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Contains 28 Results:

Hospital Menus, 1998

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1998

Release of Medical Records, 1977 April 21

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1977 April 21

Church Bulletin with Ray on Prayer List, 1997

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1997

Rain Poncho and Watch, 1991 November

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1991 November

Prison Account Balances, 1997

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1997

Prison Commissary Purchase Receipt, 1997 August 26

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1997 August 26

Disciplinary Hearing Schedule, 1998 January 2

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents Note From the Collection: This collection houses letters, news clippings, official papers, and other items documenting James Earl Ray's life between the Martin Luther King assassination in 1968 and Ray's death in 1998. They concern his attempts to prove his innocence and his life in prison. Among the letters are correspondence with James's brother Jerry Ray and a woman named Lori (with various last names); most concern Ray's attempts to prove his innocence in the assassination and his insistence that a conspiracy was...
Dates: 1998 January 2

Magazine Articles About Ray's Life, 1968 May 3-1969 April 15

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
Identifier: II
Scope and Contents

Includes photocopies of four articles:
"The story of the accused killer of Dr. King," Life, May 3, 1968
"The story of James Earl Ray and the plot to assassinate Martin Luther King," Look, November 12, 1968
"James Earl Ray," Look, November 26, 1968
"Why James Earl Ray murdered Dr. King," Look, April 15, 1969



Dates: 1968 May 3-1969 April 15