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Box 5

 Container

Contains 12 Collections and/or Records:

Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma, 1945

 File — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_3_5_26_0000

Handwritten Draft Prospectus for Book, undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0008
Scope and Contents Handwritten draft by, presumably,William H. Murray on the True History of Oklahoma (aka: his Memoirs) noting it will published in in two editions, the first, a popular edition bound in cloth abd a deluxe edition bound in Morrocan leather with "guilt" [sic] edges.

Prospectus for book, "True History of Oklahoma.", 2/14/1944 (postmark); undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0002
Scope and Contents Fold out addressable prospectus detailing William H. Murray's upcoming book True History of Oklahoma (aka: his Memoirs). Includes one complete foldable prospectus, unaddressed (and undated) and one partial copy torn off but folded to include the prospectus announcement on one side and the address space on the other, addressed to Herbert Pate of Madill, OK and postmarked 2/14/1944.

Letter. G.C. Mathews, Superintendent, Railway Express Agency, Oklahoma City, 10/16/1944

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0003
Scope and Contents Letter from G.C. Matthews, Superintendent of the Railway Express Agency to William H. Murray on the loss of Murray's pictures that accompanied his manuscript for the True History of Oklahoma (aka: his Memoirs). Assures Murray that "everything possible will be done" to find them.

Meador Publishing Company contract for publishing True History of Oklahoma., 11/15/1944

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0004
Scope and Contents The contractual agreement as signed by Edward Meador and William H. Murray to publish the latter's True History of Oklahoma (aka: his Memoirs). Contains handwritten and typed corrections.

Flyer. "Murray's History and Commentaries", undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0010
Scope and Contents A printed flyer by William H. Murray appealing for paid up subscribers for his Memoirs as an advance to his publisher.

The Governor Thinks it Out, undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0009
Scope and Contents An advertising brochure for book by the Meador Publishing Company. Includes quotations and photographs from book as well as articles about William H. Murray by the Daily Ardmorite and Time (the latter a 1931 reprint). Also includes an order form in the back as well as a cover photo of Murray as Governor, wearing a three piece suit, captioned "The Governor Thinks it Out"--dealing with the state's 1930s collapse in oil prices and Murray forceably closing over 3000 wells (the "Hot Oil...

Two typewritten drafts of book announcement with corrections in ink and pencil, 1944

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0005
Scope and Contents Typewritten announcement for William H. Murray's "True History of Oklahoma" (aka: his Memoirs) with a particular emphasis on Murray's biography. Includes several additional comments and corrections in Murray's hand. 2 copies.

Newsletter. Tishomingo Masonic Lodge, No.91, 10/23/1943

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0001
Scope and Contents Newletter of Tishomingo Lodge, No. 91 as sent to William H. Murray. The first page (excluding the cover) highlights that "nearly 60 per cent of our members are away," noting that Murray "has been in Tishomingo working on his book of Oklahoma history;..."

Flyer."Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma ($21.)", 1/21/1946

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0007
Scope and Contents Includes reprint from Time Magazine for January 21, 1946.At the bottom is a printed blurb by William H. Murray that this maybe the last chance to purchase the Memoirs directly from him for $15 even as the publisher sells it for $21.