University of Oklahoma Libraries Western History Collections Johnston Murray Collection Murray, Johnston (1902–1974). Papers, 1950–1955. 50 feet. Governor of Oklahoma. Personal papers (1950–1955), including correspondence, reports, publications, sound recordings, filmstrips, posters, and scrapbooks reflecting Murray’s gubernatorial administration (1951–1955) and the affairs of state government during those years. Also included are materials from Murray’s gubernatorial campaign of 1950. ________________________ Table of Contents: Box: 1-3: Interstate Oil Compact Commission 4-14: Office of the Governor, Subject Correspondence. 15-16: Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. 17-25: Employment Applications and Recommendations, 1951-54. 26-31: Board Appointments, 1951-54. 32-34: Governor's Conference. 35-44: State Land Office--Commissioners of the Land Office. 45-52: office of the Governor and Public Relations. 53-59: Political Campaigns. 60-102: Office of the Governor. See also Sound Recordings Guide, Certificates and Diplomas Guide, and the Photograph Collections Guide.

Box 1: Interstate Oil Compact Commission (IOCC) Correspondence, Papers and Publications. 1950-1952, Correspondence and Papers. Folder: 1. Monthly Newsletter, Compact Comments Feb. 1951-Aug. 1952. 2. IOCC Correspondence, Jan. 1951-June 1952. 3. IOCC Publications, pamphlets, reports. "Annual Report for the Year 1950" "A Summary of the Background, Organization, Purposes, and Functions of the Interstate Oil

Compact Commission", 1951. "Saving Your Oil" "Secondary Recovery Operations in Oklahoma to 1951." "Unitized and Cooperative Projects in the U.S.", Sept. 1, 1952. "Secondary Recovery Operations in New Mexico to 1951." "Secondary Recovery Operations in Arkansas during 1951." "Report of Audit of IOCC", Jan. 1, 1952-Dec. 31, 1952. Minutes, budgets, financial reports, agendas, speeches, etc., of the meetings of the IOCC. 4. Houston Meeting, Dec. 11-13, 1950. "Fifteen Years of Accomplishments of the IOCC" "Financing Oil" 5. Austin Meeting, Feb. 9-10, 1951. "Report of Audit of the IOCC", Dec. 31, 1950. 6. Santa Fe Meeting, Apr. 26-28, 1951. 7. Ft. Worth Meeting, Sept. 10-11, 1951. "The Interstate Oil Compact Quarterly Bulletin", Vol. X, No. 2, Sept. 1953. 8. Little Rock Meeting, Dec. 11-12, 1951. 9. Oklahoma City Meeting, Feb. 6, 1952. 10. Shreveport Meeting, March 28, 1952. 11. Phoenix Meeting, May 9-10, 1952. "Directory of the IOCC", 1952. "Summary, Water Flooding Operations in Illinois to 1951." "A Suggested Form of General Rules and Regulations for the Conservation of Oil and Gas",

Feb. 1952.

12. Banff, Alberta, Canada Meeting, Sept. 1-3, 1952. 13. Oklahoma City Meeting, Oct. 27, 1952. 14. Wichita Meeting, Dec. 5-6, 1952. Box 2: 1953 Correspondence and Papers Folders: 1. IOCC Publications, 1953. "More Oil, Less Waste" "The Interstate Oil Compact Commission", May 1, 1953. "A Legal Report of Oil and Gas Conservation Activities for the year 1952", Aug. 1953. "Water Flood Operations in Illinois Oil Pools during 1952." 2. Miscellaneous IOCC Correspondence, 1953. 3. Wichita Meeting, Jan. 31, 1953. 4. New Orleans Meeting, Apr. 24-25, 1953. "The Impact of Imports on Conservation", 1953 Spring Meeting, New Orleans 5. Oklahoma City Meeting, June 15, 1953. 6. Santa Fe Meeting, July 4, 1953. 7. Billings, Montana Meeting, Aug. 31-Sept. 1, 1953. "The Ball Pump--A New Gas Lift System" Compact Comments newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 8, Aug. 1953. 8. Denver Meeting, Oct. 10, 1953. 9. Oklahoma City Meeting, Dec. 4-5, 1953. Compact Comments newsletter, Vol. 8, No. 12, Dec. 1953. Box 3: Miscellaneous IOCC Folder: 1. Interstate Commerce Commission, Valuation Reports. Gulf Refining Co., Pipe Line Dept., decided July 31, 1951. The Texas Pipe Line Co., decided July 7, 1951. 2. Illinois Oil and Gas Association Bulletin, Nov. 27, 1954.

Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission brochure, Oklahoma City. The Interstate Oil Compact Quarterly Bulletin, Vol. XII, No. 2, Sept. 1954. Compact Comments newsletters. Vol. 9, nos. 2,5,7,8, and 10, 1954. "Interstate News" Vol. 1, No. 1, Omaha, Neb., Sept. 11, 1954. "Water Flood Operations in Illinois Oil Pools during 1953." "Secondary Recovery Operations in Kansas during 1952." "1954--A Year of Progress and Achievement for the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil

and Gas." 3. IOCC Correspondence, 1954. Dedication of the new IOCC building, Nov. 16, 1954, 900 NE 23rd, OKC. 4. St. Louis Meeting, Feb. 2, 1954. Report of Audit, 1953. 5. Savannah, Georgia Meeting, May 14-15, 1954. "Papers Presented to Committees, Spring Meeting, Savannah..." 6. Ft. Worth Meeting, Aug. 6, 1954. 7. Omaha Meeting, Sept. 9-11, 1954. Compact Comments, Vol. 9, No. 9, Sept. 1954. Address of Governor Murray. 8. Oklahoma City Meeting, Nov. 16, 1954. 9. Chicago Meeting, Dec. 2-4, 1954. Compact Comments, Vol. 9, No. 11, Nov. 1954. See also Box 52, FF3. Office of the Governor, Subject Correspondence. Box 4: Department of Agriculture to Attorney General (Escheat Agreements). Folder: 1. Dept. of Agriculture. 2. Board of Public Affairs. Biennial Report, Jan. 1, 1953 to Dec. 31, 1954. 3. Miscellaneous appointments to various state and national affairs. 4. American Korean Foundation, 1953-1954. Report of the Second Mission to Korea. Aug. 20-27, 1953. General James A. Van Fleet, Chairman.

5. Assessment Bill, Tax Equalization Bill, Ad Valorem Reassessment Bill. Documents;

Senate Bill No. 138 and Substitute for Senate Bill No. 269. 6. Attorney General. Graham Estate, probate and settlements. 7. Attorney General--Escheat Agreements. Box 5: Attorney General--requests for assistance to misc. opinions. Folder: 1-4. Attorney General Requests for Assistance; Bonds, City Charters, Grand Jury, and State

Litigation. 5. Attorney General's Office--Misc. Opinions, investigations, etc. Biennial Report of the

Attorney General for the two year period ending Dec. 1950 and ending Dec. 1952. Box 6: Banking Department to Colleges (state). Folder: 1. Banking Commission. 2. Birthday Cards. 3. Budget Office. "Taxes and the Budget" Nov., 1947. "State of Oklahoma Budget" fiscal years ending June 30, 1954-1955. 4. Mr Box, misc. 5. Capitol Building (grounds-new office building) Senate Journal, 24th Legislature. House Journal, 24th Legislature. "Transcript of Proceedings", meeting held July 21, 1953 at Capitol. 6. Chamber of Commerce. 7. Christmas cards, thank-you letters for gifts. "I Am an American" Day Program, May 18, 1952. 8. Civil Defense. 9. Colleges (state). Box 7: Colonels, honorary to Contingency fund.

