To help inform discussions on the federal role in dam safety, this report provides background information on the nation’s dam safety activities and funding mechanisms.

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Interview with Hazael R. Olivares, a serviceman in the U. S. Navy during World War II. Olivares dropped out of high school and decided to join the U. S. Navy after hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor. He took his 16-week basic training course at Great Lakes in Illinois where he learned how to fire various guns and recognize aircraft. After basic training, he was assigned to Algiers, Louisiana where he learned how to weld. Aboard the USS Bordelon (DD-881), he served as a Ship Fitter in the damage control department. After WWII, he remained in the reserves and was called up for duty in Korea. He served aboard the USS Sitkoh Bay (CVE-86). After Korea, he worked as a civilian for the Army Corps of Engineers as an oiler on a dredge. He then served in the Merchant Marines, hauling refined petroleum products from South America to North America. He also discusses going to French Indochina (Vietnam) and traveling up the Saigon River in a merchant vessel.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Francisco Pizarro Martinez, the Mexican Consul in New Orleans, to Stephen F. Austin.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Joshua Fletcher to James F. Perry regarding the delivery of papers belonging to Perry and Stephen F. Austin.

Copy of transcript for a letter from James F. Perry to James A. Merle and Co. regarding drafts they made in favor of Stephen F. Austin that Perry wishes to collect as executor of Austin's estate.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Daniel E. Colton to Stephen F. Austin, on November 29, 1836, discussing his desire to keep his lands in Texas, despite the fact that he has been out of the country for too long and must forfeit his claims to them.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Emily M. Austin Bryan Perry to James E. B. Austin encouraging James to visit Missouri with his wife, and passing along news that many of the papers documenting Stephen F. Austin's business with Col. Anthony Butler were lost when Woodson's house burned down.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Joseph Rosati to James Perry, on July 29, 1830, informing him that he must prove that his mother- and father-in-law were Catholics before their bodies can be buried in the St. Genevieve graveyard. Rosati suggests that they instead be placed in the Protestant cemetery of the same town.

Copy of transcript for a letter from Gill, Ferguson and Co. to Perry and Hunter, in which they explain an error in charges and pass along an invoice for saddles from J. Lukens and Son.

Copy of transcript for a letter from [James F. Perry] to [General Lamar] informing Lamar that his papers are with Messrs. James Reed and Co., who are awaiting his instructions as to what to do with them.

Memorandum from Ruben Bonilla Jr., League of United Latin American Citizens National President, dated August 29, 1979, and directed to "Members, National Executive Board and Appointed Officers." The memo is regarding the appointments of State Directors for the State of Louisiana and the State of Connecticut.

Photograph of the first page of a letter from the Fair Play for Cuba Committee to Lee Harvey Oswald, on May 29, 1963, enclosing his card and receipt, as well as information to help him start an FPCC chapter in New Orleans.

Photocopy of a letter addressed to Lee Harvey Oswald. The letter, which was written by a member of the Fair Play for Cuba Committee, regards Oswald's membership with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee and his interest in forming a chapter in New Orleans.

Interview with Arhtur B. Clark, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Abilene, Texas, who was captured with the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery. Clark discusses joining the National Guard, training and maneuvers, deployment to the Pacific, the fall of Java and surrender to the Japanese, experiences in internment at Tanjong Priok in Batavia, internment at Changi Camp in Singapore, labor on the Burma "Death" Railway, and liberation. The interview includes an appendix with a reference page and a written flight log by Col. Tom Sledge.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It isn't often you find a professional athlete good enough to be a pro in another, completely different sport."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lt. Gov. Nigh, bachelor executive, made quite an impression last week on the country's highest civil defense experts."

This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuations of individuals in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. It also highlights several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "G.D. Spradlin of Oklahoma City is seen during the filming of a scene in the United Artists production of "Pro" starring Charlton Heston."

Photograph of train engine #700 and attached cars on railroad tracks, viewed from a front side angle. "700" is visible on the front. Smoke billows to the right from the front chimney. Electrical poles line the grassy side on the right. Handwritten text below the image says, "T&P #700 with Train No. 21 the 'Louisiana Limited' at Shreveport, LA. Sept 29th 1940."

Interview with Gene Buehring, a veteran of the U.S. Army who served in Vietnam and was wounded in action. Buehring describes what every day life was like in the service and his experiences upon returning home. He also talks about meeting Bob Hope and the two times he was injured on duty.