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Texas A&M University, Libraries, Cushing Memorial Library & Archives File
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McMurrey Miscellaneous Photographs

This folder contains miscellaneous photographs, 30 in total, of McMurrey’s 1944 funeral, Kunming, Burma Road, the Chinese Memorial Gardens, the 1944 gravesite, Barbara McMurrey Hyde, Beverly Fae McMurrey, Shan Stodter, Carl Hyde, Wen Jiang, Tengchong, the Salween River, the mayor of Baoshong, the Mekong Delta, Chinese villagers, both the old and new headstones commemorating the American liaisons, the War Museum in Tengchong, and Sung Shan Mountain.

Manuscripts

American Hero (ebook spinoff of Inside Straight [Wild Cards #18, 2008], copyedited manuscript and style sheet, 2016

Manuscripts

A Clash of Kings (1999), front matter and additional material for 2012 reprint, typescript with handwritten copyedits

Manuscripts

A Feast for Crows (2005), prologue, various versions with notes from GRRM, typescript, undated

Manuscripts

Z Nation (TV): "The Collector", teleplay by Dan Merchant (featuring appearance by GRRM as zombie), June 2015

Letters of Commendation - 1940 - 1941

Contains copies of letters from such prominent people as Jesse H. Jones, Cordell Hull, R. L.. Thornton, et al. praising Kyle as a man and as a professional.

Letters from Aggies Concerning Building of Kyle Field

Incoming/outgoing correspondence pertaining to reading and publication of a history of athletics at A and M College. Also includes list of names of 1907 class members present at student body meeting for the purpose of naming a new athletic field.

Letter and Email Correspondence

This folder contains the following:

  • Letter from Col. John Stodter to Fae McMurrey concerning the death of Major McMurrey. May 21, 1944
  • Unsigned letter to Fae and Beverly McMurrey that mentions the April 21, 1951 dedication of the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M, which lists McMurrey’s name among the dead from the Class of 1931. June 5, 1995
  • Letter to Mr. Stephen McMurrey from John Adragna, asking if he was a descendant of William C. McMurrey or knew of them. May 29, 2003
  • Email to Barbara McMurrey Hyde from Wen Jiang, discussing the re-dedication of the memorial to the re-taking of Tengchong, and asking for information about William C. McMurrey. July 6, 2003
  • Email to Wen Jiang from Barbara McMurrey Hyde, describing medals won by Major McMurrey. July 6, 2003
  • Email to Barbara McMurrey Hyde from Wen Jiang, about a poem written by a senior official in Yunnan about the Tengchong battle, and it also mentions another known American killed during the battle, Lt. Kirk Schaible, Jr. July 7, 2003
  • Letter to Wen Jiang from Sun Min and Zhang Dongpan, announcing their discovery of McMurrey’s gravesite in China until he was shipped back to Texas in 1947. December 20, 2003
  • General letter sent out to locate descendants of the casualties of the Y-Force and Army Air Force during the Salween Campaign. A list of the servicemen killed and details of the Tengchong memorial are also included, and contact information for John Adragna and John Easterbrook, the grandson of General Stilwell. Undated
  • Email to David Chapman from Ken Stanton, giving thanks for assistance with getting various parties together for a Chinese film crew’s documentary. January 30, 2006
  • Email to David Chapman from Barbara McMurrey Hyde, thanking him for arrangements made for her and her sister’s visit, and for the shots filmed at Cushing Library by the Chinese documentary crew. Also mentions a visit to the library by Wen Jiang. February 5, 2006
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