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Box 5

 Container

Contains 15 Collections and/or Records:

True, “Okla” means “people” . . . , undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0010
Scope and Contents One handwritten page (continued partially on the back) with Murray discussing the etymology of “Oklahoma”. Corresponds to Book IX, Ch. R, Historical Sketch of Masonry, volume III, pp. 162 - 163 (§ 216).

To the multitude religion is a faith and a redemption..., undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0011
Scope and Contents Six handwritten pages with Murray giving praise and general overview of the principles of Masonry, with references to the Brahma, Buddha, Pythagoras, Plato, Philo and Jesus. The pages have no correspondence with the Memoirs. There is Ch. Q, the “Historical Sketch of Masonry” in Vol. III, pp. 147 – 166, but this is a more particular history of Masonry in Oklahoma rather than an overview of the precepts of the tradition as in the manuscript pages.

Introduction - History and Religion, undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0012
Scope and Contents Two handwritten pages outlining subjects to include in the above section. Again, no exact or approximate correspondence to anything with the Memoirs.

. The writer acted as attorney to Douglas H. Johnston . . . , undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0013
Scope and Contents 10 typed pages (numbered pp. 5 – 14) outlining a history of the Chickasaw Indians prior to statehood under the Douglas H. Johnston. Like the 2 prior items, the pages have no correspondence to the published Memoirs.

Oklahoma First State Legislature. Corrections in pencil. Incomplete 12 pages., undated

 Item — Box: 5, Folder: 28
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_28_0014
Scope and Contents 6 typed legal-sized pages outlining an incomplete history of the early days of Oklahoma upon the eve of statehood, esp. the convening of the first state legislature. Two copies, one with corrections. Like the 3 prior items, the pages have no correspondence to the published Memoirs.