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Box 5

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

Essays on Forms of Government from Theocracy to Foolocracy, 1942

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 25
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_25_0000
Scope and Contents Scope and Contents The Murray Collection is approximately 9 linear feet plus oversized materials. Although Murray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913-1917, the majority of the collection is related to his post-congressional activities, family affairs, and years as governor. The materials cover a variety of topics including his use of executive orders calling for martial law, pardons, and the appointment and removal of state officials. The documents also include material...

Laconic Essay on Forms of Government., undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 25
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_25_0001
Scope and Contents Two typewritten drafts of "Laconic Essay on the Forms of Government," that inform his publuished book Essay on Forms of Government: from Theocracy to Foolocracy (1942) one with corrections written in ink. One a letter- sized typescript (17 pp.) the other a legal-sized carbon copy (13 pp., unpaginated). Nearly identical--the very last section of the two on Foolocracies (p. 17 and 13, resepctively) are thematically equivalent, but worded slightly differently. The letter-sized...

Essay on Forms of Government from Theocracy to Foolocracy., undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 25
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_25_0002
Scope and Contents Two typewritten drafts of the eassy "Essay on Forms of Government: from Theocracy to Foolocracy" as informing the book of the same name (1942). One a letter- sized carbon-copy (17 pp.), the other a legal-sized typescript (13 pp., unpaginated). The former has corrections that show up in the latter, along with a penciled note at the top by Murray ("If you wish to run this do so...."). Both identical in content as matching the 17 pg. typescript of the previous record (5.25.0001) with its...

Jno W. Nix (i.e., John W. Nix), 6/11/1942

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 25
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_25_0005
Scope and Contents Copy of a typewritten letter from William H. Murray to John ("Jno") W. Nix noting the late arrival of a reunion notice and under separate cover sending the latter a copy of Essay on the Forms of Government: from Theocracy to Foolocracy.