Department of Special Collections and University Archives
McFarlin Library. University of Tulsa.  2933 E. 6th St.  Tulsa, OK.  74104-3123 (OKT - OkTU)

KVOO Voice library

Collection 2000-002

PLEASE NOTE:  Currently, these reel-to-reel recordings have not been transferred to another format.  Since most of the recordings are in very poor condition and require numerous splices in order to begin the reproduction process, it may be impossible or cost prohibitive to reproduce any or all segments on a reel for our patrons.

Dates:  1930s-1950s.

Extent:  (181 reels).

Level of Description:   Reel and Cut number with brief descriptions.

Name of creator(s):  KVOO Radio.

Date of creation:  Undetermined.

Scope and Content:   Consists of 181 reel-to-reel sound recordings.  The recordings include comments, interviews, and speeches of Oklahoma citizens and public figures, United States congressional and military figures, as well as foreign political and social leaders.  The subjects they encompass include social, agricultural, and political issues, natural disasters, crimes, prevalent attitudes towards minorities, and human interest stories, on local, national and international levels.

Administrative/Biographical History:  The recordings are indexed alphabetically by subject or surname, and are cross referenced when necessary.  The current index has been adapted from the original which accompanied the voice library upon its acquisition.

Access and Copyright:

Language and Scripts:  English.

Finding aid/Inventory:  Finding aid is available online.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition:   

Date(s) of description:   Milissa Burkart, Jan 1994.

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Inventory

SCOTT, JR., HUGH.  Pennsylvania Republican Congressman comments on Acheson and the state department.  Dec 7, 1950.  Reel 40, cut 13.

Comments on the corrupt administration.  May 11, 1951. Reel 66, cut 10

See also ALEXANDER, WILLIAM H.; ESPIONAGE.

See EDUCATION: OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA.

WRIGHT, GOVERNOR FIELDING - MISSISSIPPI.

101 RANCH.  Colonel Zack Miller comments on an accident in a snowstorm.  Feb 17, 1940.  Reel 152, cut 5.

BARKLEY, RACHEL.  Leonard, Oklahoma, resident chops corn with a corn knife during the Bixby sweet corn harvest.  Jul 10, 1951.  Reel 86, cut 16.

BIXBY SWEET CORN HARVEST.  See AGRICULTURE: OKLAHOMA: BARKLEY, RACHEL; THOMAS, MAE.

BLOOD, K. D.  Reports on the outlook for the 1956 Oklahoma wheat harvest.  Apr 10, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 18.

BROMFIELD, LOUIS.  Comments on the soil.  Jun 10, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 21.

COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION GRAIN SCANDAL.  President John I. Taylor of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau comments on the grain scandal; is of the opinion that it is the responsibility of the Secretary of Agriculture, Charles Brannan, to clear it up.  Feb 19, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 3.

EASTERN OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL.  See AGRICULTURE: OKLAHOMA: HODGSON, HAROLD DEWAYNE; LANGLEY, BILL.

HARBER, PAUL.  Jenks farmer offers his predictions on the agricultural future in 1951 for the Tulsa area at a Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Forum.  Jan 4, 1951.  Reel 45, cut 3.

HODGSON, HAROLD DEWAYNE.  Star farmer of the Future Farmers of America, from Freedom, Oklahoma, comments on his farm, its renovations, and the value of his property.  Oct 11 1951.  Reel 94, cuts 9-10.

HODGSON, HAROLD DEWAYNE.  Discusses the formation of the Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural Council.  Aug 1956.  Reel 170, cut 4.

INTERNATIONAL FARM YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAM.  Everett Mitchell, NBC farm correspondent, pays tribute to the IFYEP at a Tulsa Chamber of Commerce meeting honoring home demonstration units.  May 5, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 7.

LANGLEY, BILL.  Stillwell, Oklahoma State Representative discusses the newly formed Eastern Oklahoma Agricultural Council at an organizational meeting in Muskogee.  Aug 1956.  Reel 170, cut 3.

NATIONAL COTTON PICKING CONTEST.  Malcom Gramlin of South Carolina is champion of the contest held in Blytheville, Arkansas.  Oct 2, 1953.  Reel 138, cut 9.

THOMAS, MAE.  Operates a mechanical corn cutter at Bixby, Oklahoma's sweet corn harvest.  Jul 10, 1951.  Reel 86, cut 15.

WHEAT HARVEST.  See AGRICULTURE: OKLAHOMA: BLOOD, K.D.

WOOTEN, BEN F.  President of the First National Bank of Dallas, Texas, comments on government subsidies to farmers.  Apr 9, 1955.  Reel 156, cut 14.

See also FOUR-H CLUBS OF AMERICA; KERR, ROBERT S.

MID-CONTINENT AIRLINES.  Report on the crash of a Mid-Continent passenger plane at the Tulsa Municipal Airport.  Includes interviews with survivors, crew members, and witnesses.  Feb 27, 1951.  Reel 49, cut 7.

de SEVERSKY, ALEXANDER P.  Aviation authority addresses the NGAA convention in Tulsa on the need for new leadership in building defense in case of global war; the confusion in Washington over defense measures; aircraft of the day being able to carry war to an enemy independently of the army and navy; the Korean war; and "wonder weapons" as opposed to basic strategy.  Apr 26, 1951.  Reel 61, cuts 1-8, Reel 62, cuts 1-2.

STUART, HAROLD.  Assistant Secretary addresses the NGAA Convention in Tulsa on the opening of air fields at Altus and Ardmore one day before his resignation as Assistant Secretary for Air.  Apr 27, 1951.  Reel 66, cuts 1-2.

Comments on midnight oil and pork barrel oil in the present Washington upheaval at the NGAA Convention in Tulsa.  Apr 27, 1951.  Reel 55, cut 12.

Compares the US and Russian air forces at present, the limited use of the air force in Korea, the use of the B-36 for tactical bombing, and the vital importance of the US maintaining control of the air at the NGAA Convention in Tulsa.  Apr 27, 1951.  Reel 56, cuts 2-3.

[Reporting from Moscow and Budapest.]  May 16, 1958.  Reel 180, cut 1.

Announces that Skelly Oil Company has been awarded the Highway Commission contract.  Feb 5, 1960.  Reel 181, cuts 4-5.

See also DEFENSE: ATLAS FIRING.

WOODHEAD, HARRY.  Manager of the Douglas Aircraft Plant in Tulsa comments on the significance of the plant to the Tulsa area.  Mar 1, 1951.  Reel 50, cuts 11-12.

Expresses his determination to win the 1950 senatorial race in Oklahoma.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 2.

Comments on free enterprise.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 3.

Comments on government economy.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 4.

Comments on the World Federalist Union and his opposition to it.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 5.

Comments on mud-slinging.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 6.

Comments on Dean Acheson and Alger Hiss case.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 7.

Comments on his switch from the Democratic to Republican ticket.  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 8.

Comments on "a preacher in politics."  Sept 28, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 9.

National President Earl Cocke, Jr., criticizes the UN.  Jan 21, 1951.  Reel 46, cut 18.

National Commander George Craig, comments on the purpose and interests of the Legion.  Sept 4, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 20.

Oklahoma State Commander Charles Hoshall, comments on the future of the Legion in Oklahoma following his election.  Also comments on the Legion's 1955 convention-wide support of the ouster of Don Davis as the state's Veteran's Director.  Sept 5, 1955.  Reel 167, cuts 17-18.

National Commander Donald R. Wilson, demands that the US take action against the communists who killed Korean war prisoners.  From "Mike 95."  Nov 18, 1951.  Reel 100, cut 14.

See also MACARTHUR, GENERAL DOUGLAS.

SARNOFF, BRIGADEER GENERAL DAVID.  Comments on the 1951 Red Cross Drive.  Mar 1951.  Reel 50, cut 8.

See also FLOODS: OKLAHOMA - MIAMI.

TORNADOS.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.: RED CROSS.

FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION.  Education Director Tom Mull of the Arkansas Fish and Wildlife Commission comments on the conservation of wild turkeys.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 31, cut 2.

FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION.  Executive Secretary T. A. McAmis Executive Secretary comments on the hunt for the circus bears who escaped in southwest Arkansas.  Nov 16, 1951.  Reel 99, cut 4.

COONSKIN BLUFF.  Smitty Buchannan explains how the bluff got its name.  Reel 26, cut 2.

CHERRY, CHANCELLOR FRANCIS.  Governor-elect comments on the issues of the campaign on the eve of the Arkansas run-off primary.  Aug 11, 1952.  Reel 113, cut 7.

LITTLE ROCK.  Republican Mayor Pratt Cates Remmell outlines plans for his administration and offers his opinion on the role of the south in the 1952 elections.  Interviewed by Ken Miller.  Jan 2, 1952,  Reel 103, cut 22.

MOTION PICTURE STUDIOS.  C. A. Pierce, chairman of a committee to bring a motion picture studio to northwest Arkansas.  Used for "News and Views."  Aug 20, 1951.  Reel 90, cut 8.

TONTITOWN GRAPE FESTIVAL.  Virginia Morsani, 80 year-old Italian born resident, recalls how she made spaghetti for the first festival 51 years ago.  Aug 18, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 15.

TOURISM.  Pioneer citizen Sam Leath of Eureka Springs and operator of tourist information services is interviewed by Ken Miller about the early days in Eureka Springs, etc.  Jan 7, 1954.  Reel 143, cuts 5-6.

PYLE, HOWARD.  Governor addresses the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce on what America means to him and on letting political faith supersede all other ideals.  May 10, 1951.  Reel 65, cuts 5-7.

[Contents not described.]  Reel 182, cut 7.

[7/11 tape] from a television interview.  Reel 182, cut 2.

ATKINSON-EDOMONDSON.  "Question and Answer."  Reel 182, cut 5.

Former Supreme Court Justice comments on the Committee of which he is president.  Oct 2, 1949.  Reel 6, cut 6.

Roy Paulis, auctioneer.  Undated.  Reel 153, cut 3.

AUTOMOBILE CLUB OF OKLAHOMA

FILLIPPS, ALBERT F.  Director of AAA (Oklahoma Chapter) and Tulsa representative of the American Automobile Association, comments on the importance of courtesy on the streets and highways as a deterrent to accidents.  circa 1954.  Reel 164, cut 7.

OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL

TULSA POLICE DEPARTMENT.  Traffic Director Larry Coulson comments on the causes of fatal accidents in Tulsa.  Aug 6, 1952.  Reel 113, cut 13.

DECKER, ART.  Urges motorists to do their share in reducing highway accidents.  circa 1954.  Reel 164, cut 3.

DECKER, ART.  Comments on the transporting of boats on the highway with boat trailers and offers safety suggestions when doing so.  circa 1954.  Reel 164, cut 6.

FAULKNER, DAVE.  Patrolman points out the causes of most highway accidents in Oklahoma and advises motorists on driving safely through Oklahoma in an interview with Ken Miller.  Jun 1951.  Reel 79, cut 2-3.

FISHER, WILLIAM.  Patrolman recites the motorist's prayer.  circa 1954.  Reel 164, cut 1.

HAMILTON, W. A.  Chief comments via telephone on the highway death toll and offers suggestions for avoiding accidents.  Nov 26, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 11.

HOBART POLICE DEPARTMENT.  Chief of Police comments on Hobart's 50-year traffic safety record in an interview with Ken Miller.  Jan 5, 1954.  Reel 142, cut 13.

JENKINS, AB.  American race car driver advises motorists to drive defensively at all times.  Jan 1954.  Reel 142, cuts 2-4.

ROWELL, JOHN.  Patrolman check Tulsan Hugh Lear's vehicle.  [Jun 4, 1951.]  Reel 82, cut 4.

ROWELL, JOHN.  Explains what happens to motorists whose vehicles fail to pass the mechanical safety check.  [Jun 4, 1951.]  Reel 82, cut 5.

OKLAHOMA STATE SAFETY COMMISSION.  Commissioner Walter Johnson, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, comments on the increase of accidents on state highways.  circa 1940.  Reel 154, cut 1.

WIENS, DON.  Patrolman comments on the congestion of the northeast Oklahoma highways on the weekends because of lake traffic.  Offers suggestions for safe weekend travel.  circa 1954.  Reel 164, cut 4.

WOODS, CHARLES.  Patrolman comments on the no-passing zones on Oklahoma highways.  circa 1954.  Reel 164, cut 2.

1948 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.  Former Vice-President makes a wise crack about the definition of a bureaucrat.  circa 1948.  Reel 125, cut 12.

Comments on Mrs. Carlton S. Hadley of St. Louis with whom he is purportedly in love.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 4.

Discusses the critical illness of Senator Arthur Vandenberg.  Mar 9, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 8.

US elder statesman comments on international affairs.  May 13, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 7.

Addresses University of St. Louis graduates on the subject duty.  Jun 10, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 22.

DIMAGGIO, JOE.  New York Yankees baseball player comments on his reasons for retiring from the game.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 16, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 7.

RUTH, GEORGE HERMAN "BABE".  Sports commentator describes play-by-play a home run by Babe Ruth.  circa 1925.  Reel 125, cut 22.

Oklahoma First District Congressman comments on some of the strange letters congressmen receive from their constituents.  Mar 9, 1951.  Reel 50, cut 15.

Comments on having a Republican president and on the outlook for the new organization in Congress at the President's inauguration.  Jan 22, 1953.  Reel 124, cut 14.

SPAAK, PAUL-HENRI.  Belgium Foreign Minister addresses the Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 9, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 22.

SPAAK, PAUL-HENRI.  Comments about Columbia University and its contributions to freedom at a Charter Day Dinner in New York City.  Oct 31, 1954.  Reel 161, cut 4.

BOY SCOUT OATH.  Recitation of the Boy Scout oath and official song at the celebration of the club's 30th anniversary.  circa 1940.  Reel 153, cut 9.

NATIONAL JAMBOREE.  Excited scouts prepare to depart Tulsa for the National Jamboree in Santa Ana, California, shouting out, one at a time, the sights they hope to see on the trip.  Jul 10, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 9.

NIXON, RICHARD MILHOUS.  Addresses a group of boy scouts at the National Boy Scout Jamboree held in Santa Ana, California.  Jul 19, 1953.  Reel 199, cut 14.

MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY.  Samuel Goldwyn comments on censorship.  Sept 18, 1949.   Reel 3, cut 24.

MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY.  Legion of Decency President Frank Masterson comments on the censorship of motion pictures.  Sept 18, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 21.

OKLAHOMA, TULSA.  Mayor C. M. Warren clarifies that his executive order referring to the dissemination of information to the public does not imply censorship of public information.  May 28, 1952.  Reel 111, cut 15.

Warren orders Ken Miller to turn off tape recorder at a city commissioners meeting.  Miller asks for permission to speak but is over ridden by Warren.  Aug 15, 1952.  Reel 115, cut 5.

See ACHESON, DEAN.

ALGER HISS-WHITTAKER CHAMBERS CASE.

ESPIONAGE.

AMERICAN AID TO.  Texas Democratic Senator Tom Connally comments on US aid to China.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 7.

California Republican Senator William Knowland comments on US aid to China.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 6.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MADAME.  Comments on the Chinese situation.  Aug 7, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 8.

CHIANG KAI-SHEK, MADAME.  Comments on her husband and her departure from the US to join him on Formosa.  circa 1950.  Reel 44, cut 11.

US FOREIGN POLICY CONCERNING

KOO, WELLINGTON.  China's ambassador to the US comments on the strength of his country's military and addresses the question of whether there can be a negotiated peace.  Undated.  Reel 40, cuts 9-10.

MARSHALL, GEORGE C.  Retired US Army Chief of Staff comments on the State Department's issue of the White Paper on China.  Aug 7, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 4.

See also ACHESON, DEAN.

CHURCHILL, WINSTON.

COMMUNISM: COMMUNIST RADIO CHINA.

MARSHALL, GEORGE L.

MACARTHUR, GENERAL DOUGLAS.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.: FOREIGN POLICY.

APPLEFARTH, MARGARET

Nationally known church leader from New York City gives a one minute sermonette.  Nov 6, 1949, Reel 7, cut 3.

ARKANSAS - WINSLOW

OUR LADY OF THE OZARKS SHRINE.  Pastor Joseph Costa comments on the early days of his pastorate and the poverty of the church.  Dec 8, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 10.

BROTHERHOOD WEEK - TULSA

See CHURCHES AND SYNAGOGUES: B'NAI EMUNAH SYNAGOGUE;

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.

