Papers, 1903-1970.

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Papers, 1903-1970.

Congressional papers from his last three terms, 1952-1958, in the U.S. House of Representatives, the main part of which is his file on the Upper Colorado River Storage Project, constituency correspondence and campaign material. Personal papers consist of family correspondence, an autobiographical sketch and scrapbooks.

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