Murphy Collection, 1958-1991. 1958-1991.

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Murphy Collection, 1958-1991. 1958-1991.

The papers consist of photographs, slides, and ephemera from their travels.

6 linear ft. (12 MS boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8144088

Reed College Library

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Reed College (Portland, Or.)

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Murphy, Clare Eastham.

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Murphy, Francis Stack

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Francis Seward Murphy (1914-2003) and Clare Eastham Cooke Murphy (d.1991) were both Reed students. He graduated in 1936 and she was in the class of 1938. An anthropology major at Reed, Murphy worked at the Oregonian before and after his army stint in 1942-1946. He was a columnist and radio/ television editor until his retirement. Murphy's interest in archeology and photography took him around the world but most often to Mayan ruins in the Yucatan; his book is on the Dragon Mask Temples in Centra...