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1. George Creel papers, 1857-1953

   500 items. 8 containers plus 22 oversize. 9.2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Author, editor, and government official. Scrapbooks and bound volumes of writings by and about Creel form the bulk of the collection. Includes correspondence, notes, speeches, lectures, book reviews, and campaign material. A series on Woodrow Wilson and the United States Committee on Public Information contains correspondence with Wilson as well as his corrections of drafts of Creel's cables, letters, speeches, and other writings relating to the Wilson administration during World War I and subsequent peace negotiations.

2. William Allen White papers, 1859-1944

   136,800 items. 537 containers. 198 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Newspaper editor. Letterpress books and personal and special correspondence relating mainly to White's personal life and career as editor of the Emporia Gazette.

3. Victor Murdock papers, 1824-1971

   38,300 items. 129 containers plus 1 oversize. 51.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   U.S. representative from Kansas and newspaper editor. Diary, family papers, general correspondence, Federal Trade Commission files, writings, and miscellany documenting Murdock's political career as a congressman from Kansas and leadership of the Republican insurgents who contested the power of House Speaker Joseph Cannon in 1910. Includes material concerning Murdock's activities on behalf of the Progressive Party and as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. Also contains family papers relating especially to his father, Marshall M. Murdock, and brother, Marcellus M. Murdock, and their association with the Wichita Daily Eagle.

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4. Joe Stephens papers, 1978-2013

   47,000 items. 134 containers plus 2 classified and 2 oversize. 52 linear feet. 218 digital files (671.04 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist. Research files, correspondence, writings, notes, photographs, and other papers relating chiefly to Stephens's career as a Washington Post investigative journalist.

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5. A.B. MacDonald papers, 1878-1976

   2,100 items. 8 containers plus 31 oversize. 8.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   Journalist. Scrapbooks, diaries, clippings, correspondence, photographs, legal reports, ephemera, and other papers relating to A. B. MacDonald’s career at the Kansas City Star and other publications, his family life and history, and his personal interests. Includes material concerning his coverage of the Leo Frank lynching of 1915, diaries documenting MacDonald’s time with Billy Sunday’s evangelical campaigns from 1917 to 1918, and his coverage of the A. D. Payne murder case that won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1931.