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CONGRESSIONAL
PAPERS OF KANSAS CONGRESSMAN RANDOLPH CARPENTER, 1929-1948 |
NOTE: Collection stored in off-site facility. Contact Special Collections regarding retrieval.
Size: 20.5 linear feet
Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to the Wichita State University. When permission
is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish
them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law
literary rights, copyright laws
and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her
publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually
plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall
restrictions on publication before initial research.
Restrictions: None
Content note:
This collection of Randolph Carpenter's Congressional papers covers the period
from 1929 to the late 1940s, encompassing many of the economic problems caused
by the Depression. Agriculture, the oil industry, and the Works Progress Administration
(WPA) are among the subjects included in these materials from Carpenter's tenure
in the Kansas House of Representatives and United States House. There is extensive
information on New Deal programs, the controversial bid by Franklin D. Roosevelt
for a fourth term as President, and Democratic Party activities at local and
national levels as well as documents about the Star-Landon-Ratner Political
Machine in Kansas politics of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Carpenter's private
law practice in Marion, Kansas, is represented through client files and correspondence.
An extensive compilation of World War I training manuals that describe weaponry
and troop maneuvers originate from Carpenter's military service and are included
in this collection.
Acquisition: Gift of Mrs. Randolph Carpenter.
Processed by: DAO, 5-7-1975; KJC, 12-12-1991; SMC, 7-12-1999
