Draft of an editorial for True Detective Mysteries, a true crime magazine, about the political corruption in Kansas City and how it is being brought down.
The State Historical Society of Missouri-Columbia
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Letter from Walker C. Johnson to Lloyd Stark in which he describes the resentment toward the Pendergast machine in his part of Missouri.
Letter from C. W. Greenwade to Ewing Young Mitchell, Jr. in which he discusses possible candidates for Congress and their allegiances with Thomas J. Pendergast and James A. Reed.
Letter from D. Ralston Spalding to gubernatorial candidate Lloyd Stark, offering assistance for his campaign in Kansas City. It includes an offer to contact former students of Spalding's Commercial College.
Letter from Clarence Cannon to Lloyd C. Stark reporting on a dinner with William Hirth where Hirth expressed his intention of running for governor and described what he believed Stark's vulnerabilities were.
Letter with unclear signature to Missouri candidate for Governor Francis M. Wilson, providing a sample letter sent out on behalf of his candidacy.
Letter from Ralph Holmlund to Lloyd Stark, offering the support of the Kansas City League of Young Democrats in his campaign for Governor.
Letter from Eleanor W. Carroll to Mrs. Katherine Stark, regarding Katherine's husband Lloyd C. Stark's candidacy for governor. She discusses winning the support of Pike County voters, as well as an upcoming tea for the Democratic Women's Club, among other campaign issues.
Letter from Jesse Barrett to Hector Burleigh in which he expresses optimism for the political future, with the descent of the Pendergast regime and the opportunity for Republicans to take future elections.
Letter from Major Gregory Vigeant, Jr., to the Kansas City Board of Election Commissioners discussing issues at his polling place during August and March 1940 elections, including evidence that "a dead man and his wife in this precinct had been voted."
Letter from Floyd C. Sperry, James Billings' campaign manager, addressed to "My dear Friend." Sperry writes that he has enclosed evidence that the Missouri State Board of Nurse Examiners and the State Board of Health are being coerced by Stark into support James Douglas in the Missouri Supreme Court race.
Letter from Mrs. A. P. Wolf to Missouri Governor Guy Park complaining about her pension and the political corruption in the federal and local Kansas City governments.