Box 13: Public Roads (April-December 1948) - Public Works Administration: Comanche County Courthouse (1937)
F 1: Public Roads (April-December 1948).
a. Correspondence re: status of Highway No.18 north of Cushing; status of Highway No.51; difficulties between state and federal authorities over the local road program; transcripts of a conference between state and federal authorities concerning the local road program; the urban highway improvement project in Payne County, Oklahoma; the urban engineering contract at Oklahoma City.
b. Clipping: "$1 Million Road Bids to Be Opened," Holdenville Daily News (December 21,1948).
F 2: Public Roads Administration (1949).
Correspondence re: possible servicing to Highway No. 82 east of Vinita; a request for improvements on U.S. Highway No.59 near Stapp, Oklahoma through Ouachita Forest; need for an all weather north and south road near Cleo Springs, Oklahoma; U.S. Highway No.60 in Pawhuska; U.S. Highway No.270/281 from Watonga to Fairview; urban highway routing, U.S.62 and U.S.75 in Okmulgee; urban highway improvement, U.S. 69 in Muskogee; State Highway No.8; State Highway No.15; the establishment of interstate routes in Oklahoma.
F 3: Public Roads Administration (1950).
Correspondence re: urban highway improvement, U.S. 69 in Muskogee; development of Highway 59 near Poteau; relocation of roads adjacent to the Grand River Dam; the construction of a bridge on Highway 18; the construction of a bridge on U.S.66 in Tulsa.
F 4: Public Works (1933).
Correspondence re: reservoir construction in Oklahoma.
F 4B: Public Works (1935).
Correspondence re: approval for miscellaneous projects.
F 5: Public Works: Grand River Dam (1935).
a. Correspondence re: water titles of the Grand River Dam.
b. Clipping: "Grand River Dam Gets $16,000,000 Approval of PWA," Tulsa Tribune, September 12,1935.
c. Clipping: "State Capital News and Notes," Tulsa Tribune, October 1935.
F 6: Public Works: Indians (1935).
Correspondence re: need for funds for relief work among Indians.
F 7: Public Works: Flood Control, Elmer Thomas Amendment to H.R. 8455 (1936).
a. H.R.8455: "Authorizing the Construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes." Committee on Commerce; Seventy-Fourth Congress, Second Session (1936).
b. Congressional Record.
F 8: Public Works (1933-1937).
Correspondence re: federal expenditures in the state by counties.
F 9: Public Works: Flood Control (1937).
a. Correspondence re: construction of the Fort Supply Reservoir and Dam.
b. Clipping: "Quinn's Engineers to Meet With Army Experts Oct.6 and 'Review' Adverse Report on Fort Supply," Oklahoma News, September 29,1937.
c. Clipping: "Millions Spent For Dam Projects," Tulsa Daily World, October 3,1937.
d. Clipping: "Levee-Dam Projects Considered at Session Here," September 24, 1937.
e. Clipping: "60 Percent of Vote Tuesday Required to Pass Fort Supply Bonds," Daily Oklahoman, December 5, 1937.
F 10: Public Works: Public Resolution 47 (1937).
a. Correspondence re: Financing the construction of dormitories for state colleges.
b. Public Resolution No.47: "Making appropriations for relief purposes," Seventy-Fifth Congress; First Session (1937).
F 11: Public Works: Legislation (1938).
a. H.J. Res.679: "Making appropriations for work relief, relief and otherwise to increase employment by providing loans and grants for public works projects." Committee of the Whole House; Seventy-Fifth, Third Session (1938).
b. House Document No.569: "North Canadian River, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma (Letter from the Secretary of War);" Committee on Flood Control.
c. Senate Report No.1647 (H.R.10291): "War Department Civil Functions Appropriation Bill, Fiscal Year 1939." Committee on Appropriations.
d. Senate Report No.1566 (H.R.9621): "Interior Department Appropriation Bill, 1939," the Committee on Appropriations.
F 12: Public Works: Arkansas River Hydro-Electric Project (1938).
a. Correspondence re: funds for the Markham Ferry project; plans for full development of a hydroelectric project on the Arkansas River.
b. Clipping: "Dam Contracts Ready as Soon as Court Rules," Tulsa Tribune, January 26, 1938.
c. Clipping: "GRDA Difficulties Are Ironed Out," Grove Sun, March 10, 1938.
F 13: Public Works: Kenton Project (1938).
a. Correspondence re: status of the Kenton Project investigation.
b. Report: "Report on Kenton project, Oklahoma," by A. N. Thompson, Engineer.
