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Collection Summary | |
Creator: | Murdock, John Robert |
Collection Name: | John R. Murdock papers, |
Inclusive Dates: | 1937-1952 |
Physical Description: | .8 linear feet |
Abstract: | Correspondence, records of committee meetings, bills, hearings, reports, clippings, reprints of Murdock's remarks in Congress, printed and typescript material relating chiefly to the Colorado River and the water rights for Arizona including the Central Arizona Project, the Gila Project, and the proposed Bridge Canyon Dam. Also included are drafts of articles on political questions; newspaper clippings concerning his wife, Myrtle; and correspondence relating to the death of his son, David, in World War II. |
Collection Number: | AZ 151 |
Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special
Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL:http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ |
U.S. Representative from Arizona, 1936-1953.
Correspondence, records of committee meetings, bills, hearings, reports, clippings, reprints of Murdock's remarks in Congress, printed and typescript material relating chiefly to the Colorado River and the water rights for Arizona including the Central Arizona Project, the Gila Project, and the proposed Bridge Canyon Dam. Also included are drafts of articles on political questions; newspaper clippings concerning his wife, Myrtle; and correspondence relating to the death of his son, David, in World War II.
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John R. Murdock papers (AZ 151). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.
Series I: Personal Materials, 1937-1952 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
1 | 1 | Articles, Speeches, Reminiscences, etc. (typescripts; includes radio addresses and transcripts of tapes). | |||||||||
1 | 2 | General Correspondence. , 1938-1952 | |||||||||
1 | 3 | Miscellaneous Personal Material (includes material on son David N. Murdock and wife Mrytle Cheney Murdock.) | |||||||||
1 | 4 | News Paper Clippings. | |||||||||
1 | 5 | U.S. Congress: Remarks and Speeches by JRM. , 1937-1941 | |||||||||
1 | 6 | U.S. Congress: Bills and Resolutions Sponsored by JRM. , 1939-1952 | |||||||||
1 | 7 | U.S. Congress: Committee on Public Lands, Subcommittee on Irrigation & Reclamation, Hearings. , 1949-1950 | |||||||||
1 | 8 | U.S. Congress: Various Committees, Hearings. |
Series II: Congressional Papers, 1938-1952 | |||||||||||
box | folder | ||||||||||
2 | 1 | Colorado River: Miscellaneous Material on the "Controversy." | |||||||||
2 | 2 | Colorado River: Upper Colorado River. , 1949-1950 | |||||||||
2 | 3 | Colorado River: All-American Canal Conference. , 1950 | |||||||||
2 | 4 | Central Arizona Project: Bills, Speeches. | |||||||||
2 | 5-6 | Central Arizona Project: Hearings in Congress. , 1950 | |||||||||
2 | 7 | Central Arizona Project: Verde River Irrigation and Power District. , 1950 | |||||||||
2 | 8 | Central Arizona Project: Publications Against. | |||||||||
2 | 9 | Central Arizona Project: Miscellaneous Reference Material. | |||||||||
2 | 10 | Central Arizona Project: Bridge Canyon Photographs. , 1950 | |||||||||
2 | 11 | Gila River Project. , 1946-1949 | |||||||||
2 | 12 | Miscellaneous Water Projects. |