Folder: 1. Colonels, honorary. 2. continued 3. "Communications Survey". State Capitol Offices, State of Oklahoma, Southwestern Bell

Telephone Co. June 1952. 4. Condolences. 5. Congratulations and comments on speeches. 6. Contingency fund--certificates of authority. subject of redistricting. "Audit-Report on the Governor's Contingency and Emergency Fund and Special

Appropriations to the Office of the Governor Covering the Biennium ending June 30, 1953. 7. Contingency fund--Flood Disaster Relief. Receipts and Disbursements. Box 8: Council of State Governments to Doenges (Bill)-Party. Folder: 1. Council of State Governments. Public Law 761, 83rd Congress, Chapter 1206, 2nd Session, H.R. 9366. "Oklahoma's Highway System"--condition survey of present and future needs. July 1954. Senate Bill 1309, 82nd Congress, 1st Session, April 11, 1951. Senate Bill 2504, 82nd Congress, 2nd Session, Jan. 23, 1952. "The Federal Budget in Brief" fiscal year 1952. "Economic Report of the President" to Congress, Jan. 1954. 2. Council of State Governments continued. "Public Authorities in the States" July 1953. Washington Legislative Bulletin, No. 120, Jan. 1954. 3. Delegates to the National Convention, 1952. 4. Corporation Commission. 5. Crime Bureau and Study Commission. 6. Democratic Central Committee--State of Oklahoma. 1951 Democratic National Committee Midwestern States Dinner, Dec. 13, 1951 in

Chicago. Constitution of the Democratic State Central Committee of Oklahoma, adopted July 26,

1921. 7. Democratic Central Committees--county and state. 1952 Elections. "Capital Comment" Vol. II, No. 1, May 1, 1948. Transcript--"Biennial Democratic Party Caucus of Oklahoma County", Jan 17, 1948. 8. Doenges, Bill. Dinner Party, Oct. 23, 1951 (Tues.) 6:30p.m., Governor's Mansion. Sept. 27, 1951. Bartlesville Party, Burlingame Hotel. Box 9: Education to Election Board. Folder: 1. Educational T.V. 2. Department of Education. "The Forty-Eight State School Systems" 3. Southern Regional Education Board. "Graduate Education and Research in Government in the South." 1954. "Mental Health training and research in the Southern States." 1954. "Future School and College Enrollment in the Southern Region." 1954. 4. State Election Board. 5. Election Fraud. 6. Special Election Proclamation. 7. Misc. election subjects. "Roster, State and County Officers" election, Nov. 3, 1942. Box 10: Electors (Presidential) to Gilcrease Museum. Folder: 1. Presidential Electors--Governor Roy J. Turner. 1948. 2. Elected Officials, State and County, Nov. 7, 1950. 3. Emergency Relief Board.

4. Employment Security Commission. 5. State Board of Equalization. Minutes of several meetings, Dec. 1950-July 1954. 6. Examiner and Inspector (state). 7. Executive Orders. 8. Expenditures Council. 9. Facts Forum, Aug. 1953. 10. State Fire Marshall. 11. Game and Fish Dept. 12. Fox, Ora J., re: 3% sales tax and the 1952 elections. 13. Fund-raising campaign, 1951. 14. Gilcrease (Thomas) Foundation. 15. Gilcrease Museum of American History and Art, Tulsa. Box 11: Grand River Dam Authority to House Organization. Folder: 1. Grand River Dam Authority. 2. Misc. memos to the Governor. 3. Governor's Recommendations. 4. Board of Health (Health Dept.). 5. Health Reports. "Training and Research in State Mental Health Programs." 1953. Biennial Report, Oklahoma State Dept. of Health. 7/1/52-6/30/54. "Report of the Hospital Study Committee." 1952. 6. Highway Commission. 7. Historical Society.

8. House Organization--Speaker File, 1952, re; Jim Nance. Box 12: Indians to Operation Big Shot. Folder: 1. Indians. 2. Inauguration of Gov. Johnston Murray. 3. Industrial Commission. 4. Insurance Board. 5. Legislative Council. 6. Legislature, House and Senate Members. 7. Library Commission. 8. Meetings called by the Governor. 9. Memorandums to departments from the Governor. 10. Mental Health Board. "The Pearson School for Exceptional Children." Muskogee, Ok. 11. Mexico. 12. National Guard. A copy of a letter from Korean President Syngman Rhee to Johnston Murray, Aug. 19,

1954. 13. Oklahoma Advisory Council on Regional Education. 3/29/54. 14. Operation Big Shot, Las Vegas. Civil defense training and atomic bomb observation

(1952). Central Training School, Stillwater. Civil Defense information kit with official U.S. Government booklets. Box 13: Pardon and Parole to Regents. Folder:

1. Pardon and Parole, miscellaneous correspondence. 2. Pardon and Parole, Board--Death Cases. 3. Party Platform, National Convention, 1952. 4. Planning and Resources Board. Industrial Tour. 5. Politics. Mrs. Murray for Governor Murray for Senate. 6. Dept. of Public Safety. 7. State Questions. Legislative and Initiative Petitions, Referenda. 8. Board of Regents for Higher Education, University of Oklahoma. Box 14: South America to White Advertising Agency. Folder: 1. South America. 2. Oklahoma Tax Commission. Personnel Record. "Report and Recommendations of the Joint Legislative Taxation Committee, 20th

Oklahoma Legislature." Dec. 1946. 3. Tidelands. 4. Segregation. 5. Uniform State Law Commission. 6. Water Program and resources. "Oklahoma Long Range Water Program." Dec. 1954. 7. Washington, D.C. "Jefferson -Jackson Dinner", 4/14/51. 8. Oklahoma Worker's Compensation Law Notebook, 1951.

9. White Advertising Agency, Tulsa. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Box 15: Correspondence and Papers, 1951-1954. Folder: 1. Turnpike Authority. 2. Turnpike Authority. "Procedures for the Collection of Toll Fares and General Office Accounting." 12/31/51. "The Turner Turnpike", IBM Toll Highway Systems, Dec. 1951. 3. Turnpike Authority. Dept. of Highways-Contracts Awarded and Completed Since Jan. 1, 1951, Nov. 1952. Sverdrup and Parcel, Inc., Consulting Engineers. Statement to the OTA by Lehman Brothers, 3/3/54. Continental Oil Co., Annual Report, 1953. Report on Key Personnel and Equipment. OTA Financial Progress Report for the month of Jan. 1954. 4. Toll Road Proposal--Four-State. 5. Four-State Turnpike. "Collier's", July 5, 1952. "Let's Get America Out of the Traffic Jam!" 6. Turnpike Authority. Box 16: Minutes of Meetings, 1951-1952. Folder: 1. OTA By-Laws 2. Jan. 1951 and March 1951 meetings. 3. April and May meetings, 1951. 4. June and July meetings, 1951. 5. August and September meetings, 1951.

