Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association Collection
Scope and Contents
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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.
Dates
- 1957-1959
Restrictions on Access
Restricted. This collection is located at the Library Service Center. Request via Sooner Xpress to view at the Western History Collections.
Extent
6 ft. (6 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of the Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Records: Source of acquisition--Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1959.
- Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
- Anderson, Clinton Presba, 1895-1975
- Associations, institutions, etc. -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Belcher, Page Henry, 1899-1980
- Chavez, Dennis, 1888-1962
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Democratic Party -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Edmondson, Edmond Augustus, 1919-1990
- Ellender, Allen J., 1890-1972
- Ervin, Sam J., Jr. (Sam James), 1896-1985
- Fisher, O. C. (Ovie Clark), 1903-1994
- Fort Sill (Okla.) -- History Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gary, Raymond, 1908-1993
- Gaylord, Edward King, 1873-1974
- Gore, Albert, 1907-1998
- Guided missile ranges -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
- Jarman, John, 1915-1982
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
- Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963
- Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
- Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963
- Legislators -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Lobbying -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Monroney, A. S. Mike (Almer Stillwell Mike), 1902-1980
- Morris, Toby
- Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982
- Political letter writing -- Oklahoma Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Resolutions Subject Source: Ftamc
- Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
- Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association
- Steed, Thomas Jefferson, 1904-1983
- Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988
- Vinson, Carl, 1883-1981
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
