Box 9: McAlester (1942) - Noftsger, B. Gaylord (1950)
F 1: McAlester (1942).
Correspondence re: completion of city hall.
F 2: McAlester (1943).
Correspondence re: Naval Ammunition Depot; an experimental gasoline plant; an airport for McAlester; objection to colored marines being sent to McAlester; the possible location of an army hospital.
F 3: McAlester (1944).
Correspondence re: confusion in the assignment of navy dentist; the Federal Highway Bill; an experimental gasoline plant; the Naval Ammunition Depot; possible location of an airport.
F 4: McAlester: Prisoner of War Camp (1944).
Correspondence re: sewage disposal facilities; use for the camp if it is shut down.
F 5: McAlester: Synthetic Fuels Plant (1944).
Correspondence re: reasons why a synthetic fuels plant should be located in McAlester.
F 6: McAlester: Veterans' Hospital Site (1944).
Correspondence re: request that a governmental hospital be located in McAlester.
F 7: McAlester (1945).
a. Correspondence re: construction of a rocket plant near the shell loading plant; the McAlester Sewage Disposal Plant; the Naval Ammunition Depot; an airport for McAlester; material for the testing job; the possible construction of the Eufaula Dam; the use of land connected with the shell loading plant for grazing.
b. Pamphlets coking coal in McAlester.
F 8: McAlester: Prisoner of War Camp (1945).
Correspondence re: use of the camp as a veterans' hospital; the use of the camp by the city of McAlester; discontinuation of the rent program.
F 9: McAlester: Synthetic Fuel Plant (1945).
Correspondence re: possible location of a demonstration plant in McAlester.
F 10: McAlester (1946).
Correspondence re: future of the local naval plant; a bid by the city for the local prisoner of war camp; the hospital at the Naval Depot.
F 11: McAlester (1947).
Correspondence re: A bid by the city for the local POW camp; the moving of the war housing project.
F 12: McAlester (1948).
Correspondence: Re: possible moving of the Mine Rescue Station; Navy Day in McAlester.
F 13: McAlester (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: proposed dam on the South Canadian River; cuts of personnel at the Naval Ammunition Depot; possible location of an H-bomb plant.
F 13B: McCurtain Indian Project (1940).
Correspondence re the project.
F 14: Market News Service (1949).
Correspondence re: request for Federal Marketing News Service for the Tulsa Stockyards.
F 15: Markham Ferry (1938).
Correspondence re: Interest in the construction of a dam at Markham Ferry on the Grand River.
F 16: Markham Ferry (1939).
Correspondence re: proposed construction of the Markham Ferry Dam.
F 17: Markham Ferry (1940).
Correspondence re: proposed construction of the Markham Ferry Dam.
F 18: Markham Ferry (1941).
Correspondence re: Markham Ferry project being authorized but no money appropriated.
F 19: Markham Ferry (1942).
Correspondence re: release of funds for the construction of the Markham Ferry Project.
F 20: Markham Ferry (1943).
Correspondence re: appropriation information on the Markham Ferry Project.
F 21: Markham Ferry (1945).
Correspondence re: attitude of the citizens connected with the Markham Ferry Project.
F 22: Markham Ferry (1946).
Correspondence re: advanced funds for planning of Markham Ferry Project.
F 23: Markham Ferry (1948).
Correspondence re: funding and other problems between the Corps of Engineers and the Grand River Dam Authority; relocation of the railroad at Markham Ferry.
F 24: Markham Ferry (1949).
Correspondence re: Grand River Dam Authority's interest in beginning construction on the Markham Ferry Project; a controversy between the federal government and the state of Oklahoma over construction of the Markham Ferry Project.
F 25: Markham Ferry (1950).
a. Correspondence re: funding for the Markham Ferry Project; control of the project; a public hearing on S. 3432.
b. S. 3432: "To provide for the construction of the Markham's Ferry project on the Grand River in Oklahoma by the State of Oklahoma." Robert S. Kerr and Elmer Thomas Bill; Committee on Public Works; Eighty-First Congress, Second Session (1950).
