Box 7: Hoof-and-Mouth Disease Laboratory (1948-1949) - Lake Texoma (1946)
F 1: Hoof-and-Mouth Disease Laboratory (1948-1949).
Correspondence re: location of a laboratory for research of Hoof-and-Mouth disease; the death of an inspector in Mexico.
F 2: Hoover Commission Reports (1949).
Correspondence re: support for report.
F 3: Hospitals: Claremore Indian Hospital (1931).
Correspondence re: need for medical help at the Claremore Indian hospital.
F 4: Hospitals: Veteran, Muskogee (1937).
Correspondence re: hospital in Muskogee.
F 5: Hospitals: Veteran (1943).
Correspondence re: possible location of a veterans' hospital in following cities, including Pawhuska, Tulsa, Okmulgee, Bristow, Ardmore, Guthrie, Oklahoma City, Mangum, Poteau and Woodward.
F 6: Hospitals: Veteran (1944).
Correspondence re: cities trying to secure a veterans' hospital for their area, including Bartlesville, Madill, Clinton, Beavers Bend State Park, Purcell and Muskogee.
F 7: Hospitals: Veteran (1945).
Correspondence re: suggestions for improvement of the veterans' hospital program; the sites of new hospital locations, and additions to existing Veterans' Administration hospitals; a list of hospitals in the hospital expansion program.
F 8: Hospitals: Veteran (1945).
Correspondence re: possible sites in the state of Oklahoma for a veterans' hospital.
F 9: Hospitals: Veteran, Out of State (1945).
Correspondence re: potential sites for veterans' hospitals in St. Davis, Arizona; Denison, Texas; and Amarillo, Texas.
F 10: Hospitals: Veteran, Altus (1945).
Correspondence re: Altus as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 11: Hospitals: Veteran, Alva (1945).
Correspondence re: Alva as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 12: Hospitals: Veteran, Anadarko (1945).
Correspondence re: Anadarko as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 13: Hospitals: Veteran, Ardmore (1945).
Correspondence re: Ardmore as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 14: Hospitals: Black Veterans (1945).
Correspondence re: possibility of establishing separate hospitals for black veterans.
F 15: Hospitals: Veteran, Broken Bow (1945).
Correspondence re: Broken Bow as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 16: Hospitals: Veteran, Chickasha (1945).
Correspondence re: use of the local hospital in Chickasha for a veterans' facility; the expansion of Borden General Hospital.
F 17: Hospitals: Veteran, Elk City (1945).
Correspondence re: Elk City as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 18: Hospitals: Veteran, Enid (1945).
Correspondence re: Enid as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 19: Hospitals: Glennan Army Hospital, Okmulgee (1945).
Correspondence re: battle over the closing of Glennan Hospital in Okmulgee.
F 20: Hospitals: Veteran, Hobart (1945).
Correspondence re: Hobart as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 21: Hospitals: Indian Veterans (1945).
Correspondence re: idea of a separate hospital for Indian veterans.
F 22: Hospitals: Veteran, Mangum (1945).
Correspondence re: Mangum as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 23: Hospitals: Veteran, Madill (1945).
Correspondence re: Madill as a site for a veterans' hospital.
F 24: Hospitals: Veteran, Oklahoma City Area (1945).
Correspondence re: various sites near Oklahoma City for the new veterans' hospital.
F 25: Hospitals: Veteran, Pryor (1945).
Correspondence re: possibility of using the Oklahoma Ordnance Works as a veterans' rehabilitation Center.
F 26: Hospitals: Veteran, Tonkawa (1945).
Correspondence re: use of a prisoner of war camp as a veterans' facility.
F 27: Hospitals (1946).
a. Correspondence re: hospital needs in the state of Oklahoma.
b. Public Law No. 725 (S. 191): "To amend the Public Health Service act to authorize grants to the States for surveying their hospitals and public health centers and for planning construction of additional facilities, and to authorize grants to assist in such construction."; Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session (1946).
F 28: Hospitals, Veteran (1946).
Correspondence re: Expansion and construction of various veterans' facilities in Oklahoma.
F 29: Hospitals (1947).
Correspondence re: Borden General Hospital in Chickasha.
F 30: Hospitals, Veteran (1947).
Correspondence re: Boley, Oklahoma as a site for a veterans' hospital; the Oklahoma City Veterans' Hospital.
F 31: Hospitals: Veteran, Norman (1947).
Correspondence re: naval hospital in Norman being taken over by the Veterans Administration.
F 32: Hospitals: Veteran (1948).
Correspondence re: proposed construction of a Veterans Administration hospital in Oklahoma City.
F 33: Hospitals: Veteran, Norman (1949).
