Box 1

Correspondence, event ephemera, speeches, and photographs from Fr. Murray's golden jubilee celebrations.

Correspondence and genealogical research predominantly related to the estate of his aunt Kathryn "Kitty" Murray (1877-1958). Also includes two letters from his sister Eleanor, known as Mo. Mary Ambrose.

Contains photographs of Fr. Murray's ordination at Georgetown University, 6-27-1924.

A photograph album of the Troop 28 boy scouts, in part led by Fr. Murray, including images of camping at Pasonanca and hiking on Basilan Island. Troop 27, the official troop of Ateneo de Zamboanga, was founded in late 1931; the relationship of this particular troop to the school is unclear.

School songs and cheers from the Ateneo de Zamboanga.

Yearbooks for the first and second graduating classes of the Ateneo de Zamboanga.

Publications/publicity pamphlets for the Ateneo de Zamboanga, including a 1954 issue of a student publication discussing Fr. Murray's position there in the 1930s.

Contains photographs of Fr. Murray before his 1928 departure from Georgetown for the Philippines as well as while headmaster at Ateneo de Zamboanga. Also includes images of the Zamboanga Cathedral, where Fr. Murray was rector, and celebrations in the nearby Pershing Plaza. The church was later destroyed in World War II.

A card from the faculty and student body of the Pilar Institution in Zamboanga on the occasion of Fr. Murray's silver jubilee (1935) as well as an image of his final vows ceremony in Cagayan, Misamis (1929).