CATHOLIC HOLY YEAR PREPARATIONS.  Preparations for the Holy Year, 1950, including the bells of St. Peter's in Rome, Pope Pius XII, the Vatican Choir, and the grand entrance of the Pope into St. Peter's Cathedral.  Oct 1949.  Reel 6, cut 1.

JONES, E. STANLEY.  Methodist missionary and world church leader talks about a united church.  Sept 18, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 23.

OKLAHOMA - DUNCAN

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.  Minister Roy V. Hrap pays tribute to Erle P. Halliburton of Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company on "Erle P.

Halliburton Day."  May 1, 1953.  Reel 164, cut 8.

OKLAHOMA - TULSA

B'NAI EMUNAH SYNAGOGUE.  Rabbi Asher Dov Kahn comments on Brotherhood Week.  Feb 22, 1951.  Reel 37, cut 11.

BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH.  Pastor Paul V. Galloway recites a prayer.  Oct 2, 1954.  Reel 155, cut 1.

BOSTON AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH.  Assistant pastor Anthony Webster comments on Christmas.  Dec 1949.  Reel 7, cut 13.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF NORTH TULSA.  Pastor Calvin Stalnaker in prayer; also mentions KVOO's radio program, "Saturday Vesper News."

HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL.  Mrs. James Egan, one of the two living charter members of the parish, comments on the occasion of the church's 50th anniversary.  Oct 1949.  Reel 5, cut 13.

HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL.  Pastor Victor Reed expresses the view that man's relationship with God must supersede all others.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 22.

HOLY FAMILY CATHEDRAL.  Mrs. Ray Short, one of the two living charter members of the parish, comments on the occasion of the church's 50th anniversary.  Oct 1949.  Reel 5, cut 14.

SOUTHMINSTER UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.  Pastor James L. Cottrell recites a prayer.  Aug 28, 1954.  Reel 154, cut 8.

ST. PAUL'S METHODIST CHURCH.  Pastor Winfred T. McBride gives a Thanksgiving Day sermonette.  Nov 20, 1949.  Reel 7, cut 10.

TEMPLE ISRAEL.  Rabbi Norbert Rosenthal in prayer.  Sept 4, 1954.  Reel 154, cut 10.

TEMPLE ISRAEL.  Sacred music recorded at the Temple with Rabbi Morton Fierman presiding.  Oct 2, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 8.

TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH.  Pastor E. H. Eckel, Jr. comments about Christmas.  Dec 1949.  Reel 7, cut 15.

Comments on the religious life of Tulsa, during Tulsa Week.  Sept 1953.  Reel 137, cut 6.

TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH.  Pastor Leroy Sewell comments on the right to decide.  Nov 26, 1950.  Reel 32, cut 12.

TULSA CATHOLIC ACTIVITIES.  Director of the TCA recites a prayer.  Sept 18, 1955.   Reel 155, cut 3.

TULSA COUNCIL OF CHURCHES.  Representative J. T. Morrow comments on Reformation Sunday.  Oct 30, 1949.  Reel 7, cut 4.

UNION BAPTIST CHURCH.  Pastor L. G. Gardner comments on Brotherhood Week.  Feb 22, 1951.  Reel 37, cut 14.

SONEN, ROBERT W.  Brief sermonette.  Nov 13, 1949.  Reel 7, cut 9.

See also MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.

CHAPMAN, OSCAR.  Secretary of the Interior addresses Senator Schoeppel's accusations of Chapman being a communist.  Senator Murray conducts questioning.  Sept 7, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 14.

CHINA.  Communist Radio propaganda broadcast by "Peking Betty."  Sept 2, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 5.

GERMANY.  Communist youth in Berlin are recorded at a rally singing the battle song, "We Will Storm Berlin," where young people are being urged to take over Berlin during the May Day celebration.  May 1950.  Reel 15, cuts 1-4.

MOSCOW.  Radio Moscow Radio broadcast describing the May Day demonstration in Red Square.  May 1, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 18.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.  President Everett Clincy comments on communism and how it can be halted by the principles of brotherhood.  Apr 13, 1955. Reel 156, cut 17.

PHILBRICK, HERBERT.  Talks about communists in an interview with Bob Shaw.  Reel 181, cut 1.

TRUMAN-MACARTHY DEBATE.  Excerpts from recorded statements by both Harry S. Truman and Senator Joseph McCarthy made during the course of their extended debate over communist infiltration of the US government.  circa 1948-1950.  Reel 135, cut 26.

"WHAT I BELIEVE."  Interview with the program's German guest.  Aug 7, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 6.

See also CHURCHILL, WINSTON.

DULLES, JOHN FOSTER.

HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK.

MACARTHUR, GENERAL DOUGLAS.

TAFT, ROBERT A.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.: FOREIGN POLICY.

ADAMS, ELMER.  See DOSS, NANNIE.

OIL THEFTS.  Chief of the Oklahoma Crime Bureau O. K. Bivins comments on the investigation of oil thefts in Stephens and Carter Counties.  Jul 10, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 10.

BURTON, MRS. T. HAROLD.  Tulsa robbery victim describes how 3 armed men robbed her and her mother in their home.  Sept 2, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 19.

CARNEY, ANDRE B.  Tulsa surgeon recounts how his life was threatened by escaped convict, Grover Stockton, in retaliation for Stockton's prison sentence for robbing and abducting Carney.  Nov 15, 1951.  Reel 98, cut 1.

COWETA BANK ROBBERY.  Bobby Gene Pitcock recounts his 3 hour ordeal as a hostage during a Coweta bank robbery.  Jul 29, 1959.  Reel 178, cut 4.

DeWOLF, CARL AUTIN.  Lie detector specialist, J. M. Tomlinson, from Wichita, Kansas, comments via telephone on a test he administered to DeWolf.  Tomlinson is of the opinion that DeWolf did not kill Tulsa police officer Jerry St. Clair.  Sept 17, 1953.  Reel 138, cut 3.

DOSS, NANNIE.  "Giggling Grandmother" admits to committing the poisoning deaths of her four husbands, including Tulsan Samuel Doss.

DOSS, NANNIE.  Tulsa District Judge Elmer Adam sentences Nannie Doss to life in prison.  Jun 2, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 11.

EDMONDSON, ED.  Oklahoma Democratic Second District Congressman comments via telephone from Washington on the shooting of five House representatives.  Mar 1, 1954.  Reel 144, cut 7.

HOOKER BANK ROBBERY.  C. E. Wilson, President of the Hooker, Oklahoma Bank, describes the bank holdup.  May 11, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 9.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  Report by Ken Miller on the search for the missing Mosser family.  Jan 10, 1951.  Reel 45, cut 8.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  William E. Cook, father of confessed Mosser family murderer, William E. Cook, Jr., urging his son to give himself up.  Jan 9, 1951.  Reel 45, cut 6.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  Tulsa County Investigator Ray Graves comments on the Cook-Mosser murder case.  Jan 18, 1951.  Reel 46, cut 20.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  KFSB Radio (Joplin) news editor, Jim Randall, reports via telephone on the discovery of the bodies of the Carl Mosser family in Joplin.  Jan 15, 1951.  Reel 47, cut 5.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  Mexican Police Chief Francisco Krause Morales of Tijuana recounts via telephone the capture of William E. Cook, Jr.  Jan 15, 1951.  Reel 47, cut 4.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  Chris Mosser, twin brother of the murdered Illinois farmer, Carl Mosser, speculates as to the motive behind the murders.  Jan 5, 1951.  Reel 45, cut 7.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  Joplin, Missouri Police Chief Carl Nutt comments on the Cook-Mosser murder case.  Jan 18, 1951.  Reel 46, cut 21.

MOSSER MURDER CASE.  Deputy Sheriff Warren Smith of Osage County comments on the Cook-Mosser murder case.  Jan 18, 1951.  Reel 46, cut 19.

REYNOLDS, MILDRED ANN.  I. R. Boyce announces the verdict of the coroner's jury in the Northwestern State College coed's fire death.  Undated.  Reel 169, cut 15.

TAFT STATE HOSPITAL SCANDAL.  Wendell Brawley reports on the leader of a theft ring which is stealing state property such as cattle, hogs, and hog feed to use for personal gain.  Also reports that the matter has been under investigation for about 4 weeks.  Aug 1959.  Reel 179, cut 1.

WARNER BANK ROBBERY.  Dr. Thomas recounts his experience of being abducted by a bank robber who then used Thomas' car as the get away car.  Undated.  Reel 170, cut 16.

See also PROHIBITION.

ARMS PROLIFERATION.  Connecticut Democratic Senator Brian McMahon comments on the fact that, in proposing worldwide arms reduction, the US has not made it clear to the world that a large part of money now spent for arms could then be spent for more constructive purposes.  From "Mike 95."  Nov 25, 1951.  Reel 94, cut 14.

Thomas Norman, frequent presidential candidate and foremost socialist in the US, discusses the current arms race.  Aug 21, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 18.

ATLAS FIRING.  Harold Stuart, Page Belcher, Monroney and others at Cape Canaveral, Florida.  circa 1958.  Reel 71, cut 1.

P. F. Ashler, Chief of Small Business, Munitions Board, and Department of Defense, comments on the government purchases from and contracts with Oklahoma industry.  Oct 4, 1950.  Reel 24, cut 9.

General Services Administration Chief Jess Larson comments on defense contracts with small business.  Oct 4, 1950.  Reel 24, cut 10.

See also TRUMAN, HARRY S.

LOCKHEED INTERNATIONAL.  President Courtland Gross talks about electro-turbo prop planes and the Polaris missile.  Undated.  Reel 171, cut 3.

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

W. H. P. Blanding comments on the nuclear bomb.  Oct 2, 1949.  Reel 6, cut 4.

Devere P. Armstrong, Commanding Officer of the 52nd Field Artillery Group at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, comments on the firing of the atomic cannon.  Mar 26, 1953.  Reel 121, cut 3.

General Arthur Harper, Commanding Officer, Artillery School, Fort Sill, Oklahoma, comments on the atomic 280mm cannon and the results of test firing.  Mar 26, 1953.  Reel 121, cut 1-2.

See also DEFENSE: JAYCEES.

ENERGY: PETROLEUM: ESSO RESEARCH.

TRANSPORTATION

Commissioner of the Interstate Commerce Commission James K. Knudsen, also administrator for defense transportation, comments on the role of petroleum in the defense effort and the reliance of all other endeavors upon it.  Dec 19, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 11.

DEFENSE MOBILIZATION, OFFICE OF.  Director Charles E. Wilson comments on the problems we face in the present emergency.  Dec 1950.  Reel 45, cut 12.

Director Charles E. Wilson.  Comments on what is ahead for the country.  From "Voices and Events."  Jan 7, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 18.

Director Charles E. Wilson.  Comments on the country's economy under a defense program.  Jan 21, 1951.  Reel 47, cut 7.

Director Charles E. Wilson.  Recalls his first days in office and the accusations against his personal character and behavior.  Dec 16, 1951.   Reel 103, cut 8.

See also LABOR ISSUES AND UNIONS: GENERAL: HALLECK, CHARLES.

JAYCEES.  US Army Comptroller, Raymond McLain, speaks at the cornerstone ceremony of the Tulsa National Jaycees Building, about industry and the Jaycees' role in defense; explains the comptroller's duties; comments on the use of the atomic bomb and on the cost of reduction of the army administration.  Undated.  Reel 33, cut 12.

SECRETARY OF.  Louis Johnson testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  Jun 10, 1950.  Reel 2, cut 5.

George C. Marshall comments on universal military training.  circa Mar 1951.  Reel 51, cut 4.

George C. Marshall comments on the 1951 Red Cross Drive.  circa March 1951.  Reel 50, cut 9.

George C. Marshall comments on his retirement from the office of Secretary of State.  Undated.  Reel 15, cut 7.

See also CHURCHILL, WINSTON.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.

CONVENTIONS.  1940.  Virginia Democratic Senator Carter Glass quotes Jefferson at the convention in Chicago.  circa 1940.  Reel 50, cut 2.

Presidential nominee, Jim Farley, at the convention in Chicago.  Reel 50, cut 3.

1948.  Alabama resident Handy Ellis announces the walkout of the civil rights faction ("Dixiecrats") during the convention.  Reel 125, cut 13.

See also BARKLEY, ALBEN W.

DOENGES, WILLIAM.

KERR, ROBERT S.: 1956 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

LUXEMBOURG.

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA.

SOUTHERN GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE.  Oklahoma Democratic State Chairman France Paris comments on his election and on the 1940 political year.  Reel 153, cut 1.

See TRUMAN, HARRY S.: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION.

Deaf children receive speech instructions from Mimi Fandrei at the Longfellow School in Tulsa.  Jan 1950.  Reel 8, cut 2.

Jim Allen of Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Tulsa comments on the employment of physically challenged persons.  Oct 1, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 3, 5.

Blind employee of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Tulsa comments on the employment of the physically challenged.  Oct 1, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 4.

[Oklahoma] State Senator Basil Wilson, discusses the financing of a planned Tulsa school for the intellectually challenged.  Mar 19, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 16.

1953

TEXAS - SAN ANGELO.  Lyle Hague, PMA Administrator for Oklahoma, and chairman of the Oklahoma Drought Relief, comments on his drought tour in San Angelo, and about emergency feed arriving in Oklahoma.  Jul 10, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 7.

SHIVERS, GOVERNOR ALLAN - TEXAS.  Comments via telephone on his appeal for Texans to dedicate Sunday, Jul 5, a day of prayer for rain.  Also proposes that governors of drought-stricken southwestern states from a mutual assistance pact.  Jul 3, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 3.

1954

See MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA.

1955

OKLAHOMA - [GUYMON].  [Guymon] Herald publisher, Raymond Fields comments on the drought-breaking rain in the area.  Mar 31, 1955.  Reel 156, cut 12.

OKLAHOMA - WOODWARD.  Woodward Daily Press  [reporter], Clark Lawrence, talks about the dust storm in the area.  Mar 31, 1955.  Reel 156, cut 13.

CANDIDATE FOR SENATOR.  New York Republican Senator announces his candidacy for another term in the Senate.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 3.

FAR EAST TOUR.  US Secretary of State comments on his return from a tour of the Far East and expresses pessimism that the East can resist the onslaught of communism.  Deplores the dissension in the US during the political year and pleads for top US production and power in the face of the world situation regardless of politics.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 6, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 9.

ISRAELI-ARAB CONFLICT.  Reveals the US's offer to sign treaties to guarantee peace between the Isareli and Arab states.  Oct 26, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 2.

KOREAN ARMISTICE.  Nationally broadcast radio message about the signing of the Korean Armistice.  Jul 26, 1953.  reel 134, cut 1.

See also 1959 - YEAR IN REVIEW.

ECUADOR.  President of Ecuador comments on the damage after Ecuador's tragic earthquake on Aug 5, 1949.  Aug 7, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 9.

OKLAHOMA - TULSA.  Street interviews with Tulsans on their reactions to the earthquake in the Midwest.  Apr 9, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 10.

OKLAHOMA - TULSA.  KVOO engineer, Harry Russen, describes the earthquake shock felt in the radio control room on the 23rd floor of the Philtower building.  Apr 9, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 9.

Oklahoma Democratic Second District Congressman's victory speech.  Undated.  Reel 187, no cut number given.

[Wickersham w/ Edmondson, Ed.  Tape 188.  No further description given.]

GRAND JURY INDICTMENT.  As Tulsa attorney: reports on the grand jury indictment of Commissioner Claude Bailey and Bailey's garage superintendent, Ben O. Angel, for conspiracy to defraud the state.  Oct 25, 1955.  Reel 168, cuts 18-19.

HIGHWAY FUNDS.  As governor - comments that the state does not have enough highway funds to finish out the fiscal year.  Mar 9, 1959.  Reel 172, cut 4.

TAX INCREASES.  Speaks to a joint session of the House about tax increases.  Indicates that the state needs $32.5 million to match federal funds.  Recommends a $.02 gas tax and a $500-2500 charge for liquor licenses.  Also talks about highway funds.  Apr 13, 1959.  Reel 174-175, cut 1.

MISKOVSKY, SENATOR.  Responds to Senator Miskovsky's criticism leveled against him.  Undated.  Reel 179, cut 4.

[UNIDENTIFIED].  [Contents not described].  Reel 179, cut 7; Reel 182, cut 3; Reel 182, cut 8; Reel 182, cut 9.

ARKANSAS - SEARCY

HARDING COLLEGE.  College president speaks at the colleges' annual Freedom Forum on the subject of selling the American way of life.  Apr 22, 1954.  Reel 150, cut 12.