F 14: Public Works: Red River (1938).
a. Correspondence re: favorable reports on flood control legislation for Oklahoma; whether or not improvements on the Red River should be in the interest of navigation, flood control, water power, or irrigation.
b. Public No.761 (H.R.10618): "Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes," Seventy-Fifth, Third Session, (1938).
c. Public No.685 (H.R.10298): "Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes."
F 15: Public Works (1939).
H.J. Res.3 26: "Intended to be proposed by Mr. Mead to the Joint Resolution (H.J. Res.326) making appropriations for work relief, relief, and to increase employment by providing loans and grants for public works projects, for the fiscal year ending June 30,1940, viz," Seventy-Sixth Congress, First Session (1939).
F 16: Public Works: Altus-Lugert Project (1938-1939).
a. Correspondence re: funds available for construction of the Altus-Lugert Project; the Lugert Dam Survey.
b. Report: "Altus Project-Oklahoma," Department of the Interior; Seventy-Fifth Congress, Third Session (1938).
c. Public No.761 (H.R.10618): "Authorizing the construction of certain public works on rivers and harbors for flood control, and for other purposes."
d. Public No.497 (H.R.9621): "Making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, and for other purposes."
F 17: Public Works: Civilian Conservation Corps Camp (1939).
Correspondence re: Quartz Mountain State Park; the Hobart Camp.
F 18: Public Works: Denison Dam (1939).
Correspondence re: bids for cement to be used in construction of Denison Dam.
F 19: Public Works: Salt Forks Flood Control Project (1939).
Correspondence re: exact status of the proposed Salt Forks flood control project near Cherokee.
F 20: Public Works: Shelter Belt Project (Prairie State Forestry Project) (1939).
Correspondence re: suitable moisture for tree planting; the need to get the project started.
F 21: Public Works: War Department, Civil Functions Appropriations (1939).
a. Public No.117 (S.572): "To provide for the common defense by acquiring stocks of strategic and critical materials essential to the needs of industry for the manufacture of supplies for the armed forces and the civilian population in time of a national emergency, and to encourage, as far as possible, the further development of strategic and critical materials within the United States for common defense." Seventy-Sixth Congress, First Session (1939).
b. House Document No.396: "Supplemental Estimate of Appropriation, Treasury Department, 1940" (Communication from the President of the United States). Committee on Appropriations.
c. Hearings: "Hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on appropriations United States Senate Seventy-Sixth Congress, First-Session on H.R. 6260," Committee on Appropriations.
F 22: Public Works (1940).
a. Correspondence re: national defense projects for Oklahoma.
b. Clipping: "Boosters to Push Oologah Project," Claremore Daily Progress, May 30,1940.
c. Clipping: "Small Sum Acceptable," Daily Oklahoman, March 11, 1940.
d. Clipping: "'Right by Dam Site' Is Slogan in Pryor"
F 23: Public Works: Altus-Lugert Project (1940).
a. Correspondence re: status of the Altus-Lugert Irrigation Project.
b. Senate Document No.153: "Altus Project - Oklahoma," Seventy-Fifth Congress, Third Session (1938).
F 24: Public Works: Canton/Hulah Dams (1940).
Correspondence re: appropriation bill with funds for the construction of the Canton and Hulah Dam.
F 25: Public Works: Denison Dam (1939-1940).
a. Correspondence re: license for a major project on the Grand River near Pensacola, Oklahoma.
b. Clipping: "Oklahoma Politics Won't Overlook Red River Dam," Daily Democrat (Pryor), January 16, 1940.
c. Clipping: "Denison Dam is Test Case," Tulsa Tribune, November 23, 1939.
d. Clipping: "Supreme Court to Hear Arguments in Phillips' Dam Fight," Durant Daily Democrat, December 18, 1939.
e. Clipping: "Oklahoma Brings Fight Against Dam To Supreme Court," Sunday Star, (Washington D.C.), January 28, 1940.
f. Clipping: "Phillips Dam Suit Banned By 4-4 Vote of Court," Durant Daily Democrat, February 12, 1940.
F 26: Public Works: Fairfax/Kaw City Flood Control (1940).
Correspondence re: proposed construction of the Fairfax-Kaw City flood control project.
F 27: Public Works: Grand River Arsenal Proposal (1940).
a. Correspondence re: possibilities of Grand River Dam district as location federal arsenal.
b. Clipping: "New Economic Vista Seen Upon Completion GR Dam," Daily Democrat (Pryor), July 2, 1940.
F 28: Public Works: Kilpatrick Post Company (1940).
