Box 5
Container
Contains 457 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Sale sheet from H.N. Nagle., undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0011
Scope and Contents
A printed list offering for sale a library of early day Oklahoma history and environs. Some items are marked in pencil. 2 copies.
Flyer. "Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma; Special Close-out Sale.", undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 26
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_26_0012
Scope and Contents
A flyer and order form from Meador Publishing Company noting a close out sale of William H. Murray's Memoirs of Governor Murray and True History of Oklahoma--$9.00 postpaid. Includes the Time Magazine review of the book of January 21, 1946 (see item 0007: 5.26.0007) and a bibliographic list of Murray's works.
Suggestions for Readin [sic] or Study, undated
Item — Box: 5, Folder: 27
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_1_5_27_0001
Scope and Contents
Pencilled draft of suggestions concerning reading the work. This is Murray making notes both to the printer (note starting parenthetical comment, below) and the potential reader regarding sections of the Memoirs to prioritize. Text below:
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"(Printer, place this on the fly-leaf—but facing the Title page)Suggestions for readin[g] or study:
First, read “Post-log” at end of Book IX, Volume III [III, pp. 288 – 330]; 2nd, then begin at chapter A, Book IX, Volume III [III, pp. 7...