OKLAHOMA - SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

BECKINGTON, LULU.  Tulsa Central High School Dean of Girls and teacher since 1923 receives one of five OU Achievement Awards and recites her formula for a happy and successful life at the annual Awards dinner.  Apr 8, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 8.

See also EDUCATION: OKLAHOMA - SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL - TULSA.  Principal H. C. Whitlow, Jr. discusses the results of a panel survey of the problem of African- American teachers in Oklahoma since desegregation.  Sept 28, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 8.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL - TULSA.  Football yell led by L. E. Herkimer, cheer leading instructor at OU's cheer leading school.  Aug 1953.  Reel 131, cut 7.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL - TULSA.  The yell, "Be Calm, Be Cool, Be Collected!" led by L. E. Herkimer, cheer leading instructor at OU's cheer leading school.  Aug 1953.  Reel 131, cut 6.

CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL - TULSA.  Recording of the song, "I Like Ike," as performed by Greg Hosterman, Phil Elder, and Frank Stuart, and presented at the Tulsa Central High School Daze.  Mar 28, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 4.

See also EDUCATION: OKLAHOMA - SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES: BECKINGTON, LULU.

CHILDREN COMMENT ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.  Barbara Love, 15 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Love comments on the opening of school.  Sept 6, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 3.

CHILDREN COMMENT ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.  Dick Moody, 10 year-old son of Ann Moody comments on the opening of school.  Sept 6, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 2.

CHILDREN COMMENT ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.  Neva Murdock, 5 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Murdock comments on the opening of school.  Sept 6, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 1.

CHILDREN COMMENT ON GOING BACK TO SCHOOL.  Cleo Ingle, President of the Board of Education in Tulsa welcomes students at the beginning of the school year.  Sept 6, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 21.

LANGSTON UNIVERSITY.  President G. L. Harrison comments on the effect integration has had on the enrollment.  Sept 9, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 4.

LONGFELLOW SCHOOL.  Kindergartner comments on Columbus Day.  Oct 12, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 12.

OKLAHOMA A & M COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL TRAINING.  Director Keith Covelle comments on the establishment of the baking school specially requested by the baking industry.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Oct 4, 1951.  Reel 93, cut 8.

OKLAHOMA A & M COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL TRAINING. Director of Short Courses and bar-b-q expert, "Old Clay" Pots, is interviewed by Ken Miller.  circa 1954.  Reel 158, cut 7.

OKLAHOMA A & M COLLEGE OF TECHNICAL TRAINING. President Oliver S. Willham comments, via telephone, on the North Central Association ruling that gave the college a clean bill of health on its academic and athletic program.  Jul 2, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 4.

See also ETHIOPIA.

OKLAHOMA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.  Mrs. Floyd E. Cobb, President, and member of an African-American teacher's panel in Tulsa comments on the difference between desegregation and integration in the public schools.  Sept 28, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 7.

OKLAHOMA MILITARY ACADEMY.  President Homer Ledbetter comments on the school's new visitor's center.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Sept 27, 1951.   Reel 93, cut 6.

OKLAHOMA BOYS' STATE DEBATE TEAM.  OBS governor Bill Hamilton (Anadarko, Oklahoma) reads a portion of his inaugural address via telephone from Norman, Oklahoma.  Jun 12, 1953.  Reel 124, cut 3.

OKLAHOMA GIRLS' STATE DEBATE TEAM.  1951 OGS governor Annawyn Debbening (Stillwater, Oklahoma), sponsored by the Rotary Anns and Business and Professional Women's Club of Stillwater.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 2, 1951.  Reel 87, cut 11.

OKLAHOMA GIRLS' STATE DEBATE TEAM.  OGS governor Marvella Hern (Enid, Oklahoma) and president of the Girls' Nation and councilor speaks at the 1951 Girls' State at Chickasha.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 2, 1951.  Reel 87, cut 14.

OKLAHOMA GIRLS' STATE DEBATE TEAM.  OGS governor Lavena Park (Enid, Oklahoma) reads and excerpt of her inaugural address via telephone.  Jun 12, 1953.  Reel 124, cut 12.

OKLAHOMA GIRLS' STATE DEBATE TEAM.  Jinon Walker (Purcell, Oklahoma) concedes defeat and congratulates the new OGS governor, Annawyn Debenning.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 2, 1951.  Reel 87, cut 13.

OKLAHOMA GIRLS' STATE DEBATE TEAM.  Debate on the topic of universal military training; Joan Finkenbinder (Clinton, Oklahoma) opposing, and Mary Anne Cooper (Sapulpa, Oklahoma) supporting.  Used for "Assignment Southwest.  Jun 7, 1951.  Reel 87, cut 15.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.  Herbert L. Brannon, former member of the Board of Regents of Oklahoma University and President of Alumni describes the annual Oklahoma University Achievement Awards at the 1952 Awards Dinner.  Apr 8, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 5.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.  President George L. Cross addresses guests at OU's Achievement Awards dinner, describes the awards and makes presentations.  Apr4 8, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 6.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.  Cross presents and achievement award to Lulu Beckington, Tulsa Central High School Dean of Girls and English teacher since 1923.  Apr 8, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 7.

Cross speaks on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of OU and his own 10th anniversary as president.  Feb 3, 1953.  Reel 120, cut 10.

Cross speaks at OU's Achievement Awards dinner about William  Grove Skelly.  Apr 8, 1954.  Reel 150, cut 3.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.  Fred S. Borum, administrator of Tinker Air Force Base for nine years, is a guest speaker at the OU Achievement Awards dinner.  Apr 8, 1954.  Reel 150, cut 1.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.   William Grove Skelly, presenter of the 306th Skelly Agricultural Achievement Award.  Undated.  Reel 166, cut 7.

Skelly is recipient of an award at the OU Achievement Awards dinner.  Apr 8, 1954.  Part I, Reel 149.  Part II, Reel 148, cut 9.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.  The OU Press Director Savoie Lottinville recounts the history of the Press.  Feb 12, 1953.  Reel 120, cut 9.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.  See also MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON -  OKLAHOMA.

PAWHUSKA PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS.   School Superintendent Oren Terrill, comments on the school board's decision to integrate the Pawhuska high schools.  Mar 5, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 14.

SPARTAN SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS.  Tulsa Central High School math teacher, J. B. Erwin, comments on his visit to Spartan Aircraft Trailer Division, on Business-Education Day in Tulsa.  Nov 29, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 7.

SPARTAN SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS.  See also OKLAHOMA: BUSINESS-EDUCATION DAY.

WRIGHT, JACKIE.

STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.  Comments on the need for more adequate salaries and pensions for teachers and on problems maintaining a quality school system.  Sept 28, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 9.

TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  Superintendent Charles C. Mason comments on the anticipated enrollment for 1953, the condition of the physical plant, and the prospects for the year.  Aug 21, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 10.

Explains the Board of Education's order for the integration of the Tulsa Public Schools for the Fall of 1955.   Jun 21, 1955.  Reel 165, cut 7.

TULSA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  Business Manager, Roy J. Inbody, comments on vandalism of school buildings.  Jul 21, 1953.  Reel 126, cut 10.

 Comments on the record enrollment in the 1951-1952 school year and school housing problems.  Sept 6, 1951.  Reel 93, cut 1.

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, THE.  President C. I. Pontius speaks on the opening day of the fall term.  Sept 12, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 1.

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, THE.  Director of Standard Oil of New Jersey Lloyd U. Elliott, speaking at University of Tulsa commencement.  Jun 1, 1953.  Reel 122, cut 2.

UNIVERSITY OF TULSA, THE.  President, Ben Graf Henneke's inaugural speech.  Apr 16, 1959.  Reel 177, cut 3.

See also FOOTBALL: WITUCKI, BERNIE.

US COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION.  Earl McGrath, comments on the condition of American schools and American education as a whole.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 11.

WRIGHT, GOVERNOR FIELDING - MISSISSIPPI.  Addresses attendees on the African-American and education in the south, his advocacy of segregation, and on the states' rights issue  at the Southern Governors Conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Nov 12, 1951.  Reel 98, cuts 13-15.

See also OKLAHOMA: BUSINESS-EDUCATION DAY.

DISABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH.

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA.

1932 

Robert Trout comments on election results.  Reel 125, cut 5.

1936

Harold L. Ickes speaks for the Democratic Party during the presidential campaign.  circa 1936.  Reel 126, cut 9.

NUCLEAR

DEVERS, JACOB.  Retiring army general comments on atomic energy control and security measures.  Oct 2, 1949.  Reel 6, cut 3.

See also CHURCHILL, WINSTON.

UNITED STATES: INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF.

PETROLEUM.

ARN, GOVERNOR EDWARD F - KANSAS.  Answers the charge by Representative Charles Wolverton of New Jersey that the oil industry is conspiring with the states to boost oil prices unnecessarily.  Jul 1, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 3.

ARN, GOVERNOR EDWARD F - KANSAS.  Comments via telephone from Topeka on the reaction to legislation proposed by Representative John Heselton of Massachusetts which would set up federal control of the oil industry to which Arn is violently opposed.  Jul 3, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 6.

ARN, GOVERNOR EDWARD F - KANSAS.  Addresses the Tulsa, Oklahoma, Chamber of Commerce at the opening of Oil Progress Week.  Oct 8, 1953.  Reel 138, cut 8.

See also EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID.

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA.

BREWER, JOE.  Oolagah, Oklahoma farmer describes how he struck a 100 barrel-a-day oil well on his farm using home-made junk equipment.  Mar 27, 1952.  Reel 108, cut 11.

CLARK, EDWIN M.  President of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company comments about the future of the petroleum industry in the southwest.  May 19, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 17.

DOWELL, INC.  Field Development Engineer, Warren Salee, comments on the company's test well in Tulsa.  Aug 21, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 7.

DRAKE WELL, THE.  Skit performed with sound effects depicting Edwin Drake and Uncle Billy Smith at the well the day oil was struck.  Undated.  Reel 91, cut 10.

EGLOFF, GUSTAV.  Petroleum scientist and Director of Research for Universal Oil Products Company comments on the future of the oil industry.  Feb 1955.  Reel 157, cut 6.

ESSO RESEARCH.   Company president E. V. Murphree comments that the missile acceleration, begun in 1955, continues to grow and  believes that petroleum will be used as first stage fuels.  Mar 8, 1959.  Reel 172, cut 7.

GALBREATH, ROBERT W.  Driller of the discovery well in Glenn Pool, Nov 22, 1905.  Now 87 years old and living in Tulsa, he comments on the 45th anniversary of the oil pool.  Nov 22, 1950.  Reel 31, cut 4.

MID-CONTINENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION.  President Robert W. McDowell predicts the future of the 1951 oil industry in the Tulsa area at a Public Affairs Forum.  Jan 4, 1951.  Reel 45, cut 2.

MID-CONTINENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION.  Comments on the present emergency situation facing the oil industry in being able to meet both civilian and military needs; comments on the government's criticism of the oil industry in spite of the mammoth contributions of the industry to national life; urges oil me to continue their struggle against federal control of the oil industry at an API meeting in Chicago.  Nov 7, 1951.  Reel 97, cuts 2-6.

MID-CONTINENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION.  See also LABOR ISSUES AND UNIONS: MID-CONTINENT PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

OIL AND GAS JOURNAL.  Publisher, P. C. Lauinger, makes predictions for the oil industry in 1952 at the Chamber of Commerce "Giraffe" program.  Jan 3, 1952.  Reel 103, cut 19.

Comments on the effect of a 10% reduction in oil allowable for April 1956.  Mar 28, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 19.

OIL AND GAS JOURNAL.  Economics editor, Casper Johns, comments on the effects of the crude oil price increase of 25 cents per barrel.  Jun 19, 1953.  Reel 124, cut 10.

OSAGE INDIAN OIL LEASES.  Homer Savage conducts an auction of the leases in Pawhuska, Oklahoma.  Jul 22, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 15.

REID, BRYAN S.  Accepts the gavel and plaque as tokens of the 1952 presidency of the petroleum industry's 25-Year Club at a meeting during the API convention in Chicago.  Nov 6, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 4.

RUTHERFORD, MORTON S.  Comments on a bill for control of oil and voices his opposition to the control of any industry.  Reel 152, cut 1.

SINCLAIR OIL AND GAS CO.  President, Percy C. Spencer, addresses the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce promising to locate a new research laboratory in Tulsa.  Dec 11, 1951.  Reel 99, cut 13.

See also AIR POWER AND AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION: STUART, HAROLD.

DEFENSE: TRANSPORTATION.

KERR, ROBERT S.

LABOR ISSUES AND UNIONS.

SOCIALISM.

HYDROELECTRIC

SOUTHWEST POWER ADMINISTRATION.  Administrator of the SPA, Douglas Wright, comments on the appointment of H. A. Hewett as the assistant administrator.  Aug 21, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 9.

 Testifies before the Legislative Council hearing at Grove, Oklahoma, concerning the low water level of Grand Lake and steam power versus hydroelectric power.  Sept 19, 1953.  Reel 137, cut 3.

See also UNITED STATES: INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF.

ALGER HISS-WHITTAKER CHAMBERS CASE.  Excerpts of conflicting testimony.  May 1949-Jan 1950.  Reel 125, cut 7.

OATIS, WILLIAM.  Prague radio broadcast recorded by NBC of the espionage trial of Associated Press correspondent.  Jul 6, 1951.  Reel 79, cut 1.

See also ACHESON, DEAN.

LAW ENFORCEMENT.

HAILE SELASSIE, EMPEROR.  Visits Stillwater, Oklahoma.  Includes a welcoming address by President Oliver S. Willham of A & M College and a presentation of a Native American headdress by Acee Blue Eagle.  Jun 18, 1954.  Reel 166, cut 12.

A. L. Darrow, representative of Oklahoma A & M College addresses guests at a banquet held in Selassie's honor.  Presents him with a plaque commemorating the friendship and cooperation between American land grant colleges and the Ethiopian nation.  Jun 18, 1954.  Reel 167, cut 1.

FIRES

OKLAHOMA

BABBS SWITCH SCHOOL.  Mrs. Elbert Braun, resident of the Babbs Switch School community near Hobart, describes her escape from the school fire on Dec 24, 1924.  Dec 22, 1953.  Reel 143, cut 4.

BABBS SWITCH SCHOOL.  Louis F. Edens, survivor and eye-witness, describes the school fire.  Dec 22, 1953.  Reel 143, cut 3.

PRAIRIE FIRES.  Stockman H. H. Mundy comments on prairie fires.  Mar 1950.  Reel 10, cut 7.

State Commission of Safety comments on prairie fires.  Mar 1950.  Reel 10, cut 6.

COFFEE PRICES.  Waitress comments to a customer: "Cream and sugar?  That'll be fifteen cents please."  Jan 21, 1954.  Reel 140, cut 10.

GROCERY SHOPPERS.  Street interviews with grocery shoppers, the majority of which are of the opinion that food prices are too high and continue to rise in spite of controls.  Used for "News and Views."  Jun 4, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 3.

POTATO SHORTAGE, 1952.  Maine Third District Representative Clifford McIntire, comments on the potato shortage and the background and effect of price ceilings on the potato supply.  May 28, 1952.  Reel 112, cut 4.

PRICE CONTROLS.  Tulsa food wholesaler, Charles Reeger, comments on price controls and that food sales have not declined in spite of mounting prices.  Used for "News and Views."  Jun 4, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 1.

NOTRE DAME.  Sports commentator describes the "Four Horsemen of Notre Dame."  circa 1925.  Reel 125, cut 23.

KAZMAIER, DICK.  Princeton halfback, named the national outstanding college football player, urges that commercialism not be allowed to ruin the sport.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 16, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 1.

WITUCKI, BERNIE.  The University of Tulsa football coach addresses the Chamber of Commerce Football Forum on the 1953 Golden Hurricane team.  Sept 10, 1953.  Reel 137, cut 12.

See CHINA: CHIANG-KAI-SHEK, MADAME.

MACARTHUR, GENERAL DOUGLAS.

COMMUNIST CHINA.

UNITED STATES: CONGRESS: SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.

TREATY OF FRANCE.  NBC news commentator, Paul Echenaud, describes the fall of France, with the sound of planes and excerpts of Petain and DeGaulle, etc.  Undated.  Reel 14, cut 1.

See also KERR, ROBERT S.: GENEVA SUMMIT CONFERENCE.

