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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77022384
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of Victor Murdock, U.S. representative from Kansas and newspaper editor, were given to the Library of Congress by his grandson, Victor Delano, in 1969, with an addition received in 1975.
The papers of Victor Murdock were processed in 1978 by Grover Batts with the assistance of Thelma Queen and revised and expanded in 1984 by David Mathisen. Additional revisions were made to the finding aid in 1995 by Susie Moody and in 2012.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Victor Murdock in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Victor Murdock are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Victor Murdock Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Victor Murdock (1871-1945) span the years 1824-1971, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1909-1940. The papers are organized into seven series: Family Papers , General Correspondence , Federal Trade Commission , Writings , Miscellany , Addition , and Oversize .
The Murdock Papers document his career as a congressman and his leadership of Republican insurgents who, with their Democratic allies in 1910 succeeded in contesting the power exerted over the House of Representatives by Speaker Joseph Cannon. There is also material concerning Murdock's activities on behalf of Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) during the former president's campaign for the presidency as the candidate of the newly-formed Progressive Party (1912). Many letters deal with the Progressive Party during the years 1915-1916 when Murdock served as chairman of the party's national committee. A larger number, however, reflect the political phase of Murdock's career on the state and local level, including extensive correspondence with his constituents in Kansas. Among the prominent Kansans who corresponded frequently with Murdock regarding the political scene in the state are Henry Justin Allen, William Augustus Ayres, Arthur Capper, Jonathan McMillan Davis, J. N. Dolley, Henry Joseph Haskell, Alfred M. Landon, David D. Leahy, Clyde Martin Reed, Walter Roscoe Stubbs, and William Allen White.
The Federal Trade Commission series includes correspondence, memoranda, and reports for the period 1917-1924 when Murdock served on the commission. Prominent is material relating to the commission's investigation of the meatpacking industry for violation of antitrust laws, the evidence from which was compiled and published for use by Congress and the public. Correspondents in the files include J. Franklin Fort, William B. Colver, and Huston Thompson.
An extensive series of Family Papers contains files ranging through five generations, from Victor Murdock's grandfather, Thomas Murdock, to his grandson, Victor Delano. Of special interest are papers from his father, Marshall M. Murdock, a senator in the early Kansas legislature and founder of the
The collection is arranged in seven series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm77022384
Diary and correspondence and related papers.
The correspondence and related papers are arranged alphabetically by name of family member and type of material and therein chronologically.
Letters sent and received.
Arranged by year and therein alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and related matter.
Arranged chronologically
Drafts and copies of speeches, articles, and a book.
Organized by type of writing and thereunder alphabetically.
Biographical material, lists, nomination papers, petition, photographs, financial matter, and other miscellaneous documents and items.
Arranged by type of material.
Correspondence, writings, miscellaneous material, and printed matter.
Arranged by type of material.
Appointment certificates.
Arranged and described according to the container, series, and folder from which the items were removed.