Correspondence re: planned veterans' hospital for Norman being eliminated from the original list of projects.
F 34: Hospitals: Veteran (1949).
Correspondence re: inquiry into the Oklahoma City Veterans Administration hospital; the possibility of a Veterans Administration Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee.
F 35: Hospitals (1950).
Correspondence re: University Hospital, Oklahoma City Neuropsychiatric Ward; Stilwell Community Clinic; Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanitorium; Central State Hospital; Beaver County Hospital.
F 36: Hospitals: Talihina (1950).
Correspondence re: Eastern Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanitorium project in Talihina, Oklahoma.
F 37: Hospitals: Veteran (1950).
Correspondence re: materials used in the construction of the Oklahoma City Veterans' Hospital.
F 38: Housing: Enid (1935).
Correspondence re: protests surrounding a housing project of the WPA in Enid.
F 39: Housing: Oklahoma City (1934-1935).
Correspondence re: proposed housing project for Oklahoma City.
F 40: Housing: Tulsa (1935).
Correspondence re: proposed housing project for Tulsa, Oklahoma.
F 41: Housing (1936).
Correspondence re: A contract connected to the low cost housing project in Oklahoma City.
F 42: Housing (1938).
Correspondence re: various PWA projects.
F 43: Hugo Project (1947).
Correspondence re: construction of the Hugo Dam and opposition to it.
F 44: Hugo Project (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: support and opposition to the Hugo Dam Project.
F 45: Hulah Dam (1937-1938).
Correspondence re: inquiries into the status of the Hulah Dam Project.
F 46: Hulah Dam (1939).
Correspondence re: status of the Hulah Dam Project.
F 47: Hulah Dam (1940).
Correspondence re: money allocated for construction of the Hulah Dam.
F 48: Hulah Dam (1941).
Correspondence (A-Jones) re: problems surrounding the construction of the Hulah Dam.
F 49: Hulah Dam (1941).
Correspondence (Jopling-Z) re: problems surrounding the construction of the Hulah Dam. Correspondents include Frank Phillips.
F 50: Hulah Dam: Data (1941).
a. Correspondence re: extra considerations for the construction of the Hulah Dam.
b. S. 1115: "In aid of the construction of the Hulah Dam and Reservoir project, Oklahoma." Elmer Thomas Bill; Committee on Indian Affairs; Seventy-Seventh Congress, First Session (1941).
F 51: Hulah Dam (1942).
Correspondence re: need for the early construction of the Hulah Dam.
F 52: Hulah Dam (1943).
a. Correspondence re: problems surrounding the construction of the Hulah Dam.
b. Clipping: "Lessees Boycott Osage Council," Tulsa Daily World, July 26, 1943.
c. Memoranda: mineral rights of the Osage Indians.
d. Report: The Hulah Dam and Reservoir Project.
F 53: Hulah Dam (1944).
a. Correspondence re: condensing the area of the right of way for the dam.
b. H. R. 4183: Amendment. "Intended to be proposed by Mr. Thomas of Oklahoma to the bill (H. R. 4183) making appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for civil functions administered by the War Department, and for other purposes, viz."; Seventy-Eighth Congress, Second Session (1944).
F 54: Hulah Dam (1945).
Correspondence re: appropriations for the Hulah Dam.
F 55: Hulah Dam (1946).
a. Correspondence re: appropriations for the construction of the Hulah Dam.
b. House Doc. No. 425: "Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation for the War Department for Flood Control"; Communication from the President of the United States; Committee on Appropriations; Seventy-Ninth Congress, Second Session (1946).
F 56: Hulah Dam (1947).
Correspondence re: money appropriated for the Hulah Dam.
F 57: Hulah Dam (1948).
Correspondence re: public hearing about the Hulah Dam.
F 58: Hulah Dam (1949).
Correspondence re: inexpensive electricity; Indian land covered by the project; the amount of money to be spent on the project.
F 59: Hulah Dam (1950).
Correspondence re: settlement with property owners affected by the project; the name of the project; claims for payment on work completed for project.
F 60: Idabel (1943).
Correspondence re: possible location of Navy installation at Idabel.
F 61: Indian Schools (1929, 1931).
Correspondence re: Indian education.
F 62: Indian Lands (1949).
a. Correspondence re: paving of a street in Lawton on government property.
b. H. R. 4877: "To confer jurisdiction upon the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma of Proceedings to condemn certain real property title to which is in the United States, some being held in trust by the United States for the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Indian Tribes in Comanche County, Oklahoma."; Committee on Public Lands: Eighty-First Congress; First Session (1949).
F 63: Irrigation Projects (1943).
Correspondence re: Clifford Stone considered as Assistant Commissioner of Reclamation.
