Franklin D. Murphy Papers, 1948-1994
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf8g5008hv No online items Finding Aid for the Franklin D. Murphy Papers, 1948-1994 Processed by Lilace Hatayama, 1998; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Franklin D. 363 1 Murphy Papers, 1948-1994 Finding Aid for the Franklin D. Murphy Papers, 1948-1994 Collection number: 363 UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Los Angeles, CA Contact Information Manuscripts Division UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time) Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Manuscripts Division staff, 1994 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, August 2002 © 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Franklin D. Murphy Papers, Date (inclusive): 1948-1994 Collection number: 363 Creator: Murphy, Franklin D., 1916- Extent: 79 boxes (39.5 linear ft.) 21 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Franklin David Murphy (1916-1994) was the Chancellor at the University of Kansas (1951-60), Chancellor at UCLA (1960-68), Chairman of the Board and CEO (1968) and Chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-86) of the Times Mirror Company. Murphy was active in philanthropic, cultural, scientific, and financial organizations and received many awards and honorary degrees. The collection consists primarily of materials related to Dr. Franklin D. Murphy's career at the Times Mirror Company, as Chancellor of the University of Kansas and UCLA, and as a member of Presidential commissions and boards of various philanthropic, financial, and cultural institutions. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Finding Aid for the Franklin D. 363 2 Murphy Papers, 1948-1994 Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Times Mirror Company and Judith Murphy, 1995. Processing Note Processed by Lilace Hatayama, 1998. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Franklin D. Murphy Papers (Collection 363). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233469 Biography Franklin David Murphy was born in Kansas City, Missouri, January 29, 1916; AB, University of Kansas (1936) and MD, University of Pennsylvania, (1941); instructor (1946-48), Dean of the School of Medicine (1948-51), and Chancellor (1951-60) at the University of Kansas; Chancellor at the UCLA, 1960-68; joined the Times Mirror Company as Chairman of the Board and CEO (1968) and became Chairman of the Executive Committee (1981-86); active in philanthropic, cultural, scientific, and financial organizations and received many awards and honorary degrees; major UCLA contributions include the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, development of the William Andrews Clark Library, and a number of primary research collections in the UCLA Library; died in Los Angeles, June 16, 1994. Scope and Content Collection consists primarily of materials related to Dr. Franklin D. Murphy's career at the Times Mirror Company, as Chancellor of the University of Kansas and UCLA, and as a member of Presidential commissions and boards of various philanthropic, financial, and cultural institutions. Includes academic, chronological, and correspondence files, honors and awards, photographs, printed materials, speeches, statements, speeches, memorabilia, and realia. Also includes material about the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Armand Hammer's proposed gift collected by Franklin Murphy. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Chronological files. 2. Correspondence. 3. Office files. 4. Honors and awards. 5. Material about Armand Hammer collected by Franklin Murphy. 6. Speeches and statements. 7. Academic files and speeches (Treasures, educational papers, U. of K. and more speeches). 8. Material about the Los Angeles County Museum and Armand Hammer. 9. Material collected by Franklin Murphy. 10. Photographs. 11. Printed material about Franklin Murphy. 12. Travel. 13. Memorabilia. 14. Realia. