John R. Murdockpapers, 1937-1952

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John R. Murdockpapers, 1937-1952

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Correspondence, records of committee meetings, bills, hearings,reports, clippings, reprints of Murdock's remarks in Congress, printed andtypescript material relating chiefly to the Colorado River and the water rightsfor Arizona including the Central Arizona Project, the Gila Project, and theproposed Bridge Canyon Dam. Also included are drafts of articles on politicalquestions; newspaper clippings concerning his wife, Myrtle; and correspondencerelating to the death of his son, David, in World War II.

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Murdock, John Robert, 1885-1972

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Arizona educator and Representative to the U.S. Congress from Arizona, 1935-1953. From the description of John Robert Murdock collection, 1917-1963 (bulk 1942-1950). (Scottsdale Public Library). WorldCat record id: 30058138 John Robert Murdock was born in 1885. He graduated from the State Teachers College in Kirksville, Missouri in 1912, and from the University of Iowa at Iowa City in 1925. He did graduate work at the University of Arizona at Tucson and the University of Cal...