Construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County captions transcript

Construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County

This is a film that was produced in 1960 by the USDA Soil Conservation Service (now named the Natural Resources Conservation Service). The 20-minute film shows the construction of flood control dams in the upper reaches of the Salt Creek Watershed project in Pottawatomie County. The dams are located approximately 15 miles northwest of Konawa, Oklahoma. The dams were constructed by the Konawa and Shawnee Conservation Districts with assistance from the USDA Small Watershed Program (Public Law 566).
Date: 1960
Creator: United States. Soil Conservation Service.
Object Type: Video
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0146.0170]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Handicraft items made by girls at the state training school at Tecumseh are inspected by Rep. Carl Williams, vice-chairman of the house appropriations committee, and Mrs. Lodiska Cowan, Girls' Town superintendent."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289B.0166]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Set to sing this famous song during the Shawnee Lions Club "Uproars of 1960, " Thursday and Friday at 8 p. m. in the Shawnee High School auditorium, is Ted Harris, right, Oklahoma Baptist University senior major from Shawnee."
Date: 1960
Creator: Coffey, Tom
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0289B.0667]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0907.0058]

Caption: "SCHEDULED TO SPEAK at commencement May 28 at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, is Hugh M. Milton II, undersecretary of he army."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0073]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Rear view of Brotherhood Dormitory shows two new wings, right foreground and far left, dedicated in 1959."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0991.0074]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Aerial view of Brotherhood Dormitory, which faces north, shows wings recently added to ends of original structure Center portion of three-story fireproof building was added to campus in 1947."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1229.0440]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chosen as Most Popular Man at Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, John Scales, junior from Oklahoma City, was a member of the Royal Court at the Harvest Festival last weekend."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1257.0341]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Hand-addressing more than 2,000 invitations are, l-r, Miss Marion Moore, Foss; Lee Spencer, OBU librarian; Miss Glenda Bailey, Holdenville, and Miss Carolyn Wilson, Tryon."
Date: 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Baptist University
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1304.0576]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "View looks north on Tecumseh's main business thoroughfare toward Shawnee five miles away."
Date: 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0490]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Accommodation for 200 women, was completed in 1956."
Date: 1960
Creator: 3rd Party
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1310.0546]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: January 3, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1393.0029]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Frank Wano checks out his last Tinker time card."
Date: February 3, 1960
Creator: Tinker Air Force Base (Okla.)
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0241.0140]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "FAMILY REUNION. -- Getting together for a chat after a service at Oklahoma Baptist University's Christian Dedication week are Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Grey. speaker for the week, and twin daughters Mary Beth and Martha Ann, freshman nursing majors."
Date: February 8, 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Baptist University
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1243.0338]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Three generations in the life of Oklahoma Baptist University talk over incidents that have happened in the 50-year-history of the school."
Date: February 8, 1960
Creator: Oklahoma Baptist University. Photo Department.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0673]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Among newest buildings on OBU campus is Thurmond Hall, completed in 1954 at a cost of $675.000."
Date: February 14, 1960
Creator: 3rd Party
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0802]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "On its top went this Mid-Continent News Co. truck Monday morning on snow slick U.S. 270 just outside Shawnee."
Date: February 16, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.TP0392.0507]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "This is Shawnee Hall, the building into which the pilot crashed Tuesday."
Date: February 18, 1960
Creator: 3rd Party
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0266.0111]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "building which today are used for Shawnee Indian Sanatorium, one mile south of Shawnee, were erected by U. S. government in 1876 as Shawnee Boarding School."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0276B.0422]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Admiring 14th century "Madonna and Child" is Stephen A. Gyermek, director of Gerrer museum, Shawnee."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0030]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Pottawatomie County Historical Society has museum in old Shawnee Mission Church, background, established in 1872 by Philadelphia Society of Friends."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0103]

Caption: "Bright new future for Shawnee's Jonco aircraft plant was announced here Friday by U. S. Sen. Robert S. Kerr and executives of Thiokol Chemical Corp., one of the nation's largest chemical companies. Jonco has long used this huge hangar used by Naval Air Training Services during WWII."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1166.0112]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Among leading industries in Shawnee is giant Shawnee Milling Co., processing flour, cornmeal and mixed feeds. Annual payroll is currently $1,125,000."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1205.0783]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Considered one of the best examples of the Tudor Gothic Architecture in the Southwest is this administration and classroom buildig of the St. Gregory's College."
Date: February 22, 1960
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History