Correspondence re: disputes over a contract to furnish wood for Fort Sill.
F 29: Public Works: Oklahoma City Air Base, Warren Sherman (1940).
Correspondence re: application papers by Sherman Iron Works for the construction of the Oklahoma City Air Base.
F 30: Public Works (1941).
a. Correspondence re: Oklahoma free lunch program; construction of the Markham Ferry hydroelectric flood control plant; construction of the Fort Gibson hydroelectric flood control plant; Tulsa-Sand Spring flood control project.
b. List: National Defense Program Contract Award Listing.
c. S.2025: "To readjust the pay and allowances of personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service," Committee on Military Affairs, Seventy-Seventh Congress, First Session (1941).
F 31: Public Works: Alva, Sherman Machine and Iron Works (1941).
Correspondence re: problems surrounding the sale of some pipe for the Alva waterworks project.
F 32: Public Works: Arkansas River (1939-1941).
a. Correspondence re: status of the Arkansas River project.
b. House Document No.157: "Arkansas River at Tulsa, Oklahoma." (Letter from the Secretary of War); Committee on Flood Control, Seventy-Seventh Congress, First Session (1941).
F 33: Public Works: Atoka City Schools (1941).
Correspondence re: interest in locating a vocational school at Atoka.
F 34: Public Works: Defense Housing Projects (1941).
a. Correspondence re: designation of Miami, Oklahoma as an area or locality of the National Housing Act; inclusion of Sapulpa as a part of the Tulsa defense area for the purpose of defense housing; the designation of Chickasha as a defense housing area; the approval of the city of Muskogee as a defense housing area.
b. Chart: "How Defense Housing Is Built."
c. Pamphlet: Homes for Defense - A Statement of Function, Division of Defense Housing Coordination.
F 35: Public Works: Defense Public Works (1941).
Correspondence re: funding of the Defense projects in Oklahoma.
F 36: Public Works: Office of Production Management, Alva Waterworks (1941).
Correspondence re: difficulties in getting cast iron pipe for the waterworks project.
F 37: Public Works: Office of Production Management, Oil Drilling (1941).
Correspondence re: funds needed for purchase and repair of chilling equipment used in exploration of oil.
F 38: Public Works: Okmulgee (1941).
Correspondence re: interest in obtaining a bomber squadron base or flying school at Okmulgee.
F 39: Public Works: Oklahoma City Air Depot (1941).
Correspondence re: use of in-state contractors for construction of the Oklahoma City Air Depot.
F 40: Public Works: Pryor (1941).
Correspondence re: removal of CCC buildings to Fort Sill.
F 41: Public Works: Washington County Memorial Hospital (1941).
Correspondence re: addition to the hospital.
F 42: Public Works (1942).
Press release from the War Production Board.
F 43: Public Works: Comanche County Schools (1942).
F 44: Public Works: Defense Production Works, Choteau, Oklahoma (1941-1942).
Correspondence re: Choteau being awarded the Powder Plant; construction of the Powder Plant; applications for water and sewer facilities; application for a school and fire station.
F 45: Public Works: Defense Production Works, Tulsa Sewer (1941-1942).
Correspondence re: proposed Arkansas River sewage disposal plant.
F 46: Public Works: Federal Works Agency (1942).
Correspondence re: list of public works projects approved for Oklahoma and other states.
F 47: Public Works: Okmulgee (1942).
Correspondence re: application for an air training school.
F 48: Public Works: Blackwell Zinc Company (1943).
Correspondence re: War Production Board matter.
F 49: Public Works: Federal Works Agency Projects (1943).
Correspondence re: lists of public works projects for the state of Oklahoma and other states.
F 50: Public Works: Federal Works Agency Projects (1944).
Correspondence re: lists of public works projects for the state of Oklahoma and other states.
F 51: Public Works: Federal Works Agency Projects (1944).
Correspondence re: lists of public works projects for the state of Oklahoma and other states.
F 52: Public Works: War Production Board (1944).
a. Press Releases: Re: authorization of civilian production through the field offices of the WPB.
F 53: Public Works (1949).
Clipping: "Lundy Studies Federal Funds For Buildings," Tulsa World, July 19, 1949.
F 53B: Public Works Administration (1935).
Correspondence re: miscellaneous projects.
F 53C: Public Works Administration: Ada (1935).
Correspondence re: application for water works project.
F 54: Public Works Administration (1935).
Correspondence re: city hall, filtration plants, and sewage disposal projects for Ardmore.
F 55: Public Works Administration: Apache Waterworks (1935).
Correspondence re: additional allotment for construction.
