Guide to the Pearl McMurry Letters MSS.3284
McMurry, Pearl
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
May 2011
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
- Creation:
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- Language Usage:
English
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Pearl McMurry Letters
- Unit ID:
MSS.3284
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.05 Linear feet (three letters, three envelopes)
- Dates:
1947, 1959, 1964
- Abstract:
Three letters sent to Pearl McMurry of Corydon, Iowa, from various old acquaintances and military friends across Iowa and Texas contain mostly personal updates.
- Access Restrictions:
Conditions Governing Access note
none
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2006
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
Pearl McMurry Letters, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Processing Information:
Processing Information note
Processed by Kendal Spires, 2011
Biographical/Historical note
Pearl McMurry was born on April 29, 1906, in Promise City, Iowa. He earned a B. A. and J. D. from the University of Iowa and practiced law before serving in the Army during World War II, attaining the rank of colonel. He later served in the Iowa legislature as the senator from the 4th district from 1949-1951. He married Jamie Luttrell in 1944; they had one daughter, Martha.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains three letters sent to Pearl McMurry of Corydon, Iowa, by various old friends and acquaintances. The first letter was from Mr. and Mrs. John A. Peterson of North Dakota, who were visiting other friends in Iowa City and requested to see him and meet his wife. The second letter was from attorney John N. Calhoun of Burlington, Iowa, a former Army buddy, in reply to a card sent by McMurry. Calhoun gave some details about life since his discharge. The third letter was from a fellow colonel in Hallettsville, Texas, giving news of his mother's death and lamenting that he and McMurry had fallen out of touch.
Pearl McMurry Letters Box SC0065 Folder 3284.01