Box 12: Optima Reservoir (1935-1936) - Public Roads (February-April 1948)
F 1: Optima Reservoir (1935-1936).
Correspondence re: interest in having the Optima Reservoir and Dam constructed. Correspondents include: President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
F 2: Optima Reservoir (1948).
a. Correspondence re: status of the Optima Reservoir Project.
b. Clipping: "Eufaula Dam Hearing Today Affects County," Holdenville Daily News, December 21, 1948.
F 3: Optima Reservoir (1949).
Correspondence re: status of the Optima Reservoir Project; support for the project.
F 4: Optima Reservoir (1950).
Correspondence re: support for continuing construction on the Optima Reservoir project.
F 5: Osage Dam (1945).
Correspondence re: possibility of constructing a dam on the Arkansas River near Osage.
F 6: Otter Creek (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: interest in an irrigation project on Otter Creek at Mountain Park.
F 7: Pauls Valley (1942-1944).
Correspondence re: needed flood control works for Pauls Valley; the development of an airport at Pauls Valley; the location of a revenue office.
F 8: Pauls Valley (1950).
Correspondence re: flood control problems.
F 9: Pawhuska (1936).
Correspondence re: interest in furthering the Pawhuska Lake Project.
F 10: Pawhuska (1941-1942).
Correspondence re: location of an Army camp at Pawhuska.
F 11: Pawhuska (1943-1944).
Correspondence re: possible location of an Army hospital at Pawhuska; the necessity of locating a defense plant in Pawhuska.
F 12: Pawhuska (1949).
Correspondence re: desire to locate a packing plant in Pawhuska; the main street "Federal Aid Project."
F 13: Pawnee (1943).
Correspondence re: possible location of a hospital in Pawnee.
F 14: Pennington (1949).
Correspondence re: Pennington Creek fish hatchery.
F 15: Phillips Petroleum: Cactus Ordnance Plant (1948).
Correspondence re: lease on the Cactus Ordnance Work near Etter, Texas from the Army.
F 16: Picher (1950).
Correspondence re: unsafe conditions due to mining below the business area of Picher and the concern over it.
F 17: Polecat Creek (1941-1942).
Correspondence re: need of flood control on Polecat Creek at Sapulpa.
F 18: Polecat Creek (1943-1944).
a. Correspondence re: status of the Polecat Creek flood control project.
b. Clipping: "Sapulpa Civic Group Attends Tulsa Meeting," Sapulpa Herald, April 7, 1944.
F 19: Polecat Creek (1945-1946).
Correspondence re: status of the Polecat Creek flood control project.
F 20: Polecat Creek (1947-1948).
Correspondence re: money being appropriated for construction of the Polecat Creek Project.
F 21: Polecat Creek (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: problems agreeing on a plan for the completion of the Polecat Creek Project.
F 22: Ponca City (1943).
a. Correspondence re: request by Ponca City for a hospital; the desire to secure a plant connected to the war effort; the improvement of the local municipal airport; a public housing project.
b. Prospectus: "U. S. Navy Hospital at Ponca City, Oklahoma," Ponca City Chamber of Commerce.
F 23: Ponca City (1944-1946).
Correspondence re: possible expansion of present hospital facilities; continuance of the local air training school; reconstruction of a bridge; the possibility of the location of a defense plant at Ponca City; proposed flood control works.
F 24: Ponca City (1948, 1950).
Correspondence re: proposed relocation of U. S. 60; retention of the reserve Army unit.
F 25: Post Office Buildings (1945).
a. Correspondence re: post office construction for the following cities: Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Bethany, Gotebo, Grandfield, Wilburton, Broken Arrow, Ardmore, Newkirk, Fairview, and Wynnewood.
b. Report: "Federal Works Agency - Public Buildings Administration Proposed Legislation."
F 26: Post Office Buildings (1946-1948).
Correspondence re: towns being considered in the federal post office project: Bethany, Quapaw, Medford, Tonkawa, Beaver, Fairview, Cherokee, and Dewey.
