Burbank Murray Collection
Scope and Contents
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Engineer. Correspondence to Murray from friends and relatives, including his mother, Alice (1931-1938) and father, William H. (1932-1952). Also included is correspondence from Murray's brothers, Massena, Billy and Johnston, and from his sister, Jean. Subjects include Murray family affairs, William H. Murray's term as governor of Oklahoma, Murray's Colony in Bolivia, and his views regarding Oklahoma, politicians, World War II, the future of the United States and Mexico, and family members. Burbank Murray Photograph Collection also in repository.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-1974
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
1 Cubic Feet (1 ft.)
Language of Materials
English
Ownership and Custodial History
Gift of Elsie B. Murray.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Correspondence: Source of acquisition--Murray, Elsie Biggars. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1985.
Subject
- Haskell, Charles Nathaniel, 1860-1933 (Person)
- Kerr, Robert S. (Robert Samuel), 1896-1963 (Person)
- Landon, Alfred M. (Alfred Mossman), 1887-1987 (Person)
- Murray, William Henry, 1905-1955 (Person)
- Murray, Burbank, 1911-1984 (Person)
- Murray, Elsie Biggars (Person)
- Murray, Jean, 1909- (Person)
- Murray, Johnston, 1902-1974 (Person)
- Murray, Alice Hearrell, 1875-1938 (Person)
- Murray, Massena Bancroft, 1901- (Person)
- Murray, William H. (William Henry), 1869-1956 (Person)
- Association for Economy and Tax Equality (Okla.) (Organization)
- University of Oklahoma. Deep Dark Mystery Club (Organization)
- University of Oklahoma -- Societies, etc. (Organization)
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Bolivia -- Colonization
- Denison Dam
- Lake Elmer Thomas (Okla.)
- Lake Murray (Okla.)
- Mexico -- Economic conditions -- 1918-
- Oklahoma -- History -- 1907-
- Oklahoma -- Politics and government -- 1907-
- Oklahoma City (Okla.) -- Description and travel
- Texoma, Lake (Okla. and Tex.)
Topical
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Western History Collections Repository
Monnet Hall, 3rd Floor
630 Parrington Oval
Norman Oklahoma 73019
405-325-2904
westernhistorycollections@ou.edu
