Box 4

The Elwood Murray papers consists of Murray's writings. These include journal articles, speeches, papers presented at conferences, book chapters, abstracts, reviews, and test manuals. The collection also contains materials documenting Murray's professional activities, primarily in national and international organizations devoted to studying communications and general semantics. These materials include annual reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, brochures and conference materials. Murray's academic materials from the University of Denver School of Speech include course outlines and schedules. Murray's professional career materials include correspondence, newspaper clippings, bibliographies, photographs, and note cards on the allusions in John Quincy Adams' Lectures on Rhetoric, compiled by Murray. The collection also contains memorabilia collected by Murray, as well as audio and video reel-to-reel tapes of Murray speaking.