6. October-December meetings, 1951. 7. January and February meetings, 1952. 8. April-June meetings, 1952. 9. July and August meetings, 1952. 10. September meetings, 1952. 11. December meetings, 1952. Employment Applications and Recommendations, 1951-1954. Box 17: A&M College to Civilian Defense. Folder: 1. President for A&M College. 2. Accountants. 3. Board of Affairs, misc. applications. 4. State Board of Agriculture. 5. Board of Architects. 6. Banking--Assistant Commissioner. 7. Banking--Securities Division. 8. Barber Services. 9. Boley Negro Training School. 10. Budget Dept. 11. Capitol Building Applications. 12. Central State Hospital. 13. Civil Court of Appeals. 14. Civil Defense.

Box 18: Clerical to Fire Marshall. Folder: 1. Clerical. 2. Clerical--typists. 3. Court of Common Pleas, Tulsa, Dead file. 4. Cosmetology. 5. County Commissioner. McIntosh, Woods, McCurtain, and Mayes counties. 6. County Commissioner, Oklahoma County. 7. Crime Bureau. 8. District Judge. 9. Electrology, Board of. 10. Excise Board. 11. Federal Appointments applications. 12. Fire Marshall, State. Box 19: Dept. of Education to Highway Commission, 5th District. Folder: 1. State Board of Education. 2. Election Board. 3. Future Boards. 4. Fish and Game. 5. Game and Fish, 1st District. 6. Game and Fish, 2nd District.

7. Game and Fish, 3rd District. 8. Game and Fish, 4th and 5th Districts. 9. Game and Fish, 7th District. 10. Game and Fish, 8th and 9th Districts. "Report to the Oklahoma Game and Fish Commission of a Survey Conducted by the

Wildlife Management Institute." Jan.-Mar., 1949. 11. Grand River Dam Authority. 12. Granite Reformatory. 13. Health, Board of. 14. Highway Commission, 1st and 2nd Districts. 15. Highway Commission, 3rd District. 16. Highway Commission, 4th and 5th Districts. Box 20: Highway Commission, 6th District, to Old Age and Survivors Insurance. Folder: 1. Highway Commission, 6th, 7th and 8th Districts. 2. Highway Patrol. 3. Industrial Commission. 4. Industrial Commission continued. 5. Institutions, State. 6. Inspectors and Investigators. 7. Insurance Board. 8. Insurance Fund. 9. Lake Murray.

10. Langston University. 11. Liquefied Petroleum Gas. 12. Medical Examiners. 13. Mining Board. 14. Newspaper Men--public relations. 15. Nurse Examiners, State Board of. 16. Oklahoma County. 17. Oklahoma Securities Commission. 18. Old Age and Survivors Insurance. Box 21: Osteopathy Board to Santa Claus Commission. Folder: 1. Osteopathy Board. 2. Pardon and Parole Board. 3. Penitentiary--Assistant Deputy Warden. 4. Penitentiary--Warden. 5. Penitentiary--misc. 6. Personnel Board. "Oklahoma Personnel Board, 11th Annual Report, July 1950-June 1951." 7. Petroleum Gas Administrator, State Liquefied. 8. Pharmacy Board. 9. Pioneer Museum Advisory Committee, Ponca City. 10. Planning and Resources Board. 11. Public Safety, Dept. of.

12. Real Estate Commission. 13. Board of Regents--Teachers Colleges. 14. Regents--dead file. 15. Rent Control Advisory Boards (U.S. Appointments). "The Housing and Rent Act of 1947, as amended." July 1, 1950. 16. State Accrediting Agency (SAA) to Veterans Administration. 17. Santa Claus Commission. Box 22: School Land Commission to Tag Agents. Folder: 1. School Land Commission. 2. School Lunch Program. 3. Secretarial--stenographic. 4. Securities Commission. 5. Selective Service. 6. Soil Conservation Board. 7. Spastic Paralysis Commission (Cerebral Palsy). 8. Semi-centennial Commission and Statehood Day Committee. 9. Stringtown Boys School. 10. Superior Judge. 11. Supreme Court. 12. Surplus Property Agent. 13. Taft Consolidated Negro Institution. 14. Tag Agents.

Box 23: Tax Commission to Welfare Board. Folder: 1. Tax Commission. 2. Television Authority, Educational. 3. Tecumseh Girl's Town. 4. Textbook Commission. 5. Thorpe, Jim--Memorial Commission. 6. Veterinary Medicine, Board of Examiners. 7. Veterans Loan Authority. 8. War Veterans Commission of Oklahoma. 9. Vital Statistics, Bureau of. 10. Vocational Rehabilitation. 11. Watchmaking, Board of. 12. Welfare (Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission). 13. Welfare Board--Director and Emergency Relief Board Director. Box 24: Welfare Board-misc. to Will Rogers Memorial Commission. Folder: 1. Welfare Board--misc. 2. Welfare Board continued. 3. Welfare Board Continued. 4. Western Oklahoma State Hospital, Clinton. 5. Western State Hospital, Ft. Supply.

6. Western Oklahoma Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Clinton. 7. Whitaker Orphanage, Pryor. 8. Will Rogers Memorial Commission. Box 25: Miscellaneous Applications and Recommendations. Folder: 1. Miscellaneous 2. Miscellaneous recommendations, A-D. 3. Miscellaneous recommendations, E-L. 4. Miscellaneous recommendations, M-Z. 5. Miscellaneous Dead file. 6. Miscellaneous Applications, A-D. 7. Miscellaneous Applications, E-H. 8. Miscellaneous Applications, I-L. 9. Miscellaneous Applications, M-P. 10. Miscellaneous Applications, Q-Z. Board Appointments, 1951-1954. Box 26: Board of Accountancy to County Commissioner. Folder: 1. Accountancy, Board of. 2. Adjutant General. 3. Affairs, Board of Public. 4. Agriculture, Board of.

5. Arbitration and Conciliation Board. 6. Architects, Board of. 7. Arkansas-White-Red River Basins Inter-Agency Committee. 8. Auditor, State. 9. Aviation Commission. 10. Banking Board and Bank Commissioner. 11. Barber Examiners, Board of. 12. Basic Sciences, Board of Examiners. 13. Budget Director. 14. Building and Loan Board. 15. Burial Association Board. 16. Chiropractic Examiners Board. 17. Chiropody Board. 18. Civil Defense Council. 19. Classification Committee (prisoners). 20. Cosmetology Board. 21. County Commissioners (filling unexpired terms only). 22. County Commissioners, Delaware County. Box 27: Court of Tax Review to Electrology Board. Folder: 1. Court of Tax Review. 2. Crime Bureau Chief. 3. Crime Study Commission.

