Edgar Gardner Murphy Papers, . 1893-1913

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Edgar Gardner Murphy Papers, ., 1893-1913

Edgar Gardner Murphy Papers, . 1893-1913

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Edgar Gardner Murphy was an Episcopal clergyman, publicist, executive secretary of the Southern Education Board, 1903-1908, author, and amateur astronomer. The collection includes correspondence, writings, and miscellaneous papers of Murphy, whose interests included race relations and child labor reform. The collection consists of an incomplete manuscript of a projected book, ; scattered correspondence, mostly letters received by Murphy from scholars and philanthropists, with some copies of letters from Murphy to his son, Gardner (b. 1895), psychologist and author; scrapbook, 1891-1901, and clippings and other printed matter written by or about Murphy, his ideas and activities while a minister in Texas, Ohio, New York, and Montgomery, Ala., reflecting an interest in race relations, education of African Americans, industrial conditions, child labor legislation, public schools, and the question of suffrage restrictions in the Alabama constitutional convention of 1901. Also included is a German translation of by Kelvin McKready (a.k.a. E. G. Murphy). Issues Southern and National A Beginner's Star Book

365; 1.0

eng,

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection