Lucille MacCracken Murphy Papers, 1917-1981; 1917-1918

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Lucille MacCracken Murphy Papers, 1917-1981; 1917-1918

1917-1981

https://digital.lib.ecu.edu/special/ead/findingaids/0411/

Papers (1917-1981 [Bulk: 1917-1918]) consisting of correspondence, clippings, and political writings relating to Sallie Lucille "Chic" Lewis MacCracken Murphy, including letters received from Ira Penberthy, J. Lee Lindstrom, John Chapman, Jeff Lewis, R. E. Longan, Milton S. Hinkley, Peo C, Ughetta, soldiers in the American Expeditionary Force during World War I, and her friends and family, including Edna Lindstrom, Margaut J. Hatton, Marie C. Marietta, relating to their training, movements, and service in France, including the torpedoing of the troop transport SS TUSCANIA and the death of Lt. John Chapman during the Meuse Argonne Offensive; also political writings of Alan R. MacCracken, 1975-1981.

0.25 Cubic Feet, 1 archival box, 93 items

eng, Latn

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 11642610

East Carolina University. J.Y. Joyner Library

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Murphy, Lucille MacCracken, 1897-1985

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Sallie Lucille "Chic" Lewis MacCracken was a homemaker and the wife of William P. "Bill" MacCracken, Jr. (1888 - 1969). The couple had two children, William Lewis MacCracken (1924 – 1969) and Nell Elizabeth MacCracken (1921 – 2001). While the couple was living in Washington, D.C. MacCracken became friendly with Lou Henry Hoover, the First Lady, and had tea with her on a weekly basis. Following MacCracken's death in 1969, Sallie married retired Vice Admiral Vincent R. Murphy (1896 - 1974)....