President Mary Jo Deem of 1952, addresses the question as to what her principal project has been, at  the state convention in Oklahoma City.  Mar 29, 1952.  Reel 108, cut 8.

President Mary Jo Deem addresses the question as to what her goals are as president.  Mar 29, 1952.  Reel 108, cut 9.

ADENAUER, KONRAD.  Christian-Democrat and Premier-elect of the West German Republic.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 14.

ANTHEM.  Recording of the new anthem which replaces "Deutschland Ueber Alles," as sung by a crowd.  From "Voices and Events."  Jan 7, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 16.

BERLIN.  Mayor Louisa Schroeder during the airlift addresses the question as to what is to be done in Germany ten years after the launching of the German war machine.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 15.

NAZIS.  Party members salute Adolf Hitler with songs and military music recorded in Fall of 1939.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 9.

NAZIS.  Bands and cheering crowds recorded in Sept 1939.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 13.

See also COMMUNISM.

GREAT BRITAIN: CHAMBERLIN, NEVILLE.

GEORGE VI, KING OF ENGLAND.

Senior Girl Scouts at Camp Classen in Davis, Oklahoma, singing a friendship song.  Apr 1950.  Reel 10, cut 11.

Willa Mae Lange out-going president of the Senior Girl Scout Council of Oklahoma turns over the office to the new president Willella Littrell.  Apr 1950.  Reel 10, cut 12.

Willella Littrell, Will Rogers High School junior, elected president of the Senior Girl Scout Council of Oklahoma.  Apr 1950.  Reel 10, cut 12.

AIR POWER.  BBC description of British air power at a British air show.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 10.

ATTLEE, CLEMENT.  British Prime Minister comments on the Washington conferences with President Truman and outlines the aims and purposes of the British and US.  Dec 5, 1950.  Reel 46, cut 13.

ATTLEE, CLEMENT.  Expresses the opinion that the labor party will win, that Bevan is  very able man, and that the US is mistaken about him.  Mar 10, 19159.  Reel 172, cut 8.

BEVIN, ERNEST.  British Foreign Secretary comments on the US-British Dollar Talks.  Sept 4, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 18.

Comments on nuclear energy control.  Oct 2, 1949.  Reel 6, cut 2.

CHAMBERLIN, NEVILLE.  Comments on Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 10.

CHAMBERLIN, NEVILLE.  Sept 1939 commentary about Britain's declaration of war on Germany.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 11-12.

CHURCHILL, RANDOLPH.  Son of the former Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.  Undated.  Reel 50, cut 7.

CRIPPS, STAFFORD.  British Chancellor of Exchequer comments on the devaluation of the British pound sterling.  Sept 18, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 25.

EDWARD VIII, DUKE OF WINDSOR.  Comments on the king he had hoped to be 14 years after his abdication of the throne.  May 20, 1950.  Reel 15, cut 13.

ELECTIONS.  An officer reads the returns at the polling place, with a crowd cheering the election results.  Oct 25, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 2.

ELECTIONS.  NBC correspondent, Henry Cassidy, introduces Romney Wheeler in London.  Wheeler interviews British voters outside polling places.  Used in "News and Views."  Oct 26, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 3.

ELECTIONS.  Voting official describes a visit to a polling place by a representative of PRAVDA, the official Russian news agency.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 26, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 4.

ELECTIONS.  NBC correspondent, Robert McCormick, gives an analysis of the vote from London.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 26, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 5.

ELECTIONS.  NBC correspondent in Washington DC, Ray Scherer, reports on the official reactions to the outcome of the election.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 26, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 7.

ELECTIONS.  Interviews on the streets of Tulsa in which individuals voice their opinions about the outcome of the elections.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 26, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 7.

ELIZABETH II, QUEEN OF ENGLAND.  BBC coronation broadcast, including the crowning, the prayer by Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, and the choir and orchestra performing "God Save the Queen," and "Zadok, the Priest."  Jun 2, 1953.  Reel 123, cut 2-3.

An unidentified man calls out, "God save the Queen," followed by a fanfare of trumpets.  Undated.  Reel 115, cut 3.

MORRISON, HERBERT.  Socialist Foreign Minister of Great Britain attempts to address an unruly London crowd on election day.  Oct 25, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 1.

Comments on taking office.  Mar 9, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 9.

GEORGE VI, KING OF ENGLAND.  Coronation.  May 12, 1937.  Reel 107, cut 9.

Special Guard plays on the occasion of the King's 54th birthday.  Jun 10, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 18.

Radio broadcast to the British people on the second day of WWII.  Reel 107, cut 10.

Radio broadcast.  Sept 23, 1940.  Reel 107, cut 11.

Comments on the defeat of Germany in WWII.  May 1945.  Reel 135, cut 23.

Christmas message to the British Empire.  Dec 25, 1950.  Reel 41, cut 7.

Last radio broadcast.  Dec 25, 1951.  Reel 107, cut 8.

Arrival of the King's body in London, as described by a BBC reporter in a NBC broadcast.  Reel 106, cut 9.

See also CHURCHILL, WINSTON; KERR, ROBERT S.: GENEVA

SUMMIT CONFERENCE.

See ACHESON, DEAN.

ESPIONAGE: ALGER HISS-WHITTAKER CHAMBERS CASE.

German dictator speaks in Berlin regarding the invasion of Poland.  Includes a salute to Hitler by members of the Nazi Party with songs and military music.  Originally recorded in 1939.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cuts 8-9.

See also GERMANY: NAZIS.

GREAT BRITAIN.

FOREIGN POLICY.  In a nation-wide radio broadcast from New York, Hoover urges a halt to the commitment of ground forces to foreign battles and the establishment of the western hemisphere as a Gibraltar of western defense and democracy.  Dec 20, 1950.  Reel 46, cut 11.

Calls for the re-examination of the US foreign policy and a curtailment of foreign aid.  From "Mike 95."  Feb 3, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 8.

HOOVER COMMISSION FOR GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION.  Comments on the 1949 proposals of the Commission.  Feb 24, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 10.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.  Comments on J. Edgar Hoover.  May 20, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 11.

75th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.  Only living former US president comments on the occasion of his 75th birthday.  Aug 10, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 11.

1956 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.  Excerpt from an address to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, California.  Aug 1956.  Reel 170, cut 1.

See also EDUCATION: OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES: HERBERT HOOVER ELEMENTARY.

DUFF, JESS A.  Crew chief of a C-47 cargo plane captured by the Hungarians comments on the skirmish with the Hungarian prosecuting attorney.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 5, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 7.

SWIFT, JOHN J.  Co-pilot of a C-47 cargo plane captured by the Hungarians returns home to Glen Falls, New York after his release.  From "Mike 95."  Reel 105, cut 8.

INCOME TAX

KELLEMS, VIVIEN.  Stonington, Connecticut industrialist comments on withholding tax; its origin in Russia; the enactment in the US as a wartime measure; and later the incorporation into the US permanent tax structure.  Includes an interview in which Kellems comments on the Liberty Belles organization and on her own personal fight against the federal income tax.  Nov 21, 1951.  Reel 99, cuts 5, 10.

INVESTIGATION OF KING, CECIL R.  California Democratic Representative and Chairman of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee's investigation of the IRS, addresses the former Assistant Attorney General accusing him of betraying the public trust.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 16, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 4.

MCGRATH, J. HOWARD.  Attorney General comments on the honesty of T. Lamar Caudle in connection with the House Ways and Means Committee investigation.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 16, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 3.

MCGRATH, J. HOWARD.  Comments on his dismissal by President Truman.  Apr 3, 1952.  Reel 108, cut 4.

See also KEFAUVER, ESTES.

MCGRANERY, JAMES P.

MCKINNEY, FRANK.  Chairman of the Democratic National Committee comments on ethics in public service.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 2, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 12.

MCKINNEY, FRANK.  In reference to the House Ways and Means Subcommittee investigation of the IRS.  Comments on his personal business transaction in which he realized a $75,000 on a $1,000 investment.  from "Mike 95."  Dec 16, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 6.

OLIPHANT, CHARLES.  Former chief counsel of the IRS Board testifies before the House Ways and Means Subcommittee in the tax fraud cases.  Denies any knowledge of the clique described by Abraham Teitelbaum in earlier testimony.  From "Mike 95."  Dec 16, 1951.  Reel 103, cut 2.

STASSEN, HAROLD.  Reads a letter he wrote to Attorney General  J. Howard McGrath.  From "Mike 95."  Feb 24, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 11.

JORDAN, NINA.  Liberal, Kansas resident interviewed after winning the 7th Annual International Pancake Race.  Feb 14, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 11.

ZIMMERMAN, JOAN.  Liberal, Kansas resident and winner of the 1952 race interviewed by Ken Miller.  Feb 25, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 13; Reel 108, cut 19.

See UNITED NATIONS.

ARKANSAS: TONTITOWN GRAPE FESTIVAL.

President Dain Domich of the US Junior Chamber of Commerce, comments on the Jaycees around the world.  Jul 30, 1953.  Reel 132, cut 1.

See also DEFENSE: JAYCEES.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.  Tennessee Democratic Senator comments on the possibility of his acceptance of the post of attorney-general in the event that J. Howard McGrath resigns.  Kefauver also mentions the possibility of his running for the presidency.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 6, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 4.

ATTORNEY GENERAL.  See also INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE: INVESTIGATION OF.

CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.  Announces his candidacy for the presidency at a Washington press conference.  Jan 23, 1952.  Reel 107, cut 2.

CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT.  Comments on fighting corruption in the federal government.  From "Mike 95."  Apr 20, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 11.

DIXON-YATES POWER CONTRACT.  Comments on Eisenhower's order to cancel the Dixon-Yates private power contract.  Jul 12, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 4.

MOONSHINER.  Recounts the story about a moonshiner in the Tennessee hills and his difficulties in keeping his still going in the face of socialistic government agencies such as the TVA, AEC, etc.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 13, 1952.  Reel 103, cut 21.

MOONSHINER.  See also PROHIBITION.

KERR, ROBERT S.

BENSON, EZRA TAFT.  Expands on his earlier remark that he will have Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson's hide nailed to the barn door.  Alsodefends his own record in the matter of regulating oil imports and in the firing of General Douglas MacArthur from the far eastern command.  Sept 16, 1954.  Reel 156, cuts 4-6.

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.  Comments on the conservation of water resources.  Undated.  Reel 160, cut 5.

DEMOCRATIC PARTY.  Democratic Senator of Oklahoma discusses the disunity in the Republican Party.  From "Voices and Events."  Jan 1, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 22.

Addresses guests at a testimonial dinner for W. Averell Harriman in New York, criticizes "bad" Republicans and praises "good" Democrats.  Apr 17, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 10.

Comments on the virtues of the Democratic Party throughout the last two decades at the Democratic State Convention.  Also discusses his own chances for winning the presidential nomination.  Apr 28, 1952.  Reel 110, cuts 1-2.

GENEVA SUMMIT CONFERENCE.  Voices his opinion on the Geneva Summit conference with the US, Great Britain, France, and the USSR.  Sept 5, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 16.

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS.  Addresses the League of Women Voters national convention on how he would prevent dishonesty and inefficiency in government.  From "Mike 95."  May 4, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 16.

OIL IMPORT REGULATIONS.  See KERR, ROBERT S.: EZRA TAFT BENSON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.  Announces his candidacy for the presidency.  Feb 5, 1952.  Reel 107, cut 3.

EZRA TAFT BENSON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.  Expresses his confidence that he will win the nomination at the Kerr campaign headquarters in Chicago.  Jul 22, 1952.  Reel 113, cut 2.

EZRA TAFT BENSON PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.  Excerpt from a speech given at the 1956 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.  Addresses Eisenhower's farm policy, his disapproval of Eisenhower's veto of the rivers and harbors bill, and predicts that the Congress will over-ride the veto in the 1957 session.  Aug 1956.  Reel 170, cuts 2.

REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION.  Voices his personal views on the swearing in of a new Republican administration at the inauguration in Washington.  Jan 22, 1953.  Reel 124, cut 15.

ROBERT S. KERR BRIDGE.  Speaks at the dedication ceremony of the Robert S. Kerr Bridge on Highway 51 near Wagoner.  Kerr predicts a day when the Verdigris will be a navigable river.  Sept 7, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 3.

See also MOCK, FRED M.

ARMISTICE

DOUGLAS, PAUL. Illinois Democratic Senator comments on the Korean armistice and expresses his belief that the delineation of the truce line and other factors may lead to more trouble in Korea.  Jul 26, 1953.  Reel 135, cut 4.

SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE.  Leverett Saltonstall, Massachusetts Republican Senator and chairman of the committee comments on the armistice.  Jul 26, 1953.  Reel 135, cut 5.

SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE.  Alexander H. Smith, New Jersey Republican Senator and chairman of the Committee's Far Eastern sub-committee, comments on the signing.  Jul 26, 1953.  Reel 135, cut 3.

Criticizes Truman's ouster of MacArthur from the supreme Far East command.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 13.

TAYLOR, MAXWELL.  Present at the official signing at Wonsan, Korea.  Jul 26, 1953.  Reel 135, cut 2.

See also DULLES, JOHN FOSTER.

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID: KOREAN WAR.

KOREAN WAR: TROOPS: CLARK, GENERAL MARK.

UNITED NATIONS: LODGE JR., HENRY CABOT.

INVASION AT INCHON

Ken Kantor, NBC correspondent, describes the allied invasion at Inchon.  Sept 15, 1950.  Reel 15, cut 9.

KOREAN CHRISTMAS CAROL

HULL, DOC.  Recited the "Korean Christmas Carol," a parody on "A Visit from St. Nicholas," to the tune of "The Night Before Christmas."  Undated.  Reel 116, cut 18.

PROPAGANDA.  North Korean radio propaganda broadcast by "Seoul City Sue" AKA Ann Wallace Suhr.  Sept 2, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 5.

TROOPS.  Sounds of Korean troops singing and marching into combat.  Jul 1950.  Reel 44, cut 2.

CLARK, GENERAL MARK.  US Army general comments on the new uniforms for the Infantry.  From "Mike 95."  Nov 25, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 9.

Present at Wonsan, Korea, at the official signing of the Korean armistice.  Jul 26, 1953.  Reel 135, cut 1.

COLLINS, J. LAWTON.  Army Chief of Staff comments on the value of the infantry in warfare in Korea.  Jan 1951.  Reel 48, cut 12.

MACARTHUR OUSTER

JENNER, WILLIAM.  Indian Republican Senator requests the impeachment of Truman as a result of Truman's ouster of MacArthur from the supreme Far East command.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 16.

WARDEN, MRS. H. P.  Reads a telegram she sent to Senator William Fulbright of Arkansas urging Truman's impeachment spurred by the ouster of MacArthur.  Interviewed via telephone by Ken Miller.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 18.

See also KOREAN WAR: TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION, CRITICISM OF: WHERRY, KENNETH.

PRISONERS OF WAR

BERRY, ELMER.  Tulsa and African-American Korean prisoner of war comments on his return to Tulsa after his repatriation.  Aug 28, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 5.

JOHNSTON, OLIN D.  South Carolina Democratic Senator comments on atrocities committed against American soldiers by the communist armies in Korea.  Johnston demands the atomic bomb be used in Korea.  From "Mike 95."  Nov 18, 1951.  Reel 100, cut 15.

VINSON, "UNCLE DAN."  Oklahoma City, Oklahoma philanthropist who provides Christmas gifts for the children of prisoners of war comments on the idea behind his program and the people who help him.  Feb 20, 1953.  Reel 120, cut 6.

See also AMERICAN LEGION.

SERVICEMEN

BACK, DOYLE R.  Wilburton, Oklahoma resident serving with the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Korea.  Interviewed by Bill Blaylock, combat correspondent.  Jul 9, 1951.  Reel 78, cut 1.

BAILEY, FRED L.  Tulsa serving with the 98th Bomb Wing in Japan. Interviewed by Bud Gumm, combat correspondent.  Jun 27, 1951.  Reel 78, cut 5.

BRADLEY, JOHN R.  Tulsan serving as airman in Korea.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett, combat reporter.  Used for "News and Views."  Apr 6, 1951.  Reel 52, cut 7.

Another interview.  Jul 16, 1951.  Reel 80, cut 1.

BRASHERS, JESSE J.  Tulsan serving with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Korea.  Interviewed by Bud Gumm, combat reporter.  Reel 83, cut 2.