4. Councilmen. 5. Corporation Commission. 6. Dental Board. 7. Dry Cleaner's Board. 8. Education, Board of. 9. Education; Governor's Advisory Board for Taft and Boley Institutions. 10. Education; National Guard Commissions for the Oklahoma Military Academy (OMA)

Instructors. 11. Education; Regents--A & M Colleges. 12. Education; Regents for Higher Education. 13. Education; Regents, Oklahoma Colleges. 14. Education; Regents, Oklahoma College for Women. 15. Education; Regents, Military Academy. 16. Education; Regents, Tonkawa Junior College. 17. Education; Regents, University of Oklahoma. 18. Education; Oklahoma Advisory Council on Regional Education. 19. Education; School Board Members (Filling unexpired terms). 20. Education; Southern Regional Education, Board of Control. 21. Education; Teachers' Retirement System. 22. Education; Textbook Commission. 23. Electrology Board. Box 28: Election Board to Governor's Commission (handicapped). Folder:

1. Election Board. 2. Embalmers and Funeral Directors, Board of. 3. Emergency Relief Board. 4. Employment Security Commission. 5. Employment Security Commission Advisory Council. 6. Employment Security Commission Board of Review. 7. Engineers, Registration Board. 8. Excise Boards (county). 9. Fire Marshall (State) recommendations. 10. Fire Marshall continued. 11. Game and Fish Commission. 12. Garden and Home Preservation Committee. 13. Governor's Commission on Small Business. 14. Governor's Commission to Further Employment of the Handicapped. Box 29: Governor's Joint Committee on Reorganization to Insurance Board. Folder: 1. Governor's Joint Committee on Reorganization. 2. Governor's Fire Committee. 3. Grand River Dam Authority. A letter to Gov. Murray from President Harry Truman. 4. Health, Board of. 5. Health Board (Mental). 6. Health (Mental), Training and Research Committee.

7. Highway Commission. 8. Industrial Commission continued. 9. Industrial Commission continued. 10. Intergovernmental Relations Commission. 11. Interstate Cooperation Commission. 12. Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact, South-Central. 13. Interstate Oil Compact Commission. 14. Insurance Commissioner. 15. Insurance Board, Fraternal. 16. Insurance Board, Secretary of. Box 30: Judges to Narcotic Enforcement Division. Folder: 1. Judges--City Court. 2. Judges--Court of Common Pleas. 3. Judges--District Court. 4. Judge--District Court, Okmulgee County, 24th District. 5. Judge--District Court, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, 21st District. 6. Judge--District Court, Canadian County, 7th District. 7. Judge--District Court, Muskogee County, 15th District. 8. Judges--Superior Court. 9. Judges--Supreme Court. 10. Judges--Juvenile.

11. Joint Legislative Citizens Committee. 12. Medical Examiners. 13. Merit System Council. 14. Mining Board. 15. Motor Vehicle Commission. 16. Nurse Registration and Nursing Education Board. 17. Narcotic Enforcement Division. Box 31: Optometry (Board of) to Planning and Resources Board. Folder: 1. Optometry, Board of Examiners. 2. Osteopathy, Board of. 3. Oklahoma Plan: Governor's Highway Steering and Fact Finding Committee. 4. Oklahoma Plan: Long Range Water Program, Engineering Committee. 5. Pardon and Parole Board. 6. Pardon and Parole Board Officer and Assistants. 7. Petroleum Gas Board (Liquefied). 8. Penitentiary, Warden of. 9. Pharmacy Board. 10. Planning and Resources Board. 11. Planning and Resources Board, Advertising Advisory Council. 12. Planning and Resources Board, County Directors of Industrial Research and Development. Governors' Conference.

Box 32: Miscellaneous and Correspondence and Papers. Folder: 1. Chicago Meeting--Dec. 10-12, 1953. "Higher Education in the Forty-Eight States"--report. "Suggested Program for Mental Health". "Southeastern Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact and Enabling Act." "Highway Legislation in 1953." "Disaster Relief." 2. Seattle Meeting--Aug. 2-6, 1953. "Missouri River Basin Compact." "Western Regional Cooperation in Higher Education." Memorandums on Education, State Penal Systems, Federal-State Relations, etc. "Bonneville Dam and the Hydraulic Laboratory."--Oregon. "State Government"--Special Education Issue. "Statistics of State School Systems, 1950-1951." "The State and Local Tax Burden" by Roger A. Freeman. 3. Governors' Conference--Washington, D.C.--Apr. 26-28, 1954 4. Governors' Conference, Houston--June 29-July 2, 1952. Report of problems of interstate truck operation. Memorandums on Highway Safety, Construction and Operation, Federal, State, Local Tax

Relationships, etc. 5. Governors' Conference--Misc. "Intergovernmental Relations," "Mental Health," "Governors' Messages--1953,"

"Memorandum Proposing the Discontinuance of Federal Highway Grants and the Repeal of the Federal Gasoline Tax," "Washington Legislative Bulletin No. 108, Jan. 1953--Federal Grants-in-aid."

6. "A Cooperative Program for Highway Construction--Dec. 1954." "State Procreative Forces." Box 33: Governor's Conference, Gatlinburg, Tenn., correspondence and papers. Folder: 1. "43rd Annual Governors' Conference, Sept. 30-Oct 3, 1951." Official Information Directory. "Governors of the American States, Commonwealth, and territories--1954." "Memorandums on Examining and Licensing Boards." "Governors' Conference, 46th Annual Meeting, Lake George, NY, July 11-14, 1954."

"By-Laws of the Governors' Fuel Conference." 2. "Taxation of Interstate Trucks" June, 1954. "Reasons for Trucking's opposition to the Axle-Mile Tax." "Practical Tax Equity for Interstate Vehicles" a 1954 Report. Correspondence RE; segregation and prejudice. "Memorandum on Highway Problems and Motor Vehicle Taxation." 1954. "Memorandum on care of the aged and chronically ill." 1954. 3. Washington, D.C. Conference, Apr. 26-28, 1954. 4. Gatlinburg Conference Material. "Report of the American Bar Association Commission on Organized Crime." 9/1/51. "Memorandum on Law Enforcement." "Three Keys to Strength" (On defense mobilization). "Emergency Program--Military and Civilian." 5. Gatlinburg Conference Material, continued. Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System. Social Security--47 questions and answers. "Highway Legislation in 1951." "Study of State Recreation in Connection with Federal Reservoirs." August, 1951. Box 34: Governors' Conference--Southern and correspondence and papers Folder: 1. Southern Governors' Conference, Television Committee on Educational TV, Governor

Murray, Chairman. "Television is Your Business." "The Promise and Danger of Television." June 1953. "Television Digest" Apr. 14, 1952. 2. Educational Television. "Two years of Progress in Educational Television." Oct. 1954. 3. Joint Committee on Educational Television Reports. Oklahoma Supreme Court No. 36411, June, 1954, RE; OETA, Brief of Amici Curiae. Educational Television Legislative Manual, 1953. 4. Southern Governors' Conferences. Programs from 1951, '52, '53, '54. 5. Southern Governors' Conferences continued. "The Development of the Marine Sciences on the Gulf of Mexico." Sept. 1954.

