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

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Attorney. Correspondence regarding Oklahoma politics and the University of Oklahoma Alumni Association, of which Boatman was president in 1924 and 1925.

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Engineer. Correspondence to Murray from friends and relatives, including his mother, Alice (1931-1938) and father, William H. (1932-1952). Also included is correspondence from Murray's brothers, Massena, Billy and Johnston, and from his sister, Jean. Subjects include Murray family affairs, William H. Murray's term as governor of Oklahoma, Murray's Colony in Bolivia, and his views regarding Oklahoma, politicians, World War II, the future of the United States and Mexico, and family members. Burbank Murray Photograph Collection also in repository.

Black and white original prints of the towns of Berlin, Oklahoma Territory and Elk City and Sayre, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of cotton marketing, fairs, railroad construction, businesses and personalities.

Black and white original prints of the towns of Berlin, Oklahoma Territory and Elk City and Sayre, Oklahoma. The collection also includes photographs of cotton marketing, fairs, railroad construction, businesses and personalities.

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Energy corporation. Photocopies and printed material (1928-1978) issued by the Public Relations Department of the Kerr-McGee Corporation, including biographical information on Robert S. Kerr and Dean A. McGee; reports (1976-1977) to the Securities and Exchange Commission; material (n.d.) used for the report on drilling operations in the corporation's annual reports, 1960-1966; chronologies of corporate history; general statistics (1962-1977); an index (1977) to the minutes of the Board of Trustees meetings; and clippings and press releases (1975-1977), including information on Karen Silkwood.

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Newspaperman. Correspondence (1903-1951) regarding personal affairs, politicians and political events, and the National Editorial Association; speeches (n.d.) of Nichols; and publications (1917-1944) by pacifist organizations and government agencies regarding America's involvement in World War II and Nazi Germany's relations with other European nations. Lea Murray Nichols Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Collector. Business and personal correspondence (1955–1962) of Leland Olds; speeches (1941–1949) by Olds; newspaper clippings (1951–1962) regarding politics; and statements and news releases (1957, 1962) of Robert S. Kerr.

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Collector. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, and printed material (1953-1963), relating to the Army's attempt to take over a part of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge for a missile firing range.

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Physicians. Correspondence (1924-1955) regarding personal affairs and issues such as health and socialized medicine; minutes (1934-1936), publications (ca. 1932-1936) and correspondence regarding the Oklahoma County Consumers Council, a Depression-era agency established by the National Emergency Council; manuscripts (ca. 1915-1935) by the Blachlys regarding various aspects of national health, as well as a short autobiography of Lucile Blachly; and certificates and diplomas (1928-1950). Lucile and Charles Blachly Photograph Collection also in repository.

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Campaign brochures (1930-1958) for Democratic candidates; press releases (1949-1952) of speeches and statements given by Democratic Party officials; a scrapbook (1958) regarding the inaugurations of Oklahoma governors E.W. Marland, Johnston Murray, Roy J. Turner, and Raymond D. Gary; a speakers' manual (1936) for the Democratic campaign in Oklahoma; official proceedings (1944) of the Democratic Convention; and the Democratic campaign textbook (1916) for Oklahoma.

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Pharmacist. A certificate from the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, issued to Robert S. Kerr, 1944.

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Papers (1927-2003) of Oklahoma City civic leader and attorney Robert S. Kerr, Jr., regarding management of water resources in Oklahoma. The collection contains primarily correspondence and reports (1944-1990) of various water resource organizations, including the Oklahoma Water Resources Board, the Water Development Foundation of Oklahoma, Oklahoma Water, Inc., the Arkansas Basin Development Association, and the National Waterways Conference, Inc.

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Correspondence; news releases; clippings; and municipal, organizational and legislative resolutions (1957-1959) regarding the Army's plan to create a missile firing range at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and the formation of a regional citizens' coalition, the Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association, which eventually thwarted the plan. Also included in this collection is information regarding prior expansions of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1869-1957.

Black and white original and copy prints of Walter Harrison, his family and friends, including photographs of Ernest W. Marland, Will Rogers, Alfalfa Bill Murray, Johnston Murray, and Robert S. Kerr. The collection also contains scenes of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Walter M. Harrison Manuscript Collection also in repository.