Murdock, Victor. creator mixed material monographic eng 38,300 129 1 51.6 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. Open to research. 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- ) 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 Representatives, U.S. Congress Murdock, Marcellus M. (Marcellus Marion), 1883-1970 Murdock, Marshall M. (Marshall Mortimer), 1837-1908 mm 77022384 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012144.3 Open to research. DLC 770627 20260227111617.0 mm 77022384