State Land Office--Commissioners of the Land Office. Box 35: Financial Reports, 1947-1950, Minutes of Meetings, Jan-May, 1951. Folder: 1. Commissioners of the Land Office...Biennial Report of Land Sales, July 1, 1946-June 30,

1948. 2. Commissioners of the Land Office...Semi-annual reports from the Legal Department, 1947-

1949; Report from the service division, Jan. 1, 1947. 3. Jan. 1951 Meetings of the Commissioners of the Land Office. 4. Feb. 1951 Meetings. 5. March 1951 Meetings. 6. April 1951 Meetings. 7. May 1951 Meetings. 8. Semi-annual reports, ending 1/1/51. 9. "Commissioners of the Land Office, Financial Statements"; 6/30/47, 12/31/47, 6/30/48, and

6/30/50. Box 36: Minutes of meetings, May 12 thru Nov. 5, 1951. Folder: 1. May 1951 meetings continued. 2. June 1951 meetings. 3. July 1951 meetings. 4. August 1951 meetings. 5. September 1951 meetings. 6. October 1951 meetings. 7. November 5th and 19th meetings, 1951.

Box 37: Minutes; Nov. 26, 1951 thru March 3, 1952. Folder: 1. Nov. 26, 1951 meetings. 2. December 1951 meetings. 3. January 1952 meetings. 4. February 4, 1952 meeting. 5. February 1952 meetings continued. 6. March 3, 1952 meeting. Box 38: Minutes; March 10, 1952 thru July 1, 1952 Semi-annual Reports. Folder: 1. March 1952 meetings continued. 2. April 1952 meetings. 3. May 1952 meetings. 4. June 1952 meetings. 5. Commissioners of the Land Office--Semi-annual reports, financial statements. Box 39: Meeting minutes; July 7 thru Dec. 22, 1952. Folder: 1. July 1952 meetings. 2. August 1952 meetings. 3. September 1952 meetings. 4. October 1952 meetings. 5. November 1952 meetings.

6. December 1952 meetings. 7. Semi-annual report and financial statement. Box 40: Meeting minutes, Jan. 1953-June 1, 1953. Folder: 1-6. Box 41: Meeting minutes, June 8, 1953 to Nov. 2, 1953. Folder: 1. June 1953 meetings continued. 2. Semi-annual reports, June 30, 1953. 3-7. Meetings. Box 42: Meeting minutes, Nov 11, 1953-March 22, 1954. Folder: 1. Nov. 1953 meetings. 2. December meetings. 3. Semi-annual reports, period ending 12/31/53. 4-6. Meetings. Box 43: Meeting minutes, April 1954 thru August 1954. Folder: 1-5. Box 44: Meeting minutes, Sept. 1954-Jan. 1955.

Folder: 1. September 1954 meetings. 2. Semi-annual reports 3-6. Meetings. Office of the Governor/Public Relations. Box 45: 1950-1951, Press releases, articles, radio speeches, speeches Folder: 1. Press Releases, Nov.-Dec. 1950. 2. "Your State Affairs" by Johnston Murray. "A Weekly report of News and vies at your state

capitol. Feb.-Dec. 1951. 3. Press releases, 1951. 4. Articles written by Governor Murray, 1951. 5. Governor's Radio Speeches, 1951. 6. (continued) 7. News releases on appointments by Gov. Murray, 1951. 8. Speeches made by others, 1951. Box 46: 1952 Press releases, articles, Weekly News Column, Radio statements, press

releases on appointments, speeches. Folder: 1. Press releases, 1952. 2. Articles, 1952. 3. Weekly News Column, Jan.-June, 1952. 4. Weekly News Column, July-Dec., 1952.

5. Radio statements, 1952. 6. Bi-weekly radio speeches, 1952. 7. Governors' speeches, 1952. 8. Press releases on appointments, 1952. Box 47: Proclamations, 1951-1952. Folder: 1. Jan. 1951-Aug. 1951 Proclamations. 2. Sept.-Dec. 1951 proclamations. 3. Jan.-June 1952 proclamations. 4. July-Dec. 1952 proclamations. Box 48: 1953 Press releases, articles, "Your Weekly State Affairs", etc. Folder: 1. Articles written by Gov. Murray, 1953. 2. Weekly report, "Your State Affairs", 1953. 3. Governor's Desk, 1953 radio broadcasts. 4. Radio speeches, 1953. 5. Press releases, 1953. Box 49: 1953 Radio speeches and proclamations. Folder: 1. Saturday morning radio speeches, 1953. 2. Press releases on appointments, 1953. 3. Weekly Column, Jan.-June, 1954.

4. Weekly Column, July-Dec., 1954. 5. Bi-weekly radio speeches, 1954. 6. News releases on appointments, 1954. 7. Misc. public relations, 1954-1955. 8. Speeches by Gov. Murray, 1954. Box 51: 1954 proclamations. Folder: 1-4. Jan.-Dec. 1954. Box 52: Speech material. Folder: 1. Governor's Speech material. mail to Gov. Murray regarding a speech in Tulsa on the medical profession as reported in

Time, Jan. 28, 1952. 2. Extra copies of speeches. 3. More extra copies of speeches. "IOCC-What it is and what it does." 4. Reorganization of State Government Rules and Regulations; correspondence concerning

Reorganization support dinner, 2/10/53. 5. Speeches and misc. "Address by Governor Murray to the Tulsa County Medical Association January 14, 1952." "Is the U.S. a Christian Nation?" January, 1950. (on the constitution and the medical

profession.) Political Campaigns Box 53: Correspondence by counties, A-N. Folder: 1-5.

Box 54: Correspondence by counties, O-Z and out-of-State. Folder: 1. O-P. 2. R-W. 3. More correspondence by county, A-B, after the primary. 4. C. 5. D. 6. Out-of-State correspondence. Box 55: Political campaign correspondence by county, E-O. Folder: 1-5. Box 56: Political campaign correspondence by county, P-Z and out-of-State. Folder: 1-3. P-W 4. Out-of-State. Box 57: Political campaign correspondence. Folder: 1. Miscellaneous and newspaper articles. "Johnston Murray's Oklahoma Fishing and Hunting Tourist Guide." 2. Letter to Johnston Murray from his father, Jan. 9, 1950, the day of announcement. "Governor Murray's (William H.) Official Record." William Murray and Johnston Murray Jr.'s speeches. 3. Letters from legislators, urging the signing of HB 173. Congratulatory messages on veto of HB 173. 4. Congratulations on election, Nov. 1950.

