Series 70. MISCELLANEOUS OTHER FEDERAL PROJECTS
1945-1974
5 boxes
2 sub-series
Office file code: 60
Correspondence, newspaper clippings, news releases, memoranda,
printed
reports and related materials pertaining to development of
industrial,
economic, and social programs and projects in Arkansas,
particularly those
funded or assisted by the federal government.
(Other records pertaining to the above subjects are located in
Series
67, Arkansas State Projects by County, and Series 69, Statewide
and
Regional Projects.)
Sub-series:
Arranged chronologically.
- Arkansas Industries, 1947-1962
- Other Arkansas Projects, 1945-1974
Sub-series 1. Arkansas Industries,
1947-1962.
1.5 boxes.
Office file code: 60 e
Records pertain primarily to federal policies and programs
affecting industrial growth in Arkansas, particularly
distribution
and sale of public electric power; government policies relating
to
purchase of strategic materials; letting of government contracts;
and
establishment of nuclear power plants in Arkansas. Some records
pertain to efforts of Arkansas Resources and Development
Commission to
facilitate industrial growth and to progress of rural
electrification
program.
Correspondents include: Harvey D[enver] Jones (2.1), Colter
Hamilton Moses (1.5), Jack Pickens (1.5), Robert Estes Ritchie
(1.1),
Douglas Wright (1.5, 2.3).
Sub-series 2. Other Arkansas Projects,
1945-1974.
3.5 boxes.
Office file code: 60, 60a, 60a gen, 60c, 6Od, 60 misc, 60
gen
Records pertain primarily to economic planning and development in
Arkansas, particularly to federally assisted urban renewal,
housing,
road, bridge, river navigation, and hospital construction
projects. Some
records pertain to federally assisted social welfare projects and
to
establishment of natural wild life areas in Arkansas. A few
records
pertain to activities of Arkansas Industrial Development
Commission.
Correspondents include: Hal Cooper Douglas (5.4).
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