Box 5
Container
Contains 39 Collections and/or Records:
Haywood Consolidated School, 9/30/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0024
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from Jess M. Collier, Superintendent of Haywood Consolidated School, to William H. Murray ordering a set of his Memoirs for the school library. Encloses a claim that will later be presneted for issuing a school warrant.
Hedges, Doris, 2/13/1945
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0025
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from Doris Hedges to William H. Murray asking if she can still pursue the offer on purchasing his Memoirs as conveyed to her by friends: the Memoirs autographed and a free edition of one of his older books. Encloses a check Murray can fill in for the correct amount. For her free book, she asks for "Pocahontas and Pushmataha," or "The Presidency, Supreme Court and Seven Senators."
Hefner, R.A., Office of the Mayor, Oklahoma City, 2/16/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0026
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from OKC Mayor Robert A. Hefner to William H. Murray ordering a set of Murray's Memoirs, with check enclosed. Hefner notes his admiration for Murray.
Hendon, E.J., 9/29/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0027
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from E.J. Hendon to William H. Murray enclosing a check for $15 to purchase Murray's Memoirs, "to be delivered when, and if published."
Heyn, Leona Colbert, 6/26/1946
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0028
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from Leona Colbert Heyn to William H. Murray noting the passing of her father, Joe Colbert, on November 20, 1945--and asking Murray if he can remember which book of his he mentioned him.[At the very least, Joe Colbert appears in a photo in the Memoirs: The Last Chickasaw Legislature, in the Preface to Vol. 1, between pp. 8 and 9. Joe Colbert is the second from the left, sitting on the ground, of the front, seated row:...
Hogan, D.W., City National Bank and Trust Company, 9/25/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0029
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from D.W. Hogan to William H. Murray providing a cashier's check for $15 to order the Memoirs. Inquires about Murray's health and eyesight.
Hollweg, Frederick E., 1949
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0030
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from Frederick E. Hollweg to William H. Murray enclosing a check for $11 to place an order of the latter's Memoirs.
Holt, Thomas P., Department of Justice, 2/20/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0031
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from Commissioner Thomas P. Holt of the Department of Justice to William H. Murray enclosing a check for $15 to place an advanced order of the latter's Memoirs. He assures Murray that "the work will be a great one . . . Add[ing] materially to the literature of the state."
Horsley, Thos J., 2/12/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0032
Scope and Contents
A typed single-page letter from Thomas J. Horsley to William H. Murray enclosing a check for $15 to place an order of the latter's Memoirs. Horsley notes to Murray his gratification that "you have written the true history of Oklhaoma as only you could write it."
Hutchins, Bob, 2/9/1944
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 31
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_31_0033
Scope and Contents
A handwritten, single page letter from Bob Hutchins to William H. Murray, enclosing a cashier's check for $15 to advance order a copy of the latter's Memoirs. Notes he and Murray belong to "a former generation before this old world started to hell in a hand basket," but gives Murray further encouragement [presumably concerning the Memoirs getting published]. Hutchins includes his address on the back of the page.