F 64: Irrigation Projects (1944).
Correspondence re: concerns on certain irrigation projects in Oklahoma.
F 65: Irrigation Projects (1946).
Correspondence re: information on an irrigation project in Kennewick, Washington.
F 66: Irrigation Projects (1947).
a. Correspondence re: bulletins sent to Canton regarding irrigation.
b. Pamphlet, Farmer's Irrigation Guide, United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.
F 66B: Irrigation Projects (1948).
Correspondence re: project on the Salt Fork of the Red River in Greer County.
F 67: Irrigation Projects (1949).
"Conservation Report," National Wildlife Federation.
F 68: Irrigation Projects: W. C. Austin Project (1947-1949).
Correspondence re: dedication ceremonies; positive reaction regarding the construction of the W. C. Austin Project.
F 69: Izaak Walton League (1935).
a. Correspondence re: passage of the Black Bass law; a biological survey to add to the Wichita National Game Reserve.
b. Proclamation by the President of the United States of America (Franklin D. Roosevelt); "Amending Regulations on Migratory Game Birds."
F 70: Izaak Walton League (1937).
Correspondence re: favor for the continuation of the tree planting project in western Oklahoma.
F 71: Jenks Levee (1946-1947).
Correspondence re: appropriations for initial and continuing construction of Jenks Levee; concerns over the wage scale used on the construction of Jenks Levee.
F 72: Zink, John, Company.
Correspondence re: availability of the John Zink Company for Defense Projects.
F 73: Kaw Project.
Correspondence re: need for flood control on the Arkansas River near Kaw City, Oklahoma.
F 74: Kenton Project (1937).
Correspondence re: status of a project for flood control near Kenton.
F 75: Kenton Project (1938).
"Report on Kenton Project, Oklahoma"; Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation.
F 76: Keystone Dam (1946).
Correspondence re: name of the dam near Sand Springs, Oklahoma be changed from "Keystone" to "Sand Springs."
F 77: Keystone Dam: Correspondence, In Favor (1946).
Correspondence re: favor of the construction of the Keystone Dam.
F 78: Keystone Dam: Correspondence, Opposed, A-Ha (1946).
Correspondence re: opposition to the construction of the Keystone Dam.
F 79: Keystone Dam: Correspondence, Opposed, Hi-Z (1946).
Correspondence re: opposition to the construction of the Keystone Dam.
F 80: Keystone Dam: Departmental Material (1946).
Correspondence re: Keystone project being substituted for the Mannford Reservoir project.
F 81: Keystone Dam: Petitions Opposed (1946).
Correspondence re: petitions in opposition to the Keystone Dam project.
F 82: Keystone Dam (1947).
Correspondence re: possible future construction of the Keystone project.
F 83: Keystone Dam (1948).
Correspondence re: alternatives to the Keystone project.
F 84: Keystone Dam (1949).
Correspondence re: report on the Arkansas River and its tributaries; both favor and opposition to the proposed Keystone Project.
F 85: Keystone Dam (1950).
Correspondence re: reaction to the bill passed for the construction of Keystone Dam.
F 86: Kiamichi River Project (1946, 1949).
Correspondence re: possibility of dam construction on the Kiamichi River.
F 87: Kingfisher Project (1948).
Correspondence re: flood control in the Kingfisher area.
F 88: Kingfisher Project (1949).
Correspondence re: construction of flood control devices near Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
F 89: Kingfisher Project (1949).
Correspondence re: A need for an investigation into flood damages in Kingfisher.
F 90: Kingfisher Project: Memos and Data (1949).
a. Memos: need for flood control at Kingfisher, Oklahoma.
b. Public Law 38 (H. R. 2101): "To abolish the Regional Agricultural Credit Corporation of Washington, District of Columbia, and transfer its functions to the Secretary of Agriculture, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make disaster loans, and for other purposes."; Eighty-first Congress, First Session (1949).
F 91: Lake Elmer Thomas (1944).
Correspondence re: improvements needed at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge concerning Lake Elmer Thomas.
F 91B: Lake Murray Dam (1948).
F 92: Lake Murray: Transient Work Camps (1936-1937).
a. Correspondence re: projects surrounding Lake Murray, including a transient work camp.
b. Clipping: "Lake Ready in 6 Months."
F 93: Lake Texoma (1944).
Correspondence re: proposed location of a wildlife refuge on the Texoma Reservoir; land near Lake Texoma being rented for crop use.
F 94: Lake Texoma (1945).
Correspondence re: development of parts of Lake Texoma into recreation areas.
F 95: Lake Texoma (1946).
Correspondence re: desire by private citizens to purchase lake frontage property; establishment of recreational areas; ; a desire to establish businesses on recreational areas.
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