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In Folder: Kerr, Robert S. Collection 1871-1970

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Photographs

This series includes photographs from the Robert S. Kerr Collection. As a Senator, Kerr was involved in a variety of issues and reforms of national and state prominence including conservation projects, the development of the space program, Native Americans issues and concerns, healthcare insurance reform, and agriculture.

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Title: Photographs

Component Unique Identifier: CAC_CC_31_15_0000_0000_0000

Date - creation

Expression: 1940-1970

Type: inclusive

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University of Oklahoma signs a $109,335 contract to train recruits for the Peace Corps. Robert S. Kerr, Peace Corps Director Sargent Shriver, Representative Tom Steed, O.U. Vice-President Pete Kyle McCarter, Senator Mike Monroney. Washingto

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Senator Robert S. Kerr shows off his prize bull to President John F. Kennedy at the Kerr ranch in Poteau, Oklahoma. October 29, 1961 Oklahoma Rural News photo.

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Senator Robert S. Kerr with Astronaut Gordon Cooper of Shawnee, Oklahoma, standing beside space capsule during a visit to Cape Canaveral, Florida. 1961

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Senator Robert S. Kerr, Astronaut Gordon Cooper, and Carter Bradley (chief clerk, Senate Committee on Aeronautical and space Science. Spring 1961 U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB.

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Robert S. Kerr posing with models of missiles. One is Nike. January, 1961

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Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert S. Kerr, Alan Shepard at reception for astronauts. Washington, D.C. February 28, 1962

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Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Margaret Chase Smith, Robert S. Kerr, Alan Shepard at reception for astronauts. Washington, D.C. February 28, 1962

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Senator Robert S. Kerr posing with Space Capsule. Cape Canaveral, Florida. Spring 1961 U.S. Air Force, Patrick AFB.

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Alan Shepard, Robert S. Kerr, Lyndon B. Johnson, President John F. Kennedy, and others, including press. Washington, D.C. c. 1962 United Press.

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Robert S. Kerr and 2nd Lt. Norma O. Sanders, WMSC, of Ardmore, Oklahoma, on the 8thanniversary of the Army Women’s Medical Specialist Corps. Lt. Sanders is a member of the Dietician sections of the corps, at Walter Reed Army Hospital. April

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Senator Robert S. Kerr and interviewer on KOCO-TV series on past governors of Oklahoma. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. March 30, 1962

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Senator Robert S. Kerr with Representative Carl Albert and Captain Francis N. Satterlee (Information Officer, Ardmore Air Force Base), a Major General, and two Indian youths. February 1959

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Snapshot of TV tube showing Ed Sullivan and Robert S. Kerr on “Toast of the Town.” New York. March 27, 1955

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Cal D. McCullough, Academy applicant, 1956 He and other navy men are watching a parade of elephants. Kandie, Ceylon.

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Grazing bison near a water hole. Platt National Park, Sulphur, Oklahoma. Harris Photography, Sulphur.

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Robert S. Kerr and Joe McBride playing dominoes. Color print.

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Capt. Glenn D. Johnson in Shaef War room, where the Germans signed the surrender papers in May 1945 Germany. December 1945

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Capt. Glenn D. Johnson in Shaef War room, where the Germans signed the surrender papers in May 1945 Germany. December 1945

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Senator Robert S. Kerr inside a space craft. North American Aviation, Inc. Space and Information Systems Division. c. 1961

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Capt. Glenn D. Johnson in Shaef War room, where the Germans signed the surrender papers in May 1945 Germany. December 1945

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Kerr Gubernatorial Campaign Billboard. “Elect a Native Son- Robert S. (Bob) Kerr-Democrat for Governor.” Tulsa, 1942

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Portrait of Robert S. Kerr standing in front of Arkansas River Navigation System map.

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Robert S. Kerr sitting next to University of Oklahoma President Joseph Brandt in a packed OU Memorial Stadium. Also pictured behind Kerr is Lloyd Noble. -1943

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Robert S. Kerr playing bingo with three enlisted men (Army). Fort Sill, OK.

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