Kerr-McBride collection, 1923-1977 (bulk 1960-1969).

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Kerr-McBride collection, 1923-1977 (bulk 1960-1969).

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Correspondence, publications, legislation, reports, surveys, speeches, photographs and maps relating to water resource management in east central Oklahoma and in particular the Arkansas River, Robert S. Kerr Lake, Eufaula Dam and Reservoir and also the Tennessee Valley Authority.

17.5 linear ft.

Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7270588

Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library

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Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963

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Kerr was a lawyer and chairman of the board of Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. He was governor of Oklahoma, 1943-1947. He also represented Oklahoma in the U. S. Senate, 1949-1963. As senator, he chaired the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences (1961-1963) and the Select Committee on National Water Resources (1959-1960). Kerr was a Democrat. From the description of Papers, 1909-1970, bulk 1931-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 518140987 ...

McBride, Don O. (Donald Opie), 1903-1978.

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Tennessee Valley authority

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The TVA was created in 1933 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act creating a federal agency to develop the Tennessee Valley region, then suffering from soil depletion, flood damage, and economic depression. Fifty years later, over 30 electricity-producing dams controlled the Tennessee and its tributaries, and a navigation channel had been created from Paducah, Ky., to Knoxville, Tenn. In addition TVA had carried out programs to prevent pollution, improve forest and farm management, ...

McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System

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