CARMAN, H. R. "BOB."  Tulsan serving with the 136th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Japan.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett, combat reporter.  Used for "News and Views."  Aug 20, 1951.  Reel 91, cut 1.

CARROLL, ELLISON E.  Tulsan serving as airman in Korea.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett, combat correspondent.  Used for "News and Views."  Apr 13, 1951.  Reel 53, cut 6.

FERRIER, JOHN.  Tulsan and F-51 Mustang pilot serving with the 67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing in Korea.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett, combat reporter.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 29, 1951.  Reel 95, cut 8.

FISHBURN, JAMES B.  Tulsa and F-84 Thunderjet pilot serving with the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Korea.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett, combat reporter.  Used for "News and Views."  Sept 5, 1951.  Reel 92, cut 10.

FORD, WILLIAM.  Pawhuska resident and radio operator of the C-46 Commando, 437th Troop Carrier Wing based in southern Japan comments on the work of flying supplies and wounded in and out of Korea.  Used for "News and Views."  May 28, 1951.  Reel 67, cut 3.

JOHNSTON, JOE D.  Coffeyville, Kansas resident and pilot of an F-84 Thunderjet serving with the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Korea.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett, combat reporter.  Used for "News and Views."  Sept 7, 1951.  Reel 92, cut 9.

PARATROOPERS.  Paratroopers sing "Auld Land Syne" on New Year's Eve.  From "Voices and Events."  Jan 7, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 17.

PETREE, L. CARLISLE.   First Lieutenant with the 67th Reconnaissance Wing in Korea.  Interview by combat correspondent Bud Gumm.  Used for "News and Views."  Jul 20, 1951.  Reel 83, cut 1.

REESER, EDWIN B.  Air Force Lieutenant and pilot stationed in Korea being interviewed at the advance air base in Korea.  Used for "News and Views."  May 9, 1951.  Reel 66, cut 12.

RHODES, MORRIS S.  Specialist First Class with the 61-47 Tactical Control Group [reconnaissance] in Korea.  Interviewed by combat correspondent, John O'Brien.  Used for "News and Views."  Aug 31, 1951.  Reel 92, cut 1.

RICHARDS, FINIS D.  Sergeant from Rogers, Arkansas, serves with the 315th Air Division in Korea.  Interviewed by Jim Bartlett.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 1, 1951.  Reel 93, cut 5.

SHERRY, THOMAS H.  Jet fighter pilot interviewed at the advance air base in Korea.  Used for "News and Views."  May 25, 1951.  Reel 67, cut 2.

SOUTH KOREAN ARMY OFFICERS. General Arthur Harper, Commanding Officer of the Artillery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, addresses 100 graduating South Korean Army Officers at graduation exercises.  Mar 11, 1952.  Reel 108, cut 16.

US Field Artillery Band plays the Korean National Anthem, "Eastern Sea and Whitehead Mountain," at the graduation exercised for 100 South Korean Army officers graduating from artillery school in Fort Sill, Oklahoma.  Mar 11, 1952.

Major General Charles D. Palmer, Inspector of the Artillery of the US Army Field Forces, addresses graduating South Korean Army officers.  Mar 11, 1952,  Reel 108, cut 17.

SUMPTER, WILLIAM L.  Tulsa F-84 Thunderjet pilot with the 136th fighter-Bomber Wing in Japan.  Interviewed by combat correspondent, Jim Bartlett.  Used for "News and Views."  Aug 15, 1951.  Reel 89, cut 1.

SYMES, ISAAC M. B.  Tulsa with the 61-47th Tactical Control Group, Far East Air Force, stationed in Korea.  Interviewed by combat correspondent, Bud Gumm.  Used for "News and Views."  Nov 9, 1951.

TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION, CRITICISM OF WHERRY, KENNETH.  Nebraska Republican Senator criticizes the socialistic tendencies of Truman's policies.  Sept 11, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 2.

Comments on his invitation to MacArthur to appear before a joint session of Congress to give MacArthur's side of the story after his ouster from the supreme command.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 15.

MARTIN, JR., JOE.  Massachusetts Republican House leader urges the Congress to keep the US out of the war.  Used for "Voices and Events."  Jan 7, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 20.

See also ACHESON, DEAN.

AIR POWER AND AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION.

AMERICAN LEGION.

CHURCHILL, WINSTON.

MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS.

OKLAHOMA: NEWSPAPERS: Daily Oklahoman.

NATIONAL GUARD: OKLAHOMA - CAMP POLK.

TAFT, ROBERT A.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.: FOREIGN POLICY.

KOREAN WAR.

ASSIGNMENT SOUTHWEST.  Mayor O. L. Barbarick of Springfield, Missouri, speaks on the occasion of the first "Assignment Southwest" broadcast from Springfield, Missouri.  Apr 1950.  Reel 11, cut 7.

Clark Hungerford, President of the Frisco Railroad, speaks on the occasion of the first "Assignment Southwest" broadcast from Springfield, Missouri.  Apr 1950.  Reel 11, cut 8.

Governor Johnston Murray congratulates KVOO and Santa Fe on the first "Assignment Southwest" program.  Jul 24, 1951.  Reel 83, cut 5.

William B. Way congratulates KVOO and Santa Fe on the first "Assignment Southwest" broadcast and their mutual alliance.  Jul 24, 1951.  Reel 83, cut 3.

HISTORY OF.  Roy Griffin, the first Station Manager of KVOO comments on the history of the station.  Feb 27, 1940.  Reel 152, cut 7.

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

HOOVER, J. EDGAR.  FBI Chief refuses to make secret royalty files available to congressional spy probe.  Mar 1950.  Reel 10, cut 15.

See also HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK.

OKLAHOMA

US MARSHALL.  James Y. Victor comments via telephone on his nomination for US Marshall for northern Oklahoma.  Jul 21, 1953.  Reel 132, cut 5; Reel 125, cut 21.

Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton (Perkins, Oklahoma) recounts some of his early experiences.  Apr 23, 1951.  Reel 67, cut 1.

SAND SPRINGS.  Police Chief Jack Daniels, describes the safety education program that helped Sand Springs win the nation wide AAA pedestrian safety contest.  Jun 22, 1955.  Reel 165, cut 6.

William Borah voices his opposition to the League of Nations.  circa 1919.  Reel 136, cut 8.

Hiram Johnson voices his opposition to the League of Nations.  circa 1919.  Reel 135, cut 10.

STASSEN, HAROLD.  Addresses the Leagues National Convention concerning the question as to how he would prevent dishonesty and inefficiency in government if he were president.  From "Mike 95."  May 4, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 15.

See also KERR, ROBERT S.

AUCTIONEERS.  Recording of a Tulsa junior livestock show auctioneer.  circa 1961.  Reel 189, [no cut number given].

Auctioneer Bill Hilderbrand, auctions a child's bridle, saddle, and pony, at the Perry, Oklahoma Shetland Pony sale.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jul 28, 1951.  Reel 87, cut 7.

BUFFALO RANCHING.  Bosie City, Oklahoma, rancher Jim Jordan comments on raising buffalo on his ranch and how he survived the dust bowl days.  Jul 14, 1953.  Reel 143, cuts 1-2.

BEEF PRICE ROLLBACK.  R. E. Brooks of Brooks Packing Company in Tulsa, explains the effect of price rollbacks while showing Ken Miller around his empty beef storage room.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 9, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 6.

Comments on the packer's position between the OPS and the cattlemen and the effects of the beef price rollback.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 12, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 7.

Dewey, Oklahoma, rancher W. J. Dancer comments on beef price controls, rancher's operating costs, etc.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 12, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 11.

Osage Cattleman's Association President Jack Smith comments on the beef price controls.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 12, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 8.

Osage County, Oklahoma, rancher John Blanton comments on the predicament of cattlemen in the face of the beef price rollback.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 12, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 10.

Osage County, Oklahoma, rancher Heavy Richey comments on the beef price rollback and the artificial shortage of beef.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Jun 9, 1951.  Reel 82, cut 9.

BEEF PRICE SUPPORTS.  Woodward, Oklahoma, rancher Harold Munson, President of the Oklahoma branch of the United Livestock Producers Association, comments on the Association's proposal for beef price supports sent to the Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra T. Benson.  Jul 14, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 1.

NATIONAL LIVESTOCK EXCHANGE.  Executive Vice President Robert J. Riddell comments on the general livestock market.  May 1954.  Reel 150, cut 8.

Secretary Don Spaulding comments on meat imports and the current supply and on the current pork surplus.  May 1954.  Reel 150, cuts 6-7.

TULSA LIVESTOCK COMMISSION.  President and rancher, Joe Jarboe, urges drought-stricken ranchers to remain confident and continue feeding their livestock.  Jul 10, 1953.  Reel 129, cut 8.

WHITE SHORTHORN CATTLE.  Greer Garson discusses her reasons for raising cattle and her preference for all-white shorthorns at the Tulsa State Fair.  Sept 20, 1951.  Reel 92, cut 12.

Louisiana political boss, comments on state's rights.  Undated.  Reel 8, cut 13.

Comments on Franklin Delano Roosevelt.  circa 1934.  Reel 126, cut 5.

LOUISIANA

MESTA, PERLE.  US Minister to the Grand Duchy addresses the Washington National Press Club.  circa 1950.  Reel 44, cut 12.

Remarks that she was in Oklahoma last during a party given for democratic leaders participating in the convention in Chicago.  Jul 29, 1952.  Reel 113, cut 4.

AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION.  Addresses the American Legion Convention on US foreign and military policies departing from tradition and the constitutional mandate; opposes the appeasement and negotiation with communist nations; criticizes reference to the Korean War as a police action; opposes the yielding of Formosa and the seating of Communist China in the UN.  Oct 17, 1951.  Reel 94, cuts 4-8.

JAPAN.  Comments on the signing of the peace treaty with Japan aboard the battleship, the USS Missouri.  circa 1945.  Reel [SV], cut 10.

KOREAN WAR.  Comments from Tokyo on his confidence in the ultimate victory of the UN forces in Korea.  Jul 1950.  Reel 44, cut 3.

Comments on the stalemate in the Korean fighting.  Mar 1951.  Reel 50, cut 14.

OUSTER OF.  Street interviews address the issue of the ouster of MacArthur by President Truman; the overwhelming majority interviewed are pro-MacArthur.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 52, cut 1

Briefly addresses a crowd at the San Francisco Airport upon his arrival from Hawaii.  Apr 18, 1951.  Reel 56, cut 1.

Speech to the Congress, Part I.  Apr 19, 1951.  Reel 63.  Part II, Reel 64.  Part III, Reel 62, cut 3.

Speech at New York city Hall after a parade through the city.  Apr 20, 1951.  Reel 57, cut 8.

Highlights of a speech given in Austin, Texas.  Jun 13, 1951.   Reel 81, cut 2.

A New York welcome as described by W. S. Chaplin; Post Office Band plays an Air Force song and the national anthem.  Undated.  Reel 58, cuts 1-3.

George T. Folster, NBC Tokyo news correspondent reports on MacArthur's last day in his office after being ousted from the supreme Far East command.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 51, cut 14.

Mayor of New York City Vincent Impelleteri, gives a welcoming address for MacArthur.  Apr 20, 1951. Reel 58, cut 4.

See also KERR, ROBERT S.

OKLAHOMA: GOVERNMENT: SCHWABE, GEORGE.

1952 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.  Keynote speech given at the Republican National Convention.  Jul 7, 1952.  Reel 161, cuts 1-4.

Wisconsin Republican Senator speaks in Tulsa on President Truman's charges that he is a character assassin.  Also comments on the upcoming 1952 election.  Feb 10, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 1.

Speaks in Oklahoma City, referring to Oklahoma US Senator Mike Monroney as Oklahoma's local Little Lord Fauntleroy; addresses those individuals who would have the FBI engage in all investigations involving subversives in government; comments on the Peress case and on the alleged threat by the army to embarrass his committee unless it ceased its hunt for communists in the military.  Mar 20, 1954.  Reel 148, cuts 3-7.

See also COMMUNISM: TRUMAN-MACARTHY DEBATE.

FRANKLIN, ONIS.  Broken Arrow, Oklahoma physician comments on medical practice today and 50 years ago on the occasion of a celebration in honor of his fifty years of service in the area.  Undated.  Reel 168, cut 14. 

MCDANIEL, L. H.  Arkansas family practitioner comments on the changes in medicine in the last 30 years.  Feb 5, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 17.

SALK, JONAS F.  Discovered the polio vaccine.  Speaks about the vaccine on the day it is declared effective and the future effectiveness of vaccines.  Apr 12, 1955.  Reel 156, cut 18.

TULSA HEALTH FACILITIES.  District Manager Oakah Jones of Oklahoma Natural Gas Company comments on the health facilities available in Tulsa during Tulsa Week.  Sept 1953.  Reel 137, cut 5.

CAMP CROWDER.  Neosho Mayor Ted Steward comments on the camps reactivation.  Jan 26, 1951.  Reel 49, cut 2.

President Corley Thompson of the Neosho Chamber of Commerce, comments on the economic aspect of reopening the camp.  Jan 26, 1951.  Reel 49, cut 3.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER NATIONAL MONUMENT.  See UNITED STATES: INTERIOR, DEPARTMENT OF.

KANSAS CITY.  Mayor H. Roe Bartle speaks in Tulsa about Kansas City politics.  Mar 2, 1955.  Reel 160, cut 7.

LILY-TULIP CUP FACTORY.  Frisco Traffic Manager Bill Baker comments on the new factory in Springfield, Missouri.  Feb 1, 1951.  Reel 41, cut 16.

Real estate agent Arch Bay comments on the new factory.  Feb 1, 1951.  Reel 40, cut 18.

Manager of the Springfield, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Louis Reps, comments on the new factory.  Feb 1, 1951.  Reel 40, cut 19.

OZARK COUNTRY.  Guy Howard, also known as the "walking preacher of the Ozarks," comments on the spiritual values to be found in the inspiring scenery of Ozark country.  Also describes the lighting of the Christmas adoration scene at Branson.  Dec 9, 1951.  Reel 199, cuts 14-15.

See also KVOO RADIO: ASSIGNMENT SOUTHWEST.

Republican Senatorial candidate comments on the non-aggression pact between incumbent Senator Robert S. Kerr and himself to play fair in the campaign and comments on Kerr's record and his absences in Senate voting at a Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Public Forum.  Sept 16, 1954.  Reel 155, cuts 4-5.

Comments on Kerr's predictions on the future under possible continued Republican leadership, specifically the effect of foreign imports on Oklahoma oil production and the success of Kerr-McGee industries at a Chamber of Commerce Forum.  Sept 16, 1954.  Reel 156, cuts 1-3.

See also KERR, ROBERT S.

Government clean-up man expresses confidence that he will be allowed free rein during his investigations.  Feb 1, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 6; Reel 108, cut 1.

Makes a statement for reporters after being fired by Attorney General J. Howard McGrath.  Apr 3, 1952.  Reel 108, cuts 3, 5.

See also MCGRANERY, JAMES P.

TRUMAN, HARRY S.

See CENSORSHIP.

ROGERS, WILL: LLOYD, HAROLD.

Inaugural address.  Jan 8, 1951.  Reel 48, cuts 3-12.

Addresses such issues as the World Federalist Union; the promotion of Oklahoma; highways; recreation in the state; and an industrial tax moratorium; at a meeting of the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce.  Oct 19, 1950.  Reel 24, cuts 1-4.

Presents a special message to the state legislature.  Mar 6, 1951.  Reel 49, cut 6.

DROUGHT RELIEF.  Comments from Washington, DC, via telephone on the proceedings of Eisenhower's emergency drought meeting.  Apr 26, 1954.  Reel 150, cut 11.

EDUCATION.  Comments on the school bill presently before the legislature and on his opposition to the top-heavy administrative staffs in the state's schools.  Quotes statistics showing the contrast of Oklahoma's schools teacher-administration-pupil ratio to other states'.  Feb 27, 1953.  Reel 120, cut 7.

Comments on the  high cost of Oklahoma education, blaming it on the unnecessarily large percentage of administrative heads in the school system compared with the number of students.  circa 1954.  Reel 120, cut 7.

EDUCATION-AGRICULTURE BUILDING.  TULSA FAIRGROUNDS.  Speaks at the dedication ceremony. Apr 14, 1954.  reel 148, cut 8.

ELECTIONS - 1954.  Explains his reasons, via telephone, for declaring martial law at election polls in eastern Oklahoma.  Jul 2, 1954.  Reel 163, cut 5.

