. of the Army, United States Soil Conservation Service, and United States Water Resources Policy Commission. Topics in these folders are also found in Box 4, Folder 1.
Box 4
F 1: Natural Resources, Water, n. d. , 1950 - 1964.
Topics in this folder are also found in Box 3, Folders 33-34.
F 2: Natural Resources, Water Pollution, 1960 - 1962.
Topics include Water pollution law and legislation and water pollution research. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and United States Public Health Service.
F 3: Natural Resources, White House Conference on Conservation, 1962.
Topics include United States conservation of natural resources. Correspondents include Wayne N. Aspinall - speech, Orville L. Freeman - speech, John Fitzgerald Kennedy - speech, Stewart L. Udall - speech, and United States Dept. of the Interior - press releases.
F 4: Newspapers, Antitrust Legislation, 1967.
Topics include United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee, newspaper ownership, press monopolies, and Failing Newspaper Act. Correspondents include American Newspaper Guild, Tulsa Tribune, Tulsa World, and Richard Lloyd Jones, Jr.
F 5a: Notes, n. d.
This folder contains spiral notebooks of notes written presumably by Malvina Stephenson. Most of the notes are in shorthand. There are a few loose notes also.
F 5b: Office Staff, n. d. , 1953, 1962 - 1963.
This folder contains information on a few members of Robert S. Kerr's staff. Topics include Ben Dwight. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 6-7: Oil, n. d. , 1950, 1955, 1957 - 1959, 1961 - 1963, 1965.
Topics include depreciation allowances, petroleum industry and trade, and petroleum taxation. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 8-11: Oklahoma, n. d. , 1950 - 1962, 1965.
Topics include Henry Bellmon, Oklahoma gubernatorial elections 1962, Oklahoma anniversaries, Oklahoma economic conditions, Oklahoma industries, Oklahoma miscellanea, Oklahoma politics and government, Oklahoma Golden Jubilee Essay Contest, and Sciences and Natural Resources Foundation of Oklahoma. Correspondents include George Lynn Cross, Robert Samuel Kerr, Oliver Siralvo Willham, American Association for State and Local History, Oklahoma Historical Society, American Heritage, and Burl Hays.
F 12: Patronage, 1961 - 1962.
Topics include Allen E. Barrow, Luther Lee Bohanon, Oklahoma judge selection and appointment, and political patronage in Oklahoma. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 13: Personal Correspondence, n. d. , 1963.
This folder has letters to Malvina Stephenson as well as sympathy cards sent to her following Robert S. Kerr's death. Topics include Malvina Stephenson.
F 14: Post Office, 1953, 1955, 1967.
Topics include United States Post Office Dept. and postal service.
F 15: Poteau, Oklahoma, 1959 - 1961.
F 16: Power, General, 1949, 1953, 1965.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower, electric power, electric power failures, and rural electrification. Correspondents include James E. Murray, John Sparkman, National Farmers' Union (U.S.) newsletter, United States Dept. of the Interior, and United States Federal Power Commission.
F 17: Power, Southwestern Power Administration, 1949 - 1954, 1965.
Topics include United States Southwestern Power Administration appropriations and expenditures, United States Southwestern Power Administration political activity, electric power, rural electrification, and water-power. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and United States Southwestern Power Administration.
F 18: Public Works, 1953, 1959 - 1960, 1962, 1967.
Topics include Highway Beautification Act of 1965. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, John C. Kluczynski, Jennings Randolph, and Alan S. Boyd.
F 19: Reapportionment, 1965 - 1966.
Topics include apportionment (election law). Correspondents include Everett McKinley Dirksen and Committee for Government of the People.
F 20a: Republican Party, General, n. d. , 1951, 1953.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower and Republican Party (U.S.). Correspondents include Thomas Edmund Dewey and Democratic National Committee (U.S.).
F 20b: Schedules, 1961 - 1962.
This folder has schedules of meetings and events to be attended by Robert S. Kerr.
F 21: Social Security, 1950 - 1951, 1954 - 1955, 1958, 1960 - 1962.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower and pensions. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, Mike Mansfield, Lloyd Rader, Jennings Randolph, and Democratic National Committee (U.S.).
