Box 5
Container
Contains 15 Collections and/or Records:
Memoires of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma, undated
File — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0000
Scope and Contents
Drafts of portions of William H. Murray's Memoirs: Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma.
These drafts will be identified when possible to the published text identified by volume, page and section number.
These drafts will be identified when possible to the published text identified by volume, page and section number.
However the Court in a most fundamental case.... , undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0001
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten pages (6” x 10”, with second page written on the back) discussing the Oklahoma Supreme Court Case, Wimberley v Deacon. Corresponds to Book IX, Chapter C, “Comments on the Constitution, in Vol. III, p. 23 (§ 33).
This is the most corrupt age in my 74 years,..., undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0002
Scope and Contents
One handwritten page with Murray complaining about then-current times. Corresponds to Book IX Ch. S. “On Rebellions and Crime; Official Peculation,” in volume III, p. 214 (§ 230). In the published memoirs, Murray notes his age as 75.
The Rev. Samuel Worcester.... 1 page., undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0003
Scope and Contents
One handwritten page (only half used) on Samuel Worcester establishing a Presbyterian mission in Cherokee County in 1835. Corresponds to the “Postlogue of History / Facts,” Ch. Y in volume III, pp. 306 (§ 299). The published memoir misprints the year as 1935 (Murray references the “coming Civil War” and the establishment of Fort Sill [1869], so clearly the nineteenth century).
The universe could not have come by accident.... , undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0004
Scope and Contents
One handwritten page (6” x 10” written horizontally) with Murray discussing Judeo-Christian history and beliefs. Corresponds to Book VII, Chapter I, “Faith of Bolivians, Ecuador, Peru; Creeds, Fanaticisms; Wholesome Principles,” in Vol. II, p. 329 (§ 505).
Evil Days and Criminal Charges--.... , undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0005
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten pages with Murray discussing recent charges against Oklahoma citizens and officials before the book went to press. Corresponds to Book IX Ch. S. “On Rebellions and Crime; Official Peculation,” in Volume III, pp. 210 - 211 (§ 227). Manuscript stops at “… the indictments of the Grand Jury.” Published Memoirs add two additional sentences: Judge Shaw in the meantime (at Tulsa) quashed all indictments for conspiracy, leaving some other charges now on ‘appeal’. Dixie Gilmer took...
A little annalsis [sic] will impress any one [sic].... , undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0006
"'Ros,en-ear Rebellion' (Green Corn) arose...." 3 pages., undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0007
Scope and Contents
Three handwritten pages discussing the Green Corn Rebellion in Seminole County, OK in 1917 where tenner farmers opposed the Selective Draft Act by the US govt. with its entry into WW 1 Corresponds to Book IX, Ch. S. “On Rebellions and Crime; Official Peculation,” volume III, pp. 205 - 207 (§ 223).
Emotional policies of Government are never wise,... , undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0008
Scope and Contents
Six handwritten pages discussing esp. the right to vote, with Murray noting his opposition to persons under 21 having this right, even if in the military. Opposed to members military having this right out of fear that it will corrupt politics, noting ancient Rome here (and soldiers are supposed to physically fit and obey commands—and not primarily engaged in reasoning For the same reason Murray is also opposed to “Universal Military Training,” making for too many unthinking voters, esp. in...
In pioneer days . . . , undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0009
Scope and Contents
Two handwritten pages on the preeminence of the autonomous entrepreneur as a symbol of political liberty—something eroded by deliberate government action in current times. Getting a job now matters more than being your own boss—which Murray sees as a socialist plot.. Corresponds to Book IX, Ch. Y, Postlogue of History / Facts with comments thereon, volume III, pp. 318 - 320 (§ 316).