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History of Murray State University

College histories and student newspapers, yearbooks, and photographs held by University Libraries' Special Collections

College Histories

Recollections of Murray State College: An Adventure in Old Kentucky, 1919-1952

by John Wesley Carr

The Ties that Bind: James H. Richmond and Murray State Teachers College during World War II

by Jennifer Whitmer. Published in Ohio Valley History (Vol. 4, No. 4, Winter 2004)

Original Manuscript of Recollections of Murray State College

by John Wesley Carr (Large file may take longer to download)

The Origin of Murray State University

Published in the Murray Ledger & Times December 11, 1970

Ten Great Years

by Ralph H. Woods

Murray State Scrapbook

Newspaper clippings taken from Kentucky papers, 1922-1942

Murray State Board of Regents Meeting Minutes and Budgets

Meeting Minutes from 1924 to 2004

Student Newspapers, Yearbooks, Photographs, Etc.