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Murray, Keith
A.
Keith A. Murray Collection
circa 1940-1992
1 linear ft.
2 boxes
The Keith A. Murray Collection consists of published
and unpublished works, theses, and dissertations authored by a teacher and scholar
of the history of the American West and, in particular, the Pacific
Northwest.
Collection materials are in English.
A teacher and scholar of the history of the American West, and in particular the
history of the Pacific Northwest, Keith A. Murray was born on October 31, 1910, in
Nez Perce, Idaho. He was educated at Whitworth College, where he received a BA in
1935, followed by the MA (1940) and PhD (1946) in history from the University of
Washington. He was employed as a teacher at Richland (Wash.) High School and at Kent
(Wash.) High School and as the principal of Coupeville (Wash.) High School before
his appointment in 1946 to the faculty of the History department of Western
Washington University (then Western Washington State College).
Dr. Murray wrote extensively about regional history. His notable works include Pig
Wars (1968), concerning an infamous 1859 incident between U. S. and British soldiers
on San Juan Island, The Modocs and Their Ways, about the Modoc Indians of
California, and Reindeer and Gold, based on an Alaskan reindeer herder's journal. He
also authored numerous articles on local history topics and was a prolific
contributor of book reviews to professional journals in the field of history of the
American West. A beloved teacher who once estimated that he had taught more than
20,000 students during his career, Dr. Murray retired from the faculty of Western
Washington University in 1977 as Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of
History. The Goltz-Murray Archives & Records Center commemorates his long years
of exemplary service to the University. Dr. Murray died on March 9, 2000, in
Bellingham, Wash., at the age of 89.
The collection dates from circa 1940 to 1992, and consists of books, off-prints and
photocopies of articles and book reviews authored by Dr. Murray and individual
issues of journals containing items by Dr. Murray, as well as bound and unbound
carbon copies of his MA thesis (UW, 1940), an annotated carbon copy draft of his PhD
thesis (UW, 1946), and typescripts or copies of typescripts of a number of
unpublished works. The collection also includes lists of his publications compiled
by Dr. Murray 1973-1977.
The collection is open to the public.
Material in the collection may be subject to copyright restrictions.
Keith Murray Papers, Western Libraries Special Collections, Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9103.
The Keith A. Murray Papers were obtained through a transfer of custody from the WWU
University Archives & Records Management, and by gift from Christian (Murray)
Starks on behalf of the family of Keith A. Murray.
Articles, book reviews and unpublished works are organized chronologically by date of
publication or presumed date of authorship, then by title within each year.
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Murray, Keith A. --
Archives.
Northwest, Pacific --
History.
West (U.S.) -- History.
Higher
Education
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the
collection.
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Lists of publications
1973-1977
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Murray, Keith Alexander. The Movement Toward Statehood in Washington
Territory. Thesis (MA)--University of Washington.
Final version, carbon copy; soft-cover binding.
1940
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Murray, Keith A. The
Movement for Statehood in Washington. Thesis (MA)--University of
Washington.
Presumed preliminary version; carbon copy; unbound. Includes four pages
of handwritten notes at end.
1940
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Murray, Keith Alexander. Republican Party Politics in Washington during the
Progressive Era. Thesis (PhD)--University of
Washington.
"Personal copy," carbon, with corrections and additions in pencil.
1946
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Articles by Keith Murray
1941-1958
- "The Movement for Statehood in Washington." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 32
(1941)
- "Research Suggestions: the Wesley L. Jones Papers." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 35
(1945)
- "The Aberdeen Convention of 1912." Pacific Northwest Quarterly 38 (1947)
- "Issues and Personalities of Pacific Northwest Politics,
1889-1950." Pacific Northwest Quarterly
41 (1950)
- "A Governor's Place in History." Pacific
Northwest Quarterly 44 (1953)
- "Doctor Jackson and the Dawson Reindeer." Idaho Yesterdays 2 (1958)
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Articles by Keith Murray
1961-1973
- "The Role of the Hudson's Bay Company in Pacific Northwest
History." Pacific Northwest Quarterly
52 (1961)
- "Comment [on "The Murder of Missionary Thornton," by Maurice
Montgomery]." Pacific Northwest Quarterly
54 (1963)
- "Building a Wagon Road through the Northern Cascade Mountains."
Pacific Northwest Quarterly 56
(1965)
- "The Peter Martin Case." Alaska Journal
2 (1972)
- "The Trail Smelter Case: International Air Pollution in the
Columbia Valley." BC Studies 15
(1972)
- "A Selection of Books on Washington." PNLA Quarterly 37.4 (1973)
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Book reviews by Keith Murray
1949-1973
- Esquimalt, Place of Shoaling Waters,
by L. B. Robinson. Pacific Northwest
Quarterly 40 (1949)
- Expansionists of 1812, by J. W.
Pratt. Pacific Northwest Quarterly
41 (1950)
- Nooksack Tales and Trails, by P.
R. Jeffcott. Pacific Northwest Quarterly
41 (1950)
- The Fourth Corner: Highlights from the
Early Northwest, by L. J. Edson. Pacific Northwest Quarterly 43 (1952)
- "Republican from Dubuque," review of William Boyd Allison: a Study in Practical Politics, by
L. L. Sage. Pacific Northwest Quarterly
48 (1957)
- Massacres of the Mountains: a History of
the Indian Wars of the Far Wester, 1815-1875, by J. P.
Dunn. Idaho Yesterdays 3
(1959)
- Prudent Solider, a Biography of Major
General E. R. S. Canby, by M. L. Heyman. Oregon Historical Quarterly 61
(1960)
- "I Will Fight No More Forever": Chief
Joseph and the Nez Perce Wars, by M. D. Beal. Oregon Historical Quarterly 64
(1963)
- The Politics of Conservation: Crusades
and Controversies, 1897-1913 by E. R. Richardson. Pacific Historical Review 32
(1963)
- A Schoolmaster with the Blackfeet
Indians, by D. Gold. and Tough
Men, Tough Country, by E. Lucia. Arizona and the West7 (1965)
- Leschi of the Nisquallies, by D.
G. Emmons. Pacific Northwest Quarterly
57 (1966)
- The American Automobile: A Brief History,
by J. B. Rae. Pacific Northwest
Quarterly 57 (1966)
- The Klamath Tribe: a People and Their
Reservation, by T. Stern. Pacific Northwest Quarterly 57 (1966)
- The Jesuits and the Indian Wars of the
Northwest, by R. I. Burns. California Historical Quarterly 46 (1967)
- A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home: a
Book of Personal Memoirs, by P. G. Judson. Pacific Northwest Quarterly 58
(1967)
- From Wilderness to Enabling Act: the
Evolution of a State of Washington, by P. L. Beckett.
Pacific Historical Review 38
(1969)
- Green Gold Harvest: a History of Logging
and Its Products, by S. H. L. Barrow and J. A. Evans, and
18 Men and a Horse, by D. H.
Clark. Pacific Northwest Quarterly
61 (1970)
- Crowfoot: Chief of the Blackfeet,
by H. A. Dempsey. American West
10.4 (1973)
- Daring Donal McKay, or The Last Trail of
the Modocs, ed. by K. and D. Clark. Pacific Northwest Quarterly 64
(1973)
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Unpublished works by Keith Murray
circa 1977-1992
- ["Restlessness and Violence on the American Frontier"].
[1977?]
- "Academic Freedom in Seattle: 1919 Model." [1980?]
- "Hobby Club Paper 1986" (concerning Nez Perce Indians).
[1980?]
- "The Great Ten Year Depression" [1990?]
- "Offical Lies and Liars America Has Known." [1992?]