F 26: Medicine Park (1942-1944, 1948).
Correspondence re: highway improvement through Medicine Park into the Wildlife Refuge; the Fields and Dunning school building applications; the request for land near Medicine Park for pasturage purposes; the use of outboard motors on the lake just south of Mt. Scott.
F 26B: Miami, Florida (1942).
Memo re: power plant.
F 26C: Miami Indian Project (1940).
Correspondence re employment.
F 27: Miami (1943-1944).
Correspondence re: facilities and a site for a government hospital; the possible construction of a rubber plant; the construction of housing units.
F 28: Miami (1945).
a. Correspondence re: Health Center for Ottawa County; the use of the local airfield.
b. Report: "Damages to Sewage Disposal System Miami, Oklahoma."
F 29: Miami (1947).
Correspondence re: army considering the feasibility and cost of building and operating underground plant and storage sites.
F 30: Midwest City (1943).
Correspondence re: application to the War Production Board for a new school building.
F 31: Midwest City (1944, 1945, 1947, 1950).
a. Correspondence re: added child care services to the city school project; possible development at the depot or the Douglas Airplane Plant; funds for maintenance and operation of school facilities.
b. Clipping: "$144,622 Midwest City School Contract Is Let."
F 32: Military Contracts (1945-1946).
Correspondence re: McAlester Naval base; a pallet contract connected to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts; Hastings (Nebraska) Naval Ammunition Depot; McAlester Naval Ammunition Depot; Fort Gibson Dam (Leo Sanders matter).
F 33: Mill Creek Watershed (1950).
Correspondence re: local flood control through the Mill Creek Watershed Project.
F 34: Millwood Dam (1947).
Correspondence re: opposition to the construction of the Millwood Dam in favor of smaller dams.
F 35: Millwood Dam (1948).
Correspondence re: opposition to the construction of the Millwood Dam.
F 36: Millwood Dam (1949).
Correspondence re: opposition to the construction of the Millwood Dam.
F 37: Millwood Dam (1950).
Correspondence re: opposition to the construction of the Millwood Dam.
F 38: Mississippi Valley Flood Control Association (1948).
Correspondence re: An invitation to the annual meeting in New Orleans.
F 39: Missouri Valley Authority (1945).
Correspondence re: favor for the immediate passage of the MVA bill; requests for hearings on the MVA project.
F 40: Moore: Airfield (1944).
Correspondence with O. A. Cargill re: land of Moore airfield being deeded back to the original owners.
F 41: Moore: Airfield (1944).
Correspondence re: land of Moore airfield being deeded back to the original owners.
F 41B: Moore: Airplane Repair Shop (1944).
Correspondence re: approval of shop.
F 42: Moore: Airfield, Data (1943-1944).
a. Correspondence re: land of Moore airfield being deeded back to the original owners.
b. S. 1800: "To Authorize and direct the sale of Moore Airfield"; Committee on Naval Affairs; Seventy-Eighth Congress, Second Session (1944).
c. H. R. 3748: "To Authorize and Direct the sale of Moore Airfield"; Committee on Naval Affairs; Seventy-Eighth congress, First Session (1943).
d. Amendment to H. R. 4559.
F 43: Moore: Airfield (1945).
Correspondence re: use of the land formerly known as the Moore airfield, especially for oil production.
F 44: Moore: Airfield, Data (1945).
a. Report: "Oklahoma Allocated Pools Allowable Report As of March 1, 1945"; Oil and Gas Conservation Department.
b. Clippings: Re: Old and new oil wells in Moore and at the Moore airfield.
c. Oil Well Logs: Garlinghouse #1, Tubbs #1, Tubbs #2, Tubbs #4.
F 45: Moore: Airfield (1946).
Correspondence re: property being sold back to the original owners.
F 45B: Mount Glen (1935).
Correspondence re: desire for project.
F 46: Mount Scott Road(1931).
Correspondence with M. C. Grosclose re: construction of a scenic highway to the top of Mt. Scott.
F 47: Mount Scott Road (1931).
