Box 7

Scope and Contents This series comprises McMurray's personal and professional correspondence, beginning with his youth and ending two years prior to his death. Letters refer to episodes in his maritime career, from his training voyages aboard the Schoolships "St. Mary's" (1894-96) and "St. David" (1897) through oceanographic research with the Magnetic Survey Yacht "Carnegie" (1910-12), his work with the Isthmanian Steamship Lines (1921-1930), and his military service during the Spanish-American War (1898) and...

Scope and Contents

McMurray assembled this collection of news clippings and historical material concerning maritime subjects, particularly episodes he had experienced. Examples include material on the Battle of Santiago (July 3, 1898) in the Spanish-American War, a rescue on the "Atlantis," and incidents in the history of the Seaman's Union.