State newspapers. 5. Radio broadcasts. 6. Re; Governor Murray's reinstatement into the Armed Forces. 7. Letter #1. (standard) 8. Letter #2. 9. Letter #3. 10. Letter #3 continued. 11. County Election Boards, secretaries. Box 58: Political Campaign Correspondence. Folder: 1. Miscellaneous correspondence. Oklahoma Educational Directory, 1950-1951. Recount lawyers, Murray and Coe. Message of Adlai E. Stevenson to the 67th General Assembly, 1/3/51. Map of Oklahoma. Re; recount, primary run-off. 2. Misc. campaign correspondence continued. March 1951 mail to Governor in support. 3. Misc. campaign correspondence continued. Re; Johnston Murray's divorce from his first wife and custody of their son. 4. John Knox Box 59: Political campaign correspondence. Folder: 1. Form letter 1-4, telegrams, recount petition, platform and resolution. 2. Photo of Johnston Murray on horseback (in Mangum?). Skirvin Hotel, Oklahoma City, receipts. Biltmore Hotel Receipt. Murray-Coe run-off, July 25, 1950. Payroll and expenses, Murray Account.

3. Delegate letter, misc. correspondence. 4. Coe lawyers (recount). Coe's county managers. 5. Pawnee Courier-Dispatch information. Black vote. Sympathy letters. State and federal nominees. County campaign managers. 6. Pink sheets, "key men" for opponents, by county. Meeting of Murray volunteers, July 16, 1950 at Skirvin. 7. Congratulatory telegrams. Office of the Governor. Box 60: Exhibit Items, misc. flags presented to the Governor. The Oklahoma State Flag that was taken to Korea. Box 61: Bulletins--Law and Government. Folder: 1. Oklahoma Supreme Court; Richard Romang v. J. William Cordell (Secretary of State

Election Board). Constitution of Virginia, "The Depression that Didn't Happen" by Alan H. Temple, Jan. 1952. "The Cactus Hornet," Jan. 1932, Vo. 2, No. 1. Special Report No. 4 (84th Congress) on Communist Takeover and Occupation of Ukraine. Congressional Records, 84th Congress, Vol. 101, Nos. 22, 26, 21, 13. Vol. 26, Nos. 4-8. Oklahoma Law Review, Vo. 8, No. 1, Feb. 1955. State Government, March 1952 and Dec. 1951. Oklahoma City College of Law, 1951 Yearbook. Box 62: Bulletins and Reports. Folder: 1. Public Interest Bulletins. "The Atom Bomb and You". "Intelligence Digest," Feb-Mar. 1949, Vol. 11, Ch. 3-4. Arab Affairs, world affairs, anti-communist, and patriotism. "Our Changing Land Policy" by E.H. Taylor Labor Magazine, Jan 1949, Vol. 18, No. 1.

Asphalt Institute Quarterly, Oct. 1952. "Social Security Laws," Jan. 1, 1954. 2. Kentucky Tourist Guide. The Witch Deer, a book of poems by Maggie Culver Fry. A checklist of the E. DeGolyer Collection in the History of Science and Technology as of

8/1/54. "Today's Revolution in Weather!" by William J. Baxter. Report of out-of-state cars on the Oklahoma Highways. Boy Scout packet "...to span the tide." 3. South America. "Puerto Rico; Breeding Ground for Communism," 1954. "Quisqueya," an anthropology of Dominican poetry by Francis E. Townsend. 1954. South American newspaper articles on Johnston Murray. "Oklahoma Takes its Place in the Sun." Resort Management Corp. Box 63: Maps (and postcards of Florida). Folder: 1. South America 2. Oklahoma, 1931 and 1953 maps. Turner Turnpike. "Progressive Oklahoma." Oklahoma Travel Stamp Album and Stamps. Box 64: Indian Affairs, Regional Education Material, Presidential Inauguration Folder: 1. Interstate Indian Council. 2. Special Representatives to misc. meetings. (misc. appointments, correspondence, and

proclamations.) 3. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. 4. Regional Education Compact Meeting, Daytona Beach, 1953. 5. Southern Regional Educational Television Committee. 6. Presidential Inauguration, 1953. (Eisenhower and Nixon) invitations, programs, etc. "Inaugural Edition of the Pictorial Directory of 83rd Congress."

7. Presidential Inaugural continued. Correspondence, travel plans, itinerary, re; a desk made for Pres. Eisenhower. Box 65: License plates, memorabilia. Folder: 1. Pin-on buttons, some were Bill Murray's; Assistant Sergeant at arms, Democratic National Convention, 1912. Haskell-the Constitution. Delegate, Democratic National Convention, Denver, 1908. 1st Inauguration, Oklahoma, 1907, Guthrie. Governors' Conference, 1931 in Indiana, William H. Murray. Morrill Hall, A and M College, Oklahoma. 2. License plates. Inaugural, 1953, District of Columbia, with photos of President Eisenhower and Vice-Pres.

Nixon. Washington State, New York State 1954, Wyoming 1953, and Colorado 1951. 3. Johnston Murray's Oklahoma Fishing-Hunting Tourist Guide, 1950. Tulsa Chamber of Commerce Civic Appreciation Dinner Program, 11/5/52. Souvenir Folder of Oklahoma Emblems. State Fair of Texas Greetings to Gov. Murray, 8/20/51. Box 66: Duplicate Publications (Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, Souvenir Folders) Box 67: Ethyl Television Show script and correspondence, 1953. Box 68: Legislative Correspondence and papers, 23rd Legislature. Folder: 1. Speeches to the 23rd Legislature, January and March 1951. Speech to the 24th Legislature, January 1953. "Good Murray Medicine" Tulsa Tribune, Wed. Jan. 5, 1955. 2. 23rd Legislative session--Misc. subject matter. 3. continued. 4. House Joint Resolutions signed by the Governor. 5. Senate Joint Resolutions signed by the Governor. 6. Messages from House and Senate needing no action.

7. Resolutions vetoed by the Governor. 8. Misc. House and Senate Bills. 9. House Bills No. 1 to No. 199 and misc. Tulsa Tribune series of articles on ADC, Aid to Dependent Children, welfare costs and

rackets. State of Oklahoma Executive Department, Division of the Budget, Jan. 1950 Box 69: Legislative Correspondence and Papers, 23rd Legislature. House Bills No. 1-No. 399. Box 70: Legislative Correspondence and Papers, 23rd Legislature. House bills No. 400-599. Senate Bills no. 1-349. Box 71: Legislative correspondence and papers, 23rd Legislature. Folder: 1. Bills vetoed by the Governor. Lists of bills signed and vetoed May 1951. 2. House bills vetoed by the Governor. 3. Senate bills vetoed by the Governor. Box 72: Legislative correspondence and papers, 24th legislature. Folder: 1. House bills and resolutions vetoed by the Governor. 2. Senate bills and resolutions vetoed by the Governor. 3. House and Senate bills and resolutions that became law without the Governor's signature. 4. House and Senate bills that became law over the Governor's veto. 5. House and Senate bills approved in part and disapproved in part. 6. Misc. messages on various bills coming to the Governor. Summary reports of legislative

action on bills. Box 73: Legislative correspondence and papers.

Folder: 1. 24th Legislature, miscellaneous letters regarding; Various bills introduced, education legislation, feed and seed and fertilizer, oil and gas,

beer, mental health, veterans' bonus, L.D. Melton's comments on bill introduced, sale and distribution of motor vehicles, Hawaiian Statehood, voting machines, and narcotics legislation.

