Black and white photographs of Murray with various service organizations including Jeanes Teachers at South Carolina State; Tuberculosis Association Southern Conference; Robert Gould Shaw Boys Club of America; Marion Anderson Federated Club; National Association of Colored Women's Clubs; Sidney Park Church, Columbia State Federation; Grey Ladies of McClennan-Banks Hospita; Polio Education Group; Council of Negro Women; and numerous unidentified group photographs, circa 1940-1964 and undated

Papers consist of letters, speeches, programs, newspaper clippings, certificates and photographs reflecting Murray's work as a student, teacher, and principal at Murray-LaSaine Elementary School on James Island, in Charleston, South Carolina, along with her affiliations with professional and civic organizations. Includes materials on Dart Grammar and Primary School, Avery Normal Institute and others. Murray's writings relate to the education of teachers and parents of young children, virtues and religious themes. The series of schools and colleges include letters and programs from the institutions Murray attended, and where she taught or spoke. The educational, church, women and volunteer affiliations series contains letters, speeches, programs, and certificated from the various national, state and local teacher and civic organizations to which Murray belonged including the South Carolina Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, Central Baptist Church, and others such as the McClennan-Banks Memorial Hospital. Murray's papers also include a series with her relatives, parents, William Henry and Mary Ellen Virgin Johnston; sister, Arnolta J. Williams; daughter Hazel Albertha Murray Stewart; son-in-law, James W. Stewart II; and nephew, William E. Johnston, Jr. Photographs depict Murray with her family; students, and faulty at Claflin College (now University), Cut Bridge School, Bettis Academy and Murray-LaSaine Elementary School, along with group pictures of Murray in numerous teacher and civic organizations. Includes photographs of Susan Dart Butler and Mary Alice LaSaine.