05669cpcaa2200865 4500 mm 77022384 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 770627|||||||||||| eng mm 77022384 ms 71001386 DLC DLC dacs DLC R lcmd Murdock, Victor. Victor Murdock papers, 1824-1971 (bulk 1909-1940). 38,300 items. 129 containers plus 1 oversize. 51.6 linear feet. Arranged in 7 series. Series 1: Family Papers, 1866-1967; Series 2: General Correspondence, 1883-1945; Series 3: Federal Trade Commission, 1914-1934; Series 4: Writings; Series 5: Miscellany; Series 6: Addition, 1824-1971; and Series 7: Oversize, 1918. Open to research. Correspondence, memoranda, diary, speeches, writings, reports, subject files, printed matter, and other papers documenting Murdock's political career as a U.S. congressman from Kansas and his leadership of the Republican "insurgents" who contested the power of House Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon in 1910. Includes material concerning Murdock's involvement in Kansas state and local politics, activities on behalf of the Progressive Party during Theodore Roosevelt's presidential campaign of 1912 and as chairman of the Progressive Party's national committee (1915-1916), and service as a member of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Murdock (Murdoch) family papers include correspondence and other papers of Murdock's father, Marshall M. Murdock, as senator in the early Kansas legislature and founder of the Wichita Daily Eagle, and of his brother, Marcellus M. Murdock as publisher of the Wichita Daily Eagle. Correspondents include Henry Justin Allen, William Augustus Ayres, Joseph L. Bristow, Arthur Capper, Robert J. Collier, William B. Colver, Josephus Daniels, Jonathan McMillan Davis, J.N. Dolley, J. Franklin Fort, Norman Hapgood, Henry Joseph Haskell, Frederic Clemson Howe, Alfred M. Landon, David D. Leahy, Walt Mason, John Noble, George William Norris, John S. Phillips, Clyde Martin Reed, Theodore Roosevelt, Jouett Shouse, Walter Roscoe Stubbs, Mark Sullivan, Huston Thompson, and William Allen White. U.S. representative from Kansas and newspaper editor. Born, 1871; died, 1945. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144 Allen, Henry Justin, 1868-1950 Correspondence. Ayres, William Augustus, 1867-1952 Correspondence. Bristow, Joseph L. (Joseph Little), 1861-1944 Correspondence. Cannon, Joseph Gurney, 1836-1926. Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951 Correspondence. Collier, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1876-1918 Correspondence. Colver, William B. Correspondence. Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 Correspondence. Davis, Jonathan McMillan, 1871-1943 Correspondence. Dolley, J. N. Correspondence. Fort, J. Franklin (John Franklin), 1852-1920 Correspondence. Hapgood, Norman, 1868-1937 Correspondence. Haskell, Henry Joseph, 1874-1952 Correspondence. Howe, Frederic C., 1867-1940 Correspondence. Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 Correspondence. Leahy, David D. Correspondence. Mason, Walt, 1862-1939 Correspondence. Noble, John, 1874-1934 Correspondence. Norris, George William, 1861-1944 Correspondence. Phillips, John S. (John Sanburn), 1861-1949 Correspondence. Reed, Clyde Martin, 1871-1949 Correspondence. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Shouse, Jouett, 1879-1968 Correspondence. Stubbs, Walter Roscoe, 1858-1929 Correspondence. Sullivan, Mark, 1874-1952 Correspondence. Thompson, Huston Correspondence. White, William Allen, 1868-1944 Correspondence. Murdoch family. United States. Congress. House. United States. Congress. House Speakers. United States. Federal Trade Commission. Progressive Party (1912) Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) Wichita daily eagle. American newspapers Kansas Wichita. Presidents United States Election 1912. Progressivism (United States politics) Trade regulation United States. Kansas Politics and government 1865-1950. United States Politics and government 1901-1953. Editors. itoamc Representatives, U.S. Congress Kansas. itoamc Murdock, Marcellus M. (Marcellus Marion), 1883-1970. Marcellus M. Murdock papers. 1903-1943. Murdock, Marshall M. (Marshall Mortimer), 1837-1908. Marshall M. Murdock papers. 1863-1904. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144.3 39449 39449