2. 24th Legislature, misc. continued. OETA, Reorganization, "Right to Work" issue, highway use tax, school investigation, tax

equalization, textbooks, toll road, welfare. 3. Hog Litigation. Oklahoma County district Court, Joe E. Lord v. Johnston Murray and

Ralph Sullivant, 1953. 4. Education. Administrators' salaries. White and "Colored." 5. Telephone Company re; rural phones. "Farmers Co-operative Telephone" by Hon. William H. Murray. 6. Labor issues. Box 74: Legislative correspondence and papers, 24th Legislature. Folder: 1. Governor's speeches and messages; June 17, 1953, on spending. May 25, 1953, to the House. To House Committee Hearing on Government Operations in Washington, D.C. April 13,

1953. To House and Senate, 24 Legislature. Special message to the 24th Legislature, Feb. 23, 1953. Letters from various State Governors. 2. Letters re; Governor's speeches, messages. Reactions to them and congratulations (positive

responses). 3. Continued congratulations on the Governor's speeches to the Legislature. 4. Governor's messages; To 24th Legislature, January 6, 1953. To 23rd " ", March 6, 1951.

Inaugural address to the 23rd Legislature, Jan. 8, 1951. Messages and statements by the Governor re; legislation disapproved and the reasons, June

1951. To Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association, Nov. 19, 1953. House Journal, Feb. 23, 1953. Budget message. Administrative agencies of the State of Oklahoma classified by major purpose or function,

Aug. 1952. Statement of Governor to the people of Oklahoma, Jan. 26, 1954. Box 75: General Correspondence, 1948-1951 (alphabetical by last name). Folder: 1. Miscellaneous correspondence "A-B" prior to Jan. 1951. 2. "C". 3. "D-F". "South Dakota's Rural Credit System: a venture in State Socialism, 1917-1946" by

Gilbert C. Fite, OU Dept. of History, reprint article. 4. "G-H". "American Bulletin," No. 3, July 1950, by W.D. Herrstrom. "Washita County Enterprise," Vol. 32, No. 39 and 43, 1950, Corn, OK. 5. "I-J." Box 76: General Correspondence, 1948-1951, "K-P." "Message of Gov. J. Bracken Lee to Utah's 29th Legis. 1951. "Kiowa Chronicle" Thursday November 9, 1950. "Arapaho Bee" Nov. and Dec. 1950. Box 77: General Correspondence 1948-1951 continued through "Z." Box 78: General Correspondence, 1951. Box 79: General Correspondence, 1952. Box 80: General Correspondence, 1953. Note; in Folder 3 there are some poems by Sharon A. James, age 14, from

Newkirk, OK, on the Korean War. Box 81: General Correspondence, 1954. Box 82: Governor's Material, correspondence.

Folder: 1. Miscellaneous appointments by the governor. 2. Correspondence re; the Governor's speech to the Tulsa County Medical Society, 1952. 3. Youth Letters. 4. Misc. letters. 5. Governor's appointments (correspondence). 6. (continued). Box 83: Papers and Correspondence with Governors Holloway, Marland, Phillips, and

an item of William and Alice Murray's. Folder: 1. Governor Holloway, 1928-1930 correspondence re; awards offered for capture of criminals

such as W.L. McKinney and Buck Starr. 2. Governor Holloway, legal papers, 1927-1931. 3. Governor Marland, correspondence, 1935-1937 re; state parks. 4. 1938 Deficiency Claims. "Estimate of Petroleum Reserves from known fields in the U.S." January 1938, by Alex W.

McCoy, Ponca City. "Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Valuation Land Report upon Phillips Pipeline

Co." April 1939 (as of Dec. 1934). 5. Buildings, State institutions, 17th Legislature. 6. District Court, McCurtain County. Misc. plaintiffs v. Jno. Scroggins, R.L. Tippit et al, re; Board of Education, Valliant, OK

(1937-1941?). 7. State Defenses, misc. requisitions, 1942. 8. "Ritual of the Order Eastern Star" Alice Murray's, 1917. William Murray's "2nd Legislature of Oklahoma, Rules of the House and Senate." "Tishomingo's Daughter's," 1903-1904. "Flowers from Jerusalem" postcard. Poem; "I cannot have sickness....," part of a letter to Wm. H. Murray (Governor), 1933,

from Ernest Bradshaw.

"Advertising in Brazil." U.S. Dept. of Commerce trade information bulletin No. 838, 1937. Box 84: Newspaper clippings, correspondence--Central and South America. Folder: 1. Assignment; Central and South America, 1954. Union Church of Medellin; Medallin, Columbia; Barranquilla, Columbia; Bolivia; Ecuador;

"The Red Intrigue in Guatemala." Governor Murray's Special Passport documents his travel abroad, July 14, 1952-November

9, 1954. 2. South America. List of OU Graduates living in Venezuela. Itinerary for the Governor's Latin America trip. Registration of International visitors--International Petroleum Exhibition, Tulsa, OK, 1953. Misc. Correspondence. 3 South America, Mexico, and Latin America. A 17-page account of the trip by Gov. Murray. Ecuador, Peru, Columbia, Guatemala, and Bolivia. A negative of a photograph of the Governor and the U.S. Flag. 4. Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. Turnpike, Oil Progress Week 1953, an old car motorcade, Southwestern Library

Association Conference in Mexico, governor in Mexico, "Oklahoma Statehouse Reporter" July 1949, Vol. 14 No. 3.

5. Governor in South America and Central America; Newspaper clippings, Correspondence,

1954. Business cards included. La Paz Bolivia, Lima Peru, Ecuador, Guatemala, Columbia, and Mexico.

6. Mexico continued; newspaper clippings. Peru and Venezuela. Box 85: Invitations; January 1951-October 1951. Note; in the July 1951 "accept" folder there is an item titled "Western

Oklahoma Indians in Agriculture" by Dover P. Trent, 1950. Box 86: Invitations; November 1951-June 1952. Note; item titled "Report on Southwestern Governors' Conference on

Problems of Interstate Truck Operation" June 1952. Box 87: Invitations; July 1952-January 1953. Plus miscellaneous invitations from 1951 and 1952. Box 88: Invitations; February 1953-November 1953.

Box 89: Invitations; December 1953-August 1954. Box 90: Invitations; September 1954-December 1954. Box 91: Exhibit Items. Gavels, a desk plate, and Indian pipes. Box 92: Lists of State Employees and sponsors, March 1953. Box 93: Miscellaneous. Signs of the Times magazine, Jan. 6, 1953, bound. Vol. 80. Folder: 1. Personnel report by class and agencies, 28-day period, Feb. 1950. State of Oklahoma Executive Department, Division of Budget, personnel Classification

Guide Index, Agency Codes. 2. Pencil sketches by R.H. (?) Pearson. Limited Edition, signed. "Old Ft. Gibson," "Sequoyah's Home," "Old Bitting Mill," "Oklahoma's Own" 1953, "The

Old One-Cherokee" 1953, and "Osage Chief" 1953. Box 94: Miscellaneous. Folder: 1. The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association, 59th Annual Meeting, Oklahoma

City, May 19-21, 1952. Vol. 45, No. 3, march 1952 article on pages 87-89 "Murray and Medicine."