F 22a: Space, 1961 - 1967.
Topics include Thomas P. Stafford, Project Apollo (U.S.), United States House Committee of Science and Aeronautics Subcommittee on NASA Oversight, United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, astronauts, outer space exploration, and space vehicle accidents. Correspondents include Leroy Gordon Cooper, Robert Samuel Kerr, Donald H. Rumsfeld, and James Edwin Webb.
F 22b: Steed, Tom, n.d. , 1949.
Correspondents include Thomas Jefferson Steed, and Hazel Steed.
F 23: Stevenson, Adlai, 1952.
Topics include Dwight David Eisenhower and United States presidential election of 1952. Correspondents include Adlai Ewing Stevenson.
F 24: Taylor, Maxwell D., 1955.
Topics include Maxwell Davenport Taylor. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 25: Tennessee Valley Authority, 1947, 1953, 1962.
Topics include electric power. Correspondents include Tennessee Valley Authority.
F 26: Thomas, Elmer, 1949-1950.
Topics include Elmer Thomas. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 27: Trade Legislation, 1962.
Topics include commercial law in the United States, United States commerce, and Trade Expansion Act of 1962. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 28: Turner Roy J., 1948 - 1949, 1953 - 1954.
Topics include Harry S. Truman and Roy Joseph Turner.
F 29: Veterans, 1932, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964.
Topics include veterans education, Oklahoma veterans' hospitals, and William J. Driver. Correspondents include Walter Franklin George, Robert Samuel Kerr, Roy Joseph Turner, and United States Veterans Administration.
F 30: Webb, James E. , 1961.
Topics include James Edwin Webb and United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
F 31: Wickersham, Victor, n. d. , 1949, 1954.
Correspondents include Victor E. Wickersham and Jessie Wickersham.
F 32: Wilson, George Howard, n.d.
Topics include George Howard Wilson. Correspondents include Myrna Wilson.
Box 5
F 1-4: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Attorney, Baptist, and Cabin at Ada, n.d., 1922, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1957 - 1963.
Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr and Oklahoma Baptist University. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr - prayer and speeches.
F 5-8: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Campaigns, n. d. , 1948, 1951 - 1954, 1960, 1970.
Topics include John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Robert Samuel Kerr, Roy Joseph Turner, United States presidential election of 1952, and B. Hayden Crawford. Correspondents include Carl Albert - speech, James Oliver Eastland, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Samuel Kerr - speech, and Francis J. Myers.
F 9-10: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Death, Funeral, and Estate, 1962 - 1964.
Folder 9 has a letter from Robert S. Kerr to Richard Russell. This letter was written by Kerr during his last stay at the hospital. There are also numerous tributes to Kerr which were in the Congressional Record. Folder 10 contains Kerr's will. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 11: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Family Genealogy, n.d.,1952 - 1953, 1960, 1963 - 1964.
F 12: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, General, n. d. , 1949, 1954, 1959, 1962 - 1965.
This folder includes a commemorative issue of Kerrmac News which was done after Robert S. Kerr's death.
F 13: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Gubernatorial, n. d. , 1942 - 1947, 1952, 1961, 1963, 1965.
There is a letter in this folder from the president of Langston University which cites Kerr's accomplishments in civil rights. Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr, Robert Samuel Kerr - speeches, Afro-Americans civil rights in Oklahoma, and Oklahoma governors.
F 14: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Historical Background, n.d.,1958, 1963 - 1964.
This folder has material which was to provide a historical background to Stephenson's proposed biography on Robert S. Kerr.
F 15: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Humor, Wit and Anecdotes, n.d., 1958 - 1962.
F 16: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Interview with Joseph Kraft, 1962.
Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr and Joseph Kraft.
F 17: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Kerrmac Ranch, n.d. , 1961 - 1962.
F 18-22: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Wife and Children, n. d. , 1919, 1925, 1943 - 1947, 1951 - 1952, 1962 - 1965.
Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr and Reba Shelton. Correspondents include Breene Kerr, Robert S. Kerr, Grayce Kerr, Kay Kerr, and William G. Kerr.
F 23: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, King of the Senate, n. d. , 1959 - 1962.
