HISTORY NEBRASKA MANUSCRIPT FINDING AID
RG1062.AM: Hamilton-Murdock Family
Papers: 1907, 1922-1945
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska
Size: One folder
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
This collection mainly consists of letters, 1922-1945, written to and from members of the Hamilton family regarding Republican Party politics. Correspondents include James H. Hanley, Dwight Griswold, Frances P. Matthews, V.B. Caldwell, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Lois Swabel, and Randall Jacobs. The letters (1935) between Mrs. Charles W. Hamilton, Jr. and Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. relate to the Omaha Women’s Club. The letters from Lois Swabel and Randall Jacobs to Mrs. Hamilton (1945) relate to recruitment for the Navy.
The collection also includes obituaries for Arthur H. Murdock, Maud N. Hamilton, and George Henry Merrill, as well as articles about a lecture by Fulton J. Sheen and a marriage announcement for Virginia Seabrooke and A. Clark Murdock. Other items include the membership card of C.W. Hamilton, Jr. for the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, and a U.S. State Department order of protection for Charles W. Hamilton, dated June of 1907.
Subject headings:
Caldwell, Victor Bush, 1864-1915
Douglas County (Nebraska)
Griswold, Dwight, 1893-1954
Hamilton family
Hamilton, Charles W., 1859-1928
Hamilton, Charles W., 1890-1971
Hamilton, Maud Colton (Noteware), 1858-1935
Hanley, James H., 1881-1945
Jacobs, Randall, 1885-1967
Matthews, Francis Patrick, 1887-1952
McHugh, William Douglas, 1859-1923
Merrill, George Henry, 1884-1926
Murdock family
Murdock, A. Clark
Murdock, Arthur H., 1863-1935
Murdock, Virginia Elinor (Seabrooke)
Omaha Women’s Club (Omaha, Nebraska)
Omaha (Nebraska)
Political participation — Nebraska — Omaha
Political parties — Nebraska — Omaha
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1887-1944
Sheen, Fulton J., 1895-1979
Swabel, Lois L.
TMM 10-07-2009; 02-04-2017