F 27: Post Office Buildings (1949).
a. Correspondence re: towns interested in the federal post office project: Tulsa, Bethany, Durant, Antlers, Watonga, Stillwater, Clinton, Fairview, Erick, Ardmore, Buffalo, Oklahoma City, Lindsay, Dewey, and Newkirk.
b. House Document No. 259: "Supplemental estimates of appropriation together with certain proposed provisions pertaining to existing appropriations." (Communication from the President of the United States), Committee on Appropriations; Eighty-First Congress, First Session (1949).
c. House Document No. 126: "Supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Federal Works Agency". (Communication from the President of the United States), Committee on Appropriations; Eighty-First Congress, First Session (1949).
d. House Report No. 724: "Public Buildings Act of 1949," Committee of Conference, Eighty-First Congress, First Session (1949).
e. Public Law 105 (S. 714): "To provide for comprehensive planning, for site acquisition in and outside of the District of Columbia, and for the design of Federal building projects outside of the District of Columbia, to authorize the transfer of jurisdiction over certain lands between certain departments and agencies of the United States, and to provide certain additional authority needed in connection with the construction, management, and operation of Federal public buildings; and for other purposes," Eighty-First Congress, First Session (1949).
f. Hearings: H. R. 3662 and H. R. 3019, Committee on Public Works, Eighty-first Congress, First Session (1949).
F 28: Post Office Buildings (1950).
Correspondence re: possible federal building sites: Oklahoma City, Sand Springs, Wagoner, Atoka, Tishomingo, Walters, Mountain View, Newkirk, and Tipton.
F 29: Poteau (1941-1944).
Correspondence re: consideration of Poteau as a site for a defense plant and/or an Army hospital.
F 30: Poteau (1950).
Correspondence re: consideration of Poteau as the site of a new H-bomb factory.
F 31: Poultry Research Station, Woodward (1948).
Correspondence re: interest in establishing a Poultry Research Station in Woodward.
F 32: Projects (n.d.).
Lists re: costs of projects.
F 33: Projects: (n.d.).
Report: "Boulder Canyon Project, Arizona-Nevada and All-American Canal Project, California."
F 34: Projects (1928).
Correspondence re: permit to extend a railroad into New Mexico.
F 35: Projects (1932).
Correspondence re: proposed federal building for Bristow.
F 36: Projects (1933).
a. Correspondence re: status of the Denison Dam; payment due for C.W.A. work on the Waurika project.
b. Rules and Regulations: No. 1 and No. 10, Federal Civil Works Administration.
F 37: Projects: Emergency Relief Administration (1933).
Correspondence re: desire for location of a conservation camp at Cedarvale Park; an allotment needed for a tubercular wing at the Fort Sill hospital and an auditorium-gymnasium at the Fort Sill School.
F 38: Projects: Public Works Administration (1933).
Correspondence re: Custer County Court House, Pawnee sewage, Pawnee road, Stillwater dormitory and Stillwater water works improvement.
F 39: Projects: Emergency Relief Administration (1934).
Correspondence re: request for the continuation of the Federal Transient Bureau in Ardmore; Stillwater dormitories.
F 40: Projects (1936).
Correspondence re: request for designation of Highway No. 18 as U. S. No. 169.
F 41: Projects (1937).
Correspondence re: need for a federal building in Shawnee; the Gotebo school project; the Little Big Horn and Lodge Grass Creek projects; insurance coverage on the Grand River Dam project.
F 42: Projects (1938).
Correspondence re: Oologah Dam and Lake project; radium water at Claremore; Blackwell power plant improvements; an application for increased grant for Ponca city schools; Talala school project; the Calumet school addition project; Duncan power project; Lugert project; Hassman Heights Colored Housing projects; Will Rogers Courts Projects; Shawnee disposal plant; Purcell Light Power Plant; Vinita federal building; Chickasha school project; Claremore boat house project; the Tulsa farm pond project; Farirfax-Kaw city flood control and power project; designation of Highway No.18 as U.S. No. 169; request for the survey of the Neosho River; Drumright municipal light project; the Bokoshe High School project; a request for a survey of flood control on the Salt Fork.
F 43: Projects (1939).
Correspondence re: Pryor Creek waterworks project; various flood control projects.
F 44: Projects (1940).
Correspondence re: Oklahoma County school building near Jones; LeFlore County school building near Fort Smith; Pottawatomie County school building near Wanette; Jackson County school building near Altus; Kiowa County school building near Hobart; new Grand River Dam project; Denison Dam project; the federal weather bureau station in Waynoka; food stamp office for Cushing; maintenance for the School of the Deaf at Sulphur; the Elk City Airport project; establishment of a civilian flying course at Chickasha; consideration of Mountain View as a site for an improved airport; Mid States oil pipeline in Galveston County, Texas; application for a federal airport at Drumright; Tenkiller Reservoir; Markham Ferry Reservoir; Fort Gibson Reservoir; Grand River Reservoir; Tulsa airport project; location of the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory at Cleveland, Ohio; low cost housing project at Fort Sill; Red River Dam; Altus Lake and Dam project.
F 45: Projects: W. E. Price, Contractor (1940).
Correspondence re: Oklahoma City Airport.
F 46: Projects (1941).
