Eger Vaughan Murphree 1932-1963 (bulk 1957-1962)

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Eger Vaughan Murphree 1932-1963 (bulk 1957-1962)

Scientist, engineer, and businessman. Correspondence, speeches, memoranda, reports, newspaper clippings, photographs, and biographical material relating primarily to Murphree's activities as president of Esso Research and Engineering Company and as an official of the Fifth World Petroleum Congress.

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