Correspondence re: construction of a scenic highway to the top of Mt. Scott.
F 48: Mount Scott Road (1932).
Correspondence re: construction of a scenic highway to the top of Mt. Scott.
F 49: Mount Scott Road (1932).
Correspondence with M. C. Groseclose re: construction of a scenic highway to the top of Mt. Scott.
F 50: Mount Scott Road (1933).
Correspondence re: construction of a scenic highway to the top of Mt. Scott.
F 51: Mount Scott (1935).
Correspondence re: application for recreational development of Mt. Scott.
F 52: Mount Scott: Radio Tower (1947).
Correspondence re: possible location of a broadcasting tower on top of Mt. Scott, and reactions to the proposal.
F 53: Mountain Fork (1945, 1947).
Correspondence re: need for flood control on the Mountain Fork River.
F 54: Mountain Park Project (1945-1946).
Correspondence re: possible construction of a dam on Otter Creek near Mountain Park, Oklahoma.
F 55: Mountain Park Project (1950).
Correspondence re: need for an irrigation project at Mountain Park, Oklahoma.
F 56: Mountain View (1949).
Correspondence re: need for a proposed dam at Mt. View on the Washita River.
F 57: Mud Creek (1945-1946).
Correspondence re: need for flood control on Mud Creek near Konawa, Oklahoma.
F 58: Murray State Park (1945).
Correspondence re: development of Murray State Park.
F 59: Muskogee (1937).
Correspondence re: airport project needing approval.
F 60: Muskogee (1940).
Correspondence re: industrial or munitions plant; military institution expansion program in Oklahoma.
F 61: Muskogee (1941).
Correspondence re: Oklahoma getting its fair share of the defense program; the Cookson Hills cantonment and two dams; coal deposits at Fort Smith; the construction of the new airfield and its possible use as an air school; defense housing in Muskogee.
F 62: Muskogee (1942).
Correspondence re: facilities for a gun barrel facility; remodeling of the hospital and construction of a nurses' home; Muskogee Municipal Airport No.2 and plans for its use; defense projects needed in connection with Cookson Hills Cantonment and Oklahoma Ordnance Works, at Chateau; the need for a recreational hall at Camp Gruber.
F 63: Muskogee (1943).
Correspondence re: request for additional buildings at the veterans' hospital; allocation of funds for recreational facilities; interest in securing an aluminum extension plant.
F 64: Muskogee (1944).
Correspondence re: location of another veterans' hospital in Oklahoma City.
F 65: Muskogee (1945).
Correspondence: Re: interest in locating a cadet nurse training center for Negro girls in Oklahoma satisfactory airline connections for mail and passenger service; Camp Gruber being retained in active status; adding to the Veterans' Hospital; a farm experimental station requested for Muskogee; interests in a broadcasting station.
F 66: Muskogee (1946).
Correspondence re: repair work needed on the Muskogee water system; construction of the Fort Gibson Dam; the use of the Muskogee army airfield; support for the expansion of the veterans' hospital.
F 67: Muskogee (1948).
Correspondence re: relocation of railway near Muskogee; water connections.
F 68: Muskogee (1949).
Correspondence re: connection of the Muskogee city water line with the Fort Gibson Reservoir; appropriations needed to repair Greenleaf Dam.
F 69: Muskogee (1950).
Correspondence re: fight over jurisdiction on Muskogee roads; appropriations needed to construct a flow line from the Fort Gibson Dam to the Muskogee city water works intake system; the Arkansas River being declared navigable to Muskogee.
F 70: Muskogee: Veterans' Hospital (1950).
Correspondence re: possible expansion of the hospital.
F 71: National Cemeteries (1945).
Summary of National Cemetery Bill.
F 72: National Economy League (1935).
Correspondence re: decreasing the national debt instead of increasing it.
F 73: National Forest Service (1949).
Correspondence re: government's unauthorized acquisition of land in Oklahoma; opposition to the government land acquisition program; the acquisition of two buffalo and a few elk for the Pawnee homecoming celebration.
F 74: National Grange (1933).
Correspondence re: annual address of the National Grange.
