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Box 6

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Contains 458 Results:

December, 1931, and undated

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_2_0000
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and typescripts of clippings. Topics include: opposition to WHM legislation, presidential campaign, anniversary of convening of first state legislature, postponement of protest hearing on WHM petitions, Saturday Evening Post interview of WHM, "Victuals and Battles," state financial difficulties, Johnston Murray (age 4), and increase in gas prices.

Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

January-March, 1932.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 3
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_3_0000
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of clippings. Topics include: WHM visit to Washington, Presidential candidacy of WHM, "The Bells of St. Murray's" show at Gridiron banquet, wearing of silk hose by Mrs.WHM, and WHM homecoming at Collinsville, Texas. Included are several cartoons of WHM.

Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

April-August, 1932.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 4
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_4_0000
Scope and Contents

Photocopies and typescripts of clippings. Topics include: WHM travels, halting of work on sub-penitentiary by Robert Burns, Presidential primaries, state politics, National Democratic convention, suits against railroads and oil companies, WHM war against state Supreme Court justices, Lew Wentz ouster case, and investigation of state banking and highway departments. Included are several cartoons of WHM.

Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

October-December, 1932.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 5
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_5_0000
Scope and Contents

Photocopies of clippings. Topics include: Wentz-Thomas Highway Commission case, WHM's lakes and fish proposal, Hines' biography of WHM, state deficit, income tax bill, history of discovery of Oklahoma City oil field, and oil proration. Included are several cartoons of WHM.

Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

1932

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 6
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_6_0000
Scope and Contents clippings with no month or day indicated. Photocopies of clippings. Topics include: road construction, presidential campaign, initiative program, general sales tax, reduction of crop acreage, permission to Pawnees to inspect records of the Oklahoma Historical Society, removal of Nelms, agricultural supervisor of the vocational education department, William H. Murray, Jr.'s visit home, WHM's review of the national guard, and removal of Ed Andruss, superintendent of the institution for feeble...
Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

1933

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 7
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_7_0000
Scope and Contents Photocopies and typescripts of clippings. Topics include: early adjournment of legislature, state economy program, highway bill to oust commissioners, oil proration, distribution of Reconstruction Finance Corporation relief funds in Oklahoma, presence of Mrs.WHM at Oklahoma City Federation of Women's Clubs luncheon, legality of textbook adoptions, WHM attack on Pollock, appropriation bill controversy, reduction in salaries of elected state officials, pledging of Burbank Murray to social...
Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

1934-1935.

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 8
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_4_6_8_0000
Scope and Contents Photocopies and typescripts of clippings. Topics include: appointment of Frank Buttram as relief administrator, President's health, Federal long-term mortgage insurance, death of artist Emil W.Lenders, WHM's leaving governor's office and returning to farm near Broken Bow, opposition to New Deal WHM portrait by Pierre Tartque, Association for Economy and Tax Equality, oil wells seen from governor's mansion, Texas proposal to swap their governor for WHM, and WHM address to Texas...
Dates: 1891-1962; Majority of material found in 1919-1946
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Clippings

Membership card in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for WHM, 1914

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_5_6_16_1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Scope and Contents The Murray Collection is approximately 9 linear feet plus oversized materials. Although Murray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913-1917, the majority of the collection is related to his post-congressional activities, family affairs, and years as governor. The materials cover a variety of topics including his use of executive orders calling for martial law, pardons, and the appointment and removal of state officials. The documents also include material...
Dates: 1914
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Miscellaneous Materials / Memorabilia

Cartoon of WHM in Cossack outfit with heading, "Is this Russia or Oklahoma?", undated

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_5_6_16_2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Scope and Contents The Murray Collection is approximately 9 linear feet plus oversized materials. Although Murray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913-1917, the majority of the collection is related to his post-congressional activities, family affairs, and years as governor. The materials cover a variety of topics including his use of executive orders calling for martial law, pardons, and the appointment and removal of state officials. The documents also include material...
Dates: undated
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Miscellaneous Materials / Memorabilia

Cartoon of WHM sitting on throne with crown on head and coffeepot and coffee cup on table beside him, "Promises, 1930", undated

 Item — Box: 6, Folder: 16
Identifier: CAC_CC_041_5_6_16_3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Scope and Contents The Murray Collection is approximately 9 linear feet plus oversized materials. Although Murray served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1913-1917, the majority of the collection is related to his post-congressional activities, family affairs, and years as governor. The materials cover a variety of topics including his use of executive orders calling for martial law, pardons, and the appointment and removal of state officials. The documents also include material...
Dates: undated
Found in: Carl Albert Center Congressional and Political Collections / William H. "Alfalfa Bill" Murray Collection / Miscellaneous Materials / Memorabilia

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