GRAND RIVER DAM AUTHORITY.  Addresses the labor dispute between the GRDA and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.  Promises workers that he will do everything possible to prevent inconvenience or hardship that a strike might cause to the customers of the GRDA or to the Oklahoma taxpayers.  Jul 24, 1953.  Reel 132, cuts 3-4.

INDUSTRY.  Addresses attendees at a meeting of the Associated Industries in Oklahoma City on ways in which to bring industry to Oklahoma.  Mar 6, 1951.  Reel 79, cuts 5-10.

OKLAHOMA PUBLIC EXPENDITURES COUNCIL.  Addresses attendees at the council meeting in Oklahoma city, giving tax statistics, including per capita tax in Oklahoma 1940-1950, and the growing government operation and proportionate tax load on the average citizen.  Oct 19, 1951.  Reel 96, cuts 2-4.

MURRAY, WILLIAM H. "ALFALFA BILL."  Speaks at the inauguration of his son.  Jan 8, 1951.  Reel 48, cut 1.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.  Addresses the conference's Brotherhood Dinner honoring William Grove Skelly.  Reads proclamation naming the 51st Street by-pass "Skelly Drive."  Mar 4, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 13.

OKLAHOMA - OKLAHOMA CITY.  As keynote speaker, feels qualified to voice the will of the people and urges careful consideration in the selection of delegates to the national convention.  Apr 28, 1952.  Reel 109, cuts 22-23.

RECREATION.  Addresses the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Forum on recreation in Oklahoma.  Apr 12, 1951.  Reel 28, cut 8.

TURNER TURNPIKE.  Speaks at the ceremony held in Stroud, Oklahoma, celebrating the turnpike's opening.  May 16, 1953.  Reel 122, cut 5.

Speaks at the dedication ceremony at the Tulsa terminus.  May 16, 1953.  Reel 126, cut 23.

Makes an official address at the dedication ceremony.  May 16, 1953.  Reel  128, cut 5.

Recorded conversation with Kansas Governor Edward F. Arn regarding the cooperation between Oklahoma and Kansas in the construction of the turnpikes linking the two states; at a meeting in Tulsa in conjunction with the Kansas Turnpike Authority's tour of the Turner Turnpike.  Mar 26, 1954.  Reel 144, cut 8.

See also DOENGES, WILLIAM.

FLOODS: OKLAHOMA - MIAMI.

KVOO RADIO.

MURRAY, MRS. JOHNSTON.

NATIONAL GUARD - OKLAHOMA; SOUTHERN GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE.

CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR.  Prepared statement on her filing for the Oklahoma gubernatorial nomination.  Apr 30, 1954.  Reel 151, cut 3.

Comments via telephone from the Southern Trades Conference; on filing for the gubernatorial nomination; the use of the title "governor;" and on the possibility of being the first woman governor of Oklahoma.  Interviewed by Liz Vosberg.  Apr 30, 1954.  Reel 151, cut 2.

Opens her campaign for the gubernatorial nomination.  May 25, 1954.  Reel 151, cut 1.

OPEN HOUSE.  Wife of Oklahoma Governor greets visitors at the governor's mansion on her regular Thursday open house.  May 1, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 19.

Greets visitors to the governor's mansion on open house day and gives her reasons for holding an open house once a week.  May 15, 1952.  Reel 111, cuts 10-11.

SOUTHERN TRADES CONFERENCE.  Comments via telephone from New Orleans on the Southern Trades Conference.  Interviewed by Ken Miller.  Apr 29, 1954.  Reel 150, cuts 9-10.

OKLAHOMA - FORT SILL

Convoy to Fort Sill.  Aug 7, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 2.

OKLAHOMA - CAMP POLK

KENNEY, ADJUTANT GENERAL ROY W.  Bids farewell to General Styron after reviewing a parade at the camp.  Mar 25, 1951.  Reel 60, cut 3.

Speaks at the dedication ceremony of the National Guard Armory at Fairfax, Oklahoma.  Jul 7, 1955.   Reel 167, cut 5.

Comments on the general organization and reactivation of the 45^th Division.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Reel 17, cut 1.

Answers criticism from Defense Secretary Wilson that the National Guard is a haven for draft dodgers from the Korean War.  Feb 1957.  Reel 170, cut 11.

KEY (Retired), GENERAL WILLIAM S.  Former commander of the 45th Divisions bids farewell to General Styron after reviewing a parade at the camp.  Mar 25, 1951.  Reel 60, cut 4.

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON.  Farewell address to General Styron after reviewing the parade at the camp.  Mar 25, 1951.  Reel 60, cut 8.

STEED. TOM.  Oklahoma 4th District Representative bids farewell to General Styron after reviewing a parade at the camp.  Mar 25, 1951.  Reel 60, cut 5.

Comments on his personal reaction to the new republican administration at the inaugural ceremonies in Washington, DC.  Jan 22, 1953.  Reel 124, cut 17.

Discusses a multi-billion dollar federal highway program before Congress.  Feb 7, 1956.  Reel 169, cut 12.

STIGLER, WILLIAM.  Congressman bids farewell to General Styron after reviewing a parade at the camp.  Mar 25, 1951.  Reel 60, cut 6.

WADLOW, NEWMAN.  Pilot who assisted oil companies in airlifting returning Camp Polk soldiers to their homes for the Christmas holidays.  Dec 26, 1950.  Reel 41, cut 6.

CAVENESS, LUTHER.  Yellville, Arkansas resident explains the use of the mechanical turkey-caller at the national contest.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 32, cut 7.

CROAMER, RUTH.  Harrison, Arkansas resident and turkey-caller at the national contest.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 32, cut 10.

PARSONS, HERB.  International duck-calling champion of 1950 and contestant in the national turkey-calling contest performs various calls.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 30, cuts 18-20.

RISLEY, E. B.  National turkey-calling champion of 1949 demonstrates a call.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 31, cut 1.

SANDERS, MR.  Yellville, Arkansas resident turkey-caller at the national contest.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 32, cut 9

WATERS, J. V.  National turkey-calling champion uses a slate and corncob caller at the national contest.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 30, cut 17.

Unidentified turkey-caller at the national contest.  Nov 18, 1950.  Reel 32, cut 8.

ACEE BLUE EAGLE.  See ETHIOPIA.

CHIPPEWA

CLOUD, ELIZABETH ROE.  Portland, Oregon resident and field representative for the National Congress of American Indians, and 1950 American Mother of the Year, comments on Oklahoma Indians, their problems and that the sacrifice of lands is the greatest tragedy suffered by Indian tribes.  Jan 22, 1952.  Reel 111, cut 5.

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

Glenn L. Emmons, Gallup, New Mexico banker and newly-appointed Commissioner, sums up his visit to Oklahoma to counsel with various tribes in the state.  Sept 11, 1953.  Reel 137, cut 13.

CREEK

FIXICO, KATIE.  In reference to a Creek funeral.  Feb 19, 1940.  Reel 152, cut 6.

KIOWA

BOSIN, CHIEF.  Director of the 20th Annual American Indian Exposition.  Recorded at the exposition held at Anadarko, Oklahoma.  Aug 15, 1951.  Reel 89, cut 5.

TOAHTY, AMOS.  Vice President of the American Indian Exposition in Anadarko, Oklahoma.  Toahty explains how the songs and dances are performed.  Aug 15, 1951.  Reel 89, cut 7.

OSAGE

LABADIE, GEORGE.  Indian Tribal Council member comments on the resolution introduced by Senator George W. Malone of Nevada to abolish the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Jul 31, 1953.  Reel 132, cut 2.

OBERLY, JOHN.  Principal Chief and successor to Fred Lookout.  Sept 23, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 1.

NBC recording of his induction as chief.  Oct 3, 1949, Reel 6, cut 7.

OBERLY, MARTHA PRYOR.  Wife of Chief John Oberly explains the meaning of her husband's Native American name.  Sept 22, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 26.

PITTS, CHIEF PAUL.  Comments via telephone on a proposal by the House of Representatives' Interior Committee to abolish the Bureau of Indian Affairs.  Jul 17, 1953.  Reel 133, cut 2.

See also ENERGY: PETROLEUM: OSAGE INDIAN OIL LEASES.

SHAWNEE

REYNOLDS, TED.  Norman, Oklahoma, minister and missionary to the Shawnees of the Little Axe community comments that he would rather remain in the mission field than to move up to a more prosperous church because there is much work to be done in the field.  Jan 21, 1954.  Reel 148, cuts 1-2.

NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS

Oklahoma Supreme Court Associate Justice N. B. Johnson, comments on the organization of the congress and its purposes.  Included is a discussion of Native American issues and the way in which Congress handles them.  Jan 22, 1952.  Reel 111, cuts 3-4.

OKLAHOMA

Tulsa Water Superintendent W. F. McMurray addresses the problem of Tulsa's summertime water shortages; blames the water shortages on the inadequate distribution system.  Jun 25, 1952.  Reel 120, cuts 11-12.

Tulsa Water Commissioner Glenver McConnell comments on the ordinance prohibiting watering and excessive water use during the water shortage.  Jul 29, 1952.  Reel 113, cut 3.

HUMPHREY, HUBERT.  Minnesota Democratic Senator comments on the philosophical difference between the Democratic and Republican parties regarding conservation of natural resources.  Feb 18, 1955.  Rel 158, cut 3.

See also OKLAHOMA: DAMS, BRIDGES AND WATERWAYS; KERR, ROBERT S.

See GERMANY.

HITLER, ADOLF.

Examples of the language, music and fads which characterized the roaring twenties.  Undated.  Reel 135, cut 14.

Montage of advertising slogans from the twenties.  circa 1925.  Reel 125, cut 21.

Recites the oath for US Vice-President as administered by California Senator William F. Knowland.  Jan 20, 1953.  Reel 199, cut 14.

Discusses why Eisenhower should run for a second term.  Sept 9, 1955. Reel 168, cut 5.

See also 1959 - YEAR IN REVIEW; BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

BROWN, GEORGE O.  President and resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, comments on his visit to Tulsa, Oklahoma.  Dec 1950.  Reel 33, cut 11.

NALL, ROLY P.  President of Optimists International comments on non-voting citizens and tells an anecdote about an Optimist president who discovered that some of his fellow members were not registered voters.  Apr 8, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 1.

TULSA CHAPTER

RATCLIFF, LAGRANGE.  Member of the Optimists as well as of the Tulsa Model Railroad Engineers comments on railroading, at the Mohawk Boys Home.  Adds that the boys are not actually bad, only unfortunate in being caught.  Sept 11, 1951.  Reel 93, cut 3.

BARBERSHOP QUARTET.  85-year-old singer, Roy W. Short, comments on barber shopping and his hobbies.  Also addresses the question as to whether or not a hobby for Josef Stalin would help the world today.  Nov 30, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 10.

See also PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND POETS: SWEET ADELINES.

BERNIE, BEN.  Popular band leader of the 1920s conducts his famous goodnight theme.  Undated.  Reel 14, cut 8.

DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND.  Performs as a group sings, "Good Old Minstrel Days."  circa 1950.  Reel 8, cut 6.

DURANTE, JIMMY.  Sings, "Bill Bailey, Won't You Pleas Come Home?"  Undated.  Reel 15, cut 6.

FROST, ROBERT.  Contemporary American poet talks about what he would wish for his country and offers his interpretation of US relations with Russia.  Sept 2, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 7.

GARDEN, MARY.  Scottish opera star comments on her return to the US.  Oct 2, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 21.

GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY.  Mystery writer comments that lawyers and mothers-in-law have been victims of bad publicity but that lawyers are the bulwark of our defense against the encroachment on our liberties.  Dec 4, 1952.  Reel 116, cut 14.

Comments on the delinquency of children and the necessity of discipline for them.  Dec 4, 1952/  Reel 116, cut 15.

GUEST, EDGAR A.  Poet.  circa 1940.  Reel 153, cut 10.

LAUDER, HARRY.  Scottish comedian performs in the production of "The End of the Road."  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 7.

MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSET.  Distinguished writer talks about writing and writers, good and bad.  circa 1950.  Reel 44, cut 8.

NASH, OGEN.  Poet, visiting in Tulsa, reads an excerpt from his work.  Feb 18, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 2.

RATHBONE, BASIL.  Actor predicts a renaissance in the American theatre because of an over-saturation of other media.  Recorded at a Tulsa Classroom Teachers Lecture Series.  Nov 6, 1951.  Reel 102, cut 4.

ROGERS, GINGER.  Actress and dancer addresses the American Manufacturers Association's annual meeting on women in business, their effect on business in general, and her belief that any business is, in essence, show business. From "Mike 95."  Dec 9, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 21.

ROGERS, RICHARD.  Musical composer discusses the "Garrick Gaities" of the 1920s and plays the piano piece, "The Girl Friend."  May 1950.  Reel 15, cut 5.

SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD.  Speaks before a British audience on how to live and be happy.  circa 1950.  Reel 44, cut 7.

STOKELY, NETA.  Resident of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and maker of personalized children's records, tells the story of "The Galloping Butterfly."  Sept 21, 1950.  Reel 20, cut 16.

SWEET ADELINES.  Singers return to Tulsa by train after winning the national competition in Kansas City.  Sept 13, 1953.  Reel 138, cut 1.  See also PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND POETS: BARBERSHOP QUARTET.

TOSCANINI, ARTURO.  Conducts the Richmond, Virginia orchestra in its performance of "Dixie," with cheers from the audience.  circa 1950.  Reel 44, cut 6.

See also OZARK FOLK FESTIVAL (EUREKA SPRINGS, ARKANSAS).

Comments on the Grand River Dam dispute.  Mar 19, 1940.  Reel 154, cut 5.  See also OKLAHOMA: DAMS, BRIDGES AND WATERWAYS.

Reminds his audience of the things Americans believe in.  circa 1940.  Reel 153, cut 11.

OKLAHOMA STATE PENITENTIARY

CHAPLAIN.  Marcus Prather speaks to a congregation of prisoners about Apostle Paul and the work Paul did while in prison.  Feb 2, 1954.  Reel 143, cut 11.

CHOIR.  Prison choir and soloist sing "A Land Where We'll Never Grow Old."  Feb 2, 1954.  Reel 142, cut 12.

DRUG ABUSE IN.  Carl Bates discusses the drug problem at the state prison in McAlester and how there has been no direct effort to stop drug abuse.  Asks for the warden's cooperation.  Apr 14, 1959.  Reel 175, cut 3.

EXECUTION.  Ken Miller reports on the execution of a prisoner and describes the behavior of the witnesses.  circa 1940.  Reel 154, cut 3.

KIMBRELL, JAMES G.  Warden Jerome Waters comments on the planned one-day visit by Kimbrell.  Used for "News and Views."  Nov 21, 1951.  Reel 99, cuts 8-9.

Story of Kimbrell's one-day tour of the prison in lieu of a five-year sentence for robbery.  News story by Ken Miller for NBC's "News of the World."  Nov 22, 1951.  Reel 99, cut 11.

Tulsa District Court Judge W. Lee Johnson hears a report in the case of Kimbrell after his one-day visit to the prison in lieu of a five-year sentence for robbery.  Nov 21-23, 1951.  Reel 99, cuts 6-7; Reel 101, cut 1.

PARDON AND PAROLE BOARD.  Chairman Tom Phillips comments via telephone on the reaction to the results of a lie detector test given to Carl Austi DeWolf.  Sept 17, 1953.  Reel 138, cut 4.

OKLAHOMA

BOGAN, NEIL.  Expresses his appreciation to the thousands of Oklahomans who helped spread information about bootleg control and comments that repeal is a great victory.  Apr 1959.  Reel 176, cut 3.

CANNON, JOE.  Comments on the arrest of some men in a whiskey crackdown.  Is of the opinion that everyone should be afforded the same treatment.  Also notes that raids have cut the whisky traffic by 30 or 40% and therefore wants to double the highway patrol, suspend licenses of irresponsible drivers, and implement the point system and speed laws.  Mar 20, 1959.  Reel 173, cut 5.

CONSPIRACY TRIALS OF 1956.  Forrest Brokaw comments on the liquor conspiracy trials.  circa 1956.  Reel 178, cut 1.

MAWHINNEY, BOB.  Addresses questions concerning the repeal of prohibition laws.  States that the laws are still in effect until July when liquor can be sold legally; bootleggers will still be arrested until the sale of liquor is legal.  circa 1959.  Reel 175, cut 4.

Statement via telephone concerning Atkinson's accusation of Edmondson.  Undated.  Reel 182, cut 1.