Correspondents include Mike Mansfield - speech and A. S. Mike Monroney - speech.
F 24: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Land, Wood and Water, n. d., 1959 - 1961.
There is a transcript of a tape recording of the author's party for Land, Wood and Water which was held at the Kermac Ranch on August 5, 1960. The men listed as authors were participants in this party. Correspondents include Carl Bert Albert, James Howard Edmundson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Robert Samuel Kerr, Michael Joseph Kirwan, Dean A. McGee, Sam Rayburn, General Federation of Women's Clubs, and Oklahoma Dept. of Wildlife Conservation.
F 25: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Memorial, 1962 - 1963, 1965.
Correspondents include Carl Bert Albert - speech.
Box 6
F 1-5: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Oil Industry, n. d. , 1935 -1940, 1947 - 1964.
Topics include offshore oil industry, petroleum industry and trade, uranium mines and mining, and Kermac Rig 54. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, Dean A. McGee, Kerr-McGee Corporation, James L. Anderson, A and K Petroleum Company, and Kerlyn Oil Company.
F 6: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Parents, n. d. , 1863, 1865, 1869, 1888, 1891 - 1893, 1895, 1911, 1952 - 1953, 1963 - 1964.
Topics include Margaret E. Kerr. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr, William E. Kerr, William Samuel Kerr, and Paul McBride.
F 7-8: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Proposed Biography on, Correspondence and Manuscript Drafts, n. d. , 1963, 1967.
There are typescripts of various chapters in folder 8 which are assumed to be what Stephenson planned to use in the book on Kerr.
F 9: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Radio and Television, n. d., 1951, 1953, 1957, 1962 - 1963.
This folder contains speeches and transcripts of radio and television programs in which Robert S. Kerr participated.
F 10-13: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Reminiscences, n. d. , 1963.
This folder contains reminiscences of family, friends, and colleagues of Robert S. Kerr. Correspondents include Wilburn Cartwright, Clark M. Clifford, Don McBride, Mildred Kerr Anderson, Burl Hays, Aubrey Kerr, B. B. Kerr, Travis Kerr, and Otis Sullivant.
F 14: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Soldier and Veteran, n. d. , 1954, 1957, 1959 - 1964.
This folder includes reminiscences by several former friends who served in the military with Robert S. Kerr. Topics include World War I. Correspondents include Robert Samuel Kerr.
F 15: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Songs, n. d., 1962.
F 16-17: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Speeches and Speech Materials, n. d. , 1945 - 1948, 1951 - 1957, 1961 - 1962.
Folder 17 contains speeches which Robert S. Kerr presented to various civic groups.
F 18: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Statements, n. d. , 1951, 1953, 1955 - 1962.
F 19: Biographical Material on Robert S. Kerr, Student and School Teacher, n.d., 1959, 1963.
Oversize Box 1: N.D., 1943-1945, 1951, 1957.
This box consists of three scrapbooks. One has some invitations sent to Governor and Mrs. Robert S. Kerr as well as report cards for their children, Kay and Breene. There is also a sketch of a houseboat drawn by Breene. A second scrapbook has clippings, press releases and speeches by Kerr regarding the Korean War. A third scrapbook has clippings and related material regarding the Senate Finance Committee investigation of the nation's financial condition. Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr, Douglas MacArthur, United States Senate Committee on Finance, United States public finance, United States fiscal policy, Breene Kerr, and Kay Kerr.
Oversize Box 2: N.D., 1949, 1951, 1954, 1960 - 1962.
This box consists of a scrapbook on Robert S. Kerr's involvement in the early U.S. space program. There is a scrapbook on Kerr's book, Land, Wood and Water. In addition, there are oversized clippings of John F. Kennedy's visit to Big Cedar, a copy of the April 9, 1949 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, a graduation tassel, and a sketch of Kerr. Finally, there is a folder of miscellaneous newspapers, an advertisement, and a genealogy chart which were all separated from other parts of this collection. Topics include Robert Samuel Kerr, Douglas MacArthur, Roy Joseph Turner, United States Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Land Wood and Water, United States outer space exploration, and Big Cedar (Okla.).
Malvina Stephenson Collection Description