F 75: National Guard (1948).
Correspondence re: specially adapted housing for veterans with service connected disabilities; a National Guard Armory to be located in Frederick, Oklahoma.
F 76: National Park Service (1947).
a. Correspondence re: money needed for upkeep of national parks.
b. Report re: recovery of archaeological and paleontology remains from river valleys to be flooded by the Smithsonian Institution and the National Park Service.
F 77: National Park Service (1948).
Correspondence re: request for buffalo meat for a Pawnee Indian feast; the status of Burns Run Resort; request for authorization to construct a road through government property to the edge of Lake Texoma.
F 78: National Park Service (1949).
a. Correspondence re: guide books for national parks.
b. Memorandum: "Concessions Policies of the National Park System," U.S. Department of the Interior.
F 79: National Park Service (1950).
Correspondence re: laundry service for Yellowstone National Park; a request for photographs of various national parks; two buffalo to be used for a barbecue feast at the Pawnee Indian annual homecoming; one buffalo needed for a Clinton Indian pow-wow; one buffalo needed for the Iowa Indian celebration.
F 80: National Reclamation Association (1949).
Correspondence re: committee assignments for Senator Kerr and Senator Thomas making reclamation projects easier to pass.
F 81: National Union for Social Justice (1935-1936).
Correspondence re: positive and negative responses to Elmer Thomas's involvement with the National Union for Social Justice; testimony favoring the Nye-Sweeney Bill.
F 82: Navigation (1944).
Correspondence re: Wheter navigation or irrigation have the prior claim to western waters; opposition to improvements on the St. Lawrence waterway.
F 83: Navy (1944).
Correspondence re: cement bid on the Camden, Arkansas project.
F 83B: Navy (1945).
Correspondence re: various projects.
F 84: Navy: Naval Bases in Oklahoma (1946).
Correspondence re: Naval auxiliary air base at Durant; the Naval base at Norman; the Naval base at Clinton; the Naval shell loading facilities at McAlester.
F 85: Navy (1948).
Correspondence re: South Naval Base at Norman.
F 86: Navy (1950).
Correspondence re: payment of Electronics Warfare Companies of Wewoka.
F 87: Newkirk (1946).
Report re: request for a new post office for Newkirk, Oklahoma.
F 88: Newspapers (1935-1936).
Correspondence re: charges made against the postmaster general; use of voting and legislation of individuals for furthering Sayre Sun's interests and the interests of the contribution; accidental misquote of Elmer Thomas by Time; an article of interest for the readers of Carl Magee's Weekly Review; expressions from public officials for the Perry Duty Journal; efforts to have the Fort Reno Project approved; the tax on silver profits; a comment of a Forum article entitled "The Ilusion of Neutrality; re-election of the President; the soldiers' bonus; the Costegcin-Wagner bill; unveiling of a number of portraits of former Recorder of Deeds of the District of Columbia.
F 89: Newspapers (1937-1938).
a. Correspondence re: objection to continual condemnation of the President and his decisions by the Oklahoman; direct or indirect underwriting of the purchase of the Hollis Daily News; engraving costs for the upcoming campaign; declination of committee appointments for instituting the Republican platform; renewal of the Daily Oklahoman and the Sunday Oklahoman; an editorial concerning Elmer Thomas's 1938 opponent; the monetary adjustment program; Elmer Thomas's return to the Senate; receipt of the "Spanish Information Service."
b. List of agricultural papers and editors.
c. Oklahoma newspaper list.
F 90: New Orleans Seaway Canal (1945).
Report: "Report on Proposed Tidewater Seaway Canal at New Orleans," the Mississippi Valley Seaway Canal Association.
F 91: Noftsger, B. Gaylord (1943-1944).
Correspondence re: Durant Naval Project; the Clinton Naval Project; the Rapid Treatment Hospital in Rush Springs, Oklahoma.
F 92: Noftsger, B. Gaylord (1950).
a. Correspondence re: construction of the Oklahoma City Veterans' Hospital.
b. Brochure: Noftsger and Lawrence architects.
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