POWELL, CHILTON.  Expresses his opinion that Oklahomans are ready to vote for the repeal of the liquor law.  Recounts the evils of young people buying liquor from bootleggers.  Apr 1959.  Reel 76, cut 2.

ROMANS, GLEASON.  Comments on the first shipment of legal liquor into Oklahoma.  Interviewed by Sam Stewart.  Undated.  Reel 179, cut 5.

TULSA CITY DRY.  Chairman James West expresses his belief that repeal victory is a major issue and will teach children the evils of liquor.  Apr 1959.  Reel 176, cut 5.

VICE RAIDING SQUAD.  Bruce Baldwin discusses the vice raiding squad, those connected with it, and the squad's performance over the past 9 months.  Expresses the hope that legal control will do away with the talk of payoffs, etc.  Apr 1959.  Reel 176, cut 6.

Maintains that the [vice raiding squad] will be after the wholesale bootlegger because the bootlegger will be trying to sell as much as he can before legal liquor comes in.  Apr 1959.  Reel 176, cut 7

WALKER, JR., PAUL.  Head of the repeal drive in Tulsa County.  Expresses his pleasure with the results and gratefulness to all people who joined in the effort.  Apr 1959.  Reel 176, cut 4.

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION.  President Leigh Colvin discusses liquor in the US.  Aug 21, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 19.

See also KEFAUVER, ESTES.

BELL, ROBERT I.  Itinerant minister, also known as "Sky Pilot of the Rails," devotes full time to helping railroad travelers.  Aug 16, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 12.

FRISCO RAILROAD.  A "Salute to Jim Payne," presented on "Assignment Southwest."  Nov 15, 1959.  Reel 9, cut 7.

L. B. Clary, General Manager of Lines West, Springfield, Missouri, speaks on the occasion of the presentation of the National Safety Council Award to the Frisco Tulsa employees.  Sept 29, 1949.  Reel 3, cut 13.

See also KVOO RADIO.

R. P. Hamilton, Safety Director, addresses a meeting in Springfield, Missouri, and comments on the success of the Frisco safety program.  Mar 21, 1951.  Reel 52, cut 3.

KATY RAILROAD.  See OKLAHOMA: TURNPIKES AND ROADWAYS: ROADS AND HIGHWAYS COMMITTEE.

SANTA FE RAILROAD.  Donald Parker, General Foreman on Railway No. 7 mail train from Chicago to the west coast, is interviewed by Ken Miller on board the No. 7.  Dec 8, 1953.  Reel 143, cut 9.

Assistant Mail Traffic Manager H. A. Brooks describes the Santa Fe Railway No. 7.  Dec 8, 1953.  Reel 143, cut 8.

GRAHMAM, W. A., ESTATE OF.  Comments on his dispute with Attorney General Mac Q. Williamson about the estate case of W. A. Graham of Pryor.  Jul 13, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 12.

Comments on the progress of court litigation in the case of the estate of W. A Graham.  Jul 13, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 13.

INAUGURATION.  Outgoing Oklahoma governor Johnston Murray introduces Governor-elect Gary.  Included are portions of Gary's inaugural address.  Jan 10, 1955.  Reel 159, cut 1.

Gary outlines the program he intends to submit to the legislature in his inaugural message.  Jan 10, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 18.

Fanfare for the entrance of the official party at the inaugural ceremony.  Jan 10, 1955.  Reel 159, cut 4.

LEAGUE OF YOUNG DEMOCRATS.  Advises the members to adopt a program of progress to strengthen the party in Oklahoma.  Aug 30, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 10.

NATIONAL COWBOY HALL OF FAME.  Excerpt from a speech given at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame groundbreaking ceremony near Oklahoma City.  Nov 11. 1955.  Reel 169, cut 1.

WATER STUDY.  Reports on the early progress made by the state water study committee.  Sept 21, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 10.

MURRAY, JAMES.  Montana Democratic Senator defends his letter to the RFC during the congressional probe into influence peddlers in the RFC.  Mar 9, 1951.  Reel 50, cut 17.

O'DONNELL, WALTER J.  Regional Director of the RFC comments on the RFC's financing of small business in the defense program.  Oct 4, 1950.  Reel 21, cut 1.

NATIONAL COMMITTEE

GABRIELSON, GUY GEORGE.  Chairman of the Committee discuss the differences between democracy and socialism.  Feb 17, 1950.  Reel 111, cut 8.

Greeted by Oklahoma Committeemen Bailie Vinson and George Stoner upon his arrival in Tulsa for the committee meeting.  May 9, 1951.  Reel 66, cut 13.

Comments on the strength of the Republican Party, its projected aggressive campaign, and the healthy aspect of the large number of candidates in the field.  May 15, 1952.  Reel 111, cut 8.

HALL, LEONARD.  Chairman comments on the outlook for electing a Republican senator from Oklahoma in 1956.  Jun 1, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 12.

HERMAN, ALBERT B.  Executive Director comments on the purpose of the committee meeting in Tulsa and the results of the Republican campaign in 1952.  May 11, 1951.  Reel 66, cut 7.

INGALLS, DAVID.  Campaign manager for Robert A. Taft at the Committee meeting in San Francisco.  Jan 21, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 18.

MCKEEVER, DOUGLAS.  Oklahoma committeeman discusses Oklahoma's chances of electing a Republican US senator in 1956.  Sept 8, 1955.  Reel 168, cut 6.

REECE, B. CARROLL.  Former chairman of the Committee comments on the Republican victory in 1952.  May 11, 1951.   Reel 66, cut 8.

SAYRE, MRS. HORACE.  Committee member from Ardmore, Oklahoma, comments on the strength of the Party in 1951 as compared to past years.  May 11, 1951.  Reel 66, cut 6.

SPARKS, REUBEN K.  Attorney from Woodward, Oklahoma, announces his intention to run for a position on the Committee.  Aug 1956.  Reel 170, cut 6.

VINSON, BAILIE W.  Committee member comments on party unity immediately following his election.  Sept 12, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 24.

Comments via telephone from Dallas, Texas, on the importance of party unity in the republican precinct caucuses.  Jan 9, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 2.

WARREN, EARL.   California governor and 1952 presidential candidate addresses the Committee meeting in San Francisco about social progress being more desirable than socialism.  Jan 21, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 17. 

CONVENTIONS.  1948.  A montage of voices recorded making nominations at the convention in Philadelphia, including MacArthur, Vandenberg, Taft, Stassen, and Dewey.  Reel 125, cut 10.

CONVENTIONS.  1952.  See MACARTHUR, GENERAL DOUGLAS.

PRO AMERICA.  Oklahoma State President Mrs. R. O. Dietler addresses the Convention about the priorities for the Party between now and November 4.  Jul 1952.  Reel 113, cut 6.

PUERTO RICO.  Delegate Marcelino Romani demands a poll of the delegation on the voter over seating the contested Georgian delegation.  Jul 9, 1952.  Reel 117, cut 16.

See also HOOVER, HERBERT CLARK: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

WOMEN IN POLITICS.  Excerpts of statements made by women concerning the work of women in national politics recorded at the Committee meeting in Tulsa.  May 10, 1951.  Reel 65, cut 8.

KENNEDY, MABELLE.  Pawhuska, Oklahoma banker and Assistant US Treasurer comments on women in government.  Aug 19, 1952.  Reel 113, cut 14.

MAYES, ROSE (MRS. GILFORD).  Assistant Chairperson of the Committee and National Chairperson member from Kellogg, Idaho, talks about women in politics and Republican prospects in 1952.  May 10, 1951.  Reel 65, cuts 9-10.

Quotes and "Timely Topics."   n.d.  Reel 120, cut 14; Reel 136, cut 15.

HENTHORNE, N. G.  Comments on the moving of Will Rogers' body from California to the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore.  circa 1940.  Reel 153, cut 4.

LLOYD, HAROLD.  Comments on Will Rogers, the possibility of beginning a movie industry in the southwest, and on the work of the Shiners.  Fall 1949.  Reel 8, cut 7.

ROGERS JR., WILL.  Speaks in Claremore, Oklahoma at the dedication ceremony of Highway 66 as the Will Rogers Memorial Highway.  Jun 25, 1953.  Reel 120, cut 13.

Comments on young people.  circa 1936.   Reel 126, cut 13.

COHAN, GEORGE.  Comments on Eleanor Roosevelt's column, "My Day."  Undated.  Reel 126, cut 12.

See also UNITED NATIONS: ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR.

ADMINISTRATION OF.  Comments on his first administration.  circa 1933.  Reel 126, cut 4.

Comments on his recovery program.  circa 1936.  Reel 126, cut 10.

State of the Union Address.  Jan 1940.  Reel 44, cut 21.

Criticizes Republican leaders who were critical of not only himself but his family as well, in a campaign speech before the Teamsters Union meeting in Washington, DC.  Sept 23, 1944.  Reel 102, cut 11.

INAUGURATION.  Recites the oath of office.  Mar 4, 1933.  Reel 126, cut 1.

Inaugural address.  Mar 4, 1933.  Reel 125, cut 6.

HOPKINS, HARRY.  Personal advisor to the President.  circa 1936.  Reel 126, cut 14.

NOMINATION FOR THIRD TERM.  Alabama Democratic Senator Lister Hill nominates FDR for a third term at the 1940 Democratic Convention in Chicago.  circa 1940.  Reel 50, cut 1.

Addresses the Democratic Convention in Chicago and accepts the nomination for a third term as president.  circa 1940.  Reel 50, cut 4; Reel 135, cut 15.

PEARL HARBOR.  Asks Congress to declare war on Japan after her attack on Pearl Harbor.  Dec 8, 1941.  Reel 33, cut 8; Reel 135, cut 18.

Says a prayer on D-Day.  Jun 6, 1944.  Reel 135, cut 20.

SELECTIVE SERVICE.  FDR draws the first number in the Selective Service program as a symbolic gesture; explains the program and reiterates his abhorrence of war.  Oct 16, 1940.  Reel 135, cut 16.

YALTA.  Addresses the Congress after the Big-Three Conference at Yalta.  Undated.  Reel 135, cut 21.

See also LONG, HUEY P. "KINGFISH".

OKLAHOMA

Tulsa chapter representative Hughey Chancey explains the origins of the hand bell as a part of the Army's Christmas Basket campaign each year.  Dec 1950.  Reel 33, cut 13.

COMMENTS ON

Draft-age young men at Daniel Webster High School comment on their problems with marriage and a school with regard to the draft, in a special class on draft problems.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Apr 10, 1951.  Reel 53, cut 1.

High school girls comment on the draft.  Used for "Assignment Southwest."  Apr 10, 1951.  Reel 53, cuts 1-5.

See also ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO.

WATERMAN STEAMSHIPS.  Captain Demostenes Helmis of the freighter SS Antinious, moored at the Alabama State Docks, is interviewed by Ken Miller.  Nov 19, 1949.  Reel 7, cut 7.

ISBRANDTSEN.  Skipper Henrik Kurt Carlsen of the Flying Enterprise, is recorded talking on the ships' radio in communication with the chief radio officer of the USS Golden Eagle before the Flying Enterprise sinks.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 6, 1952.  Reel 105.

Interviewed by NBC news correspondent Ed Newman, at Falmouth, England, after the Flying Enterprise sinks.  Jan 10, 1952.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 13, 1952.  Reel 103, cut 14.

Hans Isbrandtsen, president of the line, comments on the heroism of Captain Carlsen.  From "Mike 95."  Jan 13, 1952.  Reel 103, cut 15.

Western Union operator, Lina Davis, delivers a singing birthday telegram.  Apr 1, 1950.  Reel 10, cut 9.

Western Union Superintendent - Tulsa, H. M. Reed, comments on the re-introduction of the singing telegram.  Apr 1, 1950.  Reel 10, cut 8.

See EDUCATION IN OKLAHOMA: OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON - OKLAHOMA: NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CHRISTIANS AND JEWS.

OKLAHOMA: BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF TULSA.

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.  At the 1932 Democratic convention.  circa 1932.  Reel 126, cut 3.

Speaks out against Franklin Delano Roosevelt during the 1936 presidential campaign.  Undated.  Reel 9, cut 1.

OKLAHOMA

MURRAY, GOVERNOR JOHNSTON.  Addresses the conference attendees on: economic problems facing the south; the need for more industrial development; the need to keep both resources and manpower in Oklahoma; the subject of segregation in education; on the problems of toll roads and other highways within the southern states; on his impressions of the conference and his belief that smaller conferences are more efficient than larger ones.  Nov 11-13, 1951.  Reel 100, cuts 1-4.

Comments on the "Dixiecrat" discussions among the governors, pointing out that the state's rights issue has yet to be addresses at the conference.  Also points out that there has been no discussion as to a presidential nominee for 1952 but that the subject of federal aid to the states might bring up such discussions; comments on state finances and the tendency of state legislatures to tax and spend.  Calls himself a conservative Democrat and expresses his intention to correct deficiencies without destroying the party.  Nov 11-13, 1951.  Reel 97, cuts 8-11.

Acknowledges a general opposition to Truman but not to the Democratic Party as a whole; urges party unity to ensure success in 1952.  Nov 13, 1951.  Reel 98, cut 12.

MCKELDIN, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.  Maryland Governor addresses attendees in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Comments on reactions to Sam Rayburn's speech in which he criticized Herbert Hoover and defended the present democratic administration.  Nov 13, 1951.  Reel 98, cut 7.

MILLER, KEN.  Reports via telephone from the conference in Hot Springs, Arkansas.  Nov 13, 1951.  Reel 97, cuts 1-2.

TALMADGE, HERMAN.  Georgia Governor addresses various issues including the possibility of Eisenhower's candidacy and the probable reaction of southern democrats.  Nov 13, 1951.  Reel 98, cuts 9-11.

RAYBURN, SAM.  Texas Democrat and Speaker of the House of Representatives pleads for a solution to the Democratic Party difficulties.  Pledges that he will support the party ticket in 1952.  Nov 12, 1951.  Reel 98, cuts 3-6.

Makes a pledge to Congress.  From "Voices and Events."  Jan 3, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 19.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE

Illinois Governor comments on the kind of Democrat he is.  Undated.  Reel 107, cut 5.

Comments on a letter he received suggesting that he marry Eleanor Roosevelt and run for the presidency.  circa 1952.  Reel 117, cut 15.

Recounts a humorous anecdote about a woman who wrote to him that she had named her two kittens "Adlai Stevenson" and "Grover Cleveland."  circa 1952.  Reel 134, cut 7.

Excerpts from his acceptance speech after his nomination for the presidency during the Democratic National Convention.  Jun 1952.  Reel 158, cut 6.

Discusses a variety of issues in a report to the nation from Chicago during his world tour.  Sept 15, 1953.  Reel 136, cuts 8-13.

Reads the congratulatory telegram he sent to Eisenhower upon winning the presidential election.  Eisenhower is also recorded reading the message he sent to Stevenson.  Nov 4, 1952.  Reel 136, cut 4.

Concedes the election to Eisenhower in Springfield, Illinois.  Nov 5, 1952.  Reel 116, cut 22.

Excerpt from his acceptance speech at the 1956 Democratic National Convention.  Aug 1956.  Reel 170, cut 7.

See also EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID: PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.

BUS STRIKE.  Comments on the bus strike.  Nov 16, 1950.  Reel 27, cut 17.

FIREMEN - TULSA.  In a mock news story, Stoner meets with city firemen who have asked for a pay raise.  Mar 1951.  Reel 52, cut 4.

KVOO RADIO.  Congratulates KVOO and Santa Fe on their first production of "Assignment Southwest."  Jul 24, 1951.  Reel 83, cut 4.

MAYORAL INAUGURATION.  Tulsa Republican Mayor-elect talks about his victory in the city general election.  Apr 1950.  Reel 10, cut 13.

Inaugural address.  May 2, 1950.  Reel 11, cut 6.

TURNPIKE VICTORY DINNER.  Congratulates the Turnpike Authority on its accomplishment at the Turnpike Victory Dinner.  Dec 20, 1950.  Reel 34, cut 1.

ISOLATIONISM.  Republican Ohio Senator comments on isolationism in foreign policy.  From "Voices and Events."  Jan 7, 1951.  Reel 44, cut 23.

KOREA.  Comments on the stalemate in Korea in reference to the foreign policy debate before the opening session of the US Chamber of Commerce meeting in Washington, DC.  Apr 30, 1951.  Reel 55, cut 11.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.  Street interviews in which individuals give their reaction to the announcement of Taft's candidacy for the presidency.  Used for "News and Views."  Oct 17, 1951.  Reel 94, cut 3.

