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Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association Manuscript Collection

Coverage: 
1869–1959
Source: 
Records, 6 feet

Description
Citizens’ organization. Records (1957–1959), including correspondence, news releases, news clippings, and municipal, organizational, and legislative resolutions regarding the U.S. Army’s intention in 1957 to greatly expand the land area of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, for purposes of creating a missile firing range, and the formation of a regional citizens’ coalition, the Southwestern Oklahoma Survival Association, which eventually thwarted those plans. Also included in this collection is information regarding prior expansions of Fort Sill, Oklahoma, 1869–1957. [This collection has a restriction. See finding aid for details.]