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Murphy, Franklin D., 1916- --Archives. University of California, Los Angeles. University of Kansas. Times Mirror Company. College administrators--Archival resources. Boards of directors--Officials and employees--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources. Genres and Forms of Material Finding Aid for the Franklin D. 363 3 Murphy Papers, 1948-1994 Correspondence. Photographs. Times Mirror Company. Related Material My UCLA Chancellorship: an Utterly Candid Interview [oral history transcript] / Franklin D. Murphy, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1973. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA. A Chancellor's Spouse [oral history transcript] / Judith Murphy, interviewee. UCLA Oral History Department interview, 1995. Available at Department of Special Collections, UCLA. 1. FDM - chronological files No Subseries assigned Box 22, Folder 1 January - April 1972 Box 22, Folder 2 May - August 1972 Box 22, Folder 3 September - December 1972 Box 22, Folder 4 January - March 1973 Box 22, Folder 5 April - June 1973 Box 22, Folder 6 July - October 1973 Box 23, Folder 1 November - December 1973 Box 23, Folder 2 January - April 1974 Box 23, Folder 3 May - June 1974 Box 23, Folder 4 July - October 1974 Box 23, Folder 5 November - December 1974 Box 23, Folder 6 January - March 1975 Box 23, Folder 7 April - June 1975 Box 24, Folder 1 July - October 1975 Box 24, Folder 2 November - December 1975 Box 24, Folder 3 January - March 1976 Box 24, Folder 4 April - June 1976 Box 24, Folder 5 July - September 1976 Box 24, Folder 6 October - December 1976 Box 24, Folder 7 January - March 1977 Box 25, Folder 1 April - June 1977 Box 25, Folder 2 July - September 1977 Box 25, Folder 3 October - December 1977 Box 25, Folder 4 January - March 1978 Box 25, Folder 5 April - June 1978 Box 25, Folder 6 July - September 1978 Box 25, Folder 7 October - December 1978 Box 25, Folder 8 January - March 1979 Box 26, Folder 1 April - June 1979 Box 26, Folder 2 July - September 1979 Box 26, Folder 3 October - December 1979 Box 26, Folder 4 January - March 1980 Box 26, Folder 5 April - June 1980 Box 26, Folder 6 July - September 1980 Box 26, Folder 7 October - December 1980 Box 27, Folder 1 January - March 1981 Box 27, Folder 2 April - June 1981 Box 27, Folder 3 July - September 1981 Box 27, Folder 4 October - December 1981 Box 27, Folder 5 January - March 1982 Finding Aid for the Franklin D. 363 4 Murphy Papers, 1948-1994 1. FDM - chronological files No Subseries assigned Box 27, Folder 6 April - June 1982 Box 27, Folder 7 July - September 1982 Box 28, Folder 1 October - December 1982 Box 28, Folder 2 January - March 1983 Box 28, Folder 3 April - June 1983 Box 28, Folder 4 July - September 1983 Box 28, Folder 5 October - December 1983 Box 95, Folder 1 January - March [folder 1 of 3] 1988 Box 95, Folder 2 January - March [folder 2 of 3] 1988 Box 95, Folder 3 January - March [folder 3 of 3] 1988 Box 95, Folder 4 April - June 1988 Box 95, Folder 5 June 1988 Box 95, Folder 6 July 1988 Box 96, Folder 1 August 1988 Box 96, Folder 2 September 1988 Box 96, Folder 3 October 1988 Box 96, Folder 4 November 1988 Box 96, Folder 5 December 1988 Box 96, Folder 6 January 1989 Box 96, Folder 7 February 1989 Box 96, Folder 8 March 1989 Box 96, Folder 9 April 1989 Box 96, Folder 10 May 1989 Box 96, Folder 11 June 1989 Box 97, Folder 1 July 1989 2. FDM - correspondence No Subseries assigned Box 29, Folder 1 K 1976 - 1980 Scope and Content Note With correspondence with W.W. Baker re acquisition of the Kansas City Star, 1976. Box 29, Folder 2 Kansas University 1972 - 1978 Scope and Content Note With correspondence with Archie R. Dykes, Chancellor of the University of Kansas. Box 29, Folder 3 L 1976 - 1980 Box 29, Folder 4 M 1976 - 1980 Box 29, Folder 5 N 1976 - 1980 Box 29, Folder 6 O 1976 - 1980 Scope and Content Note With correspondence with Dortch Oldham, Chairman of the Republican Party, Tennessee. Box 29, Folder 7 P 1976 - 1980 Scope and Content Note With correspondence with Senator Charles Percy. Box 29, Folder 8 R 1976 - 1980 Box 30, Folder 1 S 1976 - 1980 Scope and Content Note With letter to Santa Fe Opera, 9/5/79. FDM was a member of the Board of Directors. Box 30, Folder 2 S 1981 - 1984 Finding Aid for the Franklin D.