Comments on the apathy of American voters, his personal campaign policies, the fight against inflation, aid to Europe as a deterrent to communism, etc., at a Tulsa, Oklahoma, press conference.  Nov 10, 1951.  Reel 98, cuts 16-18.

See also EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID: TAFT HEADQUARTERS.

GANG WARS.  See 1959 - YEAR IN REVIEW.

PARENTAL CONTROL.  Six teenagers offer their opinions on teenager privileges and parental control.  Oct 1949.  Reel 5, cut 9.

VIEWER PREFERENCES.  University of Wichita research specialist Forrest L. Whan addresses the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Forum on what types of programs people prefer to watch on television and gives statistics comparing TV viewing time and radio listening time of people in the Midwest.  Dec 6, 1951.  Reel 102, cut 9.

VOICE OF AMERICA.  Recording of a broadcast being jammed by Russian radio.  From "Mike 95."  Feb 24, 1952.  Reel 106, cut 12.

Recording of an actual broadcast in either Japanese or Chinese.  Reel 15, cut 17.

See also KVOO RADIO.

TORNADOS

ARKANSAS, DIERKS.  Ray Kimball, editor of the Deqeen Arkansas Citizen describes via telephone the Dierks tornado.  Mar 21, 1952.  Reel 108, cut 15.

KANSAS, UDALL.  Charles Murphy interviews victims on the day following the tornado.  May 25, 1955. Reel 165, cut 10.

OKLAHOMA, BLACKWELL.  John Caney, Blackwell Red Cross Director, comments on the Blackwell tornado.  Interviewed by Ken Miller.  May 26, 1955.  Reel 165, cut 13.

Aubrey Christian, a Kay County farmer, describes the loss of his property in the Blackwell tornado.  Interviewed by Ken Miller.  May 25, 1955.  Reel 165, cut 11.

Bernice Ellington describes the death and injury in her family after the Blackwell tornado.  Interviewed by Ken Miller.  May 26, 1955.  Reel 165, cut 12.

OKLAHOMA, GANS.  Survivor Elwood Ransom, Gans High School teacher, is interviewed by D. Gavitt.  Jan 1957.  Reel 170, cut 10.

OKLAHOMA, HOLDENVILLE.  Pharmacist John Dougherty describes the damage and fatalities following the tornado.  Apr 28, 1950.  Reel 11, cut 4.

OKLAHOMA, SILVER CITY.  Mrs. Floyd Coonrod, a tornado victim whose family lost all of their belongings in the storm, heard the roar and rumble as it approached.  Mrs. Coonrod was picked up by the funnel and thrown into her garage.  Apr 1959.  Reel 176, cut 1.

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE TORNADO TRACKERS.  Commander H. L.  Smith of the 2059th Air Weather Wing comments on the controversy over the prediction of tornados by the US Weather Bureau and the TAFB.  Mar 28, 1952.  Reel 110, cut 3.

TEXAS, CLYDE.  Ray Sunday, News Editor of Abilene, Texas radio station KRBC reports on the tornado in Clyde.  Apr 28, 1950. Reel 11, cut 5.

OZARK PLAYGROUND ASSOCIATION.  Field Representative Tom Ayers from Joplin, Missouri, comments on the work of the association and the recreational advantages of the Ozarks area.  Dec 1950.  Reelk 34, cut 3.

Comments on the prospects for the tourist season in the playgrounds in 1951.  Jan 26, 1951.  Reel 49, cut 1.

Oklahoma Planning and Resources Board Chairman Morton Harrison, addresses the OPA convention on the goals of the Board under his administration, tourist business, and cooperation between the OPA and the Oklahoma state offices.  Apr 18, 1951.  Reel 65, cuts 2-4.

ACCESSION TO THE PRESIDENCY.  Addresses Congress immediately following his accession to the presidency but begins his speech without waiting to be properly introduced.  circa 1945.  Reel 135, cut 22.

ADMINISTRATION OF.  Comments on his record while in office, alluding to an epitaph on a grave marker in Tombstone, Arizona: "Here lies so-and-so.  He done his damnedest."  From "Mike 95."  Apr 20, 1952.  Reel 109, cut 9.

CONFERENCE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH.  Addresses the Mid-Century White House Conference on Children and Youth on the world situation today.  Dec 5, 1950.  Reel 33, cuts 9-10; Reel 34, cut 1.

DEFENSIVE WEAPONS.  Comments on the free nations' proposed arms inventory and nuclear weapons census.  From "Mike 95."  Nov 7, 1951.  Reel 100, cut 8.

DEWEY, THOMAS E.  Tells a joke about Thomas E. Dewey.  Jun 10, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 16.

ECONOMY.  Comments on the US-British "dollar talks."  Sept 4, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 17.

Comments on the difficulty of securing people of higher caliber for key positions in government due to the public invasion of their private lives.  Undated.  Reel 15, cut 8.

State of the Union Message.  Jan 8, 1951.  Reel 46, cuts 1-3, 5-9; Reel 117, cut 9.

Jan 9, 1952.  Reel 105, cut 1; Reel 107, cuts 12-26.

See also GREAT BRITAIN

EISENHOWER, MARGARET.  Makes a humorous statement about his daughter, Margaret.  Jan 21, 1951.  Reel 47, cut 8.

FOREIGN POLICY.  Addresses the nation on foreign policy in the far east immediately following his ouster of MacArthur from the supreme command.  Apr 11, 1951.  Reel 28, cut 10.

Talks about America's willingness to talk peace with Russia, at a building dedication ceremony at Wake Forest College.  Oct 15, 1951.  Reel 94, cut 2.

POINT-FOUR PROGRAM.  Henry G. Bennett comments via telephone on his appointment as the Administrator of the program.  Nov 15, 1950.  Reel 27, cut 15.

See also GREAT BRITAIN.

GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE SILVER DOLLAR.  Tells a delegation of cartoonists in Washington, DC, the story of George Washington throwing a silver dollar across the Potomac.   From "Mike 95."  Nov 11, 1951.  Reel 100, cut 9.

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

See INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE: INVESTIGATION OF.

KOREAN WAR.  Comments on the UN's entry into the Korean war.  Jun 1950.  Reel 44, cut 5.

Addresses the nation about the demands the Korean War has placed on the American people.  Sept 9, 1950.  Reel 13, no cut number given.

Comments on US foreign policy with regard to the Korean War for the [program] "What We Believe."  Sept 1, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 3.

Comments on the misinterpreted order which stopped the fighting in Korea.  Reaffirms that there has been no cease fire.  Nov 29, 1951.  Reel 101, cut 11.

KNOWLAND, WILLIAM.  Comments that Truman should return from his vacation in Florida and clean house with regard to the Washington scandal.  circa Mar 1951.  Reel 51, cut 3.

LABOR ISSUES.  Announces his decision to take over the strike-bound steel mills in a radio address to the nation.  Apr 8, 1952.  Reel 117, cut 18; Reel 109, cut 7.

MORRIS, NEWBOLD.  Comments on government clean-up man and states his intention to ask Congress to grant Morris subpoena powers.  Feb 4, 1952.  Rel 108, cut 2.

NATIONAL EMERGENCY.  Addresses the nation declaring the US to be in a state of national emergency.  Undated.  Part I, Reel 38, cut 3; Part II, Reel 39, cut 1.

NORTHWEST TOUR.  Speaks at whistle stops along a northwest tour.  May 13, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 4.

Pennsylvania Congressman Robert Rich criticizes Truman for making the tour at the taxpayer's expense.   May 13, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 5.

OBITUARY.  Obituary feature recorded by Ken Miller.  Undated.  Reel 158, cut 5.

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND ELECTION.  Recorded during the campaign.  circa 1948.  Reel 135, cut 24.

Declares that Senator Barkley and he will win the election.  circa 1948.  Reel 125, cut 14.

Recounts election night and mimics H. V. Kaltenborn in his prediction of a Republican victory.  circa 1948.  Reel 125, cut 18.

States that the country cannot afford another Republican Congress at the Democratic Convention.  circa 1948.  Reel 135, cut 24.

Addresses the Democratic National Committee.  Aug 28, 1949.  Reel 2, cut 4.

TRUMAN-STASSEN DEBATE.  Excerpts of verbal blows exchanged between Truman and Stassen prior to the election.  circa 1950.  Reel 46, cut 14.

Democratic Georgia Senator Richard B. Russell comments on the possible Truman candidacy.  Feb 28, 1952.  Reel 107, cut 4.

Announces his intention not to run for the presidency in 1952 at the Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner in Washington, DC.  Mar 29, 1952.  Reel 107, cut 1; Reel 117, cut 14.

RED CROSS DRIVE.  Comments on the drive.  Mar 1951.  Reel 50, cut 10.

UNITED NATIONS.  Speaks on UN Day with excerpts of a plea for disarmament and negotiation.  Oct 24, 1950.  Reel 23, cut 8.

WHITE HOUSE TELEVISED TOUR.  Plays the piano during a television tour of the White House.  circa 1949.  Reel 135, cut 25.

68th BIRTHDAY

Comments on his 68th birthday. n.d.  Reel 111, cut 7.

See also MARAGON INVESTIGATION.

BOND ISSUE ELECTION.  Comments.  Sept 27, 1949.  Reel 5, cut 6.

Telephone operator attempts to locate Turner at his ranch on the night of the election.  Sept 27, circa 1949.  Reel 5, cut 7.

OIL INDUSTRY IN THE SOUTHWEST.  Addresses the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Public Affairs Forum on the importance of the oil dollar to the southwest.  Fall 1949.  Reel 8, cut 8.

THANKSGIVING MESSAGE.  Via telephone.  circa 1950.  Reel 32, cut 5.

TURNER TURNPIKE.  Speaks at the dedication ceremony at the Oklahoma City terminus.  May 16, 1950.  Reel 38, cut 1.

Speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the turnpike.  Dec 20, 1950.  Reel 38, cut 1.

Comments on the opposition to the turnpike, successful turnpikes elsewhere, roads for defense, etc., at a victory dinner in Tulsa.  Dec 20, 1950.  Reel 36, cut 14; Reel 37, cut 5-7.

See also OKLAHOMA: TURNPIKES AND ROADWAYS.

OKLAHOMA: GOVERNMENT: 23rd LEGISLATURE.

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS

COLORADO, LYONS.  Helen Andrews visiting in the southeast part of Tulsa comments on sighting "flying saucers."  Mar 26, 1950.  reel 10, cut 4.

OKLAHOMA, TULSA.  C. W. Hughes comments on his sighting of a UFO.  Mar 26, 1950.  Reel 10, cut 5.

AUSTIN, WARREN.  US Delegate to the UN comments on Jacob Malik's tenure as the president of the UN Security Council.   Aug 31, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 2.

Comments on the Chinese communist attack in North Korea.  Dec 7, 1950.  Reel 40, cut 11.

Comments on the rejection of the cease fire proposal in Korea.  Jan 21, 1951.  Reel 46, cut 17.

EDEN, ANTHONY.  Great Britain's Foreign Minister addresses the UN General Assembly in Paris and attacks Vishinsky for Russia's continued block of Allied peace overtures.  From "Mike 95."  Nov 18, 1951.  Reel 100, cut 13.

EISENHOWER, DWIGHT DAVID.  Addresses the 10th anniversary meeting of the UN in San Francisco, California, on the US's devotion to the UN.  Jun 20, 1955.  Reel 167, cut 3.

JEBB, GLADWYN.  British delegate to the UN addresses the Security Council regarding the Soviet delegate Jacob Malik.  Sept 9, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 11.

Comments on the return of Malik to the presidency of the Security Council and addresses the issue as to whether or not the USSR will stay in the Council.  Aug 1950.  Reel 46, cut 15.

LIE, TRYGVE.  Secretary General discusses the transition from cold war to cold peace.  Aug 21, 1949.  Reel 1, cut 17.

LODGE, JR., HENRY CABOT.  US chief delegate to the UN reads the armistice message to Dag Hammarskjold (UN Secretary-General) at the UN headquarters.  Followed by Hammarskjold's radio message to the American people about the signing of the armistice.  Jul 25, 1953.  Reel 134, cut 2.

MALIK, JACOB.  Delegate from the USSR and president of the UN Security Council.  circa 1950.  Reel 12, cut 9.

PEARSON, LESTER B.  Secretary of State for External Affairs in Canada and President of the General Assembly of the UN speaking in a radio broadcast to the US about the armistice.  Jul 26, 1953.  Reel 134, cut 3.

ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR.  Addresses the UN on the subject of the delegation from the Ukraine.  circa 1949.   Reel 8, cut 11.

WHALEN, GROVER.  Advocates the UN World's Fair exposition grounds be located adjacent to Lake Success near the UN headquarters.  Jun 17, 1950.  Reel 12, cut 24.

See also AMERICAN LEGION.

ARMED AGGRESSION.  Russian Ambassador (circa 1939) denounces armed aggression when speaking at the New York World Fair.  circa 1939.  Reel 12, cut 25.

BIG-FOUR SUMMIT.  Soviet Foreign Minister, V. M. Molotov, expresses his views on world peace in advance of the Big-Four Summit meeting.  Jun 15, 1955.  Reel 157, cut 15.

KHRUSHCHEV.  Visit to the US.  See 1959 - YEAR IN REVIEW.

MOSCOW RADIO.  Recording of a mock broadcast illustrating what the Russian-dominated station would sound like if it went commercial.  Apr 1950.  Reel 11, cut 1.

PROPAGANDA. 

BOARD OF RADIO COOPERATION IN AMERICA.  Brigadier General David Sarnoff, Chairman of the Board, addresses the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention about the US combating Soviet propaganda.  Sept 2, 1950.  Reel 14, cut 4.

RUSSIAN NEWS AGENCY.  PRAVDA.  See GREAT BRITAIN: ELECTIONS.

SOVIET DIPLOMACY

See UNITED NATIONS; ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR; TRUMAN, HARRY S.

SOVIET PILOTS.  Recorded, with translation.  Undated.  Reel 170, cut 14-15.

STALIN, JOSEF.  Predicts a Soviet-Allied victory on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of the October Revolution, with commentary by Edward R. Murrow.  Nov 7, 1941.  Reel 102, cut 10.

See also PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND POETS: BARBERSHOP QUARTET.

US RELATIONS WITH

See KERR, ROBERT S.: GENEVA SUMMIT CONFERENCE.

OKLAHOMA: BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY: GELFAND, JACK.

PERFORMERS, MUSICIANS, WRITERS AND POETS: FROST, ROBERT. 

TRUMAN, HARRY S. 

Tom Devore portrays Washington; speaks about equality and brotherhood and foreign alliances.  Feb 22, 1951.  Reel 49, cuts 4-5.

See also TRUMAN, HARRY S.: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND THE SILVER DOLLAR.

Accepts the Republican nomination for the presidency.  circa 1940.  Reel 126, cut 18.

Crowd shouts "We want Willkie" at the Republican convention.  circa 1940.  Reel 126, cut 17.

LEAGUE OF NATIONS.  Predicts another world war within one generation if the League of Nations is not approved and made to work.  circa 1919.  Reel 135, cut 9.

Speaks in favor of the League of Nations on a campaign whistle stop in  Columbus.  circa 1919.  Reel 135, cut 7.

In his last speech in favor of the League of Nations on a whistle stop in Pueblo.  Sept 25, 1919.  Reel 135, cut 11.

See also LEAGUE OF NATIONS.

TREATY OF VERSAILLES.  Addresses the US Senate immediately after the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.  circa 1919.  Reel 135, cut 6.

Publisher William Allen White of the Emporia Kansas Gazette comments on the death of Wilson.  circa 1919.  Reel 135, cut 12.

COOLIDGE, CALVIN.  Comments on the war debt of WWI.  circa 1924, Reel 125, cut 24.

D-DAY (WWII).  See ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO.

PEARL HARBOR, ATTACK ON.  CBS news correspondent John Daly interrupts a broadcast to report the Japanese attack.  Dec 7, 1941.  Reel 101, cut 18.

See also ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO: PEARL HARBOR.

SURVIVORS OF.  French woman, survivor of both WWI and WWII, now resides in the US.  Offers a prayer that the US never experiences an air attack.  Dec 27, 1950.  Reel 41, cut 9.

See also CHURCHILL, WINSTON.

GREAT BRITAIN: GEORGE VI, KING OF ENGLAND.

GERMANY.

ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN DELANO.