Correspondence re: Waukomis school building project; Bryan County Book Repair Project; archaeological excavation project; proposed Moreland community hospital; improvement on the Shawnee Airport; Oklahoma City air depot; possible establishment of a health unit in Coalgate; Cookson Hills cantonment; possible location of a defense industry near the Grand River Dam; location of a defense project near Pryor; newspaper indexing project; Choteau Project; Carl Lake and recreational center project; Salt Fork irrigation project; Negro training in national defense in Oklahoma City.
F 47: Projects: Arkansas River Basin (1941).
Report: "The Arkansas River Basin," United States Engineer Department, Southwest Division.
F 48: Projects: Federal Housing Act, Title VI Priorities (1941).
a. Correspondence re: defense housing construction; the Washington County Memorial Hospital sonstruction job.
b. List: "Designated Areas - Title VI Supplemental List No. 3."
c. Rules and Regulations: "Defense Housing Insurance," Federal Housing Administration.
d. Pamphlet: Procedure for Obtaining Preference Rating for Privately-owned Defense Housing Construction, Office of Production Management.
e. Application: "Application for Preference Rating (Privately-Owned Defense Housing)," Office of Production Management, Division of Priorities.
F 49: Projects: Priority Requests, Alva Waterworks (1941).
Correspondence re: cast iron pipe delivery.
F 50: Projects (1942).
Correspondence re: Okeene grain elevator replacement project; Drumright alien internment camp site; water shortage at Choteau near the Oklahoma Ordnance Works; interest in Blackwell for a small plant or factory.
F 51: Projects:Sac/Fox (1942).
Correspondence re: claim for reinbursement of expenses.
F 52: Projects (1943).
Correspondence re: public service projects for nurseries and child care centers for several states.
F 53: Projects (1945).
Correspondence re: appropriation for Langston University; Oologah Dam; Riverbank band program; the Federal Airport Aid Appropriation bill; the Tulsa water facility project; the Claremore water facility project.
F 54: Projects: Choctaw/Chickasaw (1945).
Correspondence re: appropriation of funds to administer the affairs of the Five Civilized Tribes.
F 55: Projects (1946).
Correspondence re: Tenkiller Dam; making Camp Crowder a permanent camp; Keystone and Mannford Dams; Fort Gibson flood control project; Enid air facility's bid for a permanent training program; attempts at securing the Oklahoma Ordnance Works Plant; Van Buren, Arkansas flood wall project.
F 56: Projects: California (1945-1946, 1948).
Correspondence re: flood control projects in the Central Valley of California and in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Valleys; Whittier-Narrows Dam and Basin, El Monte, California; Farmington Reservoir near Stockton, California; Hogan Reservoir-Valley Springs, California; Farmington Reservoir-Stockton, California; Success Reservoir-Porterville, California; Tuolumne Reservoir-Tuolumne, California; New Melones Reservoir-Melones, California; Folsom Reservoir-Folsom, California; Kings River and Tulane Lake Basin-Stratford, California; Pine Flat Dam-Trimmer, California; Isabella Dam-Isabella, California.
F 57: Projects: Florida Canal (1946).
Correspondence re: feasibility of the Florida barge canal project; favorable response for the planned canal project.
F 58: Projects: Foreign Trade (1946).
Correspondence re: Foreign Trade Statistics Program.
F 59: Projects: Grand River (1946).
Correspondence re: both favor and opposition to flood control on the Grand River, especially the Pattonsburg and Hickory Dams.
F 60: Projects: North Carolina (1946).
Correspondence re: Bugg Island on Phillpot Dams in the Roanoke River Basin.
F 61: Projects: Oklahoma Flood Control (1946).
Memo re: questions on appropriations for flood control.
F 62: Projects (1947).
Correspondence re: flood control on the Little River; proposed Tupelo Dam and Lake project; the Deer Park project near Spavinaw Lake; retention of the U.S.O. Travelers' Aid and Douglass Club at Lawton; plans for the Fort Reno Remount Station; proposed Foss Dam; opposition to the Milkwood Dam project; Guthrie hospital contract; construction of the Eufaula Dam project; the status of the Camp Gruber military reservation; the dedication of the Grand River Dam and the Holdenville airport; damage done to the Woodward local field station; the construction of a federal engineers building at the Denison Dam; Fort Gibson Dam; the Enid airport project.
F 63: Projects: Air Force (1947).
Correspondence re: appropriations for flying pay.
F 64: Projects: Missouri River (1947).
Report: "The Development and Control of the Missouri River," the Army Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Division.
F 65: Projects (1948).
a. Correspondence re: Eufaula Dam project; development of a major recreational area near Wister Dam and Lake.
b. Brochure: "Boy's Cowboy Ranch," the Lions Club of Wister.
