Flood control--United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh2008120704. Records related to flood prevention and protection in the United States.
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Sand Reservoir, Flood Control Project, Arkansas River Basin., 1963-01-01 - 1963-12-31
Item — Box OS 1: Series CAC_CC_003_12_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_003_13_0000_0000_0000
Identifier: CAC_CC_003_13_0000_0000_58
Abstract
88th (1963-1965)
Dates:
1963-01-01 - 1963-12-31
George B. Schwabe Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-047
Scope and Contents
A moderate-sized collection of 33 cubic ft., the Schwabe Papers include materials from the period 1921-1952, although the bulk of the records date from the years 1946-1952. The collection also includes a small number of photographs and outsized materials, mostly newspapers and clippings. The collection covers a wide range of topics. The departmental and legislative files contain correspondence and information pertaining to flood control and agriculture, particularly in Oklahoma....
Dates:
1921-1952; Majority of material found in 1921-1952
Shidler Reservoir, Flood Control Project, Arkansas River Basin., 1967-01-01 - 1967-12-31
Item — Box OS 1: Series CAC_CC_003_12_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_003_13_0000_0000_0000
Identifier: CAC_CC_003_13_0000_0000_59
Abstract
90th (1967-1969)
Dates:
1967-01-01 - 1967-12-31
Malvina Stephenson Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-PP-074
Scope and Contents
Consisting of eight cubic feet of material, the Stephenson collection includes letters, clippings, speeches, newsletters, and press files. This material mainly concerns her work with Kerr and her research for a biography she intended to write on the senator. As a result, the subjects covered in the collection reflect the interests of Senator Kerr. Topics include water resource development, natural resource conservation, agriculture, petroleum industry and trade, education, and electric...
Dates:
1911-1967; Majority of material found in 1948-1963
Paul Stewart Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-049
Scope and Contents
The Paul Stewart Collection contains approximately 1.5 cubic feet of material which dates primarily from 1922 to 1946, the years Stewart served in the state and national legislatures. There are a few financial documents from 1947 and 1948 concerning Stewart's ranch. Several scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings concerning the 1923 state bank probe, 1920s and 1930s state politics, the 1928 national election, state education, state highways and highway commission, labor, the investigation of...
Dates:
1922-1948; Majority of material found in 1922-1946
William G. Stigler Collection
Collection
Identifier: CAC-CC-050
Scope and Contents
The Stigler Collection contains slightly more than 12 cubic feet of material covering the dates 1934-1952. Most of these items were generated during the congressional years, and there is little documenting the congressman's legal and state political careers or his personal life. While this collection reflects Stigler's interests in agriculture and flood control in Oklahoma, there is a significant amount of material on his concern with legislation affecting Indians not only in Oklahoma but...
Dates:
1934-1952; Majority of material found in 1944-1952
Update on Appropriations Bill for Broken Bow Reservoir , September 4, 1958
Item — Box LG 13: Series CAC_CC_001_5_0000_0000_0000; Series CAC_CC_001_7_0000_0000_0000, Folder: 12
Identifier: CAC_CC_001_5_13_12_0001
Scope and Contents
The text is a letter from Carl Albert, a member of Congress, to Harold Norris of the Chamber of Commerce in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. Albert informs Norris that President Eisenhower has signed the appropriations bill containing planning money for Broken Bow on September 2nd, and reassures him that there was never any danger of a veto.
Dates:
September 4, 1958