John Frank McMurray Collection
Scope and Contents
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Lawyer. Published court records and correspondence regarding McMurray's suit against the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations for legal fees and expenses, incurred in McMurray's successful representation of Choctaw and Chickasaw individuals in an earlier lawsuit, regarding taxation of Indian lands.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-1926
Restrictions on Access
On June 26, 2023, the Western History Collections began a preservation project that has made many of its collections unavailable for a period of time. This collection is among the materials temporarily unavailable. Please contact Western History Collections if you wish to be added to a contact list to be notified when this collection becomes available.
Available for public access.
Extent
.6 Cubic Feet (.6 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Pat McMurray Butte.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Butte, Pat McMurray. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1980.
Subject
- Cornish, Melven, 1873-1944 -- : Correspondence (Person)
- McMurray, John Frank (Person)
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
630 Parrington Oval
Room 300
Norman Oklahoma 73019 United States
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