F 66: Projects: Cactus Ordnance Works/Phillips Petroleum (1948).
Correspondence re: Phillip's Petroleum's bid for the lease of the Cactus Ordnance Works near Etter, Texas; the Oklahoma Board of Agriculture's interest in Keeping the Cactus Ordnance Work's in the Midwest.
F 67: Projects: Verdigris River (1948).
Correspondence re: newly organized Verdigris River Improvement Association.
F 68: Projects: Yazoo River (1948).
Correspondence re: flood control works on the Yazoo River near Greenwood.
F 69: Projects (1949).
Correspondence re: water for Enid from the North Canadian River; the status of the Eufaula Dam; Arkansas River development; the plans for a hospital at Coalgate.
F 70: Projects: Cushing Weather Station (1949).
Brief: "Brief showing need for Weather Station Service - Cushing, Oklahoma," the Cushing Chamber of Commerce.
F 71: Projects (1950).
Correspondence re: plans for a reservoir on Beaver Creek; an application for the location of the Quartermaster Corps Laboratory at Altus; a bridge across the Red River at the Willis site.
F 72: Projects: Civil Functions Appropriations Conference (1950.
a. Proposal: Senate Amendments Nos. 383, 387, 390, and 393; re: figures after the amounts indicated by the Corps of Engineers have been deducted.
b. Announcement re: state of Oklahoma preliminary population.
c. Miscellaneous newsletters.
F 73: Pryor: Water Project (1936).
Correspondence re: presidential approval of the Pryor water project.
F 74: Pryor (1941-1942).
Correspondence re: sewer application and a water application; possible federal housing projects; possible location of an Army hospital.
F 75: Pryor: School Project (1943).
a. Correspondence re: approval of the school projects under the Lanham Act; funds for maintenance and operation of school facilities; funds for child care facilities.
b. Newsletter from the Office of Price Administration.
c. Clipping: "New High School Contract Let," Pryor Daily Democrat, June 25, 1943.
F 76: Pryor (1943-1944).
Correspondence re: wage adjustment for service at Camp Gruber; disposition of the housing facilities at the Choteau Powder Plant; disposition of the Pryor Community house.
F 77: Pryor (1945).
Correspondence re: Facilities Report of the Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Pryor; interest in securing an experimental gas plant; construction of flood control projects; interest in establishing a vocational rehabilitation center in Pryor; the conversion of the Choteau Powder Plant into a fertilizer plant.
F 78: Pryor (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: possible location of the air engineers development center at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Pryor; possible location of an 'H-Bomb' plant at the Oklahoma Ordnance Works at Pryor.
F 79: Pryor Creek (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: interest in the construction of flood control works along Pryor Creek.
F 80: Public Buildings (1949-1950).
Correspondence re: Industrial Reserve Program; the need expressed for a new federal building at Mountain View; the need expressed for a new federal building at Okeene; approval of Public Health Service projects for Eastern State Hospital; the Oklahoma City Post Office project.
F 81: Public Health: Beaver/Cimarron/Texas Counties (1938).
Correspondence re: protests against the removal of the health unit project.
F 82: Public Health (1947-1948).
Correspondence re: interest in securing funds for a hospital at Frederick; problems surrounding funds for Nowata hospital; health problems regarding Jamaica ginger.
F 83: Public Health (1949).
Correspondence re: personal requests for assistance in providing health care.
F 84: Public Health (1950).
Correspondence re: possible aid for the Coal County Memorial Hospital; approval of a Public Health Service project at Central State Hospital; approval of a Public Health Service project at Western State Hospital; approval of a Public Health Service project at Eastern State Hospital; personal requests for assistance in providing health care.
F 85: Public Roads (1934).
Correspondence re: highway, water reservoir, and library projects.
F 86: Public Roads (1940).
Correspondence re: Fort Sill to Abilene, Texas military highway project.
F 87: Public Roads (1944).
Correspondence re: improvement of roads around the Grand River Dam Lake; construction of Highway 99 in Oklahoma; improvements on U.S. Highway 75; the Postwar Highway Construction Bill.
F 88: Public Roads (1946-1947).
a. Correspondence re: damage done to the roads in the city of Cache from war vehicles at Fort Sill; road projects in Bryan County; the Oklahoma Farm-to-Market Road Program.
b. Clipping: "State's Huge Road Building Fund to Sink," Tulsa World, November 24, 1946.
F 89: Public Roads (February-April 1948).
a. Correspondence re: Farm-to-Market Road Program; the Arkansas River bridge project near Haskell; the Federal Aid Urban Highway Program.
b. List: projects included in the postwar federal aid highway program.
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