F 56: Public Works Administration: Claremore Military Academy (1935).
Correspondence re: enrollment in the Oklahoma Military Academy; the need for an auditorium, recreational building and administrative building.
F 57: Public Works Administration: Duncan Schools (1935).
F 57B: Public Works Administration: Dustin (1935).
F 58: Public Works Administration: East Central College (1935).
Correspondence re: funds for dormitory project.
F 58B: Public Works Administration: Indiahoma Water Project (1935).
F 59: Public Works Administration: Marlow (1935).
Correspondence re: improvement on the Marlow water and light system.
F 60: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma City Coliseum (1935).
Correspondence re: application for funds for the Oklahoma City Coliseum Annex.
F 61: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma College For Women, Chickasha (1935).
Correspondence re: funds.
F 62: Public Works Administration: Tulsa (1935).
Correspondence re: funds for the completion of the street widening project.
F 63: Public Works Administration (1936).
Correspondence re: Enid school addition project; Pawnee sewage disposal plant; Blackwell school improvements; Lincoln County drainage ditch; Broken Bow City Hall project; Hydro bridge project; Randlett school improvement project; the Lando school improvement project; the Milwood school project; the Kay County school project; the Sterling school project; Bethany City Hall project; the Fairview Reservoir project; the Norman High School Vocational Agriculture Building project; Elk City Community Auditorium and City Hall projects; Enid housing project; the Woodward municipal stadium project; the Cordell school buildings project; the Hinton fire station project; the Dale consolidated school project; the Chattanooga school project; the Lugert irrigation project.
F 64: Public Works Administration (1936).
Correspondence re: tabulations of PWA applications from Oklahoma.
F 65: Public Works Administration: Projects (1936).
Correspondence re: Oklahoma dormitory projects; Millwood School project; list of approved Oklahoma projects; Blair School project; employment on the PWA projects; Fort Sill road, highway and street improvement project; Gould school project; Byars school project; Enid school project; Fittstown school projects; Waurika School project; Vinita Community Building project; Dale Consolidated school project; Oklahoma City Federal Building project; Cordell school project.
F 66: Public Works Administration: Altus-Lugert Project (1936).
Correspondence re: need for funds for the construction of the Lugert Dam.
F 67: Public Works Administration: Ardmore City Hall (1936).
Correspondence re: need for funds for construction.
F 68: Public Works Administration: Ardmore Sewage Works (1936).
Correspondence re: need for funds for construction.
F 69: Public Works Administration: Bethany Municipal Building (1936).
Correspondence re: funds available for construction.
F 70: Public Works Administration: Blackwell Schools (1936).
F 71: Public Works Administration: Broken Bow (1936).
Correspondence re: approval of the Broken Bow City Hall project.
F 72: Public Works Administration: Byars School (1936).
F 73: Public Works Administration: Cache Schools (1936).
F 74: Public Works Administration: Cameron College, Lawton (1935-1936).
Correspondence re: dormitory project.
F 75: Public Works Administration: Captain Creek Drainage District, Oklahoma County (1936).
Correspondence re: payment for the construction of the project.
F 76: Public Works Administration: Coalgate Coal Pits (1936).
Correspondence re: Coalgate strip pit filling project.
F 77: Public Works Administration: Cotton County Schools (1936).
F 78: Public Works Administration: Shawnee - Dale Consolidated School (1936).
F 79: Public Works Administration: Dormitory Projects (1936).
a. Correspondence re: eight Oklahoma dormitory projects.
b. Clipping: "Board Unable To Pass Rule Asked by U.S."
F 80: Public Works Administration: East Central College, Ada (1936).
Correspondence re: dormitory project.
F 81: Public Works Administration: El Reno Schools (1936).
F 82: Public Works Administration: Enid Community Building (1936).
F 83: Public Works Administration: Enid Housing Project No. 5401 (1936).
F 84: Public Works Administration: Enid Housing Project (1936).
F 85: Public Works Administration: Enid Schools (1936).
F 86: Public Works Administration: Eureka Consolidated School District (1936).
F 86B: Public Works Administration: Fairfax Waterworks (1936).
F 87: Public Works Administration: Fairview Reservoir (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for construction.
F 88: Public Works Administration: Fittstown School Project (1936).
F 89: Public Works Administration: Hydro Bridge (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated.
F 90: Public Works Administration: Kay County Schools (1936).
F 91: Public Works Administration: Lando Schools (1936).
F 92: Public Works Administration: Lincoln County (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated for the Lincoln County drainage ditch project.