"as a citizen of Oklahoma YOU should know..." information bulletins Nos. 30-34, April and May 1952.

Invitations and programs to the Inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace, Jan. 19, 1941.

Daily Oklahoman (partial) vol. 66, no. 230, Fri. Aug. 23, 1957. Silhouette target, Oct. 5, 1953, Washington D.C., FVI range, target practice." Cushing to Chicago "Big Inch" Pipe Line Dedication and Dinner, April 27, 1953. 2. Ads for the Saturday Evening Post, April 3, 1955 article "Oklahoma is in a Mess!" by ex-

Governor Murray. 1957 appointment calendar. Turner Turnpike report, Dec. 31, 1956. 3. Imperial Ethiopian Government Insignia Regulations, 1954. (half is in English). Johnston Murray, Jr., wedding invitation (to Dixilee Annette Barman), April 12, ?.

4. Biographical information, appointment to Good Neighbor Commission. Welex Jet Services, Inc., Ft. Worth, Texas 1955. newspaper clippings

5. Souvenir--"Dam Club" at Bagnell Dam, Missouri. In a green box--pin; "Presidential Elector 1940" "The Neglected Way" by James Spurlock, Norman. Garvin County Taxpayer's Association report, et al. Enid Industrial Development Corporation. Box 95: Miscellaneous. Folder: 1. Appointment Diary, 1954. (appears to be Murray's) 2. World Progress The Standard Quarterly Review. Vol. XI, Jan. 1939, No. 4. XI, Oct. 1938, No. 3. X, July 1937, No. 2. XI, Apr 1938, No. 1. X, Jan. 1938, No. 4. XII, Apr. 1939, No. 1. 3. Recordak Year Book, 1955. 4. Senate Rules 1933, House Rules 1953. 5. University of Tulsa Bulletin, Vo. 55, No. 1, March 1949. Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences and College of Fine Arts. 6. 1951 Guide to Washington, D.C. 7. Directory of Governors, Governor's Conference, New York, July 1954. 8. A Memento from Oklahoma City College of Law to Johnston Murray.(the names of 3500+

people in support of him for Governor.) 9. "Sing 'Em" with Charles Huff. words to the songs. 10. "Phenomena"--a TV Science series, Fall 1955, Houston Independent School District. 11. Inaugural Day, January 10, 1955; Detailed Plans. (new Governor is Raymond Gary). 12. "Like Father, Like Son!" campaign fliers against the Murrays.

Box 96: Newspaper clippings, correspondence 1946-1957, press releases, and articles about Johnston Murray in 1940.

Folder: 1. Articles about Johnston Murray and the Governor's race, 1949-1950. 2. continued. 3. Articles from Venezuela newspapers, August 1952. 4. Letters in response to the Governor's article in the Saturday Evening Post, 1955. (see also

box 94). 5. Misc. December 1954-March 1955. 6. Excerpt from the Original Reference, "Southern Literacy Messenger," March 1860, pp. 225-

228. Macauley's Opinion of the United States Government. Letter to Henry S. Randall, Esq., Holly Lodge, Kensington London, May 23, 1857. Senate Journal, 23rd Legislature (OK), March 1951. Certificate of Service to Johnston Murray, from Headquarters of the Oklahoma National

Guard, July 14, 1950. Certificate of work completed at Oklahoma City College of Law to Johnston Murray as of

April 6, 1946. Stars of "Cimarron Kid" meet with Johnston Murray, Feb. 6, 1952. 7. William H. Murray Educational Foundation; misc. correspondence. 8. Oklahoma Press Clipping Bureau; Clippings, 1954-1955. Box 97: Speeches and messages to the legislature. Letters of character

recommendation and introduction. History of the Fighting 180th Infantry "Warrior Regiment," 1890-1952.

Folder: 1. Speeches by the Governor, 1950-1951. 2. continued. 3. Speeches, 1952 and 1953. 4. Panels. 5. Governor's miscellaneous addresses.

January 1955 message to the 25th Legislature. "Memorandum on Separate Schools and the Supreme Court Decision in Oklahoma." 6. School recommendations (for entrance into schools). 7. Employment recommendations. 8. 180th Infantry history and misc. 9. Character recommendations and letters of introduction and misc. Box 98: Speeches. Folder: 1. Suggestions of Hon. Henry S. Johnson, Perry, OK. 9/16/50. Democratic Convention, Johnston Murray's speech. 9/23/50. 4-H Roundup, Stillwater. 5/31/51 to 7/12/51. Speech to Okmulgee Rotary Club Luncheon; radio speech, 8/18/51. Frank Phillips Memorial Highway Dedication. 9/27/51. U.S. Independent Telephone Association. 10/16/52. Oil and Gas Association, 4/22/54. Remarks, IOCC Meeting, Phoenix, 5/10/52. 33rd Annual Meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, Chicago, IL, 'Conservation

through cooperation." 2. Re: Campaign--Henryetta Labor Speech, October 2. Kiwanis Club, Oklahoma City. "To all the people of the State of Oklahoma." Highway 66 Association. "My Fellow Oklahomans." "Mr. Rogers and My Fellow Oklahomans." "Old age assistance." 3. "Oklahoma's Schools." Dallas Agriculture Club, April 23, ?. Osage County League of Young Democrats, August 16. Oklahoma Poultry Improvement Association, August 22. Institutional Care and the Organizational Operation of State Government; Southern

Governors' Conference, Hot Springs, Ark., 11/11-13. Mrs. Murray (Johnston) to the Future Homemakers, Stillwater. "Suggested Answers to Questions Proposed in Masters Thesis." "The Field of Higher Education--Where do we go From Here?" To all officials, employees, departments and institutions of the State of Oklahoma. Statement in reference to Patronage. State Legislative Council.

1st International Broadcast by the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra for the 1951-1952 season.

24th Legislature. "State Textbook Committee members qualifications," etc. Radio Broadcast, Altus, January 29. Radio round Table with the Governor and essay contest winners. The unveiling of Father Murray's monument, 5/12/50. 4. Miscellaneous. Box 99: Oath of Allegiance and "Just Plain Folks." several copies of the Oath of Office, 1/8/51 and several "Just Plain Folks" posters. Quote of 3/6/51 to the Oklahoma State Legislature. Box 100 Miscellaneous. Scrapbook, Governor's Campaign. National Youth Administration, Tonkawa Radio Broadcast, Johnston Murray,

Director. "The Beam" newsletters, (of above) April-June, 1942. Notebook; A Summary of Oklahoma Statures and Laws Pertaining to Superior

Courts. Notebook of newspaper clippings, 1952, on South or Central America. Notebook of boards, commissions, agencies, committees, etc. Box 101: Miscellaneous. Corporation Record, Greer Magnet Fishing Service, Inc., 5/17/56. Governor's Mansion--The Johnston Murray's Guestbook. Folder: 1. Desk Manual, Oklahoma Bar Association, 1958. 2. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, 1/21/52. 3. Memos for the operation of the Governor's office. Box 102: Miscellaneous. Desk Plate--Johnston Murray-Governor. Bible. "Horse's Prayer"--a framed poem.