F 93: Public Works Administration: Major County Roads (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for the surfacing roads of Major County.
F 94: Public Works Administration: Mannsville Schools (1936).
F 95: Public Works Administration: Millwood School (1936).
F 96: Public Works Administration: Northeastern Junior College, Miami (1936).
Correspondence re: dormitory project.
F 97: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma A. and M. College, Stillwater (1936).
Correspondence re: dormitory project.
F 98: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma City - Jackson Junior High (1936).
F 99: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma City Waterworks (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated.
F100: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma Military Academy (1936).
a. Correspondence.
b. Clipping: "Lack of Funds Halts Projects," Tulsa Tribune, January 9, 1936.
F101: Public Works Administration: Oklahoma State Sewage Plants (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated.
F102: Public Works Administration: University of Oklahoma (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated for building project.
F103: Public Works Administration: University of Oklahoma (1936).
Correspondence re: supplementary funds for equipment for the new building project.
F104: Public Works Administration: Panhandle A & M, Goodwell (1935-1936).
a. Correspondence re: request for funds for dormitory and museum project.
b. Public No.182 (H.R.7160): "To provide for research into basic laws and principles relating to agriculture and to provide for the further development of cooperative agricultural extension work and the more complete endowment and support of land-grant colleges,." Seventy-Fourth Congress (1935).
F105: Public Works Administration: Pawnee Sewage Disposal Plant (1935-1936).
Correspondence re: funds.
F106: Public Works Administration: Perry Waterworks (1936).
Correspondence re: funds.
F107: Public Works Administration: Ponca City Schools (1935-1936).
F108: Public Works Administration: Prague (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for the Prague City Hall and Fire Station project.
F109: Public Works Administration: Randlett Schools (1936).
F110: Public Works Administration: Shawnee Sewage Disposal (1936).
Correspondence re: application for funds.
F111: Public Works Administration: Shawnee - Washington School (1936).
F112: Public Works Administration: Sterling Schools (1936).
F113: Public Works Administration: Stillwater Schools (1936).
F114: Public Works Administration: Stillwater (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for dormitory project and service tunnel project.
F115: Public Works Administration: Strong City (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for the improvement of water system.
F116: Public Works Administration: Stroud Water and Light Plant (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for improvement.
F117: Public Works Administration: Temple/Cordell (1936).
Correspondence re: additional funds for the Cordell school building project and the Temple High School project.
F118: Public Works Administration: Tulsa (1936).
Correspondence re: claim for funds due on the Tulsa Eleventh Street Bridge Project.
F119: Public Works Administration: Tulsa Municipal Building (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated.
F120: Public Works Administration: Tulsa School Building (1936).
a. Correspondence re: funds.
b. Clipping: "PWA Grant for School Project Gets Approval," Tulsa Tribune, October 6, 1936.
c. Clipping: "Additions to Schools to Be Begun Nov.15."
F121: Public Works Administration: Union City Schools (1936).
F122: Public Works Administration: Vamoosa Schools (1936).
F123: Public Works Administration: Vinita (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated for disposal plant project.
F124: Public Works Administration: Woodward Schools (1936).
F125: Public Works Administration: Woodward (1936).
Correspondence re: funds allocated for municipal stadium project.
F126: Public Works Administration: Wynnewood (1936).
Correspondence re: funds for the power plant project.
F127: Public Works Administration: Projects (1937).
Correspondence re: authorization to sign as claims auditor; the Elk City PWA projects; the Durant school project.
F128: Public Works Administration: Projects Pending (1937).
Correspondence re: Putnam High School addition; Anadarko school project; Medford jail project; Alex auditorium-gymnasium project; Mooreland school project; Enid school project; Oklahoma A. and M. College dormitory project and library project; Dale school building project; Snyder waterworks project.
F129: Public Works Administration: Alex Schools (1937).
F130: Public Works Administration: Ardmore City Hall (1937).
Correspondence re: funds.
F131: Public Works Administration: Barnsdall Waterworks (1936-1937).
Correspondence re: funds.
F132: Public Works Administration: Beaver Municipal Building (1936-1937).
Correspondence re: funds.
F133: Public Works Administration: Clinton Tubercular Hospital (1937).
F134: Public Works Administration: Chandler Sewer Project (1937).
Correspondence re: application for additional funds.
F135: Public Works Administration: Chattanooga Schools (1936-1937).
F136: Public Works Administration: Chickasha Waterworks (1937).
F137: Public Works Administration: Comanche County